re: Working out in a FASTED state

I followed Cory Gregory’s anabolic fasting plan. I loved it at first and was seeing results.

I would always fast through the mornings, workout at 11 am and then eat a big lunch right after to break the fast.

A couple months into it during a workout I just had a flash go off in my right eye and from then on it was almost like looking through water.

I battled this for about a year and a half while seeing a retina specialist (central serous retinopathy is what I was diagnosed with and at the time I was 29 yrs old). Every time I’d work out fasted my eye would start flashing almost like when you look at a camera flash. Eventually they had to shoot a laser at the spot in my eye to seal whatever was leaking fluid into it.

I’m still a proponent of intermittent fasting but for me, doing a very intense workout while fasted was detrimental. CSR is directly related to raised cortisol levels.

It was more annoying af than anything. The laser “surgery” was pretty awful though, imagine having your eye pried open for 5 minutes being forced to look at the sun lol.


I also wasn’t limited in anything I could do but I did have to be more mindful in caffeine take or anything that would raise cortisol levels. No supplements besides bcaa powder.

I started paying more attention to adrenal health and honestly just eating more carbs which pained me to do. I was a big believer behind the science of fasting and even keto but this just made me understand that everybody is made differently.