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!!!

11 hours ago, FluffyChix said:

This is a myth. Dietary ketosis is COMPLETELY different than metabolic acidosis. The body is a very resilient organism. It will maintain (in the absence of acute and overwhelming diseases or difficiences) a pH balance in blood and tissues within a VERY narrow margin. That is part of why they test CO2 and O2 and K (electrolytes) and Ca, balance in the blood. It shows what state your blood pH is in (in an average). And it regulates the pH balance primarily through the kidneys and lungs--keeping your blood from going into metabolic acidosis or even respiratory acidosis. Both of these states are an extremely critical emergency situation--like you are dying.

Osteopenia can be caused from many different things. We as bariatric pts take a crap ton of Calcium. But taking calcium out of balance (which we do) CAN contribute to osteopenia--as can quick weight loss. ADEK and K2 (metabolites) are necessary to build bones by sending the calcium to the bones rather than the soft tissues or pulling minerals from the bone.

I've been low carb (in and out of ketosis) for the better part of 20 years. I do not have osteopenia. I also am on Femara which can also cause osteopenia/porosis. So...I would tend to really look at the studies that are "proving" acidity because of ketosis. Just my 2cents.

Sorry you are dealing with osteopenia girl!!!

Thanks for the balance. The body is amazing and mysterious!

Update: Slipping back into IF: easy peasy ❤

Okay so I caught up for 2 days. Really hating that I can’t use the app on my phone ATM

I’m going to adjust my vitamin regimen on days I OMAD or 24 hr fast.
Didn’t realize any of them would throw me out of fasting. Bummer, I figured only the chewable would.

Today I had planned on a regular ole 16:8 (my usual) but I had a weird work day broken up with 2 doctors appts, and a total of 3 Pilates classes.
It’s supposed to be my staycaytion week, but we got extra hours in our budget to give flu shots, so I worked in two 2 hr increments today doing mini flu-clinics.
As a result, I flat didn’t have time to eat (bc of such a weird scheduling day I didn’t pack food) and by 2pm, I was sitting in my PCPs office with my stomach gurgling LOUDLY.
Lol, it was definitely complaining, so I grabbed a quick container of milk when I got back to my store and then got home and ate dinner at 7pm.

So..... besides the milk, I had almost another 24 hr fast without the benefit of loading up the day before for it. If I got in 40gm protein today, I’ll be shocked.

I’ve got a similar day to tomorrow so I’m definitely bringing a PP shake

So yesterday I ate for a ten hour window as I was trying to get some protein and calories back in.
Today is gonna be 18:6.
Mostly because I hate eating in the morning and I have Pilates mid-afternoon so I won’t even get back home til 2pm my time.

How is everyone doing today?

So, I'm off the IF for now. I have started to see an internist who is guiding my nutrition and dietary guidelines. He wants me to stop the IF for now. He says once I get into the diet he wants I can still do it for its other benefits. For now he has my macros and 50% protein, 30% fat and 20% carbs. I am very excited about this doctor. He is going to be using a machine to calculate my actual resting metabolic rate so I'll know exactly how many calories to eat!

Was so excited about this that I can’t NOT post.

Normal BMI.

BOOM!

Congrats!! Super excited for you!!!!

I've pretty much been on this schedule for about 2 weeks now :

1st meal - 12:30pm

2nd meal- 4:00pm

3rd meal- 7:30pm

What is everyone else up to?

On 10/16/2019 at 09:51, GreenTealael said:

I've pretty much been on this schedule for about 2 weeks now :

1st meal - 12:30pm

2nd meal- 4:00pm

3rd meal- 7:30pm

What is everyone else up to?

This very closely mimics what I’ve been doing the last few weeks

8 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

I've pretty much been on this schedule for about 2 weeks now :

1st meal - 12:30pm

2nd meal- 4:00pm

3rd meal- 7:30pm

What is everyone else up to?

That's just about what I do, too.

I'm taking a couple weeks off of IF. Just taking a break from it.

I'm still doing "lean days" at the beginning of the week. And more lenient eating at the end of the week. Kinda going back to basic clean eating. Having morning lattes and eat my first meal around 10-11am. So very loose TRE.

I weigh 131.6 today.

On 8/18/2019 at 9:44 PM, Sheribear68 said:

Okay so question guys:
Does anyone here ever do 20:4 and what does that look like for you?
Here is condensed version of my calories/macros today.

Needing help deciding if I’m on the right track.

what do you do for your pure protein bomb to get to 44 grams? Also now that it has been some time how do you like 20:4. did it work for you?

49 minutes ago, Serengirl said:

what do you do for your pure Protein bomb to get to 44 grams? Also now that it has been some time how do you like 20:4. did it work for you?

How many weeks post op are you? Personally, I could never get enough calories into a 4 hour period, as my volume is fairly limited, still.

56 minutes ago, Serengirl said:

what do you do for your pure Protein bomb to get to 44 grams? Also now that it has been some time how do you like 20:4. did it work for you?

So I see from another post you are 15 months out. So why only 500 calories per day, or is that your Alternate Day plan? As for protein, I try to get at LEAST 60 gm per day, and sometimes up to 80. I had to give up IF temporarily while training for the triathlon, because I needed the morning to add more calories. I just couldn't keep the weight on.

I am now trying out a whole food plant based eating plan, which I am finding is wonderful. I feel great. But the volume of food is so large, that I had to go back to a morning smoothie to get in the nutrition. I am stuffed, literally, all day long. And still losing weight, even with the higher level of whole grains and starchy veggies. It takes me over a hour to eat a small "Budda bowl." But I do feel great. Daily IF is not going to work for me at this point, so I think I will just do a weekly 24 hour fast. The beauty of IF is that you have so many options and tools to use as your situation changes.