Intermittent Fasting – Good Or Bad?

Lots of confusion happening from a video I posted on the blog maybe a week or 2 ago

Did Intermittent Fasting wreck my metabolism?

I had mentioned in a video that IF (Intermittent Fasting) did NOT work for me for a few serious reasons and unfortunately, not everyone pays attention to detail.

The details were that it's NOT so much IF that didn't work for me, it's that my overall lifestyle played the BIG factor in damaging my health.

I take full responsibility for that and unlike weak minded people who blame and complain, I own the mistakes and then FIX them.

My BIG Mistakes

1) Most IF protocols recommend eating from 6 - 10 PM (most often).

My life is not that of someone who has those types of hours. I am not able to sit down most often until about 9 pm.

Even 10 years ago when I was following The Warrior Diet, I was in grad school or teaching at night at a community college in addition to teaching during the day. My schedule has not been normal for a long time.

Due to my schedule, I would end up going way too long without food and I wanted to eat anything in sight by the time I got home at night from the gym.

I didn't eat bad. I sure as heck didn't eat great. I'm not a fan of these diets telling you that you CAN eat bad or diet every other day, etc.

2) I trained too much, too hard, too often.

My mindset, if you have followed me for a while is one that is like being raised by Dan Gable and Navy SEALs.

I have been so influenced by Dan Gable and Navy SEALs that I always thrived in making ALL things tougher on myself.

I keep the motto of "NO Easy Day"  in my mind 24-7, which is not the best way to live, I won't lie about that.

The critical mistakes it led me to were:

- I didn't rest enough

- I didn't supplement with vitamins, minerals, meal replacements, etc

- The ONLY supplement I used was my greens supplement which doesn't cut it when you push your body, mind and entire life beyond anything remotely "normal"

- I HATE getting support or help from people / things, in turn, I didn't want to live an "easier" life by getting "help" from a multi vitamin, a weight lifting belt, rest days, etc.

I merely wanted to push myself more and more to see and more importantly, KNOW that I could handle it all.

Handle it all I did.

I don't know how to quit with these things. I have mentioned many times my fear of being normal, my fear of losing my edge, my fear of being like everyone else.

My adrenal glands were burnt out because I pushed myself so intensely and simply didn't eat enough, even with IF standards, I should have been eating more. My body needed more fuel, more frequently, more rest and a lot less stress.

I've mentioned how about 1 year ago I went through a very stressful time in life and got sick, both times lasted a good 3 weeks or so.The stress that I allowed into my life was a BIG contributor.

This is NOT supposed to happen to a healthy individual but hopefully my experiences and mistakes of allowing the wrong people in my life and pushing the boundaries over and over again will teach you to avoid my mistakes.

Do you wanna stay healthy? Be careful of the lifestyle you choose, be careful of the people you allow into your life and in a nut shell, fuel your body and give it the rest it needs.

There are many things in my life that I now keep much more private because I learned that life stress is a big factor, especially when the wrong people are allowed into your life.

Should you follow The Renegade Diet?

If you can have a healthy lunch, a healthy mid day snack and a BIG dinner between 6 and 10 PM then yes, it will likely be a great match for you.

For me, I have learned that unless I live a "normal" life and sit down at a half decent hour it probably won't work for me. The fact that I don't settle for normal levels of anything is evident, and I am going to fuel my body as needed now.

In doing so, I don't crave anything in front of my face like I did when fasting. There is fasting and then there is fasting the right way.

My nutritionist hammered home the fact that by running 2 gyms, multiple internet businesses, the stress of them combined with pushing to be a great family man downright beats up the body, often times more so than intense training.

I was sleeping 6 hrs a night, sometimes less, and there are times where it still happens, but, most of the time I get 8 hrs of sleep now. I am much more disciplined in my recovery and nutrition practices now.

I am resting a bit more than usual and it was a very tough adjustment for me at first, to hold myself back, especially mentally.

I have found that most people do GREAT following The Renegade Diet as is.

Inside, Jason tells you how to check if your metabolism is broken or not, and if it is broken, he details how to eat more, what type of breakfast to follow and how to tweak his program.

Here's the bottom line.

I'm a fighter.

I am a husband and father.

I am a Coach, committed to all of you.

To achieve greatness, it doesn't happen leading a normal life.

I am still a strong SOB and attack my training like a mad man.

The difference now is I eat more frequently and get to bed much earlier.

I have removed a select few things from my life, be it people or activities, and all is awesome.

Don't expect me to slow down or turn into some "normal" dude telling you to be careful of squatting and your CNS will burn out bull shyt.

I'm gonna warn you now:

Don't ever be normal and don't ever fear pushing the boundaries.

Be more disciplined with your time and overall lifestyle and things will be better for you.

Get rid of the people / things in your life that you know are hurting you in any manner. Not everyone has a good heart and not all things are necessary in your life.

Be a Simple Kinda Man.

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Stay tuned for one of next interviews where I discuss how some things will soon go full circle for me and I will be much less available.....

Live The Code,

--Z--

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