Author Archives: Neil Milligan
My Gout Vanished After Seventeen Days Without Food
Day 17 of my 21-day fast. Ketones exceeded 8.0 mmol/L — the meter literally maxed [...]
Six Thousand Calories Proved My Body Has Changed
Day 70. Final day of the Rhythm Reset. And I finished it face-down in trifle, [...]
My Brain Wouldn’t Stop Thinking About Food
Day 69 of my fasting journey. Yesterday I ate some biscuits — chocolate digestives, bit [...]
The Morning My Hand Stopped Reaching for the Inhaler
When 45 Years of Habit Just… Stops Woke up late March 2024. Reached for the [...]
I Stopped Lying to Myself on Boxing Day
The Moment Everything Changed I looked in the mirror on Boxing Day 2023 and said [...]
My Hand Ate Eight Biscuits (My Brain Had No Idea)
Eight chocolate digestives. Gone. I didn’t taste them, didn’t want them, didn’t even know I [...]
Sleep Isn’t Rest — It’s Your Hunger Switch
Four hours sleep. That’s all it took to turn a steady faster into someone staring [...]
My GP’s Letter after 20 Months without Medication
The Letter That Changed Everything Twenty months ago, I stopped taking all my medications. No [...]
Hunger Disappeared When I Stopped Fighting It
The Breakthrough That Changed Everything Nine o’clock at night. Properly hungry. First time in weeks [...]
Today I Hate Fasting
Today I hated fasting. Properly hated it. Day 65 of my Rhythm Reset, and for [...]
Breakfast Lie Since 1944
No breakfast. Energy soared. Day two of a forty-four-hour fast. Woke at 8am. Didn’t eat [...]
8.5 Hours Sleep. Still Knackered.
Eight and a half hours’ sleep. Fifth night running. Solid rest on paper. Woke up [...]
“Bloody Hell”: What My GP Said After 100 Fasting Days and New Bloods
Over 100 fasting days in two years. My GP looked at my spring 2024 bloods—cholesterol [...]
No Bad Calories All Day (That’s Unusual for Me)
When 1,097 Calories Feels Like Plenty Day 62 of the 70-Day Rhythm Reset Challenge brought [...]
My Trousers Won’t Stay Up (But the Scale Hasn’t Moved)
The Trousers Don’t Lie Day 61. Put on a pair of 34-inch trousers this morning. [...]
Ate the Steak Anyway: 24 Years of Gout Medication — Then I Tested Ribeye
The Ribeye Test I’d Avoided for Two Decades First summer off allopurinol. Client dinner. They’d [...]
I Broke My Eating Window on Purpose
Day 60 of my Rhythm Reset. The sun came out. Properly out — first time [...]
I Slept 7 Hours and Still Felt Terrible
Finally got seven hours. Woke up expecting to feel brilliant. Didn’t happen. Better than yesterday [...]
I Felt Brilliant. That Was the Warning Sign.
When Your Brain Lies to You About Being Fine Wide awake at half four. Mind [...]
3 Hours Sleep Broke My Fast (Here’s Why)
Day 57. Week 9. Three and a half hours sleep. I was staring at my [...]
9 Hours. Still Foggy. Why One Good Night Doesn’t Clear Your Sleep Debt
Nine hours of sleep. Deep sleep cycles ticked. REM looked solid. Recovery score glowing green. [...]