Fast Adaptation System
Level 1
Level 2
can do a 16:8 fast window with no calories whatsoever that 16 hours (this includes while you are sleeping).
Can do a 20:4 fast window and "cheat a little" before and after either with protein shakes, zero sugar yogurt, whole milk, keto milk, or spoonfuls of peanut butter.
Basically, all your meals are within a 4 hour eating window, but you still need some help transitioning calorically with the "cheats" so that you don't end up binging like crazy once you do break the fast. Trust me, I'm telling you from experience, trying to adapt to a 20:4 straight OMAD (One Meal A Day) too fast or too soon can be extremely counter productive.
Level 3
Ultimate eating/caloric window achieved. Can do a 20:4 intermittent fast with no calories outside the 4 hour eating window. Can also OMAD (One Meal A Day)
Level 4
Ultimate eating/caloric window achieved and you can go 24 hours for (list. i.e., immune system reboot) benefits
Fasting Explained
We all fast overnight as it is. Technically speaking, from the moment you go to bed til the moment you wake up. That's a fast. So say you go to bed at 10pm and wake up at 6am. That's a solid 8 hour fasting window right there. Now, let's add to the story in this example. Say you had dinner at 6pm, were done by 6:30pm, and the next day you didn't have breakfast til 8:30am. Now your natural fasting window is actually 14 hours.
An introductory fast challenge is a modest 16:8. That's 16 hours of fasting between an 8 hour eat window. So say you came to me with the above eating habit example. First thing I'm going to do is consult and coach you on your eating habits, cravings and food choices to see what adjustments we can make to 1st get you within this 16:8 fasting:eating window and 2nd to identity and address any barriers that might be getting in your way of success.
So, continuing on with this example, if you usually finish your dinner by 6:30pm and don't have breakfast until 8:30am, naturally you are already doing a 14 hour fast anyway. So then my 3rd step with you would be to make some adjustments to expand this window by a mere 2 hours. So say we adjusted some things in your life so that you were done with dinner by 6pm, and started your caloric intake the next day with a protein shake 16 hours later, so at 10am or after, and then proceed forth into a good solid lunch at 11am or noon, and have dinner at 5pm that night and start your intermittment fasting timer as soon as you are done. See, there's really not that much to it. It's easier than you think.
The above example is a solid 16:8 fast. So according to the Dragon Body Method, it's a Fast Level 2. Next up we are going to expand that pure, zero calorie fast window of yours from 16 hours to 20 hours for maximized results.