A run down of Donna’s week – Prolon®, Back Trouble and a big heartfelt Thank You!

So I’m sure you are all up to date with the fact that Kaye and I did the Fasting programme with ProLon® last week.  For some reason this pissed a few people off,  no idea why but they thought we were being irresponsible! Even though we are grown adults and can chose to do what we want! Anyhow each to their own!

 

ProLon® is a 5-day program of specially combined food that gives you nutrition but doesn’t activate your body’s food sensing system. In other words, you get to eat, but your body ‘thinks’ it’s on a 5-day fast as its low calorie.  Essentially, it’s a ‘fast with food’.   It’s based on over 20 years of scientific research sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the USC Longevity Institute.

 

We weren’t paid to do this, we were given the ProLon® kit and asked if we wanted to experience it….Both Kaye and I are always up for a challenge so we said yes! I pretty much do the 16/8 anyway (I eat in an 8hr window) which is usually 1-9pm, I find this keeps my weight stable and makes me feel good.

The first 1-3 days we both had headaches (caffeine withdrawal) and were both cranky and tired…But, we both said by day 4, the hunger cravings had reduced, our bellies were less bloated and we felt ‘on top form’. 

 

 We both agreed that the programme itself is too expensive (even with the discount code Donna20 for 20% off).  If you had the time you could easily prepare your own food and count the macronutrients using the My Fitness Pal App. 

 

  We also agreed that the reason we stuck to it (we are both so competitive that neither of us deviated once) was because it was ‘ready made’ and we didn’t have to prepare anything ourselves.  Also because the science says it works (many fasting diets are a guessing game) and because if we pay for something we are more likely to stick to it!

 

 

 Look at her face in the photo while we Chatted to Don from ProLon®…to be honest this was her face for the whole 5 days! 😂