https://huppgoods.com/blog Brian Hupp on intermittent fasting and tracking money by hand. en-us Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://huppgoods.com/blog/when-to-move-to-a-longer-fasting-window https://huppgoods.com/blog/when-to-move-to-a-longer-fasting-window Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Fasting & Health I started below 12:12 and can hold 20:4 now. It took almost two years. Here is what I'd look at before adding hours to a fast, and when I'd leave them alone. https://huppgoods.com/blog/what-i-eat-while-intermittent-fasting https://huppgoods.com/blog/what-i-eat-while-intermittent-fasting Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Fasting & Health I never changed what I eat. My old Taco Bell order was five items and a large pop. Now it's one, maybe two. Here is what one meal in my eating window looks like. https://huppgoods.com/blog/intermittent-fasting-physical-job-chronic-pain https://huppgoods.com/blog/intermittent-fasting-physical-job-chronic-pain Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Fasting & Health I've worked hard physical jobs and I've been in pain for years. Here is where my bad fasting days came from and what changed as the weight came off. https://huppgoods.com/blog/what-breaks-a-fast https://huppgoods.com/blog/what-breaks-a-fast Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Fasting & Health Anything with calories breaks a fast. Here is the plain list of what does and what does not, and what I actually drink in a day, including the pop I have not quit. https://huppgoods.com/blog/intermittent-fasting-mistakes https://huppgoods.com/blog/intermittent-fasting-mistakes Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Fasting & Health Five mistakes I'd warn a fasting beginner about: starting too long, changing everything at once, quitting after one bad day, expecting it to be fast, and the one I still make. https://huppgoods.com/blog/how-i-lost-300-pounds-with-intermittent-fasting https://huppgoods.com/blog/how-i-lost-300-pounds-with-intermittent-fasting Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Fasting & Health I went from 520 pounds to 200 in almost two years by changing when I ate. No surgery, no weight loss drugs. Here is what I did, including the rule I still break. https://huppgoods.com/blog/what-to-write-in-a-fasting-journal https://huppgoods.com/blog/what-to-write-in-a-fasting-journal Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Fasting & Health A short, honest fasting journal needs a handful of fields, not a daily grade or a race toward a longer fast. Here's what's worth recording and what to skip. https://huppgoods.com/blog/planning-eating-window-around-your-day https://huppgoods.com/blog/planning-eating-window-around-your-day Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Fasting & Health Fitting an eating window around a day job, a commute, or family dinner, with labeled worked examples and the logistics that actually make a schedule stick or fail. https://huppgoods.com/blog/how-to-use-the-free-fasting-tracker https://huppgoods.com/blog/how-to-use-the-free-fasting-tracker Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Fasting & Health A walkthrough of the free Fasting Companion Tracker: picking a window, starting and correcting a session, and exporting a backup before you lose your history. https://huppgoods.com/blog/fasting-windows-explained https://huppgoods.com/blog/fasting-windows-explained Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Fasting & Health 12:12, 14:10, and 16:8 are just hours in a day, not a difficulty rating. Here's what the fasting and eating windows actually mean, and what the research says. https://huppgoods.com/blog/before-you-try-intermittent-fasting https://huppgoods.com/blog/before-you-try-intermittent-fasting Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Fasting & Health Before picking a fasting window, sit with a few questions first: what problem you're solving, whether it fits your schedule, and what to ask a clinician. https://huppgoods.com/blog/budgeting-for-variable-amount-bills https://huppgoods.com/blog/budgeting-for-variable-amount-bills Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Money & Budgeting A practical guide to budgeting for utility bills that arrive monthly but never cost the same, with a peak method, an average-with-reserve method, and a worked example using illustrative sample numbers. https://huppgoods.com/blog/manual-spreadsheets-vs-budgeting-apps https://huppgoods.com/blog/manual-spreadsheets-vs-budgeting-apps Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Money & Budgeting Budgeting apps automate the work. Plenty of people switch back to a spreadsheet anyway. Here's the real reasoning, drawn from actual forum discussions. https://huppgoods.com/blog/budget-vs-cash-flow-forecast https://huppgoods.com/blog/budget-vs-cash-flow-forecast Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Money & Budgeting A budget totals what you spend by category. A cash flow forecast shows your balance on a specific date. Here's why manual bill trackers lean on the second one. https://huppgoods.com/blog/excel-formulas-carry-forward-unpaid-balance https://huppgoods.com/blog/excel-formulas-carry-forward-unpaid-balance Sun, 13 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Money & Budgeting A running-balance formula and a SUMIF-based unpaid total, explained step by step, for anyone tracking bills in Excel without letting balances reset every month. https://huppgoods.com/blog/subscription-audit-spreadsheet https://huppgoods.com/blog/subscription-audit-spreadsheet Sat, 12 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Money & Budgeting One real audit found $6,700 a year in forgotten subscriptions. Here's the manual method for listing every recurring charge before it becomes invisible. https://huppgoods.com/blog/setting-up-a-manual-bill-tracker https://huppgoods.com/blog/setting-up-a-manual-bill-tracker Sat, 12 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Money & Budgeting New to tracking bills by hand? Here's what to record first in a manual spreadsheet: opening balance, income, bills, and payment dates, and why order matters. https://huppgoods.com/blog/savings-goal-tracker-that-sticks https://huppgoods.com/blog/savings-goal-tracker-that-sticks Sat, 12 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Money & Budgeting A savings goal tracker only needs three real numbers. Here's how to structure one so you actually keep updating it, plus what a spreadsheet can't do for you. https://huppgoods.com/blog/reconcile-spreadsheet-with-bank-balance https://huppgoods.com/blog/reconcile-spreadsheet-with-bank-balance Sat, 12 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Money & Budgeting A manual tracker won't catch a missed entry for you. Here's the real reconciliation method for finding where two balances split apart. https://huppgoods.com/blog/debt-payoff-spreadsheet-snowball-avalanche https://huppgoods.com/blog/debt-payoff-spreadsheet-snowball-avalanche Sat, 12 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Money & Budgeting Snowball and avalanche are payoff order choices, not spreadsheet features. Here's what a debt tracker actually needs to record for either method.