Fasting Mimicking Diet Day 1

Fasting has become a more popular dietary strategy for weight loss and overall health, especially in the form of intermittent fasting. The fasting-mimicking diet aims to provide some of the same benefits while allowing you to eat small amounts.

The idea behind fasting-mimicking is that small meals don’t trigger the metabolic pathways associated with larger meals. As a result, your body gets a break and can direct resources to healing and recovery.

Research into fasting-mimicking diets suggests there could be benefits for disease prevention. And people are sharing positive results for weight loss and general well-being.

I don’t typically jump on the bandwagon too early with diet trends and fads, but this one intrigued me. Also, my body and digestive system need a break after eight weeks of overeating and intense training.

So I ordered a kit from ProLon to see how this 5-day “fast” affects my body and recovery. Day 1 is geared towards shifting your body into a fasted state and burning fat.

Day 1 Meal Plan

Meal	Food	Protein	Carbs	Fat	Calories
Breakfast	Nut Bar, Tea, Algal Oil	5g	18g	20g	272
Lunch	Soup, Olives, Crackers	8g	24g	19g	299
Snack	Nut Bar, Tea	5g	18g	19g	263
Dinner	Soup, Choco Bar	5g	37g	7g	231
	Total	23g	97g	65g	1065

Each meal is under 300 calories, with plant-based protein, carbs, and healthy fats. In total, the foods add up to a little over 1,000 calories.

Compared to my bulking meal plan, this is less than 1/3 of my regular daily calorie intake. Still, I never felt overwhelmingly hungry, and the meals were pretty satiating, considering their small size.

The most significant adjustment for me is the vegetarian menu. I have never gone more than a day without eating meat or other animal products, and this is by far the lowest-protein diet I’ve ever been on.

However, I view this as an opportunity rather than a challenge. My body’s protein metabolizing pathway could be burnt out from the constant barrage, so I’m excited to see if this break has a positive effect in the near future.

The fasting-mimicking diet is also supposed to lower fasting insulin levels and even put you in a ketogenic state. This is the opposite of what our bodies endure during a high-carb bulking phase, and I’m interested in seeing if I can reset my insulin sensitivity.

I am measuring my fasting glucose and ketone levels each morning to determine how well the diet lives up to these claims. Each day, I will report back with more updates on the diet, so be sure to check back!