Fullness vs Fasting: Why You Should Worry Less About Fasting and More About Feasting
“Funny how we justify things, isn’t it? Would you ever ask an alcoholic how much beer was a “moderate” amount? Yes, “moderation” might work for a few people, but the failure rate that occurs from this approach is monumental and unsustainable.”
"Moderation" is the great lie of the century. It was invented by senile men who are living in despair and have zero skin in the game of sustainable fat loss. When you eat the right foods –meat! – your body has a natural moderation-sparing valve that sends feedback to your energy-dense brain, letting it know you're good for the next 16-18 hours.
Some people can't fathom going 16-18 hours without food. I’m not an expert, doctor or nutritionist – but I believe fasting and its more widely-known counterpart, Intermittent Fasting, has been overblown. Your aim should not be forced hunger but fullness. fullness is the effect of eating on satiety.
When you experience the effects of fullness – not forced fasting – it transforms your mind from being a moment-to-moment carb addicted machine to a highly happy organism that lives in a state of Flow.
Discipline Is Overrated
When you are kind to yourself and you make the distinction that it’s not your fault you can't stop at 2 cookies, you place less blame on your being and shift to the beautiful state of understanding. The entire packet of chocolate chip cookies is designed, from start to finish, to deceive your reptilian brain.
The bright colours are orchestrated by scientists in a lab to activate your visual senses. You can taste the synthetic chocolate melting in your mouth, mixed with the perfect crunch from the biscuit to complement the sweetness before you have even picked the packet up. The noise the packet makes when being opened further amplifies the experience: the tear in the light tinfoil tingles your eardrums’ drum, sending a strong vibratory signal to the hippocampus, begging you for me.
If you are not full right now, chances are you’re craving the fuck out of some chocolate cookies. Either that or you’re lying to yourself. What some call discipline others call Hell. Don’t seek to be more ascetic. Embrace the ancient signal of “I’m full AF because I’ve just had 2lbs of meat.”
The only reason I don’t crave chocolate cookies when I go shopping is that I’m satiated – not because I’m more disciplined than you. Satiety is the key ingredient to successful “fasting.” Because what “fasting” is is just the space between your meals. So every time you stop eating you’re fasting. Therefore making sure the space between your meals is “full” of the good stuff will make you a happy fasting machine.
Carbs Are Dysbiotic
Of course, like any great endeavour, there is a catch. Except for the specific catch to feasting over fasting is more a benefit. A mutual benefit: a bond between you and your food. Protein and fat are symbiotic – you put them to work and they give you energy. Carbs are dysbiotic – they only want more and more and never know when enough is enough.
Feasting on garbage such as carbs will make feeling “full” a difficult – if not impossible – task. Carbs send your insulin on a rollercoaster. That ride only ends in a crash. In order to feel “full” you need full amounts of two things: protein and fat.
Protein will build your muscle and fat will give you energy. Protein and fat are found, in abundance, in beef. Beef is baseline. Beef is your go-to for feeling full.
You Are Not Alone In Your Meat-Based Meanderings
I'm probably the worst example of what it means to be a "carnivore." Sometimes I feel like I'm walking this path alone. When that feeling hits, I seek spiritual uplifting from the people below. Having resources like this is crucial. It reinforces your mission to heal knowing you are not alone.
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Josh - Castricum, Netherlands.