The problem with fasting.

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Last time, starting fasting... or stopping eating?  Whichever, but it was easy.  I had to think back as to why.  Ah, because I was already off my feedbag.  So, actually, I was less extending the time between not eating and eating as decreasing the time.  I mean, I was bringing regularity to starvation mode.  I was already fasting, in an uncontrolled manner, which would have lead to similar feasting.  So, by putting meals in there to control the ravenous nature starvation creates...  It was easy because I was already doing it.  There.

That is not the whole of my problem with fasting, currently, however.  The other part is that I have returned to my grazing habit.  I have become accustomed to eating now, and then in a bit, and so on throughout the day.  Which is fine, if I were bovine, appearances notwithstanding.  At least I may seem full of it, and doubtlessly can be often enough.  Not the point.  The deal is this, I need to figure out how to break the grazing cycle.  And, looking back, I remember exactly how that was done.

A massive meal, eating in a window of time until I am well satisfied.  Which, initially, during startup of intermittent fasting... with or without keto... means initial over-consumption... aiming at high fats, solid mid-proteins, and low or no carbs.  This seems risky, but I noticed quickly that it takes care of itself quickly.  Within a week, each time I had to kick through that, I was back to eating far less than even normal and satisfied both immediately and through my fasting periods.  So?  So I'll eat more.

Ah, but I can't make it to dinnertime!  I just, it's...  It's simple.  Don't wait until dinner.  Since I have an absolute bodily demand to eat now I will simply have my meal time at breakfast.  Sure, I would like, in time, to kick it back around to eating in the evening.  And, I think, once I get the pair of systems back inline and online, I will be able to do that easily.  For now it is just a matter of getting it all going again.

Today's menu:  It started with about two ounces of salami, a remnant I missed.  No cheese to go with it, though a small dose of sunflower seeds seemed to do nicely.  With lamb chops out and easily thawed, I got those going.  Having to be fussing with the main skillet, I used a cast placket, heating that, slowly, in two stages, then melting butter.  Less butter next time, lamb is truly rich.  Just a touch, just enough to help with browning, crisping, and keeping it from sticking too much right in those first moments.  I had a bit of tarragon, mint, and some others spices.  I like the mint and tarragon, and could like thyme with it I think, but more than that is a waste.  That is everything I remember good about lamb.  The chops were bigger than I thought.  I was thinking rib chops only, I believe.  Oh yes, quite fine.

Next I will be making a meatzza.  As I suggested, initially I will overeat.  That buys my body time to adjust to the longer periods of not eating.  It actually, in the shorter term, makes eating a chore until it just evens out.  But it has to be high-fat foods.  I love and hate this part.  Hopefully, this time, with some monitoring and tending of weak areas, I won't be going on and off, in and out... though there is always food upsets.  Things I didn't know would or could throw keto.  Even things that don't for others.  This is experimental.  Of course, if all fails, I could try a very bland, simple, meatzza, eggs, and such food plan.  But that is not sustainable for a longer period... which makes it just a fad diet unless you do exactly what I am doing, branching out... which, as noted, comes with the pitfall of having a food react unusually in my particular system.

Oh, I best get to the meatzza.  The goal is literally to overeat.  To eat more than I feel I should.  I don't care what others do, in my mind and body, this is the fastest way to get my body to kick down it's hunger and to ensure I stay on the fasting schedule.  Trying to diet within the diet, at first, is a guaranteed failure.  Well... on to it then.  There are definitely good and bad parts to this side of the plan.  Later.