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!!!

1 hour ago, FluffyChix said:

And you are very FINE! We have the piccys to prove it. You look gorgeous!!!! And I bet Boo tells you all the time that you look F-I-N-E FINE!

Thanks ????

He thinks I'm (crazy) kale

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13 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

Thanks ????

He thinks I'm (crazy) kale

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Hahaha! Well maybe not crazy, but maybe Voodoo is involved? I know I can blame you thank you for personally bringing me to the dark side of lovin':

kale

matcha

green tea

any kind of tea (except tee tee)

chia

hemp hearts

matcha yogurt with lemon twist stevia and blueberries and chia and hemp heart - oh my!

Edited June 6, 20197 yr by FluffyChix

5 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Hahaha! Well maybe not crazy, but maybe Voodoo is involved? I know I can blame you thank you for personally bringing me to the dark side of lovin':

kale

match

green tea

any kind of tea (except tee tee)

chia

hemp hearts

matcha yogurt with lemon twist stevia and blueberries and chia and hemp heart - oh my!

This is the real eating disorder! ??????

1 minute ago, sillykitty said:

This is the real eating disorder! ??????

bahahahaha! IKR? And I still can't spell match-a! Gah!

Just saw this in @allwet's update and it needs to be shared here.

Why?

Cuz, come on...don't we all know?

Top 5 Things to Decrease Hunger During IF:
1. More Sleep - ghrelin (hunger hormone) goes up with lack of sleep--makes you want to eat more! Leptin (appetite suppression hormone) goes down. Helps hormonally control appetite=easier IF (7-8hrs of sleep).

2. Eating More Fiber - fiber passes through tum undigested and takes longer to move through it. (beans, avocado, veggies). Feeling full will make it harder to eat/snack=easier IF. Especially eat high fiber in last meal of day!

3. Proteins and fats - eating more proteins/fats help you feel more satiety for a longer time = harder to eat/binge during IF. Highly processed carbs make you hungrier and make you binge.

4. Exercising - helps increase negative energy balance, muscle growth, building cardio health. But also helps hormone increase Peptide YY (PYY) and Glucolike Peptide 1 (GLP-1) and they suppress appetite. Gimme a P! Gimme a Y! Gimme another Y! With a side of G-L-P-1!!! What's that spell? Weight loss and appetite suppression! Yay! And also exercise caused ghrelin (hunger hormone) to decrease!

5. Drinking water (drinking sparkling water--shhhh--there-there...) - 1.5lts of water a day suppressed appetite. But we know that is a bare minimum. Sparkling water adds the fizzle and sends electrical signals that believes cals might be coming in...so tum is fooled and is full.

(It's been such a long time...*sniff* *sob*)

Edited June 6, 20197 yr by FluffyChix

16 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Hahaha! Well maybe not crazy, but maybe Voodoo is involved? I know I can blame you thank you for personally bringing me to the dark side of lovin':

kale

matcha

green tea

any kind of tea (except tee tee)

chia

hemp hearts

matcha yogurt with lemon twist stevia and blueberries and chia and hemp heart - oh my!

10 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

This is the real eating disorder! ??????

The corruption continues from @GreenTealael:

I give you Mocha Caramel Chia Pudding with all sorts of healthy crap inside it, AND then I had to top it with more healthy stuff (blueberries and walnuts). LOL.

Tea you were right. Hot liquid is the bomb-diggity dog! Instant chia bloom! (Yogurt is optional--it's sweeter without it, but it gave it more protein). I'll take a pic later when the sun comes up. (Ok, I couldn't wait--clearly no fasting this morning. So. Dang. Good!)

Edited June 7, 20197 yr by FluffyChix

I'm Luteal so effectively fasting (for more than 14/10) is in the tank until after the Red Death. I literally need to eat everything lol.

2 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

I'm Luteal so effectively fasting (for more than 14/10) is in the tank until after the Red Death. I literally need to eat everything lol.

Dr. Mindy talks about doing healthy carb loading the week before with things that build progesterone to help with hunger, and pms symptoms. You might check her out on YouTube! ((hugs))

6 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Dr. Mindy talks about doing healthy carb loading the week before with things that build progesterone to help with hunger, and pms symptoms. You might check her out on YouTube! ((hugs))

Will do!

But I think my body automatically told me ...

*cough cough* Olive Graden adventures again ???

Just now, GreenTealael said:

Will do!

But I think my body automatically told me ...

*cough cough* Olive Graden adventures again ???

I highly agree!!! Oh hey, they are supposed to have zoodles now! Can you believe that? I wanna go, I'm just afraid of the never ending breadsticks. LOL.

1 minute ago, FluffyChix said:

I highly agree!!! Oh hey, they are supposed to have zoodles now! Can you believe that? I wanna go, I'm just afraid of the never ending breadsticks. LOL.

So when I go i never actually order my own foods lol (maybe tiramisu or coffee once in a while) but i make sure who ever is ordering an entree gets the unlimited salad/breadsticks with their meals and that's what i eat ?

Usually a TON of salad (no dressing... Everyone must suffer with me ? ) and 2-3 Breadsticks

People are tired of my nonsense, I'm sure of it ?

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1 minute ago, GreenTealael said:

So when I go i never actually order my own foods lol (maybe tiramisu or coffee once in a while) but i make sure who ever is ordering an entree gets the unlimited salad/breadsticks with their meals and that's what i eat ?

Usually a TON of salad (no dressing... Everyone must suffer with me ? ) and 2-3 Breadsticks

People are tired of my nonsense, I'm sure of it ?

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I'm sorry but I probably would have made a purse of you long ago for those shenanigans! However, I am guilty of bringing my own little containers of Walden Farms dressings and also bags of shirataki noodles to put in soups (at Pho shops).

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4 hours ago, FluffyChix said:

they are supposed to have zoodles now!

Zoodles @ Olive Garden???!!! I may just have to postpone my surgery. LMAO. What would be subbed for the sauce? I know the regular spaghetti sauce is full of sugar. Would definitely add meatballs. I love how a lot of restaurants are starting to accommodate Low Carb folks.