Intermittent fasting is one of the simplest and most effective weight loss tools out there and it’s certainly something that should be part of your diet plan. To burn fat efficiently, dieting is a must so read the whole article to not miss out on this opportunity to learn about all the different methods of fasting!Are you a slave to your appetite?Well it should be the opposite!  You should be the master and in control of your appetite.Let’s take a look at how you can do it…intermittent-fasting-feedingYou can actually look at fasting as a form of training instead of just a dieting protocol.  There are a lot of benefits to fasting that are eerily similar to the benefits from exercise.…But that’s a discussion for another day. Today, I want to talk about why anyone would want to train to fast.  The reason to train to fast is the same to train for anything – To get better at it.Just like training for a sport, you put in the effort because you want to hit certain performance goals and experience that gratifying feeling of winning a game and owning that sport.  When you put in the effort into mastering the skill of fasting will help you hit your body composition goals AND give you the gratifying feeling of being able to eat big, satisfying meals in the process.Become the Fasting NinjaAs with any complex skill, I recommend working your way up to almost daily fasting.Now, you don’t have to do this.  Heck, you don’t have to fast at all.  But this eating structure will work for you extremely well if you are fan eating big meals. Just like training for anything else though, there comes a point of diminishing returns and after that the burnout.  You don’t want to exercise for ten hours a day because you’ll overtrain and probably get injured in the process. Similarly, you don’t want to overdo it with fasting because at some point, your body will fight back and you’ll experience several negative effects such as decreased energy levels and metabolic slowdown.However, when done right, when you are in that sweet spot of intermittent fasting, it’s the opposite.  You feel more energetic, enhance your fat metabolism, etc.The key is to work your way up to that sweet spot.  I favor the 16/8 fasting/feeding split suggested by Martin Berkhan from Lean Gains. For me, the easiest and most natural way to accomplish this split is to fast until noon or later and then eat my meals throughout the remainder of the day.Remember, intermittent fasting is supposed to simplify your life and give you a break from having to worry about food.  So there’s no need to be militant about the feeding window.  Sometimes I’ll feed between noon and 10pm.  Sometimes between 2pm and 8pm.  Once you become a fasting ninja, you just sort of go with the flow of your day without worrying about watching the clock.

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