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!!!

2 minutes ago, MIZ60 said:

Quick question for Fluffy and GT--in reading about matcha the consensus seems to be ceremonial grade from Japan packed in a tin or jar. Is there a certain brand that is best or just any that meets the above criteria. There are a LOT of different ones and one that I saw at HEB also had some brown rice Fiber or something in it. I just want to get the best one available since it is pretty pricey.

Gosh girlie! Wish I could help. I just ordered mine from Vitacost. Hope @GreenTealael gets this notice and swings by to answer!! Great question!

On 01/17/2019 at 16:14, FluffyChix said:

Ok! Tell me somepin! Where y'all be? Let's play for the next 30 minutes!!!

Go!

Well ... I’m much nearer to a lot of the regular contributors to this thread than I usually am ?

I could be wrong! “Goya” is just “고야” phonetically. “분말” means powder, but sometimes I screw up compound words, my vocabulary isn’t extensive.

If you’re looking for different-but-good teas, barley tea (boricha/보리차) is really nice iced.

imma have to bookmark this

4 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

1 hour ago, FluffyChix said:

Ok! Tell me somepin! Where y'all be? Let's play for the next 30 minutes!!!

Go!

Well ... I’m much nearer to a lot of the regular contributors to this thread than I usually am ?

You better not be in H-town! Just sayin'...

Quick question for Fluffy and GT--in reading about matcha the consensus seems to be ceremonial grade from Japan packed in a tin or jar.

I'd like to know this too!! I have a feeling this is going to have to be ordered off the Internet

10 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

You better not be in H-town! Just sayin'...

Not quite that close!

6 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

Not quite that close!

Ok, spill it! Where are you?

7 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Ok, spill it! Where are you?

You understand that you're dealing with the real Carmen Sandiego, right?

On 01/17/2019 at 17:49, FluffyChix said:

Ok, spill it! Where are you?

Well I can currently see a place you just posted a pic of yourself standing in front of ?

Say hello to my bubba and sissy! Are you eating at Chuy's on Barton Springs Rd. while you are there?

Have a blast!!!! Good times and greater margaritas!!!

2 hours ago, FluffyChix said:

Gosh girlie! Wish I could help. I just ordered mine from vitacost. Hope @GreenTealael gets this notice and swings by to answer!! Great question!

Hi! The super expensive high quality one I have also had brown rice solids... I think it helps it dissolve and prevents caking naturally instead of using silicates

Sorry for the super late response ?

Damn! No IF for me today. Had a terrible episode of RH last night. Second one that I've had now. Both times I woke from a dead sleep with profuse sweating, shaking, near-incoherence, heart racing, adrenalin rushing, off balance...stumbled to the kitchen and poured down some Fairlife Milk cuz it was the only thing liquid I could get to--juice cans are outside and didn't think to get one. Then cut an ounce of cheese and forced it down. But so nauseated...

I made caprese chicken last night and used some pre-made balsamic reduction glaze. Figured since it was such a small serving it couldn't make much difference. I think it made a difference. Ugh. So scary. I was so mean to Mr. F. too. I couldn't get him to wake up to help me! I was panicking and needed the bg monitor and ketometer.

Lort.

This was the meal. It was 4.5oz by weight and about 1 1/4cups of food total, but I only ate 2 green beans, so about a cup of food. (That's 2oz of sauteed chicken, 1oz ps mozza/asiago, 16g campari tomato, fresh basil, 1/2tsp balsamic reduction) + 1oz of green beans

I'm in College Station, Texas! Whoop!

Are you using your Aggie Power to be a dieting success?

Of course, and it's working! Fellow Ag?