Hey y'all! Anyone and everyone is welcome to jump in and join us.

This is the Intermittent Fasting DAily Menu/Results/Accountability Thread. It's where a few of us (or many) are going to log in and encourage each other while we experiment with our own IF plans. You can list or talk about anything--not just your food. I look forward to adding in HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) and core exercises to my walking plan while practicing IF. So expect to hear about that too. hehe I expect some of us will talk about the known IF side-effects like insomnia, circadian rhythm disturbance, etc. It's all good! Let's hack this IF mofo! mkay?

There is not any 1 specific IF plan--there are so many to choose from, so this is a BYOIFP (bring-your-own-IF-plan) and join the fun! This is the thread where we'll post our daily menus and maybe some piccys at times! We can discuss progress, issues we might notice, look at how we may want to refine our own personal plans. I do think you should be healed from surgery and have your doctor's and RD's blessings to try something like this and you should do a ton of research and reading about Intermittent Fasting.

IF isn't only about weight loss, it's about taking specific measures to limit either quantities, calories, macros, or sometimes only consciously altering eating windows/schedules in order to effect metabolic change and reduce inflammation and improve health markers.

Ok, let's do this thang!!!

4 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

Question:

how many meals is everyone having per day (normally and while fasting)?

Really depends:

Travel days or working out of town - more of your typical structure on B-L-D. if I'm alone I'll usually skip breakfast. No snacks at all, breakfast might be a protein shake, if it's not a breakfast meeting

At home non IF - If I'm at home not doing IF that means it's a hungry day. I'll eat when I'm hungry, if the hunger doesn't pass after waiting it out. Can be 8 or so small meals/snacks (cucumbers, cheese, jerky, all super simple stuff)

At home IF - can be as little as 2 protein shakes, or protein soup and shake, or it can be more, I'd say 2-4, but a lot of the meals will just to get in protein

At home I don't follow a B-L-D schedule at all, I'll just eat when I'm hungry. I've always been this way, even pre WLS.

Ok, sigh. so last night didn't go exactly as planned. LOL. Maybe I should post my days once their finished like the day after? Cuz I'm making a lot of on-the-fly modifications to the basic plan. I think I'll start doing that!

So I still had a down-ish day yesterday. I wasn't gonna eat but by the time we did eat at 8pm, I was ready, willing, and able. I "should" have done the grilled chicken and Greek salad. But noooooooooo. I ended up getting Chicken Saltimbocca with veggies and ate a stack of Caprese salad. Consequently, I'm up 1.4ish pounds today but meh...that's typical for me anytime I eat out or have salty stuff.

Today is another back-to-back down day (DD=500 cals) so I can have our true date night tomorrow. Don't know what we are gonna do yet. I hope to talk him into bowling or put put golf--something goofy. But depends on how hot it is, or if I can convince him to put his feet in rental shoes.

I'm not awake enough to plan my menu. That will have to come later. I'm just concentrating on my lovely Miralax with a side of Colace black coffee at the moment!

So here was yesterday's DD and the few pics I have. I always forget to snap a pic when at restaurants. I don't usually have my phone out. I will try to take a pic of the leftovers when I make them--which will be prolly be tomorrow since I have salmon lurking in the fridge threatening to go bad. And when good salmon goes bad...ain't nobody survivin the horror!

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B2-Egg puff (sans cheese) (ew, mushrooms, super greens trio, frozen seasoning blend, turkey saus crumbles, WF balsamic dressing, fresh basil)

L-green soup with shrimp (low sodium chicken broth, frozen collards, frozen seasoning blend, sontava sauce, boiled shrimpies)

D-Caprese salad, chicken saltimbocca, sauteed broccoli and zucchini with grated parmesan (will have to make another pic later if I have time/energy).

Man, it's a love fest in here ... may have to get you a room @GreenTealael & @FluffyChix

Seriously though, you both look GREAT! Look at how far we have come!

9 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

I "should" have done the grilled chicken and Greek salad. But noooooooooo. I ended up getting Chicken Saltimbocca with veggies and ate a stack of Caprese salad.

Good to know you're human.

This is the story of my life. Looking at a restaurant menu, knowing what I *should* order, then ordering what I really want instead.

Just now, sillykitty said:

Good to know you're human.

This is the story of my life. Looking at a restaurant menu, knowing what I *should* order, then ordering what I really want instead.

Haha and the Chicken Saltimbocca was totally a compromise cuz what I REALLY wanted was linguini with clams! But I haven't had pasta in soooo very long and I was terrified it would make me sick from too many carbs at one time. Plus pack 4lbs of water on my thighs. LOL

And yes, the bargaining. Oh the bargaining. At least I didn't have the wine that I wanted and went for iced tea like a good girl. But it was very difficult.

20 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

Man, it's a love fest in here ... may have to get you a room @GreenTealael & @FluffyChix

Seriously though, you both look GREAT! Look at how far we have come!

Hehehe always a love fest

Everyone is doing so well!!!

So beforethe end of my fast I tried to eat some yogurt, had about 1/8th a cup before I realized that it had expired while I was away. Couldn't tell but tossed it anyway, then I had a piece of turkey jerky, nuts and seaweed snacks.

Let's call that another 500cals lol I like to overshoot.

19 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

So beforethe end of my fast I tried to eat some yogurt, had about 1/8th a cup before I realized that it had expired while I was away. Couldn't tell but tossed it anyway, then I had a piece of turkey Jerky, nuts and seaweed Snacks.

Let's call that another 500cals lol I like to overshoot.

I play refrigerator roulette all the time. If it doesn't smell, isn't slimey, and doesn't taste "off" it goes in mah belleh regardless of expiration dates. You would not believe how long Fairlife FF milk lasts beyond the exp. date. It's pretty frightening to think about and it's one of the things that make you go, "Hmmmmm..." LOL

I love all of the above.

2 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

You would not believe how long Fairlife FF milk lasts beyond the exp. date. It's pretty frightening to think about and it's one of the things that make you go, "Hmmmmm..." LOL

Or how long the shelf life of Fairlife is before the expiration, too. I just bought some that expires in NOVEMBER!

6 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

I play refrigerator roulette all the time. If it doesn't smell, isn't slimey, and doesn't taste "off" it goes in mah belleh regardless of expiration dates. You would not believe how long Fairlife FF milk lasts beyond the exp. date. It's pretty frightening to think about and it's one of the things that make you go, "Hmmmmm..." LOL

I love all of the above.

Expiration dates are like, worse case scenario. Items last well beyond them, assuming they're not stored in poor conditions. Most aren't expiration, they are best by dates.

Yogurt (and sour cream, etc. ) are already "spoiled", so at worst they will just become more sour. Fairlife is ultra pasteurized, so that faaaar extends the shelf life.

Edited September 6, 20187 yr by sillykitty

Dammit.

Ok current weight 161.4

went passed my doctor's office and decided to pop in for a weight since the next time would be October. Not surprised I had tons of salty foods and it will be that time of the month soon. But considering that I had cheesecake and cookies and whatever else I wanted all labor day weekend during non fasting hours, albeit in small amounts, not bad...

Edited September 6, 20187 yr by GreenTealael

Many don't know this about me but I'm a minimalist and a low/zero waste (goal) enthusiast

So this is my latest baby from Starbucks... This felt like the right thread to place it since I spend the majority of the day drinking teas.

16 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

Many don't know this about me but I'm a minimalist and a low/zero waste (goal) enthusiast

So this is my latest baby from Starbucks... This felt like the right thread to place it since I spend the majority of the day drinking teas.

Ok now tell us what it is.

38 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Ok now tell us what it is.

Empty because it's new lol, my old one next to it is coffee