I've been playing life on hard mode

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#1

Boys and girls, oh my freaking God, oh my freaking GOD.

It finally happened, I finally freaking had a massive breakthrough for subliminal optimization. And it’s the stupidest thing and I really don’t care.

Here’s the quick back story.

I’ve been faster for like…12 years, okay?

I fell into intermittent fasting as a teen, and in the last 12 years, more often than not, I’ve only eaten 1 meal a day. I also took up drinking about 7 years ago and just recently kicked the habit. So my daily routine (embarrassing as it is) was to fast all day, break my fast with wine, and then eat.

This habit has continued with sub-use until recently when I quit drinking.

I don’t need to explain how stupid that lifestyle is, right?

Sounds cool, right?

Well, it kinda is, I look a lot younger than my age and my health is better than it should be given some of my habits. Fasting works, it’s science.

HOW FREAKING EVER,

Tonight, in the grips of recon, I went over to my parent’s place and had a healthy meal. Tofu, salad, and like 3 potstickers. I’d fasted all day leading up to this point and the recon was INTENSE. So bad that my mom finally said, “Look, you got options, I don’t know what else to say to you.”

So I sat in silence, stewing and eating my dinner, then it happened…The recon…it started to clear, and then it was gone. It’s gone!

My intuition was razor sharp, and I knew that the food cleared the recon. Like, it just got rid of it. This was the first time that I’ve been in a position to experience this type of thing because normally I would be a few drinks deep before I would eat.

All the bullcrap going on in my life right now, suddenly, it doesn’t matter because I have my mind back, I’m not a slave to my emotions.

So. Fasting, even intermittent fasting, makes running subliminals more challenging than it needs to be.

Alcohol also makes running subliminals far more difficult than it needs to be.

This is the stupidest thing that I’ve ever experienced. DUH! You’re running subliminals and they require energy, where the hell do you think that energy is supposed to come from? No food = recon. The brain literally cannot forge the new connections that it needs because it doesn’t have the damn energy to do it.

Jesus!

I’ve been living my life on hard mode.

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#2

I have been doing intermittent fasting 16/8 for so many years I actually do not remember the year when I started but it was a long time ago for sure.
The same what you are saying about eating and having energy for subs was also mentioned in the masterclass.

Within my 8-hour eating window, I am eating a lot. By that I mean many times I see how much on the toilet when I sometime shit a lot :slight_smile:
For me, this type of eating has benefits in that I do not need breakfast, saves me time and I can start work right away when I am at home. Another benefit is probably leanness. I am lean all year around but it is also probably due to my healthy eating. And the last very huge benefit is that my most productive time at work is from morning till lunch. So when I fast.

Maybe my results will be better if I eat breakfast who knows, but this style which I have I am fully comfortable with.
I only eat breakfast when I am on a vacation in the hotel and we have like buffet in the morning and I know that my lunch maybe would not be great due to walking places etc.

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#3

I actually also tried MCT organic coconut oil several times because some of the users here have been saying that it is helping them. But I honestly did not see any difference.

#4

Hmmm… I’ve started IF a few weeks ago aswell.
On the first week of emperor.
My question would be if I can cover the energy demand for the subs with the excess 35kg of energy I’m carrying around?

#5

What’s the energy demand of the subs? I noticed I’ve been hungry running primal and wanted subs. It sucks because I’m trying to lose weight but my hunger is huge.

#6

Just a thought: did you ever try keto or carnivore?
When your body runs on ketones, your body accesses your fat deposits for energy. While on keto/carnivor I ate omad or even omead without being hungry, loosing weight super fast and being full of energy the whole day.

#7

Yeah, I tried keto for a while. I lost some weight but struggled a bit with high physical activity levels at work. It made me start to feel sick on the stomach.

#8

For how long did you try? IIRC your mitochondria take at least 40 days to adapt to keto. Until adaption it’s a bumpy ride. Carnivor is similar adaptionwise, but it makes cooking much easier. Cooking keto can be a pain in the ass, while on carni, you just slap a steak on the grill or fry some ground meat.
I remember one week, where a was only drinking raw milk with raw butter, some raw egg yolks and a bit of honey. Supercharged the healing of my twisted knee.

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#9

Yeah true, I probably wasn’t adapted. I did it for a while though. Was in and out of ketosis.due to cheating on days I felt sick and couldn’t stomach fat.

I reckon you’re onto something, there were big benefits to the ketogenic state. I did feel better in a calming type of way and weight loss was easier.

Maybe I will try it again at some stage when the time feels right. At the moment I am trying out calorie counting and it started off well but this week it’s been hard to adhere to the intake level. I thought it might have had something to do with the subs but perhaps not. I’ve always been bad at sticking to diet and exercise plans.

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#10

Let me clarify something for y’all, I was fasting 20+ hours a day, breaking the fast with alcohol, and then eating.

Alcohol metabolizes into ADH (posion) then acetate, the finally carbon and water. It’s a very energy intensive process that disrupts digestion among other things.

I’m sure that infrequently drinking on a 16/8 schedule is just fine. :rofl:I was living the most extreme version of winemom fasting alcoholic, and it’s terrible for subliminal processing because your body can never get the true energy it requires.

Also, alcohol impairs the brain, which obviously further inhibits subliminal processing.

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#11

You should try either CWON, EF 1 or Paragon for better eating habits

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#12

That could be interesting.

#13

From time to time I have a really good ideas :slight_smile:

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#14

You do bud, I’m secretly running a title you recommended me, tbh. :innocent:

#15

Sex mastery ultra mega GOD?

#16

Yes, exactly. Warrior sex God of love and terror ZPv2

#17

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#18

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