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Month: April 2018

Intermitten Fasting

25 Apr
Tati Heidt 0 Comment Allgemein

Intermitten fasting is not a diet like most people think, it is simply an eating pattern. You don’t change “what” you eat, you change “when” you eat.

Well, for example; I start with my first meal at 11am and have my last meal around 7pm which means I have a fasting period of 15h. You can change it and start with your first meal around 8am and have your last meal around 3pm. Be flexible with your times, that means that even if you start to eat 30 min earlier because you are hungry it won’t harm you. Just end your last meal a little bit sooner that day. You can also go out with friends at night and have a snack, you only reschedule that day and the day before and you are good.
It is easy to implement into your daily lifestyle and there are a lot of benefits. And no, skipping breakfast is not bad. I like to have breakfast during my weekends, so I reschedule those days.

Daily intermitten fasting may not be easy at the beginning because your body needs to adjust, so you will feel crazily hungry for the first few weeks but with a lot of water and discipline its doable.
So, how does it work?
Your body is digesting and absorbing food while its in fed state which usually starts when you begin eating and lasts up to 5 hours after your meal. It is way harder to burn fat while your body is in that state because your insulin level goes up. After those around 5 hours your body goes into a post-absorptive state which means you stop processing food. That lasts up to 12 hours and that’s when your fasting state begins.
Let’s say you eat every 4 hours and that throughout the whole day, that would mean that you will never get into that fasting state = it is harder for you to burn fat.
Intermitten fasting can help with fatloss, gaining lean muscle (when you have a (mostly) clean diet of course), reduces bloating and gives your digestive system a break.

I started it during December 2017 and I’m still in favor of that eating pattern. You will get used to it and the good thing is that you don’t need to meal prep so much. I am less bloated, lost fat and feel more energetic.
You guys should definitely try it out. T.H.

 

Example:

11 am: Proteinshake as a snack

2pm:  Noodles/rice and chicken with some veggies

7pm: Omelette with bread and some protein yogurt.

Im not overeating during those meals and I dont eat less. I just have  2 meals and usually 1 snack instead of 5 meals.

Picture by Brooke Lark

 

From a fatty to a fitty

13 Apr
Tati Heidt 0 Comment Journey

Well I was surprisingly a teenager who was overweight and was fighting against obesity although I was a slim baby and child. Puberty hit me hard and since I stopped doing extra activities from 5th grade onwards I gained more and more weight. I was not bullied at school and I’m glad that my classmates were definitely not the type who were joking around on that matter. But, I was not happy with myself. I hated sport and was always scared to wear tighter cloths. I rarely went to the public pool although I loved swimming because I was too scared of showing off my ugly body. I don’t think I was depressed but I still couldn’t live my life as I wanted. You restrict yourself in a lot of things when your mind tells you that you are not pretty, and that you don’t deserve anything good.
My self-esteem was low, and I didn’t even think about dating until I turned 18 and suddenly lost 35 pounds in 1 year. That gave me a confidence boost and I finally started to enjoy going for walks or a run. I didn’t lose a lot more weight for 4 more years. I was 180lbs at my heaviest with only 5´2 and although I lost 40 pounds I was still too heavy, and my fat percentage was way too high.
Starting HIIT and light lifting happened when I was around 22/23, so 3 years ago. Yes, I did lose weight before but my bodyfat was even at that point 10% above the healthy limit. It was not easy, and I had a lot of days where I wanted to stop and just do nothing, but I pushed through it. After a few weeks it became a habit and after a few months a passion.

I started lifting during the fall of 2016 and It was one of the best choices I have ever made. I needed to get used to it at first and it was hard, but this journey helped me to become a happier person. From 180lbs-121lbs-134lbs and even though I am heavier again I have a healthy bodyfat % and BMI since I exchanged my fat with muscle weight. The scale is not important its about how you feel.

Fitness shouldn’t be a trend. It’s a lifestyle. Don’t start it just because someone told you too or because you want a Kim K butt or whatever. Start that journey because you want to become a healthier version of yourself. T.H.