Breaking the fast.

8 hours with no food is just awful from a muscle's point of view!

According to recent studies, our muscles do most of their growing while our bodies sleep. After the recommended 7-8 hours of sleep per night, our bodies wake up starving (and often having to pee).


Introducing Fasted cardio

According to several sources including a fitness and nutrition article by Jujimufu of tricks tutorials fame, the very first thing we as "fat killers" should do in the morning is shred that fat from our frames with a Liter of icy water with a protein shake mix (to preserve muscle while exercising in a 'starved' state) and 20 to 30 minutes of cardio. I began this in addition to my weightlifting workouts (on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays), and my new hobby of gymnastics drop-ins for tricking/freerunning practice (on Tuesdays and Thursdays) and I've noticed a significant difference in my belly fat in only a week.

Also, keep in mind that slow, plodding cardio is where the fat people are. DON'T DO IT unless you have a medical reason for going so slowly. ALWAYS PUSH YOURSELF HARD! For empirical evidence to support this, just have a look at the way sprinters are built, as compared to the fact that lots of out of shape 40-somethings are able to complete marathons (although they usually only do it once). In any case, get up and run or bike hard for 20 to 30 minutes in the mornings to see some faster results. Give it a shot and keep checking back with me, I'll post again during the weekend sometime.