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EPISODE · Dec 24, 2019 · 59 MIN

Better Fasting 2019 Pt. 2

from The Better Show · host Darren Austin, March Rogers, Ian Mikutel

Show Notes1:04 — 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.

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.

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