Author Archives: Neil Milligan

496 DAYS. THAT ONE COUNTED.

The fast bit comes off first. You know the feeling. The scale moves, the first [...]

70 DAYS / 14 ST 2 → 13 ST 4

You get the same number two mornings running, and you start doing the sums in [...]

174 DAYS FLAT IN 2024 / 16 ST 1 → 15 ST 8

You notice it about ten days in. The number stops, and you start doubting yourself. [...]

FLAT FORTNIGHT. THEN IT MOVED.

The scales didn’t move for a fortnight and I was certain I’d broken something. Same [...]

1 DAY? 3 DAYS? YOUR GUT DECIDES.

You ate again, sensibly, and it still went wrong. Soup. Small portions. Everything you were [...]

THEY SAID DOWNHILL AFTER 50. NHS BLOOD TESTS SAY NO.

Somewhere around fifty I quietly decided this was just what my body did now. Not [...]

Low Iron and Fasting Over 50: What My Blood Tests Showed

You’ve had a letter back from the surgery. Most of it looked fine. One line [...]

SAME 8 HOURS. DIFFERENT RESULT

Day sixty-three of tracking my own sleep. Eight and a half hours, fifth night running [...]

I BLAMED WILLPOWER. WRONG SKILL.

Portion Control Isn’t Willpower. It’s a Skill Nobody Taught You. You finish the plate. Every [...]

PILLS SAID FINE. HDL SAID NO.

My GP told me my cholesterol was fine. Every year, the same letter, the same [...]

I Blamed Hormones. My Bloods Said More

April 2025. My triglycerides had nearly doubled in thirteen months. My first thought was the [...]

ONE RED CIRCLE. EIGHT YEARS LATE

September 2015. My GP’s notes said “tired plus plus, weight gain.” Written twice. I didn’t [...]

Slept Bad. Sugar Said Otherwise

Five and a half hours’ sleep. I braced for the day to fall apart. It [...]

THEY SAID MUSCLE LOSS. WRONG.

You’ve heard the warning before, probably more than once. Fast for any real length of [...]

EXPECTED MISERY. GOT STABILITY.

I braced myself for hangry. Genuinely thought skipping meals would turn me into someone nobody [...]

I Slept 4 Hours and Raided the Biscuit Tin – Here’s Why

Four hours’ sleep. By half nine the next morning I’d been through the crisps twice. [...]

SMALL WINDOW, GUT UNBOTHERED

You’ve spent months feeding your gut the way you’ve been told to: little and often, [...]

Autophagy Fasting Timeline : What Day 17 Ketones Actually Showed

Day 11 of a 21-day fast, my ketone meter read 6.0. Deep, I thought. About [...]

LIVER ENZYMES : 69 → 10 / NHS CONFIRMED

For years, a number sat on my blood test printout that nobody quite explained. Not [...]

What 57 Nights of Perfect Sleep Actually Did to My Biomarkers

What 57 Nights of Perfect Sleep Actually Did to My Biomarkers The short version: Sleep [...]

The Sleep Myth That Keeps Over-50s Exhausted: Why “Catching Up” at the Weekend Does Not Work

The short version: The instinct to sleep in at the weekend to recover lost weekday [...]