I exercise fasted all the time. I'll lift weights, burn 800-1000 calories on a treadmill, or a combination. I usually work out 6 days a week. I can tell you from experience that there are so many physical processes going on, you really can't always predict how your body is going to respond from day to day. For instance, you can "feel" totally tired, but if your muscle glycogen is where it needs to be you'll have a great workout anyway and surprise yourself. Then, there are days like today where I walked in feeling spunky, and ended up feeling like my proverbial tank was empty about halfway through to my goal for the day. Long story short -- Fast 5, at least for me, is largely about reconnecting with the communication that your body does with your mind. The more you pay attention, you can tell the difference between your body saying "I'm hungry" or your fat saying "feed me," the difference between "good pain" (my muscles are repairing and growing) and "bad pain" (oh crap, I pulled something!), and the difference between "just a little bit more," and "it's time to stop and modify my schedule for the day." For me this way of living has become my baseline, but in no way does that make it less flexible than a different way. It just helps me to be mindful of the physical messages and improve my ability to not overreact by either eating too little or too much. If you free yourself from the social concepts of physical perfection you'll be amazed at how much closer to that place you can get -- closer than you think. I've lost over 200 pounds and put on at least 20 pounds of muscle. Not all on Fast Five, but still -- if a slacker like me can do it . . . . Just my two cents. :-) --- On Tue, 5/4/10, thirteenblessings13 <thirteenblessings13
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