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 hours ago, FluffyChix said:

Dang! I remember that time. Hopefully she will have a great remission with it and will go on to live and lead a full fearless life again, with many visits to the Korean grocers between the 2 of you!!!

Love that she makes her own kim chi. I want to do that so bad but am so afraid of killing us!

@GreenTealael Even though I think Dr. V. has traveled down a rabbit hole and melted or is flat out stoned/baked/wired with drugs, I like his psych advice.

Sadly, the cancer found in her lymph nodes was a year after she had major surgery at MD Anderson for stage 3-4 bladder cancer. She has an ileostomy and has adjusted fairly well to that. She is 68 years young and I pray every day that she has some more quality life once she is through this protocol. Her daughters are also my close friends. She is in the top picture in the white top next to me at the "Brunch and Bubbly" shower I hosted for her daughter who got married last year.

Edited January 20, 20197 yr by MIZ60

2 hours ago, FluffyChix said:

Edited January 20, 20197 yr by MIZ60

Awwww!!! @MIZ60 I'm so sorry to hear about this. Saying prayers! Love the pics and her family is beautiful. I know you are all hurting!!! ((hugs))

2 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Awwww!!! @MIZ60 I'm so sorry to hear about this. Saying prayers! Love the pics and her family is beautiful. I know you are all hurting!!! ((hugs))

Thank you Fluffy....her other daughter (blue dress) is an RN in Houston and actually running in a half marathon today in Houston.

8 minutes ago, MIZ60 said:

Sadly, the cancer found in her lymph nodes was a year after she had major surgery at MD Anderson for stage 3-4 bladder cancer. She has an ileostomy and has adjusted fairly well to that. She is 68 years young and I pray every day that she has some more quality life once she is through this protocol. Her daughters are also my close friends. She is in the top picture in the white top next to me at the "Brunch and Bubbly" shower I hosted for her daughter who got married last year.

Prayers Up!

I'm gonna claim it. Yesterday I hit 144.8lbs and today I'm still at 144.8lbs. That means that technically, I've just crossed over into the very top end of my "Normal Weight Category" for my height of 5'4". Yippee!!!! I'm still 4.8lbs away from 2nd Goal, but I will just keep trudging along.
These last 10 pounds have been brought you by Matcha and green tea, the teas that boost your metabolism. And by my gastro guy who insisted on me going back to my 1cup or less per meal portion control. [emoji4]

Hoooray that's fantastic! Well done!! [emoji108][emoji108][emoji106][emoji106]

Sadly, the cancer found in her lymph nodes

Oh gosh, I'm sorry to hear that. She's in my prayers.

And mine also, trusting she will be. strong enough for this challenge!??

7 hours ago, FluffyChix said:

I'm gonna claim it. Yesterday I hit 144.8lbs and today I'm still at 144.8lbs. That means that technically, I've just crossed over into the very top end of my "Normal Weight Category" for my height of 5'4". Yippee!!!! I'm still 4.8lbs away from 2nd Goal, but I will just keep trudging along.

These last 10 pounds have been brought you by Matcha and green tea, the teas that boost your metabolism. And by my gastro guy who insisted on me going back to my 1cup or less per meal Portion Control.

Yeah, Fluffy!!!!!!

So finally had a chance to weigh myself again. Ummm ok, I guess.

I'll attribute it to IF, throwing Matcha on everything, and not eating as much as I think I do (I think I eat a ton, In reality I don't and people notice ?)

I'm not playing your little game scale. up&down ,+/- ,10lbs range...

tomorrow I'll be 165... Whatever

50 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

So finally had a chance to weigh myself again. Ummm ok, I guess.

I'll attribute it to IF, throwing Matcha on everything, and not eating as much as I think I do (I think I eat a ton, In reality I don't and people notice ?)

I'm not playing your little game scale. up&down ,+/- ,10lbs range...

tomorrow I'll be 165... Whatever

Is it ok if we get excited for you!!!!?? Congrats girl! Way to get rid of stress!!!!

Hey how do we insert videos here? Like how do you copy paste the original so you actually get the vid to play like you girls do? Me=techno idiot

CONSPIRACY THEORY

So it's awefully quiet round here this week. My Spidey senses detect a subtle shift in the space-time continuum that I can't explain.

I'm wondering if @sillykitty, @GreenTealael, and @sideeye are meeting somewhere and are also contributing to the melting of the polar ice caps?

3 hours ago, FluffyChix said:

Hey how do we insert videos here? Like how do you copy paste the original so you actually get the vid to play like you girls do? Me=techno idiot

I take links directly from the source (mostly YouTube) and paste them wait for them to be embedded as a video instead of as a link (you should get a prompt to change it, I ignore it)

Edited January 22, 20197 yr by GreenTealael