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!!!

Thanks so much!!

Yeah it sucks getting up so early. I usually get up between 4 and 5:30 to start the day. And I'm generally fine until 11:30 (14hour fast) with just black coffee--although, I miss my PP "creamer" in my coffee hellerbad. LOL.

Do you protein bars/snack fill you up? And about when do you stop eating at night?

LOL. 20 Questions. Thanks for playing!

Oh and one more--are you animal, vegetable, or mineral?

bahahahahahaaha

4 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Oh and one more--are you animal, vegetable, or mineral?

bahahahahahaaha

Negative, I am a Meat Popsicle.

Edited September 7, 20187 yr by Matt Z

2 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Do you Protein bars/snack fill you up? And about when do you stop eating at night?

The bars to fill me up and keep me going for quite a while. Some more than others.

Right now with the 8-6 fast I eat between 8am and 6pm. I have "cheated" a bit after 6, but I do my best to avoid it at all costs. Otherwise beforehand on a typical work day I would go to bed between 8-10, so I'd stop sometime before that.

21 hours ago, Orchids&Dragons said:

Do you blend them together or what?

You gave me such a flashback with Jesus, Mary and Joseph. My grandmother always said that.

Hahaha! Sorry I missed this! I just stir everything except the blueberries and the WF syrup together with a spoon. Then I add the frozen berries and drizzle the syrup over it. I'm hoping to post yesterdays pics of it.

Ok, yesterdays's DD=500 cals. First meal was around 12:30ish. Last meal was 8:30pm.

Lifetime member of the Clean Plate Club. CPC fork you!

PB&J "Yogurt"

Turkey & Lt Cheese Wedge Lettuce Wrap with Veggies and Grk Yogurt WF Italian Dressing Dip

Blackened Atlantic Salmon (yeah-whataboutitsueme), green beans, avo/tom salad

Food Log for 09.06.18 (click to enlarge)

Those are impressive meals for 550 calories.

Seriously, mine are a chunk of cheese and a protein shake!

1 hour ago, Matt Z said:

My eating BLOWS compared to you all.

You can't include me in that "you all" I started my day with a chimichanga

Just now, sillykitty said:

Those are impressive meals for 550 calories.

Seriously, mine are a chunk of cheese and a Protein shake!

IKR! My RD was so upset at our last meeting that I'm still between 500-750 calories per day. She wants me up around 1200. And I'm like, in what universe? I eat all of these meals and seriously don't even want to think about food between them--for the most part. Some days I have these munchie days where I only want munchie stuff and that's when I could literally graze all day. But like yesterday, I really only fixed lunch cuz I was trying to meet protein goals.

So when I showed her pics of my plates and told her how concerned I was about how much I could eat at a meal, she relaxed and said I was doing fine. LOL. Weird. Huh?

1 hour ago, FluffyChix said:

Do you Protein bars/snack fill you up?

I haven't done bars since I have a whey intolerance. But I'm about to receive a metric ton from Bariatric Pal, so we'll see.

But I do eat Kay's Crispy Parmesan Protein Chips (super cheap on Amazon), and I find them very filling and satisfying. I've never eaten more than a half a bag at a time. I don't feel my restriction, but I feel full, if that makes sense.

57 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

You can't include me in that "you all" I started my day with a chimichanga

I spit out tea reading this...

Yesterday I managed to do IF. That is a bright spot, because I ate crap and didn't get protein, fluids, or supplements in. All my eating was within a 6 hr window though!

No IF for me today. Had breakfast (that's what I'm calling the chimichanga ), that was especially early, since I was in another time zone. And I have dinner plans tonight, so that is going to be about a 15-16 hr window. I should be able to do protein, fluids and supplements though.

I'm still fasting, currently drinking tea w/ stevia and light cream (modified IF)

I may be getting lazy so I'm going to actually eat real meals later to prove I do... Stay tuned

1 minute ago, GreenTealael said:

I'm still fasting, currently drinking tea w/ stevia and light cream (modified IF)

I may be getting lazy so I'm going to actually eat real meals later to prove I do... Stay tuned

This actually does happen.

I'm just now eating my first meal--PB&J "yogurt" with SF Hershey's chocolate syrup. ROFLMAO! Yep yep, better living through chemistry. I have a salmon salad planned for lunch and I'm like, "Fork! I don't wanna go make it, I don't wanna eat it...maybe when I get hungry later, I'll just go grab a couple of ounces of leftover salmon and call it done."

12 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

I have a salmon salad planned for lunch and I'm like, "Fork! I don't wanna go make it, I don't wanna eat it...maybe when I get hungry later, I'll just go grab a couple of ounces of leftover salmon and call it done."

Oh no, your meals are just so pretty ....

At least do better than I do (And this is fancy, I only used plates for the pics!)

4 hours ago, Matt Z said:

Today:
Woke up at 0450
0515 coffee with a splash of fat free milk and a splash of sugar free sweetener/creamer - unknown, 50 calories maybe?

0800 1 Larabar - 200 calories
1030 1 bag of Kay's Protein Kruncheeze chips - 130 calories
Missed lunch... Thanks work..
1500 - Just the Cheese, Cheese bars, 150 calories

That's it thus far, I'll try to remember to update as I go along.

Up to a whole 530 ish now LOL

Edited September 7, 20187 yr by Matt Z