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!!!

On 12/19/2018 at 2:07 PM, FluffyChix said:

Anyone trying to do any kind of IF during the holidays?

I've been doing pretty strict IF for the last two weeks, I think? I don't know, since my second to last work trip whenever the h*ll that was!

I've really been doing it because I've been super busy. Work is insane right now. I've had mornings full of conference calls, can't eat if you're stuck on the phone for hours on end. Then week long meeting, and I just skipped breakfast. Then weekends have been busy with errands, chores and parties, no eating until midday, or even dinner sometimes. Boom, easy IF!

Scale is continuing to tick downward. Maybe it's IF? Maybe it's still my honeymoon period? Maybe it's my restriction? Not sure, but whatever it is, I'll take it!

Just saying hello, busy busy.

Still sime baking, wrapping, yada yada.

Yasssssssss

16 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

Yasssssssss

Oh I love this guy almost as much as I love your other dude!! They're both so inspiring and informative!

Wow! Yeah that's what I've been doing during Christmas...taking my "2 weeks off"! hehehe!

7 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Oh I love this guy almost as much as I love your other dude!! They're both so inspiring and informative!

Wow! Yeah that's what I've been doing during Christmas...taking my "2 weeks off"! hehehe!

It helps that they are smoking hot...

6 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

It helps that they are smoking hot...

Absolutely!

Come Jan. 2nd, I'm back on this IF bad boy!!!! I'm kinda half-assedly doing it now. I know @sillykitty is travelling and is IFing like a skinny beast!!!! Who else is doing IF this week? I wish I could claim to be, but I'm not. LOL.

I will say, that I'm amazed I'm holding steady at my "range" weight. 151 this morning doesn't suck so much!

4 hours ago, FluffyChix said:

Come Jan. 2nd, I'm back on this IF bad boy!!!! I'm kinda half-assedly doing it now. I know @sillykitty is travelling and is IFing like a skinny beast!!!! Who else is doing IF this week? I wish I could claim to be, but I'm not. LOL.

I will say, that I'm amazed I'm holding steady at my "range" weight. 151 this morning doesn't suck so much!

I'm still IF-ing. Only have being super busy to credit for it. Not will power for sure.

My weight has jumped from a low of 135 to today at 137.8 ... nothing to pinpoint why.

Maybe fluids? As y'all know I barely hydrate. But yesterday I was legit thirsty. I drank and drank, and barely peed, so clearly some dehydration going on. I'm pushing fluids today (ok, diet coke), and already at 64 oz, but peeing, so it looks like I'm getting to a regular hydration level.

Leaving on vacay tomorrow, so we'll see what the scale says when I get back. There will be Micheladas, chips and salsa, maybe balance that out with ceviche?

1 minute ago, sillykitty said:

I'm still IF-ing. Only have being super busy to credit for it. Not will power for sure.

My weight has jumped from a low of 135 to today at 137.8 ... nothing to pinpoint why.

Maybe fluids? As y'all know I barely hydrate. But yesterday I was legit thirsty. I drank and drank, and barely peed, so clearly some dehydration going on. I'm pushing fluids today (ok, diet coke), and already at 64 oz, but peeing, so it looks like I'm getting to a regular hydration level.

Leaving on vacay tomorrow, so we'll see what the scale says when I get back. There will be Micheladas, chips and salsa, maybe balance that out with ceviche?

OMG! Do I guess Mexico? Or South America?

Ole!!! Drink and eat some of that for me!!! You are gonna have a blast. Did you buy a bikini? Is your boo going with?

2 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

OMG! Do I guess Mexico? Or South America?

Ole!!! Drink and eat some of that for me!!! You are gonna have a blast. Did you buy a bikini? Is your boo going with?

Mexico! Not a experience the culture type trip, a lay by the pool and have drinks brought to me type trip!

I bought a bikini for Mai Tai weekend a couple months back, ?so already have that. And I bought 3 more bathing suits as well

No boo! This was supposed to be a gf trip, has changed to a mom daughter trip. Boo was supposed to be on the east coast for NYE, but that got cancelled, so he'll be home, and I'll be with my mom. Not the NYE I had in mind, but can't really complain about it, right?

2 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

Mexico! Not a experience the culture type trip, a lay by the pool and have drinks brought to me type trip!

I bought a bikini for Mai Tai weekend a couple months back, ?so already have that. And I bought 3 more bathing suits as well

No boo! This was supposed to be a gf trip, has changed to a mom daughter trip. Boo was supposed to be on the east coast for NYE, but that got cancelled, so he'll be home, and I'll be with my mom. Not the NYE I had in mind, but can't really complain about it, right?

Are you kidding? If anything, it makes you more elusive, independent and attractive. And the 3 bikinis can't hurt. Right? Wooohooooo! And truth? I love the lay by the pool and have Juan the Poolboy peel me grapes and pour great tequila. Culture is highly overrated. ha! Have a fun and memorable trip with Mom!!! How cool that ya'lll are doing that!

Edited December 28, 20187 yr by FluffyChix

42 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Are you kidding? If anything, it makes you more elusive, independent and attractive. And the 3 bikinis can't hurt. Right? Wooohooooo! And truth? I love the lay by the pool and have Juan the Poolboy peel me grapes and pour great tequila. Culture is highly overrated. ha! Have a fun and memorable trip with Mom!!! How cool that ya'lll are doing that!

Meh, I'm good with a day by the pool! Poolboys are overrated!

I'm the weirdo that would go to Mexico City any day over Cancun.

Hey Y'all! Time to get back in the game! So here's a little game...

Wooohooo! Going over to look at your game/challenge in the lounge!

I'm back with a vengence!!! I'm looking for @sillykitty's 18:6 today! Then when I do eat, I'm looking to keep solid Atkins Induction. LOL, I LIKE complicating things and making games out of weight loss!

My goal? I'm shooting now for Goal #2. Don't know how slow or fast that will go, but I predict I will have a pretty quick 4lb loss within the week from glycogen stores/water loss as I get back into ketosis.

I'm super pumped to be "refreshed" from taking a holiday break!

Anyone else feel a new resolve to hit the ground running now on January 2?!!! Post like hos!!!!!

Oh Jan.2nd update: CW 150.4lbs. I will take that as a Christmas win to only be up from lowest wt by 2lbs and to be "at goal #1 weight" or in the neighborhood...

Edited January 2, 20197 yr by FluffyChix

Okay, I'm going to give this a go... Starting off with a morning coffee, then starting at noon an 8-hour window, then shut it down until the next morning (~8am) and coffee again. Or maybe peppermint tea.

It's not so much for weight loss or plateau-busting or anything, more that I'm looking back on my eating patterns and I think I kind of do this IF thing already? Sort of? But with some snacks on the fringes that I probably don't need, like a 10pm handful of cashews or a 10am string cheese.

I've spent enough of my life being guilt-tripped about not wanting to eat breakfast ("most important meal of the day" my ass, it makes me feel queasy)! I'll keep the AM coffee for a while and see if I want to phase it out later.