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!!!

A few pure water fasts... I need Autophagy to go into hyperdrive

I don't think I realized until last night but I generally feel better when I'm empty... (Not the feeling of being hungry of course but) when I'm not in the process of digestion. So like completely empty. Anyone else notice anything similar to this?

Edited April 3, 20197 yr by GreenTealael

1 hour ago, GreenTealael said:

I don't think I realized until last night but I generally feel better when I'm empty... (Not the feeling of being hungry of course but) when I'm not in the process of digestion. So like completely empty. Anyone else notice anything similar to this?

Yes. I don't like dealing with hunger and especially don't like it when head hunger hits. But I do like the feeling of having nothing to digest! And btw, my bowel habits are greatly improved. Don't know if it's the pysllium that I take on feast days or just the break that I get?

So, I've been creeping here and doing some online research about IF. And I'm curious and interested and considering giving it a try. However, is there anyone on here who works nights and does IF? I work from 7 pm - 7 am in a high acuity neonatal intensive care unit 2 -3 days a week (those days constantly change. Sometimes they are in succession, sometimes they are intermittent throughout the week). So, my sleep schedule is oftentimes quite random. And I don't think fasting while working is a good idea, given what some of my nights look and feel like.

Does anyone else on here do IF and work the night shift? And if so, can you tell me how you manage it? Managing my sleep is hard enough. I wonder if also figuring out a fasting schedule would put the complexity over the top. Hoping someone may have some advice or know where to point me so that I can give it a whirl and see if it's right for me.

Does everyone on here do IF every day of their week?

7 hours ago, Rosie T said:

So, I've been creeping here and doing some online research about IF. And I'm curious and interested and considering giving it a try. However, is there anyone on here who works nights and does IF? I work from 7 pm - 7 am in a high acuity neonatal intensive care unit 2 -3 days a week (those days constantly change. Sometimes they are in succession, sometimes they are intermittent throughout the week). So, my sleep schedule is oftentimes quite random. And I don't think fasting while working is a good idea, given what some of my nights look and feel like.

Does anyone else on here do IF and work the night shift? And if so, can you tell me how you manage it? Managing my sleep is hard enough. I wonder if also figuring out a fasting schedule would put the complexity over the top. Hoping someone may have some advice or know where to point me so that I can give it a whirl and see if it's right for me.

Does everyone on here do IF every day of their week?

Hi Rosie and welcome! The main question you need to ask yourself beyond your shift work is if you routinely and easily get all of your protein needs met mostly through food rather than still struggling to meet protein goals through any means (food + drinks). If you have no problem with food then at 7 months you could probably add IF into the mix. It might still be about 2-3months pre-mature? I'd def. consult your doc and team to make sure they're on board with you doing it?

I don't know how you would work it out with your random work schedule. I'd check in with this fasting group on FB (they are not fans of WLS btw. So keep that quiet!) It's Dr. Jason Fung's IF group. You should read his book on Fasting. I intermittently fast for extended amounts of time, and then I do TRE on feast days (time restricted eating). I routinely meet my nutritional goals during the eating windows.

It is helping me get the last 20lbs or so off, but it's more importantly helping to heal me through autophagy.

Here's the name of the group on FB--it won't let me post the link. I think cuz it's a closed group where you have to request to join?

The Obesity Code Network: Fasting Support with Megan Ramos & Dr. Jason Fung

NSV to me. I'm back at my ticker weight. 137.2lbs. (thank you poopie and porcelain god) but even more importantly!!! Yesterday was senior day at Goodwill (30% off) and I spent $27.00 and bought my summer shorts wardrobe. And a darling Jones of NY black skirt (short). I think I got like 6 pairs of shorts and a skirt for that. Score!

They were all size 8 and size Mediums except for one size 10 and none of them were stretchy fabrics! Wooohoooo. Gosh I (sparkleheart) my tool and my WOL!!!

Thanks for inspiring me to continue my IF and my LCHF (low carb healthy fat) diet. (Oh you know I will ho it up with piccys as I get them washed and ironed!) haha!

Edited April 4, 20197 yr by FluffyChix

If you are keto by virtue of low carb, this is a terrifying report.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190327112657.htm?fbclid=IwAR19M9hlXDfdmnTsc_1h3PhA5uh8104nR-Oy07mmqRM9kWs6xZG0b3mePTw

On 04/04/2019 at 06:38, FluffyChix said:

Hi Rosie and welcome! The main question you need to ask yourself beyond your shift work is if you routinely and easily get all of your Protein needs met mostly through food rather than still struggling to meet protein goals through any means (food + drinks). If you have no problem with food then at 7 months you could probably add IF into the mix. It might still be about 2-3months pre-mature? I'd def. consult your doc and team to make sure they're on board with you doing it?

I don't know how you would work it out with your random work schedule. I'd check in with this fasting group on FB (they are not fans of WLS btw. So keep that quiet!) It's Dr. Jason Fung's IF group. You should read his book on Fasting. I intermittently fast for extended amounts of time, and then I do TRE on feast days (time restricted eating). I routinely meet my nutritional goals during the eating windows.

It is helping me get the last 20lbs or so off, but it's more importantly helping to heal me through autophagy.

Here's the name of the group on FB--it won't let me post the link. I think cuz it's a closed group where you have to request to join?

The Obesity Code Network: Fasting Support with Megan Ramos & Dr. Jason Fung

Thank you. This is very helpful. I’m not quite ready for IF. I do meet my goals with food most of the time. But I have — up til this point — lost all my weight with next to no effort and have not been tracking calories or macros very closely. Now that weight loss has halted and it’s clear that I need to be much more conscious and careful with my choices. So that’s my plan at the moment. Track track track. But I’d like to start doing a little research into IF for down the road possible my. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

The ketogenic version of the FMD (Fasting Mimicking Diet) anyone? I'm thinking about doing this next week to mix things up.

On 4/1/2019 at 7:01 PM, clsumrall said:

Air fried asparagus is the BOMB.

Maybe I should get this air fryer out of the box into use after all... ?

On 4/2/2019 at 7:01 PM, GreenTealael said:

After vacay I'm going to IF hardcore...

What protocol do you plan to follow? (I'm nosy, I admit it.)

Edited April 6, 20197 yr by summerset

On 4/3/2019 at 2:08 PM, GreenTealael said:

[...]when I'm not in the process of digestion. So like completely empty. Anyone else notice anything similar to this?

Definitely in the time before noon.

Interesting side note: it actually makes me feel a little bit queasy in the stomach when eating before noon since a while. I wonder if that is a mental or a biochemical thing.

1 hour ago, summerset said:

What protocol do you plan to follow? (I'm nosy, I admit it.)

I will OMAD, 20/4, 18/6 in rotation

Edited April 6, 20197 yr by GreenTealael

Any particular reason for this? (Sounds too complicated for me already, LOL ).

1 minute ago, summerset said:

Any particular reason for this? (Sounds too complicated for me already, LOL ).

Nope. ?

I just start with the hardest type as a kickstart and relax as time goes on. 18/6 is where i usually like to stay unless i have a lot going on like a vacation. I was trying 16/8 but the eating window is too vast for me.