{"id":134,"date":"2019-10-18T08:18:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T08:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atbs.bk-ninja.com\/suga\/?p=134"},"modified":"2023-07-29T07:36:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T07:36:38","slug":"developing-self-control-through-the-wonders-of-intermittent-fasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeproducers.com\/suga\/blog\/developing-self-control-through-the-wonders-of-intermittent-fasting\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing Self-Control Through The Wonders of Intermittent Fasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"f159\" class=\"xb xc am be xd b xe xf xg xh xi xj xk xl xm xn xo\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">I remember staring at my watch hoping that I could eat now. Had it been 16 hours yet? I imagined my stomach passive-aggressively pretending to digest knowing full well it was empty. I thought I couldn\u2019t wait, but I could. I had waited yesterday and I was fine, I could wait today.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"44f3\" class=\"yp yq am be bd fa yr ys yt yu yv yw yx yy yz za zb\">When I First Met Intermittent Fasting<\/h4>\n<p id=\"6d00\" class=\"xb xc am be xd b xe zc xg zd xi ze xk zf xm zg xo\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Intermittent fasting, IF, first came into my life while I was catching up with a Personal Trainer friend. It was about 10 am and we\u2019d met for coffee, but I was feeling peckish. I asked him if he wanted to order food and he responded by looking down at his watch before politely declining.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6470\" class=\"xb xc am be xd b xe xf xg xh xi xj xk xl xm xn xo\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Without much of a prompt, he spilt the good news of IF like a true evangelist. He took me on a journey through time, casting our minds back to a simpler generation of hunter and gatherers. Passionately, he explained to me that the \u2018three-meal day\u2019 simply isn\u2019t practical and I was simply conditioned to think that I needed it. I could spend all morning hunting and gathering and still not waste away due to starvation, he told me.<\/p>\n<p data-selectable-paragraph=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-37 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/themeproducers.com\/suga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/viviana-rishe-5a5GnXfZSzE-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"f39e\" class=\"mu mv ao bg bf gz mw mx my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng\">The shortest &amp; simplest meditation<\/h4>\n<p id=\"ea10\" class=\"mg mh ao bg mi b mj nh ml ni mn nj mp nk mr nl mt\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">You don\u2019t have to get fancy with your meditation, short or long. In fact, the easiest and shortest meditation I know is often the most effective for any reason you might want to meditate.<\/p>\n<p id=\"0a0a\" class=\"mg mh ao bg mi b mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Simply sit, stand or lie in a comfortable position and close your eyes. Take in a deep breath, inhaling slowly and all the way into your belly. Hold your breath for a moment, then exhale slowly. Repeat for however long you like.<\/p>\n<p id=\"c37f\" class=\"mg mh ao bg mi b mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Short or long, meditation has the power to change your mood, your day, and even your life. If you\u2019ve never tried a short meditation, why not do it today? You might be amazed at what happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I remember staring at my watch hoping that I could eat now. Had it been 16 hours yet? I imagined my stomach passive-aggressively pretending to digest knowing full well it was empty. I thought I couldn\u2019t wait, but I could. I had waited yesterday and I was fine, I could wait today. When I First Met Intermittent Fasting Intermittent fasting, IF, first came into my life while I was catching up with a Personal Trainer friend. It was about 10 am and we\u2019d met for coffee, but I was feeling peckish. I asked him if he wanted to order food [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[23],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themeproducers.com\/suga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themeproducers.com\/suga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themeproducers.com\/suga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themeproducers.com\/suga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themeproducers.com\/suga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/themeproducers.com\/suga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1003,"href":"https:\/\/themeproducers.com\/suga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions\/1003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themeproducers.com\/suga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themeproducers.com\/suga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themeproducers.com\/suga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themeproducers.com\/suga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}