Comments on: Obsessing over Fasting

By: What Does Dan Do, VII «

What Does Dan Do, VII « — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:30:31 +0000

[...] encourage you to test out fasting and intermittent feed and see how your body [...]

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:48:36 +0000

Still it’s not clear to me what I should eat
Should I eat ice-cream, pizza, biscuits, cakes, sausages, bacon, butter, heavy cream, mayonaise, hollandaise sauce, pork ribs, fried chicken wings?

Are there foods to avoid and why?
Are there foods to prefer (aside from veggies and fruits?) and why?

Could you please post an example of what a normal daily many for you is?

By: Lani Muelrath

Lani Muelrath — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:55:03 +0000

@Jeremy Reeves
Jeremy,

Oh, I know what you mean! I don’t discount that people are really experiencing these things, but at the same time I don’t think they are necessarily grounded in physiology (I’m being polite ). Reeling in weakness after no food for 4 hours seems a bit much, especially when you consider the countless people on our planet who have much less than we do and…well, you know!

And it can be a handy copout, as you say.

Thanks for your reply!
Lani

By: AlekNovy

AlekNovy — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:42:16 +0000

Yeah, people often mistake a suggestion for moderation as a suggestion for the other extreme.

ESE (or the mckenna or other diet-less weightloss systems), are not about purposefully stuffing yourself with junk-food, or purposefully avoiding health foods and doing everything opposite of a “fitness diet”…

Its about not obsessing, letting go, and relaxing with a sane, moderate balanced approach.

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I really should take up smoking « What’s Cooking in Suburbia — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:13:40 +0000

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By: Brad Pilon

Brad Pilon — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:57:30 +0000

@Anon

I have no problems with chicken or broccoli.. or even bringing them for lunch to work…it’s the extremes that concern me..that’s all.

By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:32:27 +0000

I don’t eat just Chicken & Broccoli all week every meal but for lunches while I’m @ work it saves a lot of money for me to bring my food from home.

By: Damon

Damon — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:30:27 +0000

Good stuff. In countries as free as in the western world, it seems we often become slaves to ourselves.

By: Lyla

Lyla — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:27:52 +0000

hmmm, ive been looking into ESE for a while now, and its great to see that Brad always seems to offer sensible advice. being a university student, i thought i could save some money (especially because US dollars convert very expensively into Australian) and just try one fast to see how it worked out – but not knowing all about why and how it works, and the best way to approach a fast, really got to me. think i might have to buy your book soon!
cheers for taking such a real approach brad =)

By: Art

Art — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:43:39 +0000

I couldn’t eat chicken + broc every day of the week. Life is too short. You can go quite far just eating a lot of protein and working out hard, if you have decent genetics. I’m not sure when the tupperware thing started, but it’s kinda sad to see that kind of OCE so prevalent these days.

We used to eat a ton and work our butts off. I got pretty big and lean doing just that.