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BEYOND FASTING

Your Quest for Permanently Transforming Your Health and


Eating Habits with a Mind-Body Approach to Intermittent
Fasting.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Quest Structure 9

Warm Up Session 10

Welcome 10

How To Get The Most Out Of This Quest 10

Today’s Tasks 10

Important: Who Is Fasting Not For? 11

Join The Beyond Fasting Tribe 11

Beyond Fasting Self-Assessment 12

Subjective Assessment 12

Objective Assessment 12

Week 1 Overview 14

Coming this week: 14

Day 1 - How to Start Fasting 15


Today’s Tasks 15

Reminder: Join The Tribe 15

The Four Stages of Fasting 16

FAQs about Insulin and Glucagon Levels 17

The Cruising Feeding Window 18

Define Your Cruising Feeding Window 19

Studies Mentioned 19

Notes From Today’s Lesson 20

Day 2 - Your Psycho-Cybernetics System 21

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson 21

Meet Coach Story Vision 21

Today’s Tasks 25

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Notes From Today’s Lesson 25

Day 3 - What Breaks a Fast? 26

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson 26

What Breaks a Fast? 26

Beverages 26

Soups and smoothies 27

Fats and creamers 27

Sweeteners 28

Supplements 28

Adding Salt to Your Water 29

Meet Your Coach Hairy Goal 29

Your Own Fasting Window Rules 31

Study Mentioned 32

Today’s Tasks 32

Notes From Today’s Lesson 33

Day 4 - Outer and Inner Transformation 34

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson 34

Meet Your Coach Reasons to Care 34

Hairy Goal Checkpoint 38

🤔 Some Things You May Be Wondering 39

Today’s Tasks 40

Notes From Today’s Lesson 41

Day 5 - Extra Lives 42

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson 42

Challenge Levels 42

What Is Challenging You? 42

Today’s Tasks 43

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Notes From Today’s Lesson 44

Day 6 - 5X the Results 45

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson 45

Meet Your Coach Epic Stories 45

Mental Contrasting With Implementation Intentions (MCII) 47

Weekly Reflection 48

Study Mentioned 50

Today’s Tasks 50

Notes From Today’s Lesson 51

Week 2 Overview 53

Day 8 - Eat Like a Monk 54

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson 54

Challenge Level 54

Goodbye, Bill and Ted 54

Tips and Tricks 55

Studies Mentioned 55

Today’s Tasks 55

Notes From Today’s Lesson 56

Day 9 - Ride the Wave 57

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson 57

Riding the Wave 57

The 4-7-8 Breathing Technique 57

Taking Care of Sleep 58

Studies Mentioned 58

Today’s Tasks 58

Notes From Today’s Lesson 59

Day 10 - Eating Domains 60

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Summary Of Today's Video Lesson 60

Eating Domains 60

The Three Check Ins 61

Today’s Tasks 62

Notes From Today’s Lesson 62

Day 11 - Fasting and Blood Sugar 63

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson 63

Adding Salt to Your Water 63

Study Mentioned 64

Today’s Tasks 64

Notes From Today’s Lesson 64

Day 12 - Promote Electrolyte Balance 65

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson 65

Sodium Summary 65

High-Sodium Foods to Avoid 65

Potassium Summary 66

High-Potassium Foods to Eat More 67

Magnesium Summary 68

Magnesium-Rich Foods to Eat More 68

Magnesium Supplements 69

Today’s Tasks 69

Notes From Today’s Lesson 70

Day 13 - Success On Your Own Terms 71

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson 71

Crossing the Line 71

Weekly Reflection 72

Today’s Tasks 73

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Notes From Today’s Lesson 74

Week 3 Overview 76

Day 15 - The Foundation of a Nutritious Meal 77

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson 77

Challenge Level 77

The Strong Foundation In a Nutshell 78

Most Common Protein Sources 78

Starchy and Non-Starchy Vegetables 79

Evaluate Today’s Master Meal 80

Today’s Tasks 81

The Food Framework 82

Notes From Today’s Lesson 83

Day 16 - Yin and Yang 84

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson 84

Evaluate Today’s Master Meal 84

Today’s Tasks 85

Notes From Today’s Lesson 86

Day 17 - Nutrient Density 87

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson 87

The Most Nutrient-Dense Foods 87

Evaluate Today’s Master Meal 88

Ronan’s Notes 89

Today’s Tasks 96

Notes From Today’s Lesson 97

Day 18 - Remove Red Lights 98

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson 98

Red Light Foods 98

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Today’s Tasks 99

Notes From Today’s Lesson 100

Day 19 - Higher vs Lower Brain Food Choices 101

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson 101

The Three Levels of Planning 101

Today’s Tasks 102

Notes From Today’s Lesson 103

Day 20 - Adjust and Adios 104

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson 104

Adjust and Adios in a Nutshell 104

Weekly Reflection 105

Today’s Tasks 106

Notes From Today’s Lesson 107

Week 4 Overview 108

Day 22 - Food for Fun 110

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson 110

Challenge Level 110

Your Chocolate Experience 111

Today’s Tasks 111

Notes From Today’s Lesson 112

Day 23 - Eat Out Like a Champion 113

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson 113

What a Champion Meal Is Made Of 113

Fat Sources 113

Glycemic Index 114

Champion Meals Like a Pro 116

Your List of Champion Meals 117

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Today’s Tasks 117

Notes From Today’s Lesson 118

Day 24 - All-You-Can-Eat 118

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson 119

Effective Pre-Load Meals 119

The Mindful Buffet Process 119

Today’s Tasks 119

Notes From Today’s Lesson 120

Day 25 - Traveling and Fasting 120

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson 121

Common Trip Situations 121

Today’s Tasks 121

Notes From Today’s Lesson 122

Day 26 - The Next Level 123

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson 123

Set Yourself up for Success 123

Today’s Tasks 123

Notes From Today’s Lesson 124

Day 27 - How to Break Your Fast 125

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson 125

The 24h Tea Recipe 125

Breaking Your 24h Fast 125

Today’s Tasks 125

Notes From Today’s Lesson 126

Day 28 - Healthy Eating Definition 127

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson 127

Meeting Your Coach Hairy Goal 127

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Your Healthy Eating Definition 130

Beyond Fasting Self-Assessment 131

Today’s Tasks 131

Notes From Today’s Lesson 133

Quest Structure
Week 1: Build Your Fasting Foundation

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7


Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Your Psycho-
How to Start What Breaks a Outer and Inner Implementation
Cybernetics Extra Lives 5X the Results
Fasting Fast? Transformation Day
System

Week 2: Master the Impulse to Eat

Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Day 11 Day 12 Day 13 Day 14


Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Promote
Fasting and Success in Your Implementation
Eat Like a Monk Ride the Wave Eating Domains Electrolyte
Blood Sugar Own Terms Day
Balance

Week 3: Balance Nutrients According to Your Goals

Day 15 Day 16 Day 17 Day 18 Day 19 Day 20 Day 21


Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
The Foundation Higher vs Lower
Remove Red Implementation
Of a Nutritious Yin and Yang Nutrient Density Brain Food Adjust and Adios
Lights Day
Meal Choices

Week 4: Integrate Fasting to Your Lifestyle

Day 22 Day 23 Day 24 Day 25 Day 26 Day 27 Day 28


Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Eat Out Like a Traveling and How to Break Healthy Eating
Food for Fun All-You-Can-Eat The Next Level
Champion Fasting Your Fast Definition

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Warm Up Session
“Bring together the experiences you want to have in life with a body
that makes them happen.”

Welcome
Congratulations on beginning your journey Beyond Fasting to help you bring your body into
alignment with your health goals and the type of person you wish to be.

In today’s warm-up video, you’ll meet your host and companion for the duration of this Quest,
Ronan De Oliveira.

Ronan will introduce you to the structure of the Quest and walk you through how to make the
most of the program.

In the next four weeks, you'll learn to change WHEN you eat to change your body, align HOW and
WHY you eat according to your sense of identity, control WHAT you eat to progress towards your
goals, and how to thrive in edge cases with confidence.

How To Get The Most Out Of This Quest


1. Schedule some time early in the day to watch the videos.
2. Use your workbook with diligence. It will be a fundamental part of this Quest.

⚠️ Reminder: this whole workbook is fillable in pdf format. When you have
exercises that involve writing or making notes, you can click on the boxes assigned
for each activity and type your answers if you don’t want to print it.

3. Do your self-assessment on Day 1 and reassess yourself at the end of the Quest.
4. Engage with your Tribe to tap into the collective wisdom.

Today’s Tasks
❏ Watch the Warm-Up video

❏ Familiarize yourself with the structure and how to make the most of the Quest.

❏ Join The Beyond Fasting Tribe

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Important: Who Is Fasting Not For?

Intermittent fasting is not recommended for:

● Children
● Teenagers
● The Elderly
● Pregnant or breastfeeding women
● People who are severely underweight
● People with history of eating disorders
● People with diabetes or blood sugar control issues
● People with health conditions that require regular intake of medication with food

NB: Make sure you check with your doctor before engaging with any practice of fasting.

Join The Beyond Fasting Tribe


Make sure to join the Tribe and introduce yourself. Having support will enhance your fasting
experience.

In the Tribe, everyone is on the same journey, as day by day, you go through the Quest together.

Interact in the Tribe as much as possible to share your experiences, questions, answers, thoughts
and lessons learned.

To join the Tribe, please go to the Beyond Fasting Quest home screen and click the "Community"
button (on the right, below the Quest banner).

Introduce yourself today. Tell us:

● Where you are from.


● Whether you are new to fasting or have previous experience..
● Your main reasons for joining this Quest.

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Beyond Fasting Growth Survey
Before you start your Quest, let’s gauge where you are.

Your Growth Survey - Pre Assessment


Fill in your pre-assessment here to evaluate where you currently stand in your transformation
journey.

You will be given the same survey at the end of the Quest to measure your growth and
achievement.

Objective Assessment
This part of the assessment is intention-dependent.

Because most people are interested in changing their body weight or maintaining a healthy
weight while gaining the other benefits of fasting, there’s a space below for you to record this
information now and at the end of the Quest.

Bodyweight can be a deceiving metric and lowering it does not always represent progress.

In addition, we recommend measuring your waistline (a much better indicator of body fat
percentage and systemic inflammation levels) and taking a before and after picture with minimal
clothing as this allows you to see what the scale won’t show).

There’s also a space for you to add other health metrics should you decide to.

Whatever metrics you choose, you need to be able to accurately measure before and after the
program.

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Metric Before After

Body weight

Waistline (indicator of metabolic health and body


fat to men and women)
Hip circumference (indicator of body fat to women)

Take a picture of front, profile, and back

Other metric 1:

Other metric 2:

Other metric 3:

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Week 1 Overview
Week 1: Build Your Fasting Foundation

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7


Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Your Psycho-
How to Start What Breaks a Outer and Inner Implementation
Cybernetics Extra Lives 5X the Results
Fasting Fast? Transformation Day
System

Congratulations for starting Beyond Fasting.

This week, you will get started with your intermittent fasting practice as you learn the
fundamentals.

At the same time, you will work on mind-based tools (also known as your Psycho-Cybernetics
System) to integrate mind and body throughout this Quest.

Coming this week:

● Get started with intermittent fasting

● Discover the optimal schedule for you to get all the benefits this practice can offer
according to your lifestyle and goals.

● Develop your Story Vision and meet your internal coaches who will guide you through the
next steps.

● Learn the technicalities of intermittent fasting and adapt the practice to your specific
goals.

● Learn the M.C.I.I technique – scientifically proven to 5X your results.

⚠️ Reminder: this whole workbook is fillable in pdf format. When you have exercises that
involve writing or making notes, you can click on the boxes assigned for each activity and type
your answers if you don’t want to print it.

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Day 1 - How to Start Fasting
“When you fast, you change the rules by which your body operates.”
People use intermittent fasting for various benefits including weight loss, improved health, more
focus, more mental clarity, and developing discipline.

There’s a few things to do today to set you up for success with your fasting practice.

First, you’ll learn the four stages of fasting and what is happening within your body the longer you
go without food.

You’ll also learn how to determine the length and timing of your feeding window based on your
work schedule, family and cultural traditions, social commitments, workout time and bed time.

Finally, you’ll take the Self-Assessment to allow you to measure your progress over the course of
the Quest.

Today’s Tasks

❏ Watch Today’s Video & Learn The 4 Stages Of Fasting

❏ Determine your Cruising Feeding Window.

❏ Fast for 12h between tonight's dinner and tomorrow's breakfast.

❏ Fill in the self-assessment on page XXX

Reminder: Join The Tribe

Make sure to join the Tribe and introduce yourself. Your fasting experience will be enhanced by
having their support.

In the Tribe, everyone is on the same journey, as day by day, you go through the Quest together.

Interact in the Tribe as much as possible to share your experiences, questions, answers, thoughts
and lessons learned.

To join the Tribe, please go to the Beyond Fasting Quest home screen and click the "Community"
button (on the right, below the Quest banner).

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The Four Stages of Fasting
Your body stores fuel in different ways to make sure energy is always accessible.

In the video Ronan likened the body’s energy requirements to a helper stocking your kitchen.

In the kitchen you have the freezer - where you store food to be used at a later date, or when
everything else has run out; you have the fridge - where food is easily available to put in and to
take out; and you have the fruit bowl - where a small bit of food is instantly available.

And your body works in a similar way when you’re fasting:

Stage 1: Up to 4 hours without food

● Glycogen and insulin reach a peak after a meal.


● The helper is storing food in the fridge and freezer from the last meal.

Stage 2: 4 to 12 hours without food

● Insulin is lower and constant. Glycogen drops.


● The helper is taking food out of the fridge. Stored carbs are being burned.

Stage 3: 12 to 14 hours without food

● Free fatty acids rise. Insulin further drops, and glucagon rises.
● The helper is taking food out of the freezer. Stored fat is being burned.

Stage 4: 14 to 16 hours (Cruising Fasting Window)

● Peak of daily fasting main benefits.

Further stages

● 16 to 24 hours: longer exposure to peak benefits.


● 24 hours and beyond: higher autophagy levels.

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Above: Graph to show how levels of glycogen and insulin are affected over time

🤔 FAQs about Insulin and Glucagon Levels


I see that insulin rises after a meal. But what does it mean?

Insulin and glucagon are two hormones that, amongst other things, work on blood sugar
regulation. This is a meticulous process.

Your body needs a small and precise level of sugar always present in your blood (about a
teaspoon’s worth) at all times to provide your brain with energy. More or less than this amount
can negatively affect your body’s functioning.

As you digest a meal, your body releases insulin to help store glucose from food inside your
muscle and fat cells, so your blood sugar doesn’t remain elevated. If insulin is elevated, it
means there’s storage activity happening inside your body. This is when fat is accumulated.

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As I start fasting, insulin drops. Is this good or bad?

As your digestive process ends, insulin levels drop since there’s nothing left to be stored. It’s
good that insulin drops right after it gets its job done because if insulin remains chronically
high, your cells start to develop a certain numbness to it (a.k.a. insulin resistance).

The result is that over time your body would need to release more and more insulin to get the
same job done in the future until it can no longer keep on increasing these levels. This is when
the human body develops metabolic diseases like obesity or type II diabetes.

A body with type I diabetes cannot produce insulin, so it needs to be injected and closely
monitored for the body to maintain healthy levels of blood glucose.

A healthy body has the ability to keep insulin levels low and only rise it when it’s needed – as in
after a meal, for example.

When insulin drops, I see that glucagon rises. What does this mean?

As your body burns the glucose circulating in your blood, it uses glucagon to free up some of
the energy stored from your liver, so it can be converted into glucose and released into the
bloodstream to keep your blood sugar levels constant.

When glucagon rises, it means your body is burning energy reserves. If this process lasts long
enough for your liver to be emptied of glucose, then glucagon starts pulling more energy from
your fat cells – this is when your body is primarily burning its own fat for fuel.

The Cruising Feeding Window


The Cruising Feeding (or Eating) Window is an 8-hour window in your day in which all your meals
will take place.

There are five factors to consider to find the 8-hour window that works best for you:

1. Work schedule
2. Family traditions
3. Social commitments
4. Workout time
5. Sleep time

Here are some examples of possible Cruising Feeding Windows:

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Define Your Cruising Feeding Window
What’s your Cruising Feeding Window going to be? Use the timeline below to define it.

⚠️Reminder: this whole workbook is fillable in pdf format. You can click on the boxes and type
your answers if you don’t want to print it.

Time to break your fast:

Time to start fasting:

Studies Mentioned
These are the links to studies mentioned in today’s video.

● A Whole-body Model For Glycogen Regulation Reveals A Critical Role For Substrate
Cycling In Maintaining Blood Glucose Homeostasis.

● Time-restricted Feeding And Risk Of Metabolic Disease: A Review Of Human And Animal
Studies

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Notes From Today’s Lesson

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Day 2 - Your Psycho-Cybernetics System
“Transforming your body without transforming your mind is not a
transformation. It’s only an induced temporary state.”

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson


1. Your Psycho-Cybernetics system is a group of internal factors (such as beliefs and goals)
that steer your behavior and shape your results.

2. There are four psycho-cybernetics ‘coaches’ to help you in this Quest:

● Story Vision
● Hairy Goal
● Reasons to Care
● Epic Stories

3. Your ‘Story Vision’ highlights what really matters to you and gives you a compelling future
to build toward.

4. Today, develop and share your Story Vision with your Tribe and fast for 13h between today
and tomorrow.

Meet Coach Story Vision


Follow the steps below to develop your Story Vision. You can use the boxes to write your
answers as you do this exercise.

Step 1: Choose a future time frame for your achieving your vision

One year is the typical choice but it could be 6 months, 2 years or even 20 years from now.

It should be long enough to allow for a profound transformation but also short enough that it
makes you look forward to it.

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Step 2: Tap into what’s important to you.

What comes to your mind when you ask yourself what you want your body to:

● feel like
● be able to do consistently
● accomplish
● look like
● and be like?

Brainstorm words that represent these abstract concepts of your vision. They allow you to tune
into what matters to you.

Take notes of these words in the table below.

Feel Like Do Consistently Accomplish Look Like Be Like

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Step 3: Write your Story Vision.

Remember that a strong Story Vision has 5 elements:

1. Grounded - It needs to be physically possible to achieve.


2. Unreasonable - At the same time, it needs to be daring.
3. Genuine - Make sure it’s your own truth.
4. Transcendental - You can see how this vision enables you to meaningfully connect with
people and expand your possibilities in life.
5. Tangible - Write it in the form of a story that tells you what your perfect day is like.

My Story Vision:

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Today’s Tasks
❏ 1. Develop your Story Vision.

❏ 2. Share it with the Tribe.

❏ 3. Fast for 13h between today and tomorrow.

Notes From Today’s Lesson

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Day 3 - What Breaks a Fast?
“There’s no one-size-fits-all in this practice. Rather than follow instructions,
you want to learn how to navigate this system according to your own
goals.”

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson


1. The main benefits of intermittent fasting come from changing WHEN you eat, not WHAT
you eat. There’s no need to make changes to your regular diet at this point.

2. There's no special way or specific food you need to use to break your daily fast, it
depends on the benefits you're going after.

3. Stay hydrated by drinking water with a pinch of a mineral-rich salt while you fast.

4. Coach Hairy Goal helps you prioritize your first milestone towards your Story Vision. Use
your fasting journal to clarify your Hairy Goal.

5. Today, clarify and share your Hairy Goal, and fast for 14h between today and tomorrow.

What Breaks A Fast?


The table below shows you different items and whether or not they break a fast depending on
the benefit you are after.

Beverages

Insulin Improve
Longevity
Sensitivity and Digestive
Fat Loss Through
Metabolic Function and
Autophagy
Health Gut Rest

Water (still or
Does not break Does not break Does not break Does not break
sparkling)

Unsweetened,
Does not break Does not break Does not break Breaks
black coffee

Unsweetened,
Does not break
plain tea (without
Does not break Does not break Does not break if plain herbal
added dried
tea
fruit)

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Infused water Does not break Does not break Does not break Breaks

Bulletproof
Breaks Does not break Breaks Breaks
Coffee

Apple cider
Does not break Does not break Does not break Breaks
vinegar

Zero calorie
Does not break Breaks Does not break Breaks
sodas

Soups and smoothies

Insulin Improve
Longevity
Sensitivity and Digestive
Fat Loss Through
Metabolic Function and
Autophagy
Health Gut Rest

Bone broth Breaks Does not break Breaks Breaks

Veggie smoothie
(no fruit -
including Breaks Does not break Does not break Breaks
avocado - and
no sugar)

Veggie smoothie
with avocado (no Breaks Does not break Breaks Breaks
sugar)

Fats and creamers

Insulin Improve
Longevity
Sensitivity and Digestive
Fat Loss Through
Metabolic Function and
Autophagy
Health Gut Rest

Coconut oil,
Breaks Does not break Breaks Breaks
MCT oil

Ghee, butter Breaks Does not break Does not break Breaks

Coffee creamer Breaks Does not break Beaks Breaks

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(if in minimum
amount)

Sweeteners

Insulin Improve
Longevity
Sensitivity and Digestive
Fat Loss Through
Metabolic Function and
Autophagy
Health Gut Rest

Sweeteners

Stevia and monk


Does not break Does not break Does not break Breaks
fruit sweeteners

Zero calorie
artificial Does not break Breaks Does not break Breaks
sweeteners

Cinnamon Does not break Does not break Does not break Breaks

Sugar-free gum Does not break Does not break Does not break Breaks

Supplements

Insulin Improve
Longevity
Sensitivity and Digestive
Fat Loss Through
Metabolic Function and
Autophagy
Health Gut Rest

Salt and minerals Does not break Does not break Does not break Does not break

Protein powder,
Breaks Breaks Breaks Breaks
BCAA, EAA

Pre-workouts Breaks Breaks Breaks Breaks

Collagen Breaks Does not break Breaks Breaks

Creatine Does not break Does not break Does not break Breaks

Multivitamins
Does not break Does not break Does not break Breaks
without added

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ingredients

Fish oil Does not break Does not break Does not break Breaks

Pre and
probiotics Does not break Does not break Does not break Breaks
(calorie-free)

Adding Salt to Your Water


Keep yourself hydrated during your fast by drinking water. It’s a good idea to add a pinch of a
mineral-rich salt, like pink Himalayan salt for example, to your water to help replenish the
electrolytes you tend to lose more during your fast.

The amount of salt added should be little, approximately ¼ of a teaspoon per liter of water.
Still, this is not hard science. Basically, you want to add just a bit of salt but not too much that it
changes the taste of the water.

If that happens, then that is too much salt and you can add a little less next time.

As for the types of salt, avoid refined table salt as it is poor in minerals and sea salt because it
could contain heavy metals and microplastics.

Instead, use a high-quality mineral-rich salt such as:

● Pink Himalayan salt


● Celtic salt
● Black lava salt
● Kala namak
● Red Hawaiian salt

Meet Your Coach Hairy Goal


This serves as the next bold milestone towards your Story Vision.

To clarify your Hairy Goal, follow the steps below.

Step 1: Consult your Coach Story Vision.

Read it carefully, visualize it, and think of the logical next steps from now towards this vision. You
can write a few of these steps down below.

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Step 2: Pick a milestone for the next month.

Choose one of the steps above as a bold milestone that you want to achieve in the next month.
Write it down below.

If you want ideas as inspiration, check the examples of goals right below this box.

Examples of goals for step 2

Getting up the stairs of the building


Lose weight Improve my self-esteem
without getting tired
Eat better Improve my flexibility Feel more attractive
Drink more water Increase muscle mass Do a check-up
Keep a food diary Defined abdomen Develop a morning routine
Eat more vegetables Practicing yoga Develop an evening routine
Cut the sugar Spend less time sitting Stretch in the morning every day
Change my diet Go to work by bike Eliminate back pain
Eliminate the dessert Practice martial arts Repair my immune system

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Eat mindfully Do HIIT training Waking up without alarm clock
Cook my food Learning to swim Practice meditation
Improve my digestion Get stronger Prevent chronic diseases
Complete a 5Km, 10Km, or
Stop eating when I'm satisfied Quit alcohol or smoking
half-marathon race
Eat intuitively 10,000 steps a day Expand my life expectancy
Develop discipline around eating Go to the gym 3 times a week Get enough sleep
Feel lighter and free Do some form of exercise every day Increase my energy

Step 3: Make it a specific outcome.

Turn the goal from step 2 into a tangible, specific outcome.

For example, eating more vegetables is not an outcome but a process.

So why would you want that? Perhaps that’s because you want to lose weight in the next month?
Losing weight is an outcome and it could be a milestone for the next month. But it’s still not
specific.

What about losing 5lb or 2kg? Now, it is more specific. Write it down in the following box.

Step 4: Make it challenging.

Review your goal from step 3 and make sure it feels challenging to you. If you tweak it, write its
final version below.

Your Own Fasting Window Rules


What breaks your fast? Now that you have a clear goal, you can decide what breaks and what
doesn’t break your fast based on the goal that you are working towards.

Write down your clear rules for what breaks and what doesn’t break your own fast in the box
below. This will be your agreement with yourself during this Quest as long as this goal remains
true.

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Your Fasting Rules:

Study Mentioned
This is the link to study mentioned in today’s video.

● Effects of 8-hour time restricted feeding on body weight and metabolic disease risk
factors in obese adults: A pilot study

Today’s Tasks
❏ Clarify your Hairy Goal.

❏ Share it with the Tribe.

❏ Write down your rules for your fasting window.

❏ Fast for 14h between today and tomorrow.

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Notes From Today’s Lesson

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Day 4 - Outer and Inner Transformation
“If your goals reflect your innermost values, your transformation becomes
an inevitable expression of who you are.”

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson


1. Extraordinary transformation comes from changing your sense of identity at the same time
you change your body.

2. Connect your Hairy Goal to your Reasons to Care to create inner and outer goal
alignment.

3. Today, fast for 15 hours between today and tomorrow, identify and share your Reasons to
Care, and verify your Hairy Goal.

Meet Your Coach Reasons to Care


This coach verifies and roots your Hairy Goal.

To identify your Reasons to Care, review your Story Vision and then follow the steps below.

Steps 1 to 4 use journaling and serve as a reflection, to give you space to think and uncover your
motives. The last step uses this reflection as the inspiration to write your Reasons to Care.

Step 1: Your genuine desire.

Why is your Story Vision personal to you? How does it reflect your truth? Reflect on this in the
space below.

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Step 2: The root cause.

Ask yourself why this vision is important to you and then why this reason behind is important to
you. Ask why 3 to 5 times to keep going deeper in this reflection until you feel you found
something strong and meaningful to you.

You can brainstorm several reasons or just go deep into one. Anything that feels true to you is
what works here.

Why is this vision important to you?

Why does this matter to you?

Why does this matter to you?

Why does this matter to you?

Why does this matter to you?

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Step 3: What’s at stake.

What happens if you don't achieve your vision? Try free-journaling about it in the space below.

Step 4: The dark side of the force.

Our motivation can come from inspiration or desperation. Oftentimes, we try to hide the
desperation part. But what if we could acknowledge, own, and honor it? Wouldn’t it be more
genuine and aligned with your own truth?

Think about whether there is any fraction of your motivation that comes from a place of avoiding
a certain reality, or moving away from something, and allow yourself to write about it below.

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Step 5: Write 5 Reasons to Care.

Based on what’s fresh on your mind from the reflection you just did, what do you feel are the top
5 reasons why you care so much about your vision?

Write them down below.

I truly care about achieving my Story Vision because…

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Hairy Goal Checkpoint
Sometimes, you may notice that your Hairy Goal seemed solid when you first thought about it.
But it then felt a little off after you went deep to identify your Reasons to Care.

Check your Hairy Goal at this moment. If it still holds true, write it down below.

If it needs to be changed or tweaked, then go through the process of identifying it again and
write your new Hairy Goal below.

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🤔 Some Things You May Be Wondering
At this point, your feeding window is getting shorter and people usually ask:

Will intermittent fasting slow down my metabolism?

Maybe you have heard that having 6 small meals spaced throughout the day helps you burn
fast because the frequent digestion speeds up your metabolism. Or that you should eat first
thing in the morning to kickstart your metabolism.

There are several studies that prove that these are old myths a lot of us still believe in.

>> This study measured the effects of meal frequency on fat burning as well as hunger and
one’s desire to eat.

They found that eating 3 meals a day versus 6 meals produced no difference (given that total
daily calorie intake was the same) when it came to fat burning.

However, those in the study who ate 6 meals daily were more likely to feel hungry after their
meals. And they reported a stronger desire to eat.

>> This study is called "Higher Eating Frequency Does Not Decrease Appetite in Healthy
Adults." and looked into the effect of meal frequency on appetite.

For 3 weeks they gave 3 meals a day to a group of participants and 8 meals a day (same
amount of total daily calories) to another. Appetite was even slightly higher in the group that
had more meals but no big difference was found.

>> This is another study that compared 3 vs 6 daily meals for 5 weeks and found no difference
in appetite between groups.

>> This is an analysis of 15 studies that looked into meal frequency and body composition. Out
of 15 studies analyzed, 14 did not support the hypothesis that eating more frequently leads
to better body composition.

This is because small, frequent meals increase your metabolism multiple times a day but only
by a small amount. Whereas large and infrequent meals increase your metabolism fewer times
a day but by a large amount.

It’s all proportional to the amount of food consumed by the end of the day regardless of how
it’s split in meals.

How many meals should I have in my feeding window?

This is totally up to your preferences. During your feeding window you don’t want to feel
hungry or stuffed. Try different possibilities until you find a number of meals and possibly
snacks that work best for you.

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Some of the common situations are:

● 3 meals: this works well for a lot of people. During an 8-hour feeding window, most
people notice that their 3 meals need to reduce a bit in size so they don’t feel too full. If
that’s your case, that’s totally fine.
● 2 meals + 1 snack: having two large meals and a small snack in between, something
like a piece of fruit, a smoothie, or a cup of yogurt, is another option.
● 2 meals: other people notice that having 2 large, nutritious meals keeps them satiated
and satisfied. If that’s the case for you, there’s no problem with having 2 meals only
whatsoever.

Bear in mind that, the fewer meals you have, the more you want to prioritize protein,
vegetables, and fruit because these foods deliver most of what your body needs to stay well
nurtured.

You’re going to learn how to choose foods for your meals in more detail in Week 3, but as of
now try paying attention to the cues your body offers you of whether you’re full, hungry, or
even a bit too full during your feeding window, and regulate your meals so that you’re feeling
well at all times.

Today’s Tasks
❏ Write down 5 Reasons to Care.

❏ Share them with your Tribe.

❏ Verify your Hairy Goal.

❏ Fast for 15h between today and tomorrow.

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Notes From Today’s Lesson

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Day 5 - Extra Lives
“Forget about perfection. Results will come from transforming fasting into a
lifestyle.”

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson


1. Some common mistakes while fasting are being too ‘tight’, too ‘loose’, ‘compensation’ and
‘restriction’.

2. Stop assigning your future self to perfection. Play the long-term game. Give yourself an
extra-life and permission to make mistakes.

3. Choose your challenge level each week. Your level helps you identify your own rules and
expectations.

4. Today, fast for 16h, choose and share your challenge level. Pay attention to what's
challenging for you in this practice.

Challenge Levels
Choose your challenge level for this week.

Testing the Waters Chill Like a Boss Master


Fasting Window 12 to 16h 14 to 16h 16h 16h
Frequency Everyday Everyday Everyday Everyday
Schedule May vary May vary May vary 1h flexibility
Extra Lives 3 2 1 1

This week’s challenge level:

What Is Challenging You?


Start paying attention to the situations that you need to use an extra life for, or that almost get you
to that point. You can take notes about them below. They will be useful for the technique you are
going to learn tomorrow.

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Today’s Tasks
❏ Choose your challenge level for until the end of week 2.

❏ Share your choice with your Tribe.

❏ Pay attention to what challenges you.

❏ Fast for 16h between today and tomorrow.

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Notes From Today’s Lesson

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Day 6 - 5X the Results
“The best way to deal with adversity is to expect it and prepare a plan in
advance for when it shows up.”

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson


1. Mental Contrasting with Implementation Intentions (MCII) has been shown to improve
weight loss results by 5 times in 6 months and 10 times in 1 year.

2. To apply MCII, first turn your Reasons to Care into Epic Stories. Then, capture critical
challenging moments that made you use an Extra Life before.

3. Use today's meditation track to practice the visualization of all these elements in order.

4. Today, fast according to your chosen level, do the written form MCII and the meditation,
and journal about your wins and lessons learned from this week.

Meet Your Coach Epic Stories


Epic Stories are your Reasons to Care turned into short stories.

To write your Epic Stories, first review your Reasons to Care. Visualize a moment that represents
each of them as if you had already achieved your Story Vision.

Then, describe this short story in the space below.

Story 1

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Story 2

Story 3

Story 4

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Story 5

Mental Contrasting With Implementation Intentions (MCII)


With this technique, you can tackle challenges that are in your way towards your Hairy Goal and
program new behaviors from the level of your subconscious mind.

To apply MCII you’ll need the following:

Step 1: Write down at least one Epic Story.

Step 2: Pick a challenge.

Choose a specific challenge that is slowing you down or holding you back from progressing
towards your goal.

Any challenge that requires effort for you to keep your fasting practice will work here. The
situations in which you needed to use an extra life, or that almost got you to this point, are great
examples.

When choosing a challenge, describe clearly what the problem is and what triggered it for you
last time you faced it.

Pick one challenge and write it down below.

Step 3: Decide a solution.

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What behavior or strategy could you implement the next time that you are faced with this
challenge. What could prevent or solve the problem that you want to solve?

Think of a solution that depends solely on you and describe it below.

Step 4: Visualize steps 1 to 3 in order.

Use today’s meditation track to guide you through this process.

Weekly Reflection
This is a moment to consolidate what you have learned and experienced this week on Beyond
Fasting.

You may have learned some hard knowledge that perhaps stuck with you. This would be
anything you learned related to the content of the Quest: fasting, physiology, psychology, or any
piece of knowledge that you absorbed.

And you may have learned some things about yourself.

That’s when this Quest facilitates inner exploration too. Maybe you found out that fasting was
easier than you expected? Or that your goals up until this moment were not reflecting who you
want to be? Any insight is valid here.

Take this time to journal on these two questions:

1) What have you learned from the Beyond Fasting Quest this week?

2) What have you learned from yourself by doing this Quest this week?

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Study Mentioned
This is the link to study mentioned in today’s video.

● Functional imagery training versus motivational interviewing for weight loss: a randomised
controlled trial of brief individual interventions for overweight and obesity

Today’s Tasks
❏ Write down your Epic Stories.

❏ Do the MCII exercise on your fasting journal.

❏ Practice with the MCII meditation every day.

❏ Journal about your learning points this week.

❏ Keep fasting according to your level.

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Notes From Today’s Lesson

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CONGRATULATIONS ON
COMPLETING WEEK 1!

YOU ARE ON THE BEST PATHWAY TO MASTER FASTING AND DEVELOP


THE BEST AND HEALTHIEST VERSION OF YOUR BODY!

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Week 2 Overview
Welcome to Week 2 of Beyond Fasting.

What is hunger? What happens in our body and minds when we experience it? There’s a
psychological and a physiological aspect to hunger and this week, you are going to learn how to
dominate and eliminate it from both sides.

This will happen by transforming how you eat and changing why you eat.

● Learn mindful eating practices to eliminate cravings and impulsive eating.

● Get safe and prepared to ride the hunger wave.

● Learn the Eating Domains to change why you eat according to your goals.

● Eliminate the top physiological causes of hunger.

Week 2: Master the Impulse to Eat

Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Day 11 Day 12 Day 13 Day 14


Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Promote
Fasting and Success in Your Implementation
Eat Like a Monk Ride the Wave Eating Domains Electrolyte
Blood Sugar Own Terms Day
Balance

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Day 8 - Eat Like a Monk
“When you eat how food is supposed to be eaten it feels less like a
meal and more like meditation.”

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson


1. Changing HOW you eat brings your fasting practice to a deeper level and helps you
address other eating habits.

2. Remember Bill and Ted - certain eating patterns can still lead to overeating and an
unhealthy relationship with food, even if you're fasting.

3. Today, keep fasting according to your level and start eating mindfully and undistracted.

Challenge Level
It’s a new week. If you haven’t yet, take a moment to choose your challenge level for this week.

Testing the Waters Chill Like a Boss Master


Fasting Window 12 to 16h 14 to 16h 16h 16h
Frequency Everyday Everyday Everyday Everyday
Schedule May vary May vary May vary 1h flexibility
Extra Lives 3 2 1 1

This week’s challenge level:

Goodbye, Bill and Ted


Transform how you eat starting from today.

1. Eat only at a table, while seated.

2. On plates, not plastic containers or packaging.

3. With undivided attention or while connecting with other people. Not on the go, while
driving, watching TV, or listening to a book or podcast.

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Tips and Tricks
1. Help yourself before you sit down to eat, if the food is on the table.

2. Give priority to taking the time to eat. Schedule your priorities instead of prioritizing your
schedule.

3. If you have a short time to eat, then slowly eat what you can in the time you have. You’ll
feel more satiated and satisfied than quickly swallowing a lot of food in those 10 minutes.

4. Keep your hands busy if you have the habit of munching on food while watching TV.

5. If the kids can’t eat without the TV, then delay turning it on for a few minutes after the
meal has started.

Studies Mentioned
These are the links to studies mentioned in today’s video.

● Extending the Boundaries of Sensory Marketing and Examining the Sixth Sensory System:
Effects of Vestibular Sensations for Sitting versus Standing Postures on Food Taste
Perception

● Meal schemas during a preload decrease subsequent eating

Today’s Tasks
❏ Keep fasting according to your level.

❏ Eat undistracted, or with people.

❏ Eat slowly, while seated at a table, on a proper plate.

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Notes From Today’s Lesson

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Day 9 - Ride the Wave
“Instead of getting distracted, train yourself to experience hunger with
your full attention.”

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson


1. Instead of distracting yourself from the sensation of hunger, ride the wave a few times to
learn from the experience.

2. Use the 4-step process in today's guided meditation track to guide you.

3. The wildest hunger waves come from stress and sleep deprivation. Stick to a sleep
schedule and use the 4-7-8 Breathing Technique to help you tame sleep and stress
hunger waves.

4. Today, fast according to your level, and ride the wave at least once.

Riding the Wave


When hunger comes, take time to pay attention to:

● What is triggering it?


● What does it feel like in your body?
● What is your mind saying?
● What is the worst that can happen if you don’t eat now?

You can use today’s meditation track to guide you through this process.

The 4-7-8 Breathing Technique


Remaining in the parasympathetic state (rest and digest) will severely decrease the sensation of
hunger and cravings overall.

You can use this to shift your state to parasympathetic when you are experiencing stress.

● Inhale for the count of 4.


● Hold for the count of 7.
● Exhale for the count of 8.
● Do this for a total of 4 cycles.

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Taking Care of Sleep
As poor and/or lack of sleep is one of the key drivers to the wild hunger waves, you can eliminate
a great deal of hunger by:

● Waking up without an alarm clock.


● Having a regular sleep schedule.

Studies Mentioned
These are the links to studies mentioned in today’s video.

● Time-restricted feeding study shows promise in helping people shed body fat

● Stress may add bite to appetite in women: a laboratory study of stress-induced cortisol
and eating behavior

● Impact of insufficient sleep on total daily energy expenditure, food intake, and weight gain

Today’s Tasks
❏ Fast according to your level.

❏ Ride the wave at least once.

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Notes From Today’s Lesson

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Day 10 - Eating Domains
“What part of yourself are you providing energy to?”

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson


1. The drive to eat is what happens within your feeding window. It can come from a physical,
mental, emotional, or connection domain.

2. Check-in with yourself three times the next time you respond to a drive to eat: before you
start eating, halfway, and right after finishing.

3. In the first two check-ins, notice the intensity of the drive and the domain it is coming
from. After eating, check for the intensity and notice the conversation in your mind.

4. Today, fast according to your level and apply the three check-ins at least once.

Eating Domains
This is a quick recap of each eating domain.

Physical Domain:

● Empty stomach
● Nutritional needs

Mental Domain:

● Habits
● Performance
● Fulfill a desire

Emotional Domain:

● Low emotions
● High emotions

Collective Domain:

● Food availability
● Social occasions

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The Three Check Ins
Next time that you have a drive to eat, check in with yourself:

Before

● From 1 to 10, how hard is it?


● What domain is it coming from?

Halfway

● What's the intensity?


● What's the domain now?

Right after

● What's the intensity?


● What's the mind conversation?

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Today’s Tasks
❏ Fast according to your level.

❏ Apply the three check-ins at least once per day.

Notes From Today’s Lesson

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Day 11 - Fasting and Blood Sugar
“A healthy body has several mechanisms to ensure blood sugar stability.”

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson


1. Low blood sugar is a common issue after high carbohydrate meals and could be a
particular concern for people with metabolic diseases.

2. A healthy body has several mechanisms to ensure blood sugar stability while fasting.
Adrenaline and glucagon are the hormones associated with this process.

3. Usually, the eventual feeling of weakness during fasting is due to electrolyte imbalances,
not poor blood sugar control.

4. Today, fast according to your level, apply the 3 check-ins process, do the riding the wave
meditation, and practice mindful eating.

Adding Salt to Your Water


Keep yourself hydrated during your fast by drinking water.

It’s a good idea to add a pinch of a mineral-rich salt, like pink Himalayan salt for example, to your
water to help replenish the electrolytes you tend to lose more during your fast.

The amount of salt added should be little, approximately ¼ of a teaspoon per liter of water. Still,
this is not hard science. Basically, you want to add just a bit of salt but not too much that it would
change the taste of the water. If that happens, then that is too much salt and you can add a little
less next time.

As for the types of salt, avoid refined table salt as it is poor in minerals and sea salt because it
could contain heavy metals and microplastics. Instead, use a high-quality mineral-rich salt such
as:

● Pink Himalayan salt


● Celtic salt
● Black lava salt
● Kala namak
● Red Hawaiian salt

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Study Mentioned
This is the link to the study mentioned in today’s video.

● Fasting induces a form of autonomic synaptic plasticity that prevents hypoglycemia

Today’s Tasks
❏ Fast according to your level.

❏ Apply the three check-ins to eating domains.

❏ Ride the wave meditation while fasting.

❏ Keep eating mindfully.

Notes From Today’s Lesson

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Day 12 - Promote Electrolyte Balance
“It’s thanks to a tiny amount of minerals that your body is able to sustain life.”

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson


1. Electrolytes are a subset of the minerals your body uses to keep vital functions to sustain
life. The main electrolytes that can improve your fasting practice are sodium, potassium,
and magnesium.

2. To support your mineral balance, add an intake of sodium if you're losing too much fluid
while fasting and remove the excessive intake during your feeding window. Potassium is
balanced through food but only when sodium levels are adequate.

3. Foods that are rich in magnesium can be partially depleted of this mineral because of
modern agricultural practices. It's a good idea to consider supplementing with magnesium
glycinate, citrate, and/or L-threonate.

4. Today, fast according to your level, add a pinch of mineral-rich salt to your water, add
potassium and magnesium-rich foods to your diet, consider supplementing with
magnesium, and apply the 3 check-ins when there's a drive to eat.

Sodium Summary
In order to support your body to keep optimum electrolyte balance, remove the excess
consumption of sodium during your feeding window and add some sodium intake during your
fasting window, especially if you’re losing fluid during this time.

The recommended daily intake of sodium is 1,200 to 2,400mg.

High-Sodium Foods to Avoid


Approx. sodium
Item Low-sodium alternatives
per serving (mg)
Cured canned meats 750-1400 Fresh meat
Instant noodles 1000-1500 Fresh pasta
Fresh meals or reduced-sodium
Frozen meals 600-1000
versions

Smoked or cold cuts and salami 500-1200 Sliced roast beef or turkey

Hot dogs 500-1000 Eat it occasionally and in small amount

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Use unprocessed toppings like grilled
Sandwiches 1100
chicken and avocado
Soy sauce 1000 Coconut aminos
Pizza 900 Consume a single slice
Frozen seafood 800 Fresh caught seafood
Broths and stocks 780 Reduced-sodium versions
Canned soup 700 Home-made soup
Biscuits 500-800 Keep portions small
Jerky and dried meats 620 Reduced-sodium versions
Breakfast cereals 500 Steel-cut oats
Macaroni and cheese 480 Buy whole grain and eat in small amount
Canned vegetable juice 400 Home-made smoothie
Processed cheese 400 Natural cheeses like mozzarella or Swiss
Bagels and breads 400 Buy whole grain and eat in small amount
Canned poultry and seafood 250-450 Fresh poultry and seafood
Sausages and bacon 200-400 Keep portions small
Chips, pretzels, and salty snacks 200-400 Unsalted nuts
Tortillas 390 Buy whole grain and eat in small amount
Instant pudding 350 Regular, not "instant" pudding
Rinse it in running water for 3 minutes to
Cottage cheese 350 decrease 60% of sodium, or replace
with Greek yogurt
Drain and rinse for a few minutes or
Canned vegetables 320
choose raw or frozen vegetables
Tomato sauce 320 Without added salt versions
Salad dressing 300 Olive oil and vinegar
Pickles 240 Keep portions small

Potassium Summary
Potassium balance can only be maintained if your sodium level is adequate. To support your body
to maintain this electrolyte balance, increase the consumption of potassium-rich foods during
your feeding window.

If potassium is coming only from natural sources (ie., foods and not supplements) then there are
no concerns about having too much of it.

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There’s no current standard for a recommended daily intake of potassium. However, it is thought
that 1600 to 3500 mg per day for adults is adequate.

High-Potassium Foods to Eat More


Food item Serving size Potassium content in mg
Swiss chard 1 cup (180g) 960
White beans 1 cup, cooked 830
Salmon 1/2 fillet (180g) 690
Edamame 1 cup 680
Pomegranate 1 670
Watermelon 2 wedges 640
Coconut water 1 cup 600
Black beans 1 cup, cooked 600
Butternut squash 1 cup (200g) 590
Clams, canned 3 oz 540
Sweet potato 1 medium-sized 540
Spinach 1 cup 540
Potatoes 1 medium-sized (140g) 520
Beetroot 1 cup (170g) 520
Avocado 100g 490
Tomato paste 3 tablespoons 490
Dried apricots 6 490
Banana 1 450
Lentils ½ cup 365
Milk (fat-free, low-fat, whole, buttermilk) 1 cup 350
Artichoke 1 medium 345
Beef, ground 3 oz 270

Magnesium Summary
Even though you are unlikely to lose magnesium during the fasting process, this is the number
one mineral deficiency in the world. About 85% of Americans, for instance, are deficient in
magnesium.

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You can get magnesium from food, although due to modern agricultural practices these foods
tend to be partially depleted of magnesium. Because of that, it may be a good idea to consider
supplementing with some forms of magnesium.

The recommended daily intake of magnesium is 420mg.

Magnesium-Rich Foods to Eat More


This is a list of foods that are rich in magnesium in order from most to least abundant per serving.
The specific amount of magnesium can vary substantially depending on the soil where those
foods are grown, so it’s not going to be specified.

● Pumpkin seed
● Leafy greens
● Almonds
● Spinach
● Cashews
● Peanuts
● Cereal, shredded wheat
● Soymilk
● Black beans
● Edamame
● Dark chocolate, 70% and above
● Peanut butter
● Bread, whole wheat
● Avocado
● Potato with skin
● Brown rice
● Yogurt, plain
● Oatmeal
● Kidney beans
● Banana
● Cocoa powder
● Salmon

Magnesium Supplements
Check with your doctor in case you are planning to supplement with magnesium.

If you do so, avoid forms of magnesium like magnesium oxide and sulfate for their low
absorption rate. Rather, consider some of the best forms of magnesium below:

Magnesium citrate: one of the most bioavailable forms of magnesium. It also drives water to the
bowels and is commonly used in larger doses as a laxative.

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Magnesium glycinate or bisglycinate: another high-absorption form of magnesium, perhaps not
as much as citrate but with less of a laxative effect because it’s absorbed in several locations in
the intestine. Because of glycine that also has been shown to improve sleep, this form of
magnesium is often used for its calming effects to treat anxiety, depression, and insomnia.

Magnesium L-threonate: special form that crosses the blood-brain barrier and has unique
brain-based benefits. Animal research suggests that this is most effective type of magnesium for
increasing magnesium concentrations in brain cells, and it may help manage certain brain
disorders, such as depression and age-related memory loss.

Magnesium Chloride: used as an oil and applied on the skin instead of taken orally.

Today’s Tasks
❏ Fast according to your level.

❏ Add mineral-rich salt to your water.

❏ Add rich potassium and magnesium foods to your meals.

❏ Consider supplementing with magnesium.

❏ Do the three check-ins process.

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Notes From Today’s Lesson

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Day 13 - Success On Your Own Terms
“There's no right or wrong.
There's what makes sense to your goals and what doesn't.”

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson


1. Your rules in this Quest should not be the same as everyone else's. Instead, they should
be compatible with what your own coaches say.

2. Consult your coaches and determine the domains of eating you will respond to and the
ones you're choosing not to. Then, program your behavior with the MCII meditation.

3. Today, fast according to your level, choose a challenge level for next week, define your
rules and apply MCII, do your weekly journaling reflection, and cook something this
weekend.

Crossing the Line


Consult your coaches about your domains of eating. Then, use the space below to clarify your
own rules.

What domains of eating you choose to In which situations are you crossing the line?
respond to?

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Weekly Reflection
This is a moment to consolidate what you have learned and experienced this week on Beyond
Fasting.

Just like last week, take this time to journal on these two questions:

1) What have you learned from the Beyond Fasting Quest this week?

2) What have you learned from yourself by doing this Quest this week?

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Today’s Tasks
❏ Fast according to your level and choose your challenge level for next week.

❏ Define your rules for domains of eating.

❏ Apply the MCII meditation to 1 situation.

❏ Journal about wins and lessons learned.

❏ Cook something this weekend.

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Notes From Today’s Lesson

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CONGRATULATIONS ON
COMPLETING WEEK 2!

YOU ARE ON THE BEST PATHWAY TO MASTER FASTING AND DEVELOP


THE BEST AND HEALTHIEST VERSION OF YOUR BODY!

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Week 3 Overview
Welcome to Week 3 of Beyond Fasting.

This week we’re going to be intentional with what we eat. To master the principles of this
process, we need to start by taking full control of the food we give ourselves. In other words, it’s
about time to get into the kitchen.

But this is going to be very different from you receiving a set meal plan and blindly following
instructions. Rather, we’re going to work with frameworks that will help you cater your food
choices to your own individual goals.

By the end of the week you’re going to have learned tools and will be well on your way to
develop the habits that will put the eating choices that drive you where you want to go on
autopilot.

This week you will:

● Learn the Food Framework and the foundation of any nutritious meals.

● Develop and refine ‘Master Meals’ that will provide you with that golden balance between
nourishment, enjoyment, and convenience.

● Develop a technique to engage your higher brain to help you make food choices.

● Shape your environment to make your choices even more convenient for you.

Week 3: Balance Nutrients According to Your Goals

Day 15 Day 16 Day 17 Day 18 Day 19 Day 20 Day 21


Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
The Foundation Higher vs Lower
Remove Red Implementation
Of a Nutritious Yin and Yang Nutrient Density Brain Food Adjust and Adios
Lights Day
Meal Choices

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Day 15 - The Foundation of a Nutritious Meal
“The difference that makes a meal nurturing and satiating from one
that ends up increasing your cravings is a strong foundation.”

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson


1. The Food Framework helps you make food choices based on your goals. Some foods are
dominant in one macronutrient (protein, carbohydrates, or fats), while others are an
intersection between two of them.

2. Use the Food Framework to ensure your meals have a strong foundation and contain at
least one source of lean protein and two or three types of non-starchy vegetables.

3. Meals with strong foundations keep you satiated for longer and provide your body with
the basic macro and micronutrients it needs.

4. Today, fast according to your level, prepare one meal with a strong foundation, eat it with
reverence, and evaluate your meal on enjoyment and convenience.

Challenge Level
It’s a new week. If you haven’t yet, take a moment to choose your challenge level for this week.

Testing the Waters Chill Like a Boss Master


Fasting Window 12 to 16h 14 to 16h 16h 16h
Frequency Everyday Everyday Everyday Everyday
Schedule May vary May vary May vary 1h flexibility
Extra Lives 3 2 1 1

This week’s challenge level:

The Strong Foundation In a Nutshell


This is the first layer of your Master Meal. To have a strong foundation, include:

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● 1 source of lean protein.

● 2-3 types of non-starchy vegetables.

Most Common Protein Sources


Whether or not you eat animal protein, this list will help you identify options for your Master Meal.
To build a strong foundation, choose foods from the lean protein, plant-based protein, or
supplements columns.

Lean animal-based Fatty animal-based Plant-based Supplements


seafood beans, peas and lentils animal based
basa herring black beans casein
cod mackerel chickpeas whey protein powder
crab salmon edamame plant based
edamame, tofu,
haddock sardines tempeh chia seeds
halibut green peas hemp
plant-based protein
red snapper lentils powder
shrimp lite tofu spirulina
tilapia pea
white-fleshed fish peanuts
poultry seitan
chicken/turkey thighs
skinless chicken breast and drumsticks soy
skinless turkey breast chicken wings tofu
duck meat, including
breast
meat
bison flap steak
lamb (certain cuts) filet mignon
lean beef (sirloin,
tenderloin, eye round,
round steak) porterhouse steak
liver skirt steak
pork loin new york strip steak
venison t-bone steak

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rib-eye steak
eggs
egg whites whole eggs

Starchy and Non-Starchy Vegetables


This is a list for your reference. It’s enough to get you started choosing different non-starchy
vegetables to make your own Master Meals.

Non-Starchy Starchy
amaranth or chinese spinach beans
artichoke butternut squash
artichoke hearts chickpeas
asparagus corn
baby corn legumes
bamboo shoots lentils
bean sprouts parsnips

beans (green, wax, italian) peas

beets potatoes
broccoli pumpkin
brussels sprouts squash
cabbage (green, bok choy, chinese) sweet potatoes
carrots taro
cauliflower wheat
celery whole grains
chayote yams
cucumber
daikon
eggplant
greens (collard, kale, mustard, turnip)
hearts of palm
jicama
kohlrabi

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leeks
mushrooms
okra
onions
pea pods
peppers
radishes
rutabaga
salad greens (chicory, endive, escarole, lettuce,
romaine, spinach, arugula, radicchio,
watercress)
sprouts
squash (cushaw, summer, crookneck, spaghetti,
zucchini)
sugar snap peas
swiss chard
tomato
turnips
water chestnuts
yard-long beans
zucchini

Evaluate Today’s Master Meal


Today, you’re applying the first layer of a Master Meal: the Strong Foundation. After you’ve
prepared, served, and enjoyed it with reverence, it’s time to evaluate your experience.

What was your Master Meal today?

Briefly describe the ingredients and any other detail you may find relevant to document.

It’s also nice to take a picture of it and store it so you can see how your Master Meal evolves as
you practice the principles you’re going to learn this week.

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How much do you love it?

From 1 to 10, (with 10 being master-chef-mindblowing level.)

How convenient was it?

From super easy and quick to prepare to a lengthy and complex process that would be hard to
do on a daily basis.

Today’s Tasks
❏ Fasting according to your level.

❏ Choose the meal you're going to prepare.

❏ Include 1 source of lean protein and 2-3 types of non-starchy vegetables.

❏ Share the meal with your Tribe.

❏ Eat it with reverence.

❏ Evaluate enjoyment and convenience.

❏ Share ideas or challenges with your Tribe.

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The Food Framework
This is Ronan’s hand drawn and notes of the Food Framework:

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Notes From Today’s Lesson

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Day 16 - Yin and Yang
“There’s a dynamic balance that makes meals steer your body
towards your goals.”

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson


1. The Yin and Yang principle helps you make food choices whether you want to increase,
maintain, or decrease body weight.

2. To increase body weight, add foods from the carbohydrate domain to your strong
foundation and balance with a small amount of fat.

3. To decrease body weight, add foods from the fat domain to your strong foundation and
balance with a small amount of carbohydrates.

4. This is not the only way to increase or decrease body weight. Rather, it's a way to
structure your Master Meals to help you achieve your goals.

5. Today, fast according to your level, apply Yin and Yang to your Master Meal, evaluate it,
and share your insights with your Tribe.

Evaluate Today’s Master Meal


Today, you’re applying the second layer of a Master Meal: the Yin Yang principle. After you
prepared, served, and enjoyed it with reverence, it’s time to evaluate your experience.

What was your Master Meal today?

Briefly describe the ingredients and any other detail you may find relevant to document.

It’s also nice to take a picture of it and store it so you can see how your Master Meal evolves as
you practice the principles you’re going to learn this week.

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How much do you love it?

From 1 to 10, with 10 being master-chef-mindblowing level.

How convenient was it?

From super easy and quick to prepare to a lengthy and complex process that would be hard to
do on a daily basis.

Today’s Tasks
❏ Fast according to your level.

❏ Apply Yin and Yang to your Master Meal.

❏ Prepare and serve it to yourself with reverence.

❏ Evaluate your meal for enjoyment and convenience.

❏ Share ideas and/or challenges with your Tribe.

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Notes From Today’s Lesson

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Day 17 - Nutrient Density
“The same way that a car without adequate engine oil breaks apart after
some time, your body will also lose its functions with a sustained deficiency
of vitamins and minerals.”

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson


1. If Yin and Yang don't match your preferred type of diet, you can achieve your results with
the opposite pattern if you apply the concept of caloric density to your meals.

2. Micronutrients are the combination of vitamins and minerals. They ensure the functioning
of all the thousands of small processes your body needs to run to live long and operate
well.

3. To increase the nutrient density of your meals, rotate your non-starchy vegetables, and
consume fatty fish and organ meats every 3rd day.

4. Today, fast according to your level, combine different non-starchy vegetables and add
fatty fish or organ meats to your Master Meal, and serve it with reverence.

The Most Nutrient-Dense Foods


This is a list that you can pick and choose from to increase your nutrient density.

Achieving high nutrient density is all about rotating these food items, so come back to this table
often if you need ideas of different foods to try.

Plant Foods Animal Foods


almonds abalone
artichokes clams
asparagus crab
avocado grass-fed beef
beets herring
berries (blueberries, raspberries, blackberries) liver (beef and chicken)
black beans lobster
bone broth mackerel
brazil nuts mussels

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broccoli rabe, broccoli, cauliflower and other
cruciferous veggies like cabbage or brussels oysters
sprouts
cacao salmon
carrots and parsnips sardines
egg yolks shrimp
exotic berries like acai, goji and camu camu yogurt
garlic
green beans
hemp seeds
leafy greens, like kale, collards, spinach,
watercress, dandelion greens and arugula
lentils
parsley, cilantro, basil and other herbs
potatoes
pumpkin
raw cheese and kefir
red, yellow, green and orange bell peppers
seaweed
seeds: pumpkin, sunflower, chia and flax
shiitake mushrooms
sweet potatoes
tomatoes
wheat germ
wild mushrooms
wild rice

Evaluate Today’s Master Meal


Today, you’re applying the third layer of a Master Meal: nutrient density. After you prepared,
served, and enjoyed it with reverence, it’s time to evaluate your experience.

What was your Master Meal today?

Briefly describe the ingredients and any other detail you may find relevant to document.

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It’s also nice to take a picture of it and store it so you can see how your Master Meal evolves as
you practice the principles you’re going to learn this week.

How much do you love it?

From 1 to 10, with 10 being master-chef-mindblowing level.

How convenient was it?

From super easy and quick to prepare to a lengthy and complex process that would be hard to
do on a daily basis.

Ronan’s Notes
These are the notes from Ronan that you could see on today’s video.

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Today’s Tasks
❏ Fast according to your level.

❏ Combine different non-starchy vegetables to your Master Meal.

❏ Add some organ meat or fatty fish if you consume animal products.

❏ Prepare and serve it with reverence.

❏ Evaluate convenience and enjoyment.

❏ Share insights and challenges with your Tribe.

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Notes From Today’s Lesson

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Day 18 - Remove Red Lights
“It’s not about a food being either good or bad. It’s about being compatible
with what makes sense to you or not.”

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson


1. Red light foods are dense in calories, empty in nutrients, and usually cause inflammation
in your body. Even though you can consume them if your coaches agree with it, they don't
belong in Master Meals.

2. Most of the highly-processed foods fall under the Red Light category. You can also spot
them by checking whether they contain any variation of sugar in the first few ingredients
in the label, hydrogenated oil or any processed vegetable oil, and/or more than 400mg of
sodium per serving.

3. Once you develop a Master Meal that has all the four layers you learned this week, you
can start creating variations of that until you find several options that nurture your body
and goals, and are also highly enjoyable and convenient to prepare.

4. Today, fast according to your level, remove red lights from your Master Meal, prepare and
eat it with reverence, and start creating other Master Meals.

Red Light Foods


In general, you can identify red light foods if they contain any of these things in their labels:

● Sugar, maltodextrin, dextrose, and other forms of sugar in the first 3 ingredients.
● Trans fat or hydrogenated oil.
● Canola, rapeseed, sunflower, soybean, and other processed oils.
● More than 400mg of sodium per serving.

You can also choose to temporarily add other foods to the red light category because of any
particular reasons. Whether you have an allergic reaction or sensitivity to it, because you tend to
overeat a particular food, or for any moral or religious reasons.

Use the space below to write down other foods you choose not to have in your Master Meals, if
any.

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Today’s Tasks
❏ Fast according to your level.

❏ Remove red lights from your Master Meal.

❏ Prepare and serve it with reverence. Then evaluate enjoyment and convenience.

❏ Start trying variations of your Master Meal until enjoyment and convenience are perfect
for you.

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Notes From Today’s Lesson

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Day 19 - Higher vs Lower Brain Food
Choices
“You can only be wise with your eating habits if you make food choices with
the part of the brain that processes wisdom.”

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson


1. Your "lower" brain makes food choices based on survival and emotions. It kicks in when
you're choosing what to eat while you look at different options.

2. Your "higher" brain chooses based on knowledge and wisdom. You activate it when you
make food choices in advance.

3. There are three levels to activate your higher brain: right before you look at food options,
planning a day before, or planning a whole week in advance.

4. Today, fast according to your level, have one Master Meal, and choose your planning level
for the remaining ones.

The Three Levels of Planning


To be intentional about your food choices outside Master Meals, you can use any of these 3
levels of planning:

Level 1: Right before eating

Before you open the fridge or pantry to look for what to eat, take a moment to write down the
answer to the question “what’s something healthy I can offer my body right now?”.

Level 2: A day in advance

Before busy days, when you know you’ll need to order food and be in a rush, choose a meal in
advance based on where you’re going to be. Make a quick plan that covers where you will be,
where you can get your meals from, and what meals you want to order.

Preparing food to take with you in advance is also a great option if you want to give it a try,

Level 3: A week in advance

You can leave some vegetables chopped, cook your protein in a large batch, or even prepare
and freeze entire meals if that’s something you want to do.

For tomorrow and the remaining days of the current week, choose the level of planning you want
to apply. You can write it down below to have it clear for yourself.

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Today’s Tasks
❏ Fast according to your level.

❏ Have at least 1 Master Meal.

❏ Choose the level of planning for the remaining meals.

❏ Share your chosen level with your Tribe.

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Notes From Today’s Lesson

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Day 20 - Adjust and Adios
“Environment is stronger than willpower. Shape it to support your vision.”

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson


1. Based on your goals, you have foods to promote, foods to demote and foods that don't
belong.

2. Adjust and Adios is the process of changing your environment (home, office, etc) to make
foods to promote more visible and easy to access than foods to demote, and to eliminate
the availability of foods that don't belong entirely.

3. There are no specific guidelines to determine the foods that fall under each category. This
is a decision that you need to agree with your coaches.

4. Today, fast and choose the challenge level for the next week, apply Adjust and Adios, do
your weekly reflection, and buy chocolate or a dessert to bring to our lesson on Day 22.

Adjust and Adios in a Nutshell


Look around and identify food items that are visible and reachable.

Foods to Promote: adjust

● Make them more visible in plain sight.


● Place them at eye level and hand distance in the fridge and pantry.

Foods to Demote: adjust

● Remove from plain sight and place them where it is hard to see and reach.

Foods That Don't Belong: adios

● Eliminate them from your environment.

You can use the space below to write down the foods you want to adjust and the foods you want
to adios in your environment right before you apply this technique.

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Also, you can take a before and after picture and keep it for your future reference.

Foods to promote Foods to demote Adios foods

Weekly Reflection
This is a moment to consolidate what you have learned and experienced this week on Beyond
Fasting.

Just like last week, take this time to journal on these two questions:

1) What have you learned from the Beyond Fasting Quest this week?

2) What have you learned from yourself by doing this Quest this week?

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Today’s Tasks
❏ Fast according to your level and choose your challenge level for next week.

❏ Apply Adjust and Adios at least at home.

❏ Replenish your stock of foods to promote.

❏ Buy your favorite chocolate or dessert and another one that is average to your taste.

❏ Do your weekly reflection.

❏ Take a before and after picture of your environment when applying Adjust and Adios.

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Notes From Today’s Lesson

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CONGRATULATIONS ON
COMPLETING WEEK 3!

YOU ARE ON THE BEST PATHWAY TO MASTER FASTING AND TO


DEVELOP THE BEST AND HEALTHIEST VERSION OF YOUR BODY!

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Week 4 Overview
Welcome to Week 4 of Beyond Fasting.

This week we’re learning how to navigate edge cases. What do you do when you want to
experience Red Light Foods? How do you keep your fasting practice during holidays and travels?
And what is a more advanced fasting technique you can try?

By the end of the week you will have the chance to gather everything you have learned in this
Quest and define your own Healthy Eating Definition. This will be a powerful tool because it
leverages all your experiences through this month into a set of definitions that will align your
eating habits with the vision you have for yourself.

This week you will learn:

● How to take control over foods that used to threaten your healthy eating habits.

● Discover Champion Meals that will bring nourishment, enjoyment, and convenience
together when eating out.

● Learn how to adapt your fasting window when traveling or during holidays and how to
enjoy celebrations around food without disrupting your own values.

● Discover an advanced fasting technique that you can incorporate into your practice going
forward.

● Create your own Healthy Eating Definition and align your future steps with whom you
want to become.

Week 4: Integrate Fasting to Your Lifestyle

Day 22 Day 23 Day 24 Day 25 Day 26 Day 27 Day 28


Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Eat Out Like a Traveling and How to Break Healthy Eating


Food for Fun All-You-Can-Eat The Next Level
Champion Fasting Your Fast Definition

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Day 22 - Food for Fun
“One bite done the right way is equivalent to one hundred
unconscious ones.”

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson


1. The purpose of ‘food for nutrition’ is to provide nutrients without harmful ingredients.

2. The purpose of ‘food for fun’ is to have a pleasurable experience, regardless of nutritional
value or presence of harmful ingredients.

3. Eating food for fun misses the point if you don't enjoy it. Learn to be mindful and savor
the experience.

4. Today, fast according to your level and bring this quality of mindfulness to a meal and any
dessert you may be having today.

Challenge Level
It’s a new week. If you haven’t yet, take a moment to choose your challenge level for this week.

Testing the Waters Chill Like a Boss Master


Fasting Window 12 to 16h 14 to 16h 16h 16h
Frequency Everyday Everyday Everyday Everyday
Schedule May vary May vary May vary 1h flexibility
Extra Lives 3 2 1 1

This week’s challenge level:

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Your Chocolate Experience
Rate your first chocolate experience from 1 to 10. If you want to make some notes about this
experience you will find a space below for that as well.

Now, rate your second chocolate experience from 1 to 10. If you want to make some notes about
this experience you will find a space below for that as well.

Today’s Tasks
❏ Fast according to your level.

❏ Bring the same sense of curiosity and exploration to a meal.

❏ Bring the same quality of experience to your next food for fun.

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Notes From Today’s Lesson

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Day 23 - Eat Out Like a Champion
“This is about lifestyle. You won’t get far if you avoid eating out forever.
Rather, become a champion of this practice.”

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson


1. When eating out or ordering in you can still find options that are delicious, affordable and
match your goals. These are called Champion Meals.

2. Find a few options for Champion Meals from different restaurants and food delivery
services. That way, you will always eat resourcefully, even when you are not preparing
your own meals.

3. Today, fast according to your level and search for one Champion Meal when eating out or
ordering in.

What a Champion Meal Is Made Of


Your goal is to create a list of Champion Meals in a number of restaurants and delivery services.

This is what they should be like:

1. One big serving of lean protein.


a. Grilled, broiled, boiled, or baked.
2. Two to three servings of vegetables.
a. High-fiber, low-sugar.
b. Baked, boiled, or grilled.
3. Carbohydrates and/or fats according to your rules.
a. High-quality fats from avocados, eggs, coconut oil, olive oil, etc.
b. Carbohydrates with a medium glycemic index.
4. No red lights.
5. Delicious and affordable.

Fat Sources
Below you will find a list with some examples of high and low-quality fat sources so you can know
what belongs to your Champion Meals.

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High-quality fats Common sources of trans Processed oils
fats
baked goods (pastries,
avocado cookies, doughnuts, muffins, canola oil
cakes, pizza dough)
fried foods (French fries, fried
cold-pressed oils (extra virgin
chicken, chicken nuggets, corn oil
olive oil, coconut oil)
breaded fish)
dark chocolate margarine palm oil
fatty fish (salmon, sardines, packaged snack foods
anchovies, trout, mackerel, (crackers, microwave popcorn, safflower oil
herring) chips)
full fat yogurt salad dressings sesame oil
nuts (almonds, peanuts,
trans fats or hydrogenated oils soybean oil
pecans, walnuts)
peanut butter and almond
vegetable shortening sunflower oil
butter
seeds (chia, sunflower,
pumpkin, sesame, flax)
tofu
whole eggs

Glycemic Index
The carbohydrate sources of Champion Meals are those that slowly increase blood glucose
levels when digested. In other words, they have low or medium glycemic index.

A GI score of less than 55 is considered to be a low. A score between 55 and 70 is medium and
higher than 70 is considered high.

Below you will find a list of common foods according to their glycemic index.

Bear in mind that the glycemic index of a meal can be different than a food in isolation due to the
mix of ingredients and portion size. Also, the GI is not accurate and so use this list more as a
guideline than a hard rule.

FOOD Glycemic index


VEGETABLES
Carrots, boiled 39
Vegetable soup 48

Taro, boiled 53

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Plantain/green banana 55
Potato, french fries 63
Sweet potato, boiled 63
Pumpkin, boiled 64
Potato, boiled 78
Potato, instant mash 87
FRUIT AND FRUIT PRODUCTS
Apple, raw 36
Apple juice 41
Dates, raw 42
Orange, raw 43
Peaches, canned 43
Strawberry jam/jelly 49
Orange juice 50
Banana, raw 51
Mango, raw 51
Pineapple, raw 59
Watermelon, raw 76
LEGUMES
Soya beans 16
Kidney beans 24
Chickpeas 28
Lentils 32
DAIRY PRODUCTS AND ALTERNATIVES
Soy milk 34
Milk, skim 37
Milk, full fat 39
Yogurt, fruit 41
Ice cream 51
Rice milk 86
BREAKFAST CEREALS
Porridge, rolled oats 55
Muesli 57
Millet porridge 67

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Wheat flake biscuits 69
Rice porridge/congee 78
Instant oat porridge 79
Cornflakes 81
HIGH-CARBOHYDRATE FOODS
Barley 28
Corn tortilla 46
Spaghetti, whole meal 48
Spaghetti, white 49
Chapatti 52
Sweet corn 52
Specialty grain bread 53
Rice noodles 53
Udon noodles 55
Wheat roti 62
Couscous 65
Brown rice, boiled 68
Unleavened wheat bread 70
White rice, boiled 73
Whole wheat/whole meal bread 74
White wheat bread 75
SNACK PRODUCTS
Chocolate 40
Potato crisps 56
Soft drink/soda 59
Popcorn 65
Rice crackers/crisps 87

Champion Meals Like a Pro


1. Watch out for dressings.
a. Preferably lemon juice or olive oil, on the side. *not show this line when I mention
the lemon juice or olive oil
2. Turn fries into veggies.
3. Get lean protein.

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4. Be picky and choosy.
5. Find multiple versions of a champion meal.

Your List of Champion Meals


This is a space where you can keep a list of Champion Meals and restaurants or services for your
convenience.

Champion Meal Where I get it from

Today’s Tasks
❏ Fasting according to your level.

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❏ Eat out or ask for food delivery and search for a Champion Meal.

Notes From Today’s Lesson

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Day 24 - All-You-Can-Eat
“It’s not about choosing between attending special events or acting out of
integrity to your own principles. You can only play this game for long if you
find the middle path.”

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson


1. Events like holiday dinners or birthday parties can coexist with your fasting practice.

2. On the day of a special event, adjust your fasting and eating windows and use a pre-load
meal close to the event’s dinner time.

3. Use the strategies learned in this Quest to help you make good choices, but also enjoy
food for fun at the event itself, and get back to your cruising feeding window over the next
few days.

4. Today, fast according to your level, keep searching for Champion Meals, and mark this
video to review it on the next day you go for a special dinner or event.

Effective Pre-Load Meals


A pre-load meal is a meal that has the function of improving an eating behaviour in your next
meal. To be effective, it should:

1. Between 2 hours and 30 minutes before the event.


2. Be something you chew. It can be taken with or without a glass of water.
3. Be rich in protein and fiber.

The Mindful Buffet Process


This process can help you choose what you eat not from a reaction to the environment with
unlimited options, but from a place of intentionality and permission.

In a Buffet:

1. Walk around the buffet.


2. Identify where the protein and veggies are, but also where the foods you don't want are.
3. Get your plate and serve yourself food for nutrition.

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4. In the following servings, get a small serving of vegetables alongside food for fun.

Today’s Tasks
❏ Fast according to your level.

❏ Keep searching for Champion Meals.

❏ Review today’s video the next time you go for a buffet.

Notes From Today’s Lesson

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Day 25 - Traveling and Fasting
“The gift of developing discipline is being able to choose to be flexible when
it’s needed.”

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson


1. Before a trip, pay attention to whether you will be on a flight or on the road within or
outside your feeding window.

2. Consider changing your fasting window to fit a different daily routine. Give preference to
staying at places that give you access to a kitchen or provide food that match your Master
Meals.

3. When crossing time zones, don’t overthink your fasting window. Be flexible during the
flight and resume your fasting once you reach your destination.

4. Today, fast according to your goal and mark this video to review it the next time you have
to travel.

Common Trip Situations


Whether you have a flight or a road trip, these are the most common situations and guidelines to
navigate them:

Before a Trip.

Consider these situations:

1. Short flight within your fasting window.


a. Just keep fasting. *note: make this line italic
2. Short flight within your feeding window.
a. Have a sizeable preload meal before leaving.
b. Fast during the flight.
3. Long flight across your feeding window.
a. Have a sizeable preload meal before leaving.
b. Take some food to have during the flight.

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During Your Stay

Give preference to stay at a place with access to a kitchen so you can prepare most meals or get
them prepared the way you want.

If staying at a hotel:

● Look up their breakfast options in advance.


● If breakfast gives you food for nutrition, an early dinner window is a good idea.
● If not, adopt a late breakfast window for the trip.

While Crossing Time Zones

Don't worry about having a perfect 16h fasting window when traveling across time zones. Do
what's convenient and resume your practice once you arrive at your destination.

Today’s Tasks
❏ Fast according to your level.

❏ Mark today’s video to review it the next time you have to travel.

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Notes From Today’s Lesson

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Day 26 - The Next Level
“The top 1% of people celebrate their victories in a way that is not
detrimental to their goals.”

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson


1. To celebrate the completion of Beyond Fasting, take part in the 24h fast starting tonight.

2. If you choose to do so, start your fast after tonight's dinner.

3. Keep yourself hydrated and add electrolytes to your water during the fast.

4. To break your fast, have some salt, cinnamon, light vegetables, and some apple cider
vinegar or lemon available. Soup and bone broth are great ideas too.

Set Yourself up for Success


If you choose to do this fast celebration, then this is how you get ready to start tonight.

While You Are Fasting:

1. Count 24h after tonight's dinner.


2. Keep yourself hydrated.
3. Add electrolytes to your water.

Prepare Yourself For Tomorrow:

1. Have apple cider vinegar or lemon, salt, and cinnamon available to break your fast.
2. Light vegetables to break your fast with.
3. Soup or bone broth are optional.

Today’s Tasks
❏ Start your 24h fast or fast according to your level.

❏ Keep yourself hydrated while you fast.

❏ Prepare ingredients to break your fast tomorrow.

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Notes From Today’s Lesson

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Day 27 - How to Break Your Fast
“Some of our biggest lessons about eating come from the experience of not
eating.”

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson


1. Breaking a 24h fast is a different process than breaking a 16h daily fast. To get your
digestive system ready for a meal, you can start with the "24h Tea".

2. To prepare the 24h Tea, use warm water, a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar or lemon
juice, and 1/4 of a teaspoon of a mineral-rich salt. Optionally, you can add 1/4 of a
teaspoon of Ceylon cinnamon, if available.

3. The tea stimulates your stomach for digestion and helps your body to absorb minerals
and control blood sugar in your next meal.

4. After the tea, wait for 15min and then start a meal with light, cooked vegetables. After that,
you're ready to proceed with having a regular meal. Enjoy breaking your 24h fast!

The 24h Tea Recipe


The 24h Tea will help your body prepare the digestive system for a meal, increase your mineral
absorption, and support blood glucose level control. This is how you make your 24h Tea to break
your 24h fast with:

● 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar or lemon juice.


● ¼ teaspoon of pink himalayan salt or another mineral-rich salt.
● ¼ teaspoon of ceylon cinnamon, if available.

Breaking Your 24h Fast


This is the process to break your 24h fast:

1. Have the 24h Tea.


2. Wait for 15min.
3. Start with light, cooked vegetables.
4. Have a normal meal with protein.

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Today’s Tasks
❏ Break your 24h fast or fast according to your level.

❏ Go back to your Cruising Feeding Window tomorrow.

Notes From Today’s Lesson

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Day 28 - Healthy Eating Definition
“Health is a function of alignment amongst multiple areas of life. Therefore,
this is not a definition that can be given to us but one that we strive to
discover with self-awareness.”

Summary Of Today's Video Lesson


1. Congratulations on completing Beyond Fasting! This is a great time to review your Hairy
Goal, journal about your achievements this month, and set a new Hairy Goal for your next
month.

2. You are now ready to define what healthy eating means to you at this moment. Consider
when, why, how, what, and how much you eat, and how flexible these rules will be for you.

3. This is the beginning of a new chapter towards your Story Vision. Congratulations, and
stay in touch with Ronan and your Tribe to continue supporting one another to move
forward.

Meeting Your Coach Hairy Goal


Take some time to review your Hairy Goal and reflect on this past month’s journey. Did you
achieve your Hairy Goal? Or did the pursuit of this goal take you to an unexpected place with
other lessons you needed to learn?

What are your thoughts about it at the moment?

Now, it’s time to hire a new Hairy Goal. Even if you didn’t achieve your current one, its purpose
was to bring you to where you are now.

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Take a moment to go through the process of defining your Hairy Goal.

Step 1: Consult your Coach Story Vision.

Read it carefully, visualize it, and think of the logical next steps from now towards this vision. You
can write a few of these steps down below or consult what you wrote on Day 3, in this same
exercise.

Step 2: Pick a milestone for the next month.

Choose one of the steps above as a bold milestone that you want to achieve in the next month.
Write it down below.

If you want ideas as inspiration, check the examples of goals right below this box.

Examples of goals for step 2

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Getting up the stairs of the building
Lose weight Improve my self-esteem
without getting tired
Eat better Improve my flexibility Feel more attractive
Drink more water Increase muscle mass Do a check-up
Keep a food diary Defined abdomen Develop a morning routine
Eat more vegetables Practicing yoga Develop an evening routine
Cut the sugar Spend less time sitting Stretch in the morning every day
Change my diet Go to work by bike Eliminate back pain
Eliminate the dessert Practice martial arts Repair my immune system
Eat mindfully Do HIIT training Waking up without alarm clock
Cook my food Learning to swim Practice meditation
Improve my digestion Get stronger Prevent chronic diseases
Complete a 5Km, 10Km, or
Stop eating when I'm satisfied Quit alcohol or smoking
half-marathon race
Eat intuitively 10,000 steps a day Expand my life expectancy
Develop discipline around eating Go to the gym 3 times a week Get enough sleep
Feel lighter and free Do some form of exercise every day Increase my energy

Step 3: Make it a specific outcome.

Turn the goal from step 2 into a tangible, specific outcome.

For example, eating more vegetables is not an outcome but a process.

So why would you want that? Perhaps because you want to lose weight in the next month?
Losing weight is an outcome and it could be a milestone for the next month. But it’s still not
specific.

What about losing 5lb or 2kg? Now, it is more specific. Write it down in the following box.

Step 4: Make it challenging.

Review your goal from step 3 and make sure it feels challenging to you. If you tweak it, write its
final version below.

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Your Healthy Eating Definition
This will be such a powerful definition for you now because it will leverage all the experiences
and insights you had during this Quest.

Create this definition for yourself by answering the following questions:

WHEN you eat

● What is your feeding window like?


● What's the frequency and flexibility with the schedule?

WHY you eat

● What domains do you respond to?

HOW you eat

● How often do you practice mindful eating?


● What forms of distracted eating are compatible if any?

WHAT you eat

● What's your choice regarding carbs, fats, and protein?

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● What foods are in the Red Light zone?
● What foods for fun are not in the Red Light zone?

HOW MUCH you eat

● What's the point that you stop eating?

How FLEXIBLE are these rules?

● How many extra lives do you give yourself?

Your Growth Survey - Post Assessment


Fill in your post-assessment here to evaluate your progress after completing this Quest.

Objective Assessment
Fill again your Objective Assessment and evaluate your before and after results.

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Metric Before After

Body weight

Waistline (indicator of metabolic health and body


fat to men and women)
Hip circumference (indicator of body fat to women)

Take a picture of front, profile, and back

Other metric 1:

Other metric 2:

Other metric 3:

You’re welcome to share any insights from this exercise with your Tribe and see what their
insights were too.

Today’s Tasks
❏ Fast according to your level.

❏ Choose a new Hairy Goal.

❏ Create your definition of Healthy Eating.

❏ Do your self-assessment and share your insights with your Tribe.

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Notes From Today’s Lesson

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CONGRATULATIONS ON
COMPLETING BEYOND FASTING!

YOU NOW HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO MASTER INTERMITTENT


FASTING AND BEYOND. THE JOURNEY TOWARDS YOUR STORY VISION
CONTINUES.

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