It was two years ago that I set the dieting and weight loss world on fire with news of my revolutionary Intermittent FATSing diet plan. You can click the link for full details. Unfortunately, the tears I shed from what I discovered was unsustainable weight loss put the fire out. I think the problem was that I did it too intermittently. If only I had named it Continual FATSing.
But I’m back with a new twist. I have combined the concepts of Intermittent Fasting with Unbridled Gorging to invent Intermittent Feasting (trademark applied for). I don’t start eating until 10AM, although I do allow myself water or a cup of unsweetened tea. How do I make it until 10AM if I am up at 6AM? Well, there’s a lot of biting my fingernails going on. Did you know that one fingernail can be chewed for up to one hour before losing its flavor? Oh, and I started smoking.
Anyway, after 10AM, I put on the feedbag for a day of eating whatever I want, whenever I want. I’m basically ravenous. As the old saying goes in upper crust society …
That’s where the feasting comes in. I eat anything and everything in sight for the next ten hours until 8PM. And it is working. I’m losing weight. I think I know the secret why.
We don’t have much to feast on in the Flanigan house that is unhealthy. I try and gorge on the healthy things first before heading to the unhealthy. If I fill my pie hole with veggies, fruits, and whole grains, there’s less of a chance of me filling my pie hole with a whole pie. For example, it’s harvest time from our garden, so why not eat a cucumber first?
Slowly works just as well. Anyway, I still eat a lot, but I limit my gluttony to that 10AM-8PM ten hour window. I’ve lost a few pounds that were not coming off earlier this summer. We’ll see if I can keep it up and make it a lifestyle. Maybe I can even close that eating window a bit more to 10:30AM to 7PM. But for now, it’s a manageable 10AM to 8PM feast for me that tends to look something like this daily.
Well, without that wafer-thin mint. I know my limits.
Jim Flanigan Looks at the World 