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!!!

Ahhhhh the joys of breaking the long fast

NOT

I had forgotten about the explosive BMs. Does this happen to anyone else, or am I a unicorn?

So currently 36 hrs in

the dry fast turned to a wet fast with a couple cups of tea & water for about 2 hrs then right back into a dry fast ?

12 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

Ahhhhh the joys of breaking the long fast

NOT

I had forgotten about the explosive BMs. Does this happen to anyone else, or am I a unicorn?

Oh no my dear. I can relate! Good times!

19 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

So currently 36 hrs in

the dry fast turned to a wet fast with a couple cups of tea & Water for about 2 hrs then right back into a dry fast ?

You rock lady!!! I'm trying for an OMAD at 6pm tonight. Wet fast. Just didn't have it in my to dry today. Good luck today btw!

21 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

You rock lady!!! I'm trying for an OMAD at 6pm tonight. Wet fast. Just didn't have it in my to dry today. Good luck today btw!

I don't normally try EF or dry fast (except Yom Kippur) but i had several reasons to and it seemed like good timing. After this I'll move back to 20:4 then 18:6.

2 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

I don't normally try EF or dry fast (except Yom Kippur) but i had several reasons to and it seemed like good timing. After this I'll move back to 20:4 then 18:6.

Yeah, EFs are tough especially when it's just WF! I find them practically impossible. Me=wimpy Most of my OMADs (and I don't do a lot of those) are 22:2 or 20:4 and I purposely don't worry about hitting protein goals. But my other days, I try to hit my protein goal each day during the eating window--usually 16:8 or 18:6. I had a big night last night and am up a couple of pounds of water weight today, so it's on like Donkey Kong.

Once a month Resetters do a 5 day fast. I'm not being very compliant this week. My excuse rationalization is Memorial Day. *sigh*. Oh well. Will get back on it today and go for 5 consecutive days with is. It's really an FMD of sorts featuring 2x a day green smoothies and unlimited green veg. Come do it with me. You'd be surprised how easy it is to get your protein in on it. I was given the ok to have hemp hearts and chia from my oncologist.

28 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Yeah, EFs are tough especially when it's just WF! I find them practically impossible. Me=wimpy Most of my OMADs (and I don't do a lot of those) are 22:2 or 20:4 and I purposely don't worry about hitting Protein goals. But my other days, I try to hit my protein goal each day during the eating window--usually 16:8 or 18:6. I had a big night last night and am up a couple of pounds of Water weight today, so it's on like Donkey Kong.

Once a month Resetters do a 5 day fast. I'm not being very compliant this week. My excuse rationalization is Memorial Day. *sigh*. Oh well. Will get back on it today and go for 5 consecutive days with is. It's really an FMD of sorts featuring 2x a day green smoothies and unlimited green veg. Come do it with me. You'd be surprised how easy it is to get your protein in on it. I was given the ok to have hemp hearts and chia from my oncologist.

5 days? That's too hard core for me ? plus I actually did promise my Team i wouldn't do long restrictive fast.

The smoothie and vege days I *may* be able to swing...

But congrats on the new foods additions!! Can't wait for you to try chia pudding

12 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

5 days? That's too hard core for me ? plus I actually did promise my Team i wouldn't do long restrictive fast.

The smoothie and vege days I *may* be able to swing...

But congrats on the new foods additions!! Can't wait for you to try chia pudding

Nooo! It's 5 days eating basically vegan. Like you. I can't do 5 days of a WF. But I can do 5 days of an FMD eating greens/veggies and green smoothies. And getting protein in from hemp hearts, chia, some garbanzo beans. My carbs are still net 50g or less per day.

2 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Nooo! It's 5 days eating basically vegan. Like you. I can't do 5 days of a WF. But I can do 5 days of an FMD eating greens/veggies and green smoothies. And getting Protein in from hemp hearts, chia, some garbanzo Beans. My carbs are still net 50g or less per day.

Ohhhhhhh ok

Saw this today. It didn't come as any big surprise. I think we all remember experiencing this? It's an old study.

https://www.gastrojournal.org/article/0016-5085(86)90943-1/pdf?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2F

Fast completed. No clue how long it was in total but 48+ hrs. Sleeve has dramatically reduced it's capacity.

19 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

Fast completed. No clue how long it was in total but 48+ hrs. Sleeve has dramatically reduced it's capacity.

Yay!!! Congrats to you and your teeny, tiny sleeve!

40 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Yay!!! Congrats to you and your teeny, tiny sleeve!

I also dont want to eat again lol. I bought an epic $10 salad and after a few bites accidentally

Dropped. It. All.

I just binned it and went on my merry way like it was nothing ?

16 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

I also dont want to eat again lol. I bought an epic $10 salad and after a few bites accidentally

Dropped. It. All.

I just binned it and went on my merry way like it was nothing ?

Good that you went on your merry way. Bad that you dropped a danged ol' $10 salad!

Calling Dr. Bombay! Calling Dr. Bombay!! @GreenTealael

Ok, so you little trickster. How DARE you! How DARRRREEEEEEEE you to get me jacked on cocaine matcha lemon bubble pudding (chia seed pudding)!!! One hit.

One hit.

That's ALL it took! *sob*

In less than 24 hours, I've had 3 tbsp of chia seeds and 1 cup of Silk cashew milk along with the matcha, vanilla, and lemon stevia (plus a few walnuts and frozen blueberries and a little Grk yogurt mixed in). Three (mini meals) desserts...THREE!!! HOLY HOTNESS! HOLY Jehoshaphat Jerusalem! Where's my Wailing Wall now? Where's my Moses now?

My chia seed package says 8g carb and 8g fiber for essentially a zero carb experience of nervana. Can this possibly be real? Is this gonna be a colon blow 2000 experience? And more importantly...can I have "tapioca" chia pudding tonight (aka vanilla) after having 3tbsp in <24 hours?

And which nut milk is best? Almond milk or cashew milk? Which is thicker and less gritty? Which has better nutrients? And is the unsweetened vanilla version of these nut milks CRAP cuz of ingredients?

I need so much. help. SO. MUCH!!!!! kthnxbyecomequickly...

Edited May 31, 20197 yr by FluffyChix