Intermittent Fasting Daily Menu/Results/Accountability

[GreenTealael 25,545]

2 hours ago, FluffyChix said:

Dang! So you guys, I'm totally counting this as a win, cuz Dr. F. says that we "can" use Bone Broth and even in some cases a tiny amounts of greens on a fast. Well last night I had 1 cup of bone broth with about 1/8c of baby spinach and a tiny crimini mushroom. Total maybe 55cals? MAYBE? And only Water, green tea, matcha, and black decaff coffee the rest of the day. I'm riding high going into 36 hours this morning! I'm gonna push it until dinner tonight. Wooohooooo! Feel good. Mr. F. also did it and even better, he stopped his metformin yesterday and his fasting bg was only 102 this morning. It fell to 90 yesterday afternoon! I'm super stoked!!!

Yay broth!!! I may join on some long fasts again!!!

[FluffyChix 17,418]

1 minute ago, GreenTealael said:

Yay broth!!! I may join on some long fasts again!!!

Dooooo eeet! We'll support each other! We are gonna do it each week on Mondays and Tuesdays starting after Sunday night dinner at 8pm. And I swear with the cup of Bone Broth and a few spinach leaves floating in it with a tiny bit of mushrooms, it's VERY do-able. Totally took the angst out of things. Was having a TON of nor-epinephrine/adrenaline spikes last night!

I think we will break our fast tonight just cuz this is the first long one. But next week, now we see we can do it, I think we'll try to go to Wednesday morning. And if I see me losing too much, then I won't do it. But right now, that isn't the issue. I'm only at my posted weight today of 142.4lbs.

[GreenTealael 25,545]

5 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Dooooo eeet! We'll support each other! We are gonna do it each week on Mondays and Tuesdays starting after Sunday night dinner at 8pm. And I swear with the cup of Bone Broth and a few spinach leaves floating in it with a tiny bit of mushrooms, it's VERY do-able. Totally took the angst out of things. Was having a TON of nor-epinephrine/adrenaline spikes last night!

I think we will break our fast tonight just cuz this is the first long one. But next week, now we see we can do it, I think we'll try to go to Wednesday morning. And if I see me losing too much, then I won't do it. But right now, that isn't the issue. I'm only at my posted weight today of 142.4lbs.

Congratulations on the longevity of your fast !

I usually only do a 24hr dry fast 1 time a year and a few longer by accident. But looking forward to this after Hell Week (luteal phase)

[FluffyChix 17,418]

We're mainly looking at EF (extended fasts) cuz:

1. Mr. F. is trying (and totally on board) with getting off all diabetes meds, keeping his A1c in normal range, and losing 30 pounds to start! Woot! So I want to do it with him as encouragement. I'm so proud of him. He's lost about 65lbs and has brought his blood sugars down from 250mmol/ng to 90-110mmol/ng and is already off his Invokana but also just off his metformin as of yesterday.

2. For autophagy for me cuz of the cancer + since treatment I have a tremor (mom had Parkinson's) and I've noticed it getting worse over the years.

3. To ward off dementia/alzheimers for Mr. F. and me.

4. For the last 12 lbs of fat to preserve muscle sparing while targeting fat. (I'm still taking my supplements and won't stop that even if it disrupts the autophagy.

[Sheribear68 3,201]

On 03/12/2019 at 11:30, FluffyChix said:

You are ALREADY in a fasted state by virtue of the lack of calorie intake. LOL. I would rephrase this that if it were ME...I would strongly NOT do IF so soon after surgery. Seriously. WE NEED TO GET OUR Protein intake steady. EAT. Eat enough veggies with your protein. Eat healthy fat. If you want, become Keto adapted not only cuz of your calorie intake but by keeping your carbs low and protein adequate. That's gonna take MUCH longer than 2 weeks. Let the surgery do the job it's meant to do and control the QUALITY of your diet more than the quantity right now. At some point quantity will become an issue but not in the early days--maybe not even until the 9-10th month...

At about the 6month mark it would be appropriate to entertain ideas about IF, but even then that may be too soon.

This is just my opinion. I clearly am not an RD or doc. LOL. And I don't play one on the internet.

Thanks so much for the input.
Okay, so I’m going to continue to follow this thread and see what y’all are doing, and when I feel the time is right (once I’ve lost most of my weight and feel as if I’m truly hitting a plateau) I’ll start playing around with IF to maybe get the last 10-15% off that I’m sure won’t come off easily.

[GreenTealael 25,545]

49 minutes ago, Sheribear68 said:

Thanks so much for the input.
Okay, so I’m going to continue to follow this thread and see what y’all are doing, and when I feel the time is right (once I’ve lost most of my weight and feel as if I’m truly hitting a plateau) I’ll start playing around with IF to maybe get the last 10-15% off that I’m sure won’t come off easily.

Enjoy your WLS journey ... It may not be as perilous as you think. And enjoy life too 💜

[FluffyChix 17,418]

Another guy to tune into--he's pretty fun to watch.

[FluffyChix 17,418]

Ha! I'm lovin' this guy!

[GreenTealael 25,545]

6 hours ago, FluffyChix said:

Another guy to tune into--he's pretty fun to watch.

5 hours ago, FluffyChix said:

Ha! I'm lovin' this guy!

The thumbnails looks ridiculous...

Obviously I'm going to watch them early in the morning

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[FluffyChix 17,418]

They are so funny. But he knows his stuff and I'm learning MORE>>>>>>>>>...lool.

[GreenTealael 25,545]

I f-ing knew it!!!! Animal Proteins do move super slowly through me.

[FluffyChix 17,418]

Agreed!

[GreenTealael 25,545]

1 hour ago, FluffyChix said:

Agreed!

Thanks for sharing!

[sillykitty 10,787]

Ahhh 😍 😍 😍 ... thanks you guys!

And yes, for the record, my head definitely swells when I'm feeling hot af in an outfit. My naked self helps to regulate my head size!

[FluffyChix 17,418]

Oh nekkidity...my frienemy!