Finally, I got back on track with my Reverse Diabetes Program since 10/9 but after 2.5 weeks of 48 & 72 hours long intermittent fasting cycle, I am back to OMAD. It's so hard to find food that is suitable to break fast so I did some research and ended up cooking my meals and because I am so interested to find out if those low carb recipes actually works!
Well, most of them turned out to be good but I just need to find tune it to my own taste. So, every day I go to work with hopes that I can go home and cook the new recipes. It was frustrating when I'm so hungry and stuck in the office haha... since when cooking has become a fun thing?
So, well, I also found out from Dr Jason Fung that the longest record of fasting is 382 days. And I was like, wow, 3 days is nothing compared to that. But I have lots of concerned colleagues who are afraid that I will develop some stomach issues or even cancer from fasting because of their family history. I am not even slightly worried because there is no evidence that fasting will cause cancer. In fact, fasting is actually good for health maintenance as well as weight loss and autophagy that resets some of the cells in human body. Ignorance is dangerous or pitiful in this way. The colleague who gave me a long advice of the dangers of fasting is munching snacks all day long and offering me those snacks that I have to reject. Seeing this colleague eating 3 meals a day and worry of missing 1 meal will cause stomach problems only reminds me that I shouldn't be so ignorant. Food no doubt is good in some occasions but generally nowadays food is in excess and most people consume largely unhealthy food hoping to become healthy. There's nothing much I can say to them without offending them so it's wiser to refrain from arguing with a fool.
Well, talking about food, I did find so many interesting recipes from different YouTubers especially KetoFocus and Low Carb Love that opens up my horizon to explore true low carb and good food without burdening my body.
I have to also keep reminding myself that carb is poison to my body. So that I can keep to low carb and intermittent fasting diet until I can successfully reverse my diabetes condition. I have no confidence that I will turn things around one day but I can only hope for the best with all the adjustments along the way to find the best solution to lead a healthy and hopeful life.
Food is such a dilemma. It is on one hand a supplement to the body but at the same time it can also harm the body if not taken in moderation.
I have also learned that human likes variety and that is the key I need to tackle now. When I found out about meal prep, I was interested to try it out but imagining eating the same type of food for a whole week is disgusting to me and I think this is why I couldn't continue after 2.5 week of water fast. It becomes so boring to repeat the exact same thing over and over again...
So yeah, food is now my enemy and I need to find a way to make it my foe so I can enjoy it again.
Oh ya, I forgot to mention that I have recently started my spiritual food thru Bible reading again. But this is also a challenge for me as I have 10 missed days since I started and I need to catch up before the year ends! Well, this is one food that will never make me unhealthy 😆!
