I was Pregnant
I did fasting growing up for religious purposes. I dreaded fasts back then, and more often than not, consumed all the calories I had missed out, plus some, on as soon as I ended my fast.
That changed for me after I got married and started to have kids. While pregnant, I didn't dare fast hearing conflicting reports. Since then, the study I trust most says that women who fast during pregnancy have healthier babies--this could be a Z-factor, such as healthier women have healthier babies, and healthier women are more likely to fast regularly.
At the time, I didn't dare skip eating, and especially didn't dare skip drinking water. I decided to fast anyway, even though it wasn't a complete fast. My first fast, I used no salt and no sugar, eating everything bland. To this day, that was the hardest fast I've ever done. At the level I was at, this was a huge challenge for me. I did it anyway, and move on to more stringent fasts, like only salad and clean meats, avoiding all sugar, starches, and grains. Again, at the time, that was a big challenge for me.
Since then, I've done dandelion fasts, juice fasts, water fasts, and total fasts.
The reason I like intermittent fasting is because it becomes about lifestyle and not just an event.
It's stretching out your indulgences while strengthening your self-control.
Below I have a chart of increasingly difficult fasts. Be sure to chose the level that fits your daily lifestyle 80% of the time.
I had a tubal pregnancy shortly after giving birth to my first child. I didn't know birth control could fail, despite taking pills regularly at the same time each day. Not only that, but birth control made me more susceptible to complications, like my tubal pregnancy. After emergency surgery, I was left with one tube and a fear of birth control.
That changed for me after I got married and started to have kids. While pregnant, I didn't dare fast hearing conflicting reports. Since then, the study I trust most says that women who fast during pregnancy have healthier babies--this could be a Z-factor, such as healthier women have healthier babies, and healthier women are more likely to fast regularly.
At the time, I didn't dare skip eating, and especially didn't dare skip drinking water. I decided to fast anyway, even though it wasn't a complete fast. My first fast, I used no salt and no sugar, eating everything bland. To this day, that was the hardest fast I've ever done. At the level I was at, this was a huge challenge for me. I did it anyway, and move on to more stringent fasts, like only salad and clean meats, avoiding all sugar, starches, and grains. Again, at the time, that was a big challenge for me.
Since then, I've done dandelion fasts, juice fasts, water fasts, and total fasts.
The reason I like intermittent fasting is because it becomes about lifestyle and not just an event.
It's stretching out your indulgences while strengthening your self-control.
Below I have a chart of increasingly difficult fasts. Be sure to chose the level that fits your daily lifestyle 80% of the time.
I had a tubal pregnancy shortly after giving birth to my first child. I didn't know birth control could fail, despite taking pills regularly at the same time each day. Not only that, but birth control made me more susceptible to complications, like my tubal pregnancy. After emergency surgery, I was left with one tube and a fear of birth control.