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!!!

4 minutes ago, Matt Z said:

LOL I used to manage a very high volume adult store... several of them actually, There isn't a single thing you can say that will offend or shock me. Seriously.

oh and... for your tracking

https://jezebel.com/a-complete-breakdown-of-the-nutritional-content-of-seme-953356816

OMG! Complete and total meltdown. Think I peed a little in my big girl panties!!! ROFLMFAO!!!

Just now, FluffyChix said:

OMG! Complete and total meltdown. Think I peed a little in my big girl panties!!! ROFLMFAO!!!

LOL I've met and hung out with a decent list of porn stars too, included the Hedgehog himself Ron Jeremy.

Just now, Matt Z said:

On the IF deal... since that's the point of this thread LOL

Doing good. Less and Less issues with working within the time frames. I do still do some semi-conscious eating in the middle of the night, but typically it's restricted to fruit or a Protein Bar.

Down another .6 today, so I'm back on track for my "hopes and dreams" goal of 200.

Yeeeehaaawwwww!!! Congrats on being down!!! Ok, so I've no idea if this is true or not, but I'm reading about cherries and almonds combined as a bedtime snack. That it increases fat losses. I have kinda losely done it. And um, I lose? Could you try being pre-emptive and eating a bedtime snack to see if it helps you sleep through the night?

2 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Yeeeehaaawwwww!!! Congrats on being down!!! Ok, so I've no idea if this is true or not, but I'm reading about cherries and almonds combined as a bedtime snack. That it increases fat losses. I have kinda losely done it. And um, I lose? Could you try being pre-emptive and eating a bedtime snack to see if it helps you sleep through the night?

Sleep issues are interesting, it's stated that if you have more than 1, you've got more than you realize. I've got sleep apnea and insomnia. I also have a slew of other sleep issues, sexsomnia, sleep walking, sleep talking (I've had several hour long conversations with my wife when we were dating in which I was actually asleep for). The fact that I'm slightly aware and conscious enough to make a better choice is good enough for me LOL.

19 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

I think cold/flu season is here. I totes do. All around me at the ballgame people were coughing up lungs and sneezing. I was like...where's my bubble when I need it?

PLEASE don't think that I'm saying you are eating too much!!! I'm thrilled to see you eat. I honestly am. And Yes, Yes, YES you needed those cals!!! I was just commenting on how diff our anatomies are! And yes, medium size eggs are hugely diff from large AA eggs that ave about 51-54g per egg without shell.

I can eat veg all day without feeling crazy full. But nuts stop me in my tracks. Think it's the whole fat stuff and gallbladder thing going down though. I still eat them. Cuz I think I'm broken and warped. Apparently getting sick isn't enough, I need a cattle prod! LOL.

Lol well I just told a friend of mine that I just want to roll around in bed with a can of chocolate covered cashews, so...

2 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

Lol well I just told a friend of mine that I just want to roll around in bed with a can of chocolate covered cashews, so...

See and I'm here reading that going... I could turn "Cashews" into "Matthews" and really make this a fun conversation LOL

15 minutes ago, Matt Z said:

sleep issues are interesting, it's stated that if you have more than 1, you've got more than you realize. I've got sleep apnea and insomnia. I also have a slew of other sleep issues, sexsomnia, sleep walking, sleep talking (I've had several hour long conversations with my wife when we were dating in which I was actually asleep for). The fact that I'm slightly aware and conscious enough to make a better choice is good enough for me LOL.

I believe sleep/night eating can be a sign of a circadian pattern disturbance. It happens to me on certain meds, recently started again (after 5years) 3m post op but I was able to defeat it again. I'll try to find some literature...

3 minutes ago, Matt Z said:

See and I'm here reading that going... I could turn "Cashews" into "Matthews" and really make this a fun conversation LOL

O. M. G...

7 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

O. M. G...

LOL Hey, you all started this, I'm just playing along

1 minute ago, Matt Z said:

LOL Hey, you all started this, I'm just playing along

Well played , Cash...

At first I was all like, "Tell me of these chocolate covered cashews of which you speak."

and then I was all...

"Oh no he dit-ent!!!!" #HILARIOUS (am I yelling? cuz I feel like I am a little)

ROFL!!!! @Matt Z

Chocolate Cover Matthew. Indeed. (*pervy wink*) hahahaha

10 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

At first I was all like, "Tell me of these chocolate covered cashews of which you speak."

and then I was all...

"Oh no he dit-ent!!!!" #HILARIOUS (am I yelling? cuz I feel like I am a little)

ROFL!!!! @Matt Z

Chocolate Cover Matthew. Indeed. (*pervy wink*) hahahaha

It's be like a mildly hairly chocolate covered waterbed with all the loose sagginess going on at this point LOL

7 minutes ago, Matt Z said:

It's be like a mildly hairly chocolate covered waterbed with all the loose sagginess going on at this point LOL

Waterbed?

The plot thickens...

9 minutes ago, Matt Z said:

It's be like a mildly hairly chocolate covered waterbed with all the loose sagginess going on at this point LOL

I can't get the image of "SchweddyBalls" out of my head combined with hairy chocolate balls. Or Chef's Salty Chocolate Balls...and then the whole hairy chocolate waterbed part...

(Mommy make the bad man stop! )

Edited September 13, 20187 yr by FluffyChix

2 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

I can't get the image of "SchweddyBalls" out of my head combined with hairy chocolate balls. Or Chef's Salty Chocolate Balls...and then the whole hairy chocolate waterbed part...

(Mommy make the bad man stop! )

All I saw was chocolate chocolate chocolate... Lol