24 hour fasting complete :)

Myth about fasting: you will lose your muscle if you fast and your metabolism will slow down. Common misconception "if you don't eat your body starts eating away its muscle"
Fact: your body goes into fat stores before muscle proteins. Fat is a greater energy source than protein.

Stored fat has more energy than muscle, almost twice as much. During fasting you have a 5 fold increase in Growth Hormone which tells the body to conserve muscle proteins. Growth hormone is also known to promote lypolysis which means the break down of fat. Therefore, growth hormone conserves muscle and breaks down fat.  Furthermore, when the body is breaking down fat it is releasing glycerol and palmitic acid which has been found in the plasma during the first 12-72 hours of fasting. The so called "muscle loss" comes from the stored glycogen in the muscles which is the stored form of glucose. Most of the mass that is lost in muscle during fasting hours is not from muscle protein but from water and stored glucose.

So with that being said, after fasting for 24 hours and giving my body a break from digesting and metabolizing these macro and micro nutrients, I feel great. Of course after my fasting period was over I didn't scarf myself down with a big meal. I had a 350 calorie meal of Tilapia and coconut oil (40 grams of protein: 10 grams of fat) and asparagus (6 grams of carbohydrates) with sprinkled chai seeds on the tilapia for extra fiber.

Lightly seasoned the tilapia with oregano, basil, cayenne pepper, and garlic powder