I can’t say that fasting is actually fun, but it is mostly a mental challenge rather than a physical one. The habits of eating at a certain time are powerful. But I do believe this is a very important part of the project.
In fact, I have run across this particular outline of what happens during a fast…
You see that a lot of good things happen, you obviously start losing the fat (autophagy or “self eating”..). If you can hit the 24-36 hour mark then growth hormones increase which has a great many restorative/anti-aging benefits for your body.
Note that a lot of the benefits of fasting happen after the 36 hour time hack which marks the end of my own fasting schedule. Not sure I want to go for the 3-day mark.
And “wanting” is a factor in my project and for anyone else who is pursuing an anti-aging project. I realize, after this much time, that I’ll need at least 6 months to show the extraordinary gains that I want to show. And I am not going to spend my life suffering through frequent 3-day fasts. It Just. Won’t. Happen.
But I can make sure that my one day per week extends to the 36-hour mark, which appears to be substantially better than 24 hours. And the program that I am developing for myself should be effective without making me regret it.
And just so you know, at day 7 do you see the term “Metabolic Acidosis”? It means that acid has accumulated, and important parts will start to fail. You don’t want that…
Tim vs. Aging – T minus 8 days – Choosing the Epigenetic Test
Tim vs. Aging – T minus 4 days – Stretching and Weightlifting
Tim vs Aging – Day 8 – Anyone want to knock 20 years off of their biological age?
Tim vs Aging – Day 11 – Some Baseline Data, and Maintaining Consistency
Tim vs Aging – Day 12 – Over the First Hump, plus Do Bodybuilders Die Sooner?
Tim vs Aging – Day 13 – Fasting Day, Ketosis Explained, plus What the Heck is a Niacin Flush?
Tim vs Aging – Day 17 – No Weight Soreness, Gotta Have Pudding! – Develop Your Support System
Tim vs Aging – Day 18 – Torture by Trisha, Support Systems (cont.)
Tim vs Aging – Day 19 – Fasting Day, and Bacteria to Lose Weight
Tim vs Aging – Day 20 – Torture, but not too bad – plus a Cult progeny that is Good For You!
Tim vs Aging – Day 21 – Travel Day Screws the Schedule. And I am Officially Young Again!!!
Tim vs Aging – Day 22 – Still Traveling. Let’s talk about ‘Caloric Restriction’
Tim vs Aging – Day 23 – Travel Second Day – Plus Transhumans and Cutting Edge Biotech
Tim vs Aging – Day 24 -Travel Third Day – plus Potential for Brain Cell Repair
Tim vs Aging – Day 25 – Homebound – Makeup for lost time – lost weight – Oysters!!
Tim vs Aging – Day 26 – MMA workout – plus Hair Color Restoration?
Tim vs Aging – Day 27 – A Bit Sore – plus Criticism of the Hyberbaric Chamber Strategy
Tim vs Aging – Day 28 – Fasting – plus Will Immortality Lead to Overpopulation?
Tim vs Aging – Day 29 – Fasting is easy – plus Why Don’t People Exercise???
Tim vs Aging – Day 30 – Half Way There! Some Subjective Results
Tim vs Aging – Day 31 – Minor Schedule Break – plus Extending Life with Stem Cells
Tim vs Aging – Day 32 – All is Normal – plus Fish Oil, good or not?
Tim vs Aging – Day 33 – Feeling my Oats! Relief from Muscle Pain, Disappointed in Tae Kwon Do
Tim vs Aging – Day 34 – On Track – Plus my Theory on Foot Massages
Tim vs Aging – Day 35 – Fasting, a Shot in the Arm, Plus Creatine
Tim vs Aging – Day 36 – Trisha Rained Out – Plus Human Growth Hormone (HGH)
Tim vs Aging – Day 37 – Saturday Downtime, Plus Do Eating Right and Exercise Help? Maybe Not…
Tim vs Aging – Day 38 – Back to Weights! – Plus Very Expensive Skin Cream
Tim vs Aging – Day 39 – Monday Sucks – Plus Should You Eat “Processed” Foods?
Tim vs Aging – Day 40 – MMA All the Way – Plus The Ultimate in Stem Cells for Anti-aging
Tim vs Aging – Day 41 – In Between – Plus More about Fisetin – Myths?
Tim vs Aging – Day 42 – Fasting Day – Plus Five Fitness Factor for Longer Life
Tim vs Aging – Day 45 – Weights? Kicked out of Youfit – Plus some Anti-Aging Vocabulary!
Tim vs Aging – Day 46 – In between day – Results from the Telomere Test
Tim vs Aging – Day 47 – Minor Project Breakdown – What Can I Do About It?