我連續一個月都在間歇性禁食

What I Did

我做了什麼？

I decided to try a version of the 16/8 plan, where you fast for 16 hours and eat for eight. This seemed to fit my lifestyle better. I'd stop eating around 7 or 8 at night, then wouldn't eat again until 11 a.m. or noon the next day. It basically meant that I'd skip breakfast, then eat three times the rest of the day, consuming roughly the same amount of calories I would if I'd been eating all day long.

我決定嘗試一次16/8計劃，也就是禁食16個小時，吃飯8個小時。似乎這更符合我的生活方式。晚上7、8點開始不吃東西，到第二天上午11點或中午再開始吃。基本上，我不吃早飯，然後在每天剩餘的時間裏吃三頓。如果我整天都吃東西，那麼這三頓的卡路里將與整天都吃的卡路里量相差無幾。

"It [intermittent fasting] gets your body out of 'storage mode' and mobilises fat stores for energy," said certified dietitian Leslie Langevin of Whole Health Nutrition. This means that without having a constant food source, your body will dip into the fat it already has stored.

"間接性禁食會讓你的身體脫離'存儲模式'、調動貯存的脂肪以獲得能量，"Whole Health Nutrition的持證營養師萊斯利·郎之萬說。這就是說沒有持續的食物來源，你的身體會動用早已堆積的脂肪。

How I Dealt With Hunger

餓了怎麼辦？

I'm not gonna lie. The first two weeks were rough. Especially on days that I woke up at 4:45 a.m. to do CrossFit at 5:45 for an hour. The hardest part was coming home from class at 7:00 a.m. and having to prepare breakfast for my kids. The temptation of grabbing a banana or polishing off their crusts was almost unbearable. My husband was very supportive and took over breakfast duties so I wouldn't have to smell cinnamon toast. I'd just down a huge glass of water and keep myself busy getting them ready for school. Around 9 or 10 a.m., I'd make a cup of chai tea with a splash of cashew milk. Many intermittent fasters recommend caffeine to suppress hunger, usually black coffee. Also, any beverage under 50 calories still counts as fasting, and sipping on that totally helped, as well as plain water throughout the morning.

首先聲明：我不會說謊。前兩週真的太煎熬了。那些早晨4:45就起牀進行CrossFit一小時的日子尤爲艱難。最難熬的就是早晨7點上完課回家爲孩子準備早飯。拿個香蕉、剝掉香蕉皮的誘惑簡直讓我痛不欲生。我的老公特別支持我，主動承擔做早餐的任務，這樣我就聞不到肉桂吐司的香味了。我只能喝一大杯水，然後忙活着讓孩子們去上學。9、10點的時候，我會泡一杯印度香茶，並倒入一點腰果牛奶。許多間接性禁食者都建議用咖啡因抑制飢餓感，通常都喝黑咖啡。此外，喝50卡以下的飲料也算是禁食，喝這些飲料完全可以抵抗飢餓，而且早上喝純淨水也能橫掃飢餓。

Did I Lose Weight?

我有沒有瘦？

Yes! I lost about a kilo, which for me was HUGE, since I wasn't seeing the scale budge otherwise. I was still doing CrossFit, so I know I was gaining muscle weight, but still the scale showed a decrease. I was amazed. The biggest thing, and I noticed this after the first week, was when I looked in the mirror, I could see more definition in my abs. That visual progress was what kept me going.

當然！瘦了差不多一公斤呢！對我來說真的很多了，因爲沒看到自己變胖我就很開心了。我當時在做CrossFit，所以我的肌肉量肯定增多了，但我還是變輕了！我特別吃驚。鍛鍊一週後，當我看向鏡中，最棒的事情發生了：我能清楚的看到馬甲線了！正是看到了這一點我纔有動力堅持下去。