Better Fasting 2019 Pt. 2
On this episode we finish discussing our experiences throughout the week during our 5-day fast. We discuss how the Days 4 and 5 went and what we learned along the way.
Episode 115 of the The Better Show podcast, hosted by Darren Austin, March Rogers, Ian Mikutel, titled "Better Fasting 2019 Pt. 2" was published on December 24, 2019 and runs 59 minutes.
December 24, 2019 ·59m · The Better Show
Summary
On this episode we finish discussing our experiences throughout the week during our 5-day fast. We discuss how the Days 4 and 5 went and what we learned along the way.
Episode Description
Show Notes
- 1:04 — Day 4 (Thursday): March finally feels good; Darren feels great and experiencing incredible mental clarity; Ian reflects on his hardest day yet.
- 3:40 — Ian and March compare last year’s fast with their experience this year including the fast’s effect on their sleep quality.
- 5:30 — Darren shares the data he’s collected on his overall weight, % of water weight and % of muscle weight from his digital scale.
- 13:15 — Day 5 (Friday): March has 4 hours to go and Ian does a little karaoke.
- 14:00 — Ian’s soup tragedy.
- 17:10 — Darren’s continued battle with sleep.
- 19:57 — Ian’s water-drinking super power and March ponders how that superpower could help him fight crime.
- 21:05 — March lists off the various “cheat codes” we’ve discovered to stave off hunger during this fast.
- 21:19 — We give a shout to soup for all its wonderfulness.
- 22:10 — How we are each preparing to transition off of our fast and how it all went wrong for March and Ian after last year’s fast.
- 27:09 — Darren’s plan for breaking his fast in cooperation with UberEats.
- 33:32 — Day 6 (Saturday): Darren wonders whether this the end of his fast or whether it is a new beginning for him.
- 36:25 — How often should someone do a fast, anyway?
- 39:10 — March describes his first meal post-fast and the hangover that followed the next morning.
- 43:18 — We discuss the importance of developing a healthy relationship with food.
- 45:22 — The benefit of doing a fast with someone else — for motivation and for moderation.
- 47:29 — Ian describes his and Carine’s first post-fast meal and his experience with a little nausea the next day.
- 50:28 — Our final thoughts about this fast and how this experience is going to affect us going forward.
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