also.. taking a crap is one of the most important things in the world for a human. most people are unhealthy in this respect and carry chemicals in their body for the rest of their lives because they have unhealthy bowels. if you feel like shit….ask yourself whens the last time you took one. if you are gonna use a stimulant to get it going….use coffee….not over the counter laxitive.

the self discipline aspect of fasting is the most satisfying reason for me to do it. it carries over into lots of things. one thing i like to do if im gorging myself on some good food is to… spit out a mouthful of it after chewing… just that simple reversal of momentum is a small but effective reminder of what it really going on when i eat and shows me that i dont NEED to eat the entire portion in order for it to taste good. try it with your favorite food..

//What kind of tea do you drink?

Green mostly.

Andrew: yeah but the fridge won’t solve your mental energy problems required for coding. This is my main reason for trying this diet.

papatoma: do you like sausages?

archont: maybe different people have different reaction to hunger. I can go all day without eating and I just feel a slight tension in my stomach. It’s nothing like I HAVE to eat.

niko šveikovsky: where do you live? It’s not a city? But you got a good point. If it takes a bit of effort for everything there is no such thing as lazing off and gaining fat.

I survive on roughly 20-30 USD (28-42 EUR, 32-48 GBP) worth of food a week. I buy from local farms, and eat very small meals (usually they consist of two foods each from different parts of the food pyramid that complement each other. It’s not a concious decision, it’s just whatever goes together). I also bicycle to work, and take public transportation. Getting somewhere on your own two feet pretty much balances everything out regarding muscle and fat. Whatever I do, I have to work in order to get there. Sure, I propigate every so often, but besides that there’s no extra “working out,” it’s just a sensible and somewhat disciplined lifestyle.

I need calories, but that’s something I can’t do nothing against.

With 97kg weight at 188cm (screw you non-metric chaps and blokes!) I run every second day for 5,5km at 10,5km an hour. IF I eat a solid meal 3 hours before. If I don’t, I quickly feel sucking at the stomach, weakness and generally the need to puke my burning intestines out. And my time is much worse. A meal of meat and potatoes works best.

Now if I eat very little during the day, I’ll basically trip over my own feet and puke if I try to run.

Same thing goes for bodybuilding. Currently I’m living in a place where the nearest gym is 10km away, but when I was in Gdansk either I ate a solid breakfast or lifted 30 to 40% less than normal.

Fasting may make the mind clearer but holy fuck, I love to eat. When fasting the only thing I can think about is eating. Not coding, not work. Food, damn it. Physically I’m much weaker too. Although I don’t feel like having less energy, I tire more quickly, my strength diminishes, my endurance falls down to ground level ( słowem kondycha glebuje i zaciąga się mułem )