Q&A EPISODE 6. SHOULD YOU SKIP A DAY OF EATING?

In this episode I answered the question:

Would I eat food, before having some kind of appointment?
It is related to the facts I live the OMAD lifestyle and I am a nocturnal eater.

In the paragraphs bellow I would like to address this specific situation in which for example I have some type of appointment for the night.

So, what I would do?

Straight of the bat I will either skip food consumption for the entire day or I will have a meal after I am done with my appointment.

There are two simple reasons for this:

#1. I perform and feel at my best when I am in fasted state.

#2. I have reached a point where once in a while this is nowhere near problem for me.

If you read this blog or watch my YouTube channel, than you probably know , 48 hour fasts are not something new for me.

I have the experience and level of adaptation with both OMAD and the nutritional state of ketosis.

Combination of those 2 allows me to feel like I am home during longer fasts.

With that being said I do not believe 48 hour fasts are for everybody.

Blood glucose.

Due to a lot of self experimentations, I figured out that between 4.3 to 4.6 or 4.7 is exactly where I want to be in order to perform at my best.

I also found that staying between those numbers also makes me feel a lot happier and more satisfied.

It took me quite a while to find out what exact food sources allow me to keep the numbers during longer fasts.

Another sure thing is my usage of caffeine in some form of high quality organic coffee beans.

When it comes to the appointment itself, this will dictate the exact coffee drink I will enjoy.

This means that everything varies with the individual situation.

In a scenario which requires me to have a bit more focus and stay as sharp as I can I will most likely do something like Large aka Triple Americano.

(Preferably Rain Forrest Certified)

On the other side if it is just for fun type of thing or there is simply no need for maintaining that levels of alertness, I will go with some home made french press.

(Preferably Agriculture Biologique)

But let’s for example say I get the job done really late during night time.

If that happened I will probably go straight to bed, because I do not want to mess my circadian rhythm and biological clock.

Since in more than 90% of the cases I sleep between 5 to 6 hours per night, keeping proper schedule or hygiene and getting enough high quality sleep always appears to be way more vitally important than eating food.

When compare both skipping day of eating does not bother me at all.

Being sleep deprived is something I want to avoid by any means!

Missing the opportunity to get enough Deep Delta and REM sleep will not only produce detrimental effect on the way I feel on the next day, but also will have slightly negative impact on my ability to stay focused and alert.

This will unavoidably affect the levels of my performance for 1 or 2 days.

Trust me I have been there not once or twice, specially during the period of my life when I was experimenting with some Polyphasic sleep protocols.

*But . . .

Keep in mind that if it is not too late I can always eat after the appointment and I will do it specially if I feel like it will not interfere with the ability to get the needed sleep.

So what You should do ?

In a situations where you are completely or even relatively new to the 48 hour fasts, the thing I would like to recommend is to have some calories.

What I mean by this is to consume something that will not make you sleepy or tired.

Something that will not lead you to have any type of blood sugar crash.

In other words will not ruin the quality of your night.

A high or even only fat meal.

Avoid carbohydrates by any means.

I find some safe starches amazing, but there are right time and place for everything.

The Insulin spike they produce definitely helps to get higher quality of sleep in less time, but because of that after eating them all I am ready for is to wrap up for the day and enjoy an awesome vivid dream.

Not the best nor the right thing when you have appointment.

Bellow are some options I would do if was in the situations I’ve mentioned.

I tested them multiple times and they never failed me.

Actually they are the exact things I use to do back in 2014, when I was in the middle of my adaptation process.

*Option 1.

Butter with or without coffee.

Nice chunk of Kerry Gold, other grass fed butter or even Ghee will provide long lasting, sustainable levels of energy with absolutely no insulin or blood sugar spike.

You can also do the Bulletproof recipe.

Since there are only fats and no protein this will not put you in a position of spending to much energy on it’s actual digestion.

I also believe it is best option.

*Option 2.

Free range eggs cooked in grass fed butter or ghee.
High quality fats and completed proteins.

If you prefer more of a solid meal, this one will do awesome job, but it will also cause a bit more digestion.

Really good for people involved in fitness or bodybuilding.

Cool thing about the eggs is the fact they are one of the easiest to digest proteins.

This means the processing of this meal does not require spending too much energy on the digestion.

*Option 3.

Steak and eggs.
Another great one for people involved in resistant training.

Keep in mind that, because of the meat, digestion of this one will take a bit more time and energy.

So you might want to replace the steak with some high end ground beef in form of patty or others.

Additional tips.
If you want to do 48 hour fast than great do it.

I suggest you to use your first 10 to 20 longer fasts as an opportunity to observe how your body is going to respond.

Measure your glucose levels, track your sleep and use the data for making the proper adjustments if they are needed.

Always listen to the signals of your body.

This is exact method I used to reach the current level of my adaptation.

We are all different. Often our bodies respond differently in the same or identical situations.

Do do not force yourself.

I hope that makes sense.

Yours Truly:

Peteonthebeat.