Fasting for Life

Since watching Michael Mosely on the BBC's Horizon telling us, with scientific evidence, why having the odd day a week off eating, or with minimal minimal intake will be good for her longterm health, I have been intermittently fasting.
I have tried the odd diet in the past when feeling a little on the porky side, gorging on meat while reading the work of doctor Atkins, or avoiding mixing carbs and protien or even, shock eating less and doing more! With all the diets I tried I did lose weight, though with the exception of the eat less do more diet, it all involved constant denial. Whilst the eat less do more didn't ask me not to eat less just to climb mountains each day if i wanted to enjoy my food. Happily for me at the time I was living and working in the lakedistrict as an outdoor instructor and so found this disciplin doable.

These days my work is much less physical, and becoming a gym rat, well I tried it but... Nah.

I am  very food focused, it occupies my thought most days  from early on, and by the time Phil asks me if iv'e any thoughts on 'whats for dinner?' I tend to give some quite detailed suggestions. This leads her to letting me know in no uncertain terms, that if I  fancy  prawn and pork potstickers, or calamari, or Smoked low 'n' slow beef brisket on the bbq, then i'm doing the cooking...
It can get a little tireing, constantly thinking of what to eat, what I need to get in and how to prepair it, especially as we rarely have the same meal repeated.
For all these reasone intermittent fasting has been a sucessful part of my life for a few months now. The weight loss is slow but steady and the process pretty painless.
Two non consecutive days a week  I eat less than 600 calories generally in one large veg or salad fest'.
Doesn't that hurt? or leave me all wobbly and faint? nope. hunger comes and goes, the urge to gorge on a mighty burger or stuff cheesy pasta down my neck, (or bag of doughnuts) doesnt happen.
Due to the whole 'intermittent' thing i know that Burger, bun, bagel, beef, beer or backlava are all mine tomorrow.
So here's to intermittent fasting, long life and a healthy appetite.