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!!!

Oh, O&D, I am sympathy cringing with that description! ?

2 hours ago, sillykitty said:

Ahhh ? ? ? ... thanks you guys!

And yes, for the record, my head definitely swells when I'm feeling hot af in an outfit. My naked self helps to regulate my head size!

I agree!

16 hours ago, Orchids&Dragons said:

UGH- nekkidity - after my surgery, the drain was put in a really awkward place, too low on my right side for me to change the dressings. So, hubby had to do it. Only way to do it was bright light and naked from the waist down. aarrrggghhh! That lower-tummy is soooo fugly! I definitely prefer low lights for shenanigans. I can live with whatever he discovers by the Braille method, but lit up like Times Square was so embarrassing. Even after almost 30 years of marriage, a girl'd like to have a little dignity left!

ahhh, Dignity

Old friend, where have you gone? ???

I have almost none left these days...

Edited March 16, 20197 yr by GreenTealael

23 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

ahhh, Dignity

Old friend, where have you gone? ???

I have almost none left these days...

I know! I mean birthing 4 kiddos did a lot of dignity damage, especially twins because there were even people looking into the room from an observation window! And yes, the window looked straight into my lady parts! But that was a long time ago, now. I guess I felt I had reclaimed a little!

7 minutes ago, Orchids&Dragons said:

I know! I mean birthing 4 kiddos did a lot of dignity damage, especially twins because there were even people looking into the room from an observation window! And yes, the window looked straight into my lady parts! But that was a long time ago, now. I guess I felt I had reclaimed a little!

Pobre 'cita! Here's to dignity my friend! ((hugs))

28 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Pobre 'cita! Here's to dignity my friend! ((hugs))

Thank God for Google translate! Thanks, Fluff!

Putting this here. Source: The Facebook (so it must be right, yes?)--in Dr. F's group.

19 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Putting this here. Source: The Facebook (so it must be right, yes?)--in Dr. F's group.

Does the actual fasting period kick in faster for bypass patients? I mean, food doesn't stay in our "stomach" for hardly any time at all, really.

Just now, Orchids&Dragons said:

Does the actual fasting period kick in faster for bypass patients? I mean, food doesn't stay in our "stomach" for hardly any time at all, really.

I would potentially "think" so? But have no proof of that. Some say being in keto makes things go faster also, but again--no proof. I do know my ketometer (breath) shows when I'm getting benefits cuz it finally starts going up--while blood glucose is going down. When I'm eating poorly, or eating big meals, then it goes pretty low (.10-.15). Mine never gets over 1 though. And that's fine by me!

5 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

I would potentially "think" so? But have no proof of that. Some say being in keto makes things go faster also, but again--no proof. I do know my ketometer (breath) shows when I'm getting benefits cuz it finally starts going up--while blood glucose is going down. When I'm eating poorly, or eating big meals, then it goes pretty low (.10-.15). Mine never gets over 1 though. And that's fine by me!

I've used keto sticks and a breath meter. Neither ever showed that I got into ketosis, even in the beginning when I was only eating 300 cals/day. I had to have been fat-burning, but never could prove it by the meters.

Yes, folks. Alice is officially down the rabbit hole.

(I'm presently drinking a cup of green tea + bergamot tea...)

I give you:

Autophatea...just sayin'.

It's a thing.

https://thechalkboardmag.com/6-ways-to-boost-autophagy-glow-15

https://siimland.com/macros-for-autophagy-on-different-diets-vegan-carnivore-keto-fmd/

2 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Yes, folks. Alice is officially down the rabbit hole.

(I'm presently drinking a cup of green tea + bergamot tea...)

I give you:

Autophatea...just sayin'.

It's a thing.

https://thechalkboardmag.com/6-ways-to-boost-autophagy-glow-15

https://siimland.com/macros-for-autophagy-on-different-diets-vegan-carnivore-keto-fmd/

Hahahahahaha

Ugh, so I need autophagy .... but don't need to lose any more weight

4 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

Ugh, so I need autophagy .... but don't need to lose any more weight

It's possible to do doll! But you will likely still end up remodelling your figure with it. But there are many in Dr. Fung's facebook group who are doing autophagy fasting and maintaining their weight.

1 minute ago, FluffyChix said:

It's possible to do doll! But you will likely still end up remodelling your figure with it. But there are many in Dr. Fung's Facebook group who are doing autophagy fasting and maintaining their weight.

Hmmm ... must investigate .....