Making Fasting Everlasting!

A major criticism of intermittent fasting as a mechanism for weight loss is that many people struggle to stay consistent. Stress, travel, kids, family, work—these all give us opportunities to “fall off the wagon.” As you will read in my ebook, breakfast is the most overrated meal of the day. It’s called *breakfast* (Break Fast) for a reason. There has been so much hype and marketing around the importance of a “good” breakfast that it has almost become something we take for granted. I remember fighting with my brothers to get the prize out of the *Cap’n Crunch* box—a cereal that must have been at least half sugar.

Sure, this sugary meal might have given us a brief burst of energy, but by 9:30 a.m., our heads were falling on our desks during second-period algebra class. Sugar is a drug—there’s no better way to say it. It’s addictive and provides ZERO benefits for us in terms of diet.

Trust me, you don’t need breakfast—unless it’s a double espresso or unsweetened strong tea. It takes a bit of adjustment, but over a fairly short period, your body will adapt to the new routine, and you won’t experience hunger pangs.

My personal transition to intermittent fasting was pretty easy. I just took the cream out of my coffee and used a non-sugar-based sweetener. I’m not going to lie—I drink a lot of coffee. But most of the literature on coffee consumption tends to be positive. Also, remember that coffee is a net hydration liquid. It’s almost entirely water. Sure, it takes a bit of energy and water to process coffee, but it still provides net hydration. Bottled water is only about 4 to 5% different in composition from coffee in terms of water content. The idea that sterile, bottled water is necessary for hydration is marketing hype.

When you're in ketosis, your body hydrates by extracting water from the fat molecules it’s processing to use ketones as an energy source instead of glycogen. I never carry a water bottle, but I do urinate frequently, and my urine is clear. Fat is more than 80% water, so when you burn it for energy, you hydrate. This is why camels have large water storage mechanisms in the form of humps—hence the brand name “CamelBak.”

Figure out what works for you, but trust me, you don’t need nearly as much food as you’ve been led to believe. Be sure to check out my ebook, which provides much more detailed information on this concept.