The Shrinking Man

Wanted to quickly update on my experience with my first fast, via the Eat Stop Eat program. And I’ve gotta say, wow!

I didn’t think I could make it. But with just 40 minutes left, I can say it was easy. The key to success is to time the 24 hour period so that you actually are eating every day of the week; you’re just fitting the 24 hour period in around it. So, for example, we started at 6 PM yesterday (and essentially skipped dinner), but we’re picking up today after 6 PM (and eating dinner). So we only truly fasted 16 hours, as we slept for 8 of them. And even though we “fasted” on Sunday and Monday, we ate on those days, too!

Another key is to eat normally (whatever that is for you); don’t gorge yourself before or after the fast period.

Brad explains it all (and explains it well) in his book. And it doesn’t cost a lot of scratch, either. I don’t want to give away too much here, because he’s a good guy and I want to see him succeed with this book. So if you’re interested, I suggest you go to his site and buy it. I get no money for referrals, either — I’m just happy to help. Seriously.