The quality of my life is determined by my ability to withstand hunger. All I got to do is to say no to food when the hunger pangs hit me. That is to contain myself 10 minutes at a time.
Comfort is a bane to quality living. I know it is a contradiction. Think about it. Because we don't want to have the discomfort of being hungry, we have a tendency to overeat. Because we don't want to get out and sweat we become complacent.
We cannot get too comfortable in life. We need to challenge ourselves. Too much of a good thing leads to suffering. Too much food lead to illness. I succeeded to eat OMAD today. It's not that bad. I will not die of starvation. I will not die if I don't eat for 3 weeks.
I need to boost my HGH and BDNF. I need to reduce insulin resistance. Then my BP and sugar level will go down. I can only do that if I eat less and less frequently. Same thing with being fit. I can only do that if I exercise AHAD.
Less is more. If not, even prolong sitting is a suffering. I managed to ward of my gout attack without having to resort to medication. What I did was I eat less frequently and I persist to exercise. Gout is a rich man illness. It is caused by the excess in life.
Hence, I am on the right track with AHAD and OMAD. I am still nowhere near where I need to be. I still cannot run! I am still too heavy.
The number one priority is to lose 30 kg. Radzi can lose 20 kg. He is not even an athlete. I have to make some serious progress this year. I don't want to fizzle into old age. I don't want to die a slow death. If I gotta go I should go with a bang.
Back to diet and exercise. Back to being less or less frequent.. Do not opt for comfort. Comfort leads to complacency.
After all I ate 4 slices of pizza today. That is sufficient to last me for 2 days without eating.
I should be in the fasted state most of the time. I should only eat for nourishment. Rats that was deprived 30% of their food live 30% longer. I can attest to that. My parents don't eat much. They live longer than Lizzie's parents.
Fasting should be pleasant. Hunger should be something tolerable. When is hunger intolerable? When it makes me unable to sleep. Otherwise I should tolerate hunger.
I should strive to be thin and healthy. I should be able to manage a little discomfort caused by hunger pangs.
If I can withstand some instant gratification I will get a long term pleasure.
Bear in mind with gout, I am one foot away from diabetes and two feet away from cancer.
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I know I put too much emphasis on diet and exercise. I have to. Both are paramount to my overall well being. We can put too much emphasis on many things but we cannot put enough emphasis on diet and exercise. This is the reason for our being.
If not Dr Jason Fung would not have put so much emphasis on weight reduction through fasting.
While fasting is the answer to our life problem, it is not highly publicized because there is no money in subtraction. That is why there are many tv programs on eating and none on fasting.
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