Eat Stop Eat Review 

Reviewer: Jemma Jackson
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I was very skeptical about fasting—I was worried about feeling hungry, lacking energy, and simply not making it through the day. The Eat Stop Eat plan revolves around the concept of intermittent fasting, or fasting for short periods of time, and then eating again.  

The basic idea is that the human body is designed for feast or famine—when our ancestors hunted for food, they either caught something or they didn’t. When they did bag a mammoth, then everyone stuffed themselves—without refridgeration or preservation, food would go bad very quickly. On the days that nothing was caught, they didn’t eat. Your body is made to follow this schedule, even in the modern era.  

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The problem is that today, we feast every day, and rarely fast.  

Eat Stop Eat puts you back on the path your body is designed for. Fasting for a day is pretty easy (the hardest thing for me was skipping my morning latte!), and the “feast” days more than make up for what you have missed. To me, it is worth it to fast if I can eat pretty much whatever I want on the other days! 

Counting calories, weighing food, blotting the oil off of pizza, giving up bread, eating no carbs, eating only carbs, the list of “plans” is endless. None of these options address the way your body is meant to be fed, and how choosing a more natural schedule can help you lose weight and gain energy. 

So….back to my skepticism about fasting: I figured that a single day couldn’t be too hard, and was worth a try. Some things were easier than I expected, and some were surprisingly tough. I did feel great at the end, and felt like I had a fresh start.  

24 hour fast notes. 

·          I started my fast in the evening—I can’t sleep when I am hungry, so I wanted to do my sleeping in the beginning. On a good night, I get 7-8 hours—so I figured that would be almost a third of the fast done before I even woke up! With this in mind, I had a regular dinner (pizza, if it matters) and officially started my fast at 6pm.  

·          The night was pretty simple—I usually don’t eat after dinner anyway, so it was no problem to do my usual thing, and call it a fast! Bedtime rolled around at 11pm.  

·          At 7:00 am, the alarm went off as usual, and I got the kids off to school (also my usual schedule) 13 hours of 24 done, with no problem at all.  

·          I usually have breakfast, and then run errands or work, depending on the day. On this “fasting” day, I skipped breakfast, and headed out the door. I hit the first snag around 10am, at Target. Why? Because of the Starbucks right inside the door—I always have a cup of coffee—and am a latte junkie. I pushed on past, did my shopping, and got out of there, practically running past the Starbucks on my way out the door!  

·          Lunch is usually something at home—either leftovers or a sandwich. I skipped this as well, and officially started feeling hungry around noon.  

·          The afternoon was the hardest part, but keeping busy really helped. I wasn’t “starving”, just used to eating out of habit. I did get a mild headache, but I suspect that was from the lack of caffeine, not the fast itself. Knowing that 6pm was just a few hours away really helped. 

·          By three, it was time to pick up the kids, and the whole fasting thing got lost in the shuffle of getting three young kids home from school, doing homework, and getting everyone settled in. The rest of the time flew by—this is the busiest part of any day, and this fasting day was no exception. 

·          5:30pm, and time to make dinner! I decided to embrace my inner “cave girl”, inspired by the Eat Stop Eat caveman analogy, and made steak and salad. Dinner was awesome—I think things taste better when you are truly hungry, and not eating out of habit, or because it is time to. 24 hours—and I made it! 

After the fast: 

A few notes, and my thoughts on fasting. I really was surprised how long it took to actually feel hungry. It was much harder to pass up “cues” that it was time to eat, like knowing what time it was, or driving past a fast food place at lunchtime.  

Passing up the coffee gave me a headache—during the day I wanted a coffee more than I wanted a snack. This makes me think I need to back off on the caffeine a bit in general. 

I was expecting to feel tired or sick, and felt pretty normal—if anything, I didn’t get hit with a mid afternoon sugar crash from eating something sweet before dinner. 

I would recommend Eat Stop Eat to anyone wishing to give a new way of eating a try. This pattern of eating is not for everyone—if you take medication that requires food, or if you are a diabetic, it obviously won’t suit your lifestyle. For otherwise

healthy folks with a few pounds to lose, though, it is a great match.  

Want to fast safely, lose weight and improve your health?

If your answer to the above question is yes, then I strongly recommend that you check out Eat Stop Eat.

This system teaches you how to safely, quickly and easily lose fat and regain control of your eating habits! Click here to go check it out now.