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Best Intermittent Fasting for Women

March 30, 2022 · In: Featured, Fitness, Nutrition

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Best Intermittent Fasting for Women guide by Aleah Stander heath coach

Read on about the best intermittent fasting for women. What if I told you the secret to productivity doesn’t lie in a beautiful workspace? I’m talking about intermittent fasting, the secret weapon to productivity. Today, we’ll discuss intermittent fasting, why it works, and a quick start guide. The two best things about a fasting routine are that it’s simple and free! Let’s get started.

First, let’s address the elephant in the room – NO, you will not die! One of the biggest myths about food is that we require three meals and two snacks per day. Do you know why that’s burned into our brains? Because high-power industries, like the food and pharmaceutical industries, spend loads of advertising money to brainwash us. These industries benefit when we eat more often, eat more food, and develop health issues. So, is breakfast the most important meal of the day? No. Do we NEED to eat every 3 hours? No.

The Best Intermittent Fasting Plan for Women

Now, for those new to fasting, let’s briefly touch on the basics. Intermittent fasting is a protocol of when to eat, and there are many different fasting protocols out there. Common patterns include 16/8 (16 hours fasting, 8 hours eating/day) and 5/2 (5 days regular eating, two days of 24-hour fasts). The best thing about fasting is that it’s completely flexible to fit into your life.

Because I’m a creature of habit, I like to follow a daily fasting routine anywhere from 13-16 hours. A 14-16 hour fasting window is attainable and sustainable for most women. Then, it’s common to eat 2-4 meals matching the general number of calories you aim for in a day during the eating window.

The Top 5 Reasons to try Intermittent Fasting

  1. It’s simple & efficient – I don’t know about you, but I have enough choices to make during the day. The fewer choices, the better.
  2. It costs $0! Who doesn’t love FREE?
  3. Fewer meals to meal prep = more time saved
  4. Increases productivity 
  5. The scientifically proven health benefits are incredible

The Benefits of Fasting

  • Improved mental clarity and concentration
  • Reduced inflammation and chronic inflammation
  • Enhanced fat-burning and weight loss
  • Improved insulin sensitivity and blood sugar 
  • May prevent Alzheimer’s disease
  • Autophagy – the spring cleaning for cells
  • Weight loss

How it Works

When we eat, food energy becomes stored as glycogen in the liver, and this energy source gets burned off first. It takes 10-15 hours to deplete glycogen stores unless you exercise (which speeds up the process). Once glycogen stores become depleted, we start to burn stored fat as ketones. Ketones are very good for your brain = boom, productivity. Furthermore, the body gets a break from spending energy digesting food and can spend that energy doing internal cleaning instead. Intermittent fasting may also help you lose weight depending on the fasting periods.

Quick-start Guide to Fasting

Fasting involves a simple method, stop eating at a certain time of day of your choosing (usually early evening), then wait the number of fasting hours each day to consume any calories. While fasting, you can consume beverages with no added sweeteners:

1. Water – Still or sparkling. Optional Add-ins: Limes, lemons, apple cider vinegar, Himalayan salt, or chia seeds

2. Coffee – Black or with coconut oil, butter, ghee, MCT oil, or cinnamon. Read the guide for keto Starbucks drinks here.

3. Herbal Tea – Hot or iced (Iced Green is the bomb)! Optional Add-ins: cinnamon, lemon. 

During the eating window, you can eat normally, focusing on natural, unprocessed foods. You can get my free beginner grocery list by clicking here. Also, limit sugar and alcohol. Drink water throughout the day and during a fast. 

However, this eating pattern is not for everyone. If you’re interested in getting started, begin with a 12-13 hour fast period, and work your way up to fast for 16 hours. Download the free app Zero to track fasts (not sponsored, I use it every day and love it). It’s a simple and efficient app that tracks your intermittent fasting time. I encourage you to give it a solid 30 days to try before you call it off. There is also different types of intermittent fasting such as alternate day fasting where you alternate fasting days with non fasting days. 

Best Intermittent Fasting for Women

So, what does this mean for productivity? Let’s say you start fasting at 8 pm. You wake up at 6 am, work out at 7 am and get to work by 9 am. That puts you beginning work around the middle or end of the fast. That’s when you may experience superhuman mental focus. Maybe you’re with me on this, but I do my best work in the morning. There is nothing more productive than me, with a black coffee, at my desk, on a fast!

I hope you enjoyed reading about the best intermitted fasting for women! 

For more info on the best intermittent fasting for women:

Watch this TED Talk with Mark Mattson.

Check out this book. It is a fantastic resource, and I read the entire thing before attempting my first fast.

Disclaimer: Fasting is not advisable for people with chronic health conditions, diabetics, children, the elderly, pregnant or breastfeeding women, or those with eating disorders or a history of eating disorders. Always consult with your doctor before starting any new diet and exercise program. This is not medical advice. 

I hope you enjoyed reading about the best intermittent fasting for women. Don’t forget to check out my other blogs & shop:

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Till next time, 

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  1. sharanimarie@gmail.com says

    April 21, 2020 at 11:49 am

    Thanks for this short, informative guide on intermitted fasting for productivity. I am so glad I came across this as I am always continuously looking for other benefits of fasting other than losing weight and not only did you list some but you have a quick start guide too. I have just begun on my IF journey with the help of https://theblakediet.com/ and I’m loving it so far. Thanks again!

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