03/03/2025
Tomorrow marks the end of my first run with the Indigo Panda Diet.
5 days fasting → feast
4 days fasting → feast
3 days fasting → feast
2 days fasting → feast
1 day fasting → feast
Two hard training sessions after the 5-day and 3-day fasts, with some maintenance work in between.
"How many kilos did you lose?" - you may want to ask?
Sorry, that wasn’t the goal.
After months of mostly running OMAD (one meal a day), food wasn’t something I stressed about. I ate whatever was around, often not the most nutritious or well-balanced—just fuel.
Occasionally, I brought out the steak and barbecue artillery—happy days. My real focus? Training and sleep. Keeping those dialed in and accepting trade-offs elsewhere. That’s how I choose my battles.
Now for the cool part: 15 days, 5 meals—that’s an average of one meal every three days.
Was I hungry? Hell yes.
Did it mess with my mood or energy? Not at all.
After the initial 5-day fast, I had zero mood swings, no midday slumps, and no energy crashes.
If anything, I felt lighter, sharper, and more explosive in my lifts. My endurance went up without me even training for it.
Why? Metabolic shift. By day three of fasting, my body switched from glycogen reliance to full-blown ketosis, burning fat as a primary fuel source. Unlike glucose, fat oxidation provides a more stable, long-lasting energy supply, reducing fluctuations in energy and mood.
On top of that, fasting enhances mitochondrial efficiency, making energy production more effective.
Training in a fasted state likely increased adrenaline and growth hormone levels, contributing to the improved explosiveness I felt.
Conclusion?
Turns out, you don’t actually need six meals a day to survive. Who knew?
Stop obsessing over food—even if you train hard. Eat plenty, but eat rarely. And above all, enjoy smashing your comfort zone in the face.
Is this for everyone? No.
But trying it can’t hurt, can it?
Some people fear fasting because they think they’ll starve. Truth is, most are just scared of being uncomfortable.
