Author Archives: Neil Milligan
Sleep Trumps Fasting: The Stat Nobody Tracks
Seven nights of proper sleep. After weeks of waking at half four staring at the [...]
Broke Rules, Hit Challenge Lightest: Day 38
Day 38: Lightest Weight Yet (And I Ate Yesterday) 13 stone 4 and a quarter. [...]
Fell Asleep Eating Window – Woke 2 Hours Later
What Happens When You Sleep Through Your Eating Window Day 37 of The Rhythm Reset. [...]
Ill, Fasting Easy: Day 36, Body Chose Healing
Day 36. Caught my girlfriend’s bug. Felt absolutely dreadful. Couldn’t think straight. Couldn’t see straight. [...]
1,750 Cals One Sitting
When Flexible Eating Goes Too Far Day 35 of the Rhythm Reset. Three thousand calories [...]
Mirror Knew Before the Scales Caught Up
When Your Body Tells Two Different Stories For two weeks, I watched my clothes get [...]
Eleven Hours Dropped Weight: Day 33 Sleep Pattern
When Your Body Finally Gets Permission to Recover Day 33. Woke at half eleven without [...]
32 Plants. Grey Day: Inside vs Outside Gut Garden Fed
Some days you wake up motivated. Energy high, sun out, ready to smash it. Other [...]
Sod It. Day 31.
Day 31. The broadband went down at 8am. The electricity cut out at half two. [...]
Four And A Half Stone In 18 Months, Zero Calories Counted
Everyone tells you weight loss is simple maths. Calories in, calories out. Eat 1,500 calories, [...]
18 Stone Boxing Day 2023: The Mirror Moment
The Day Everything Changed Boxing Day 2023. Family round. Feeling rough. I walked to the [...]
Q & A – Why won’t my weight budge?
Why Your Weight Won’t Budge (And It’s Not What You Think) Someone asked: “Why won’t [...]
Scales? Half the Story
When the Tape Tells a Different Story Than the Scales Waist down half an inch. [...]
Off Gout Meds: 18 Months After Stopping “Lifelong” Medication
Twenty-four years on gout medication. Allopurinol, 300 milligrams daily since the year 2000. Then I [...]
Q & A – Is all processed food bad? Do I have to avoid everything in the middle aisles?
You’ve Been Lied to About Ultra-Processed Food Someone asked: “Is all processed food bad? Do [...]
Used to Overeat. Not Anymore. Hunger Signals Fixed.
The Signal I’d Been Ignoring for Years Just Came Back Halfway through my third bowl [...]
Q & A – Are UPFs Dangerous If I’m Not Overweight?
Someone asked me a question that sounds perfectly reasonable: “If ultra-processed foods haven’t made me [...]
Day 28: Mirror Knows (Scale Doesn’t Move Yet)
The Mirror Sees What the Scale Can’t Measure Day 28. Weight holding at 13 stone [...]
9 Hours Sleep, Scale Didn’t Budge
The Morning I Expected a Reward (And Got a Lesson Instead) Day 27. Nine hours [...]
Sugar Yesterday. Paying Today
The Ripple Effect You Don’t See Coming Day 26. Weight: 13 stone 8.5. The sugar [...]
Four Hours Sleep? Bad Decisions
When Your Brain Runs on Fumes Day 25 of the Rhythm Reset. Weight: 13 stone [...]