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!!!

2 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

Waterbed?

The plot thickens...

Never heard it call "the plot" before... but yes, it does.

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! )

LOL I guess not listing a body part I had in mind changes things, when I heard chocolate covered, I thought "laying down having hot chocolate sauce poured on me" so that would make my stomach the "slightly hairy waterbed" LOL

OK, you guys, STOP IT! I'm at work! People will wonder why I'm laughing! I'm an accountant, for friggin's sake! We don't have a sense of humor!

2 minutes ago, Matt Z said:

Never heard it call "the plot" before... but yes, it does.

LOL I guess not listing a body part I had in mind changes things, when I heard chocolate covered, I thought "laying down having hot chocolate sauce poured on me" so that would make my stomach the "slightly hairy waterbed" LOL

*Sips Tea*

4 minutes ago, Orchids&Dragons said:

OK, you guys, STOP IT! I'm at work! People will wonder why I'm laughing! I'm an accountant, for friggin's sake! We don't have a sense of humor!

Sigh... and this was getting me through the day

FINE
*foot stamp*

7 minutes ago, Orchids&Dragons said:

OK, you guys, STOP IT! I'm at work! People will wonder why I'm laughing! I'm an accountant, for friggin's sake! We don't have a sense of humor!

I think someone needs their Orchid watered and their Dragon fed... LOL

Edited September 13, 20187 yr by Matt Z

OMG! This has been so exceptionally "Good times" this morning. I've officially laughed my ass off!

Ok, I'll do my IF report then for @Orchids&Dragons before we get her fired!

Yesterday was good. I made it to about 2:45pm for my first meal. I was trying to wait until after 3pm, but by 2:30 I was close to cuttin' a b***h for food. Unfortunately, being alone here, that would have been me and I draw the line at that one. So I had 3 full meals scheduled but I just looked at it and was like. Nope. Can't do it. So I ended up going for a Banana Joe from Cocomo Iced Coffee (homemade) with coffee, Prem Prot Bananas and Cream and tons o' the ice. It held up until 5:30 when I broke down and had a little leftover salmon. And then I had leftover chickie boob, veggies and avo/tom salad on a tray in my recliner in front of the tv watching Big Brother! LOL.

The only photo I have is a crap one with flash taken in front of the tv. Here's my lovely l/o plate! I ate every last stankin' bite of this bad boy!

Here's my food log for the DD. I was over my 500 a bit and the macros sucked, but meh. Deal. (click to enlarge)

Today is an up day at an event tonight. There will be rich wine pairings and friends/fun around and I'm shuddering in my shoes. I'm gonna try to keep things low until tonight. Cuz God only knows what I'm capable of. And I just hit the 160lb mark this morning. Only 10.4lbs left to go to reach first goal. I'm sure there will be hell to pay on the scale tomorrow as a result of tonight.

12 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

OMG! This has been so exceptionally "Good times" this morning. I've officially laughed my ass off!

Ok, I'll do my IF report then for @Orchids&Dragons before we get her fired!

Yesterday was good. I made it to about 2:45pm for my first meal. I was trying to wait until after 3pm, but by 2:30 I was close to cuttin' a b***h for food. Unfortunately, being alone here, that would have been me and I draw the line at that one. So I had 3 full meals scheduled but I just looked at it and was like. Nope. Can't do it. So I ended up going for a banana Joe from Cocomo Iced coffee (homemade) with coffee, Prem Prot Bananas and Cream and tons o' the ice. It held up until 5:30 when I broke down and had a little leftover salmon. And then I had leftover chickie boob, veggies and avo/tom salad on a tray in my recliner in front of the tv watching Big Brother! LOL.

The only photo I have is a crap one with flash taken in front of the tv. Here's my lovely l/o plate! I ate every last stankin' bite of this bad boy!

Here's my food log for the DD. I was over my 500 a bit and the macros sucked, but meh. Deal. (click to enlarge)

Today is an up day at an event tonight. There will be rich wine pairings and friends/fun around and I'm shuddering in my shoes. I'm gonna try to keep things low until tonight. Cuz God only knows what I'm capable of. And I just hit the 160lb mark this morning. Only 10.4lbs left to go to reach first goal. I'm sure there will be hell to pay on the scale tomorrow as a result of tonight.

Tell me more about this banana drink...

Breakfast hot tea with cream (30 cals 3g fat, 0g carb & protein), iced matcha and lemon

9 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

Tell me more about this banana drink...

Well it's so easy. And DELISH. Unexpectedly so--either as a frapp or as plain iced coffee. I just use leftover very strong decaff (as much or as little as you want) and then use anywhere from 1/2 to a full carton of PP Bananas and Cream and tons of ice. Yesterday I did a full PP and about 8oz of decaff and ice up to heaven. I don't add sweetener, but if you need it, then I add liquid Vitacost Vanilla Stevia. It's so delish. You can also get your fiber on with it by adding either Benefiber or adding whole psyllium husks. Makes it almost thin oatmeal texture. LOL.

Yesterday, the thought of food just had me going nope. I just want liquids. And I was too busy to really stop to throw it together. So this worked. Of course, I'm back sliding into the easiness of protein drinks and they are not really my friend and can cause me to retain fluid for some weird reason. But so far today I'm ok. Down a bit from yesterday.

Edited September 13, 20187 yr by FluffyChix

1 minute ago, FluffyChix said:

Well it's so easy. And DELISH. Unexpectedly so--either as a frapp or as plain iced coffee. I just use leftover very strong decaff (as much or as little as you want) and then use anywhere from 1/2 to a full carton of PP Bananas and Cream and tons of ice. Yesterday I did a full PP and about 8oz of deff and ice up to heaven. I don't add sweetener, but if you need it, then I add liquid vitacost vanilla Stevia. It's so delish. You can also get your Fiber on with it by adding either Benefiber or adding whole psyllium husks. Makes it almost thin oatmeal texture. LOL.

Yesterday, the thought of food just had me going nope. I just want liquids. And I was too busy to really stop to throw it together. So this worked. Of course, I'm back sliding into the easiness of Protein Drinks and they are not really my friend and can cause me to retain Fluid for some weird reason. But so far today I'm ok. Down a bit from yesterday.

Trying this today!

Just now, GreenTealael said:

Trying this today!

yay!!! Lemme know how you like it. It's my absolute hands down fave. Who knew bananas and coffee would play so well together?

Oh man ... you guys are a lot for a west coast girl to wake up to!

So... today. I've had my cup of coffee. And half my sugar free energy drink mix thing. Just realized I haven't eaten anything or even drank my shake yet...

Also I forget to tell everyone the other types of drinks I sometimes have, that is a golden green milk (tumeric, matcha, cayenne pepper, water, almond milk, stevia, dash of SF french vanilla)

Soooooo good if you've ever had golden milk... hot or iced, amazing!

47 cals... Like 2g carbs but sadly only 2g protein. But tumeric and Matcha together... The benefits

2 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

Also I forget to tell everyone the other types of drinks I sometimes have, that is a golden green milk (tumeric, matcha, cayenne pepper, Water, almond milk, stevia, dash of SF french vanilla)

Soooooo good if you've ever had golden milk... hot or iced, amazing!

47 cals... Like 2g carbs but sadly only 2g Protein. But tumeric and Matcha together... The benefits

That's beautiful! So does it defeat the purpose of golden milk (anti-inflammatory) by using a totally artificial milk like Fairlife FF milk (then it would be packed with protein)