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!!!

On 09/15/2019 at 20:09, Sheribear68 said:

Okay so after a rather decadent weekend (mostly with alcohol, not food) I’m hitting it now with a 24 hr fast.

At 6:30 We finished up a dinner of chicken and salad and I even found some passable avocado to add to the salad for some extra healthy fat and calories.

I’m so stuffed right now that I don’t feel like eating for 3 days, lol.



Plan is to get up early for Pilates, spend some time organizing some clothes to do a sell-back before going to work at 1pm, then finding a way to break my fast tomorrow night at work after 6pm.

I’m going to do an 8 ounce beef Bone Broth cup with some sea salt before I go to work.



I’ll try to remember to post when I get off work tomorrow night and let y’all know how it went

Okay so it feels weird quoting myself, lol

Today went really well
Had some hunger around 11:30, which not surprisingly is about the time of day I break fast most days.
I pushed through it with extra water and at 12:45 had a cup of the bone broth and salt.
Work was crazy as expected on a Monday and I had planned on eating some leftovers at 6:30.
I ended up eating them at 8 which gave me a 26hr fast.
I contemplated skipping and trying for a 36hr fast, but it’s so hard for me to eat in the morning that I got scared I might not be able to hold much food so I chickened out and ate tonite.

All in all, I only had about 220 calories worth of food so I drank a cup of milk when I got home.
Probably finished the day at about 40-45gm protein which isn’t horrible for a 26hr fast.
Tomorrow my plan is to eat 800 calories and get in 65-70gm protein in a 10 hour eating window

On 09/16/2019 at 09:34, november11 said:

Hey guys, I have been binge reading your posts I feel like I know everthinganna,sherriebear,recibus or something like that johhny something well just say the February sleevers. Having my sleeve in November . Any advice?

Follow many threads that interest you and learn as much as you can from those who’ve done it.
Every now and then I make sure to get outside my comfort zone and follow threads that I don’t normally follow and discover new ones here all the time that I didn’t know existed

yes I will .you guys have taught me sooooooooo much!

Okay so I’ve determined that I’m a fabulous faster, and a terrible breaker-of-fasts.

Yesterday (day after 26 hour fast) I STRUGGLED to get in 800 calories.

The bad:
My sleeve is crap at holding any kind of volume after more than a 18hr fast and extending it to 26 hours made it even worse. 4 ounces of Premier Protein shake filled me up yesterday morning, for goodness sakes. I ate over a 14 hour window (finished the last of the PP at 11:30pm) just to have time to get it all in

The good:
I’m learning and practicing still for that day when my restriction isn’t as pronounced and I’m learning to not get freaked out by skipping a meal (or two, or three....)

On my fast day I had 270 calories and 30-ish gm protein
Yesterday I had 70gm Protein and almost 800 calories. If it hadn’t been for the 30gm in the premier protein (took me 3 sessions to get that all drank) I would’ve fallen way short.

Weight last Friday am (prior to weekend booze-fest)
162.2
Weight this morning (no poop in 2 days)
162.4

Usually the weeks I work til midnight I don’t get on the scale much bc I’m so puffy, so I was pleased to see only a 0.2 pound bounce.
Will get back on the scale in 2 more mornings to see where I am.
Gonna follow 16:8 for these next 2 days

I'd try to not exceed 16:8 then. And at least do 5:2 or ADF. Don't go under a 500cal deck is my thought. Even on restriction days.

Just a thought! Congrats on not having a big bounce from working or boozing! ((hugs))

On 09/18/2019 at 11:39, FluffyChix said:

I'd try to not exceed 16:8 then. And at least do 5:2 or ADF. Don't go under a 500cal deck is my thought. Even on restriction days.

Just a thought! Congrats on not having a big bounce from working or boozing! ((hugs))

Good advice.
I love experimenting with this and it’s kinda funny/frustrating at the same time.
Lol, I remember for the 3 days pre-surgery when I was on liquids only, I scarfed down a whole container of the PP in about 90 seconds and was still STARVING (or at least my body was telling me I was).
Glad to not ever go back to that again, no matter how much I struggle now

One thing I did notice today around mid-afternoon is my hunger came back today and I made good use of it.
Put away a whole cup of cottage cheese and 2 ounces rotisserie chicken at noon, them ate again at 3. I had a p3 thingie because I wasn’t expecting to be hungry and didn’t have anything ready.
Then dinner was flank steak and salad mix and I actually went back and had seconds on a couple more bites of the steak.
Still only about 800-900 calories, but loads of protein

5 hours ago, Sheribear68 said:

Good advice.
I love experimenting with this and it’s kinda funny/frustrating at the same time.
Lol, I remember for the 3 days pre-surgery when I was on liquids only, I scarfed down a whole container of the PP in about 90 seconds and was still STARVING (or at least my body was telling me I was).
Glad to not ever go back to that again, no matter how much I struggle now

One thing I did notice today around mid-afternoon is my hunger came back today and I made good use of it.
Put away a whole cup of cottage cheese and 2 ounces rotisserie chicken at noon, them ate again at 3. I had a p3 thingie because I wasn’t expecting to be hungry and didn’t have anything ready.
Then dinner was flank steak and salad mix and I actually went back and had seconds on a couple more bites of the steak.
Still only about 800-900 calories, but loads of Protein

It's important to have enough FEAST days hun. The Feast is what fuels the fast. ((hugs))

8 hours ago, Sheribear68 said:

Good advice.
I love experimenting with this and it’s kinda funny/frustrating at the same time.
Lol, I remember for the 3 days pre-surgery when I was on liquids only, I scarfed down a whole container of the PP in about 90 seconds and was still STARVING (or at least my body was telling me I was).
Glad to not ever go back to that again, no matter how much I struggle now

I, too, have found fasting to be really empowering. You learn that true hunger really only lasts a short time and then passes. Learning this takes away the urgent need for immediate gratification - like really! Our bodies are actually going to shrivel up and die in 30 minutes if we don't eat??? I've found that it gives me a much better awareness of true hunger vs head hunger. I think it's great to have these extra tools in the toolbox.

45 minutes ago, AZhiker said:

I, too, have found fasting to be really empowering. You learn that true hunger really only lasts a short time and then passes. Learning this takes away the urgent need for immediate gratification - like really! Our bodies are actually going to shrivel up and die in 30 minutes if we don't eat??? I've found that it gives me a much better awareness of true hunger vs head hunger. I think it's great to have these extra tools in the toolbox.

Agree with all of this! I feel like I have a safety net.

Down 10 pounds as of today. It's been just over a month. I did an OMAD Monday then another OMAD yesterday. Today will be 18 hours, then tomorrow through Sunday 16:8. (I like to eat a little more freely on the weekend). I did find out that the little bit of creamer I was putting in my coffee raised my blood sugar like 15 points. So I tried some sugar free and measured a TBSP, that had no effect on my sugar. Most of the doctors I follow say anything less than 50 calories won't break your fast.

On 09/19/2019 at 11:32, GB in CA said:

Down 10 pounds as of today. It's been just over a month. I did an OMAD Monday then another OMAD yesterday. Today will be 18 hours, then tomorrow through Sunday 16:8. (I like to eat a little more freely on the weekend). I did find out that the little bit of Creamer I was putting in my coffee raised my blood sugar like 15 points. So I tried some sugar free and measured a TBSP, that had no effect on my sugar. Most of the doctors I follow say anything less than 50 calories won't break your fast.

Awesome job!

Okay, so for you what does OMAD look like as far as calories/macros?

I’m thinking about adding OMAD to my repertoire on days off

5 minutes ago, Sheribear68 said:

Awesome job!

Okay, so for you what does OMAD look like as far as calories/macros?

I’m thinking about adding OMAD to my repertoire on days off

I try to meet my Macros but its really hard to do in an hour. I mostly just try to get in as much protein as possible because I do weight training. I usually get about 500 calories in.

On 09/19/2019 at 12:03, GB in CA said:

I try to meet my Macros but its really hard to do in an hour. I mostly just try to get in as much Protein as possible because I do weight training. I usually get about 500 calories in.

Okay so thats what I would’ve guessed.
I seriously might try OMAD Saturday because it’s going to be busy busy in the daytime, but hubs and I are grilling out and making food for the kids (adult kids who can be bribed to come visit with food offerings) and settling in for a rare weekend off for the two of us to veg in the evening and watch some football
For some reason, OMAD appeals to me in a situation like this because I can once again partake in the experience of the meal.
I’m thinking I’m going to set aside 2 hours for eating and seeing what happens.

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In anticipation of Yom Kippur I'm starting IF again (tomorrow) should be relatively easy since I'll be travelling and busy. Im also trying to convince my BF to give it a whirl. I'll let y'all know how it goes ?