About 4 years ago I started changing my diet. I drastically reduced foods with sugar and carbs and gradually shifted to a one main meal a day regiment. I eat my

About 4 years ago I started changing my diet. I drastically reduced foods with sugar and carbs and gradually shifted to a one main meal a day regiment. I eat my main meal (4 eggs, half an avacodo, cucumbers, tomatoes and bell peppers salad with some feta cheese) around 12-2:00. I usually have an apple later. Some weeks I fast for 44-48 hours. I workout at a boxing gym twice a week (about 1.5 hours of a strenuous workout). I’ve been going to the same gym for 10 years, but after changing my diet my stamina increased, sometimes I feel like I can be there all day. The 44-48 hour fasting are interesting and are hard. Not because of feeling hungry(you’re but for me it’s more mental, the thought of all the food I should eat the next day), but because of other factors. The second night your brain is very alert, almost feeling like consuming a lot of caffeine or other stimuli. So if you wake up middle of the night it’s hard to fall asleep again. In the morning, I’m very hyper again as if I had consumed a lot of caffeine and if I drink tea or rarely coffee just before the end of my fast the effects are greatly magnified. Your brain races like mad. I feel like I have an improved cognitive ability, but I’ve not tested that in any form so it could just be a reflection of being hyper. That said I’ve gotten physically stronger, since my diet change and my fasting. I end my boxing workout with some weights and now I often get comments how strong I am for my body size. And I know I’ve gotten stronger, because the increased reps and weights I can do. There was some research on fasting and how your muscles become more efficient, so I’m not sure if that’s playing a factor or my increased stamina has allowed me to workout longer and that resulted in increased strength. The other factor helping me here I think it’s reduced inflammation. It feels like my muscles recover faster and I have less inflammation problems because of my diet. Some interesting anecdotes. One of the guys who works for the gym commented at my transformation and said I look like a “jock” now and asked details of my diet. My former boxing instructor who initially told me for best recovery I needed to eat after a hard workout instead of fasting, now has changed his diet as well. So there is something to all these and I’m never going back, but I think we’re still far from knowing the longer term effects of it and also learning about any genetic variability. But I recommend everyone trying it for themselves, it’s easy after the first 7-10 days.