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!!!

15 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

I was doing sooo well yesterday. No hunger, pushed my first "meal" to 3pm, still no hunger, good on Protein, fluids, supplements, low cals. And then I started looking up restaurants in Rome for my upcoming vacation, and all that "no hunger" bs was out the window, and Postmates was showing up at my door

It's interesting because I felt like such a failure last night when I caved. But I was still in a 5 hr window, my cals, were still low for most people, I only ate till full then threw out the rest. So basically it didn't wreck my day, but the guilt! If this had been a planned meal out, where I just made an unwise choice, I'd barely feel bad at all.

Today is a new day. Thankfully the late-ish carbs didn't wake up my hunger monster. We'll see how today goes, but IF is the plan (carbonara is not).

((hugs)) Our mental stuff is HUGE isn't it? What we do to ourselves!! You did great honestly!! You did everything our docs and RDs want us to do. LOL. You know? And your protein looks great and cals just totes norm!!!

LOL, so maybe you should do more food research in Italy...just spit ballin' here...

Breaking the fast meal: I decided to have "almost sushi" today, and nutter puffs (so good)

Pouched salmon, avocado, hempseed, Nori sheets, Bragg's aminos, spices, brown mustard

Makes 6, I ate 3 (but the 2 ends first which were empty-ish -handrolled imperfections)

Edited September 13, 20187 yr by GreenTealael

11 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

Breaking the fast meal: I decided to have "almost sushi" today, and nutter puffs (so good)

Pouched salmon, avocado, hempseed, Nori sheets, Bragg's aminos, spices, brown mustard

Makes 6, I ate 3 (but the 2 ends first which were empty-ish -handrolled imperfections)

Dayum that looks completely amazeballs!!!! *note to self: make homemade sushi with leftover salmon* YUM!!!

24 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

((hugs)) Our mental stuff is HUGE isn't it? What we do to ourselves!! You did great honestly!! You did everything our docs and RDs want us to do. LOL. You know? And your Protein looks great and cals just totes norm!!!

LOL, so maybe you should do more food research in Italy...just spit ballin' here...

Thanks ... I know it isn't bad in the big picture ... but 8:30 pm carb delivery is never a good idea

Menu reading always gets to me! Sometimes I have to do it for planning work dinners. But I always do it for vacations. My first trip to Rome I think I ate in every terrible tourist trap that existed. I vowed to always do my research after that, lol!

Once again @GreenTealael & @FluffyChix showing me up on the food prep!

No wonder I don't post pics, who wants to see Medifast soup!?!

19 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

Once again @GreenTealael & @FluffyChix showing me up on the food prep!

No wonder I don't post pics, who wants to see Medifast soup!?!

Beats my protein shaker. Bag of protein snacks, or protein bar LOL

This fasting thing is nuts... like, I don't get hungry like I did even last week. I'd NEVER think I could go my entire work shift on 1 cup of coffee, 1 burger with cheese and a packet of ketchup and 1 hot dog with 1 package of ketchup, both with no bun. And 20 oz of sugar free energy drink mix.

That's seriously all I've had today and I feel fine.

19 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

Once again @GreenTealael & @FluffyChix showing me up on the food prep!

No wonder I don't post pics, who wants to see Medifast soup!?!

This is literally the easiest to do, 5 minutes if you can believe it I only have to prep the avocado by cutting it! Hahaha, y'all know I'm food lazy ( but id happily make Ayurvedic golden milk by the book, or 100 stage ceremonial matcha... I clearly have issues)

6 minutes ago, Matt Z said:

Beats my Protein shaker. Bag of protein Snacks, or Protein Bar LOL

This fasting thing is nuts... like, I don't get hungry like I did even last week. I'd NEVER think I could go my entire work shift on 1 cup of coffee, 1 burger with cheese and a packet of ketchup and 1 hot dog with 1 package of ketchup, both with no bun. And 20 oz of sugar free energy drink mix.

That's seriously all I've had today and I feel fine.

It does curb hunger, when I was on the 20:4 protocol I preferred to just not eat...

42 minutes ago, Matt Z said:

Beats my Protein shaker. Bag of protein Snacks, or Protein Bar LOL

This fasting thing is nuts... like, I don't get hungry like I did even last week. I'd NEVER think I could go my entire work shift on 1 cup of coffee, 1 burger with cheese and a packet of ketchup and 1 hot dog with 1 package of ketchup, both with no bun. And 20 oz of sugar free energy drink mix.

That's seriously all I've had today and I feel fine.

You're goin' to The Hells. hehe

Ok just finished my first meal. All I've had today is black coffee and 3 bottles of water and vitamins. Yummah!

I just heart my quick, down and dirty green soup. I did this Mexican style, which means I added some fresh salsa and made the spices Mexican--and I added a pinch of turmeric for @GreenTealael! Man it's just so satisfying and for 118 cals!

4 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

down and dirty green Soup

Sheesh, girl! You really know how to make something sound appetizing!

57 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Ok just finished my first meal. All I've had today is black coffee and 3 bottles of Water and Vitamins. Yummah!

I just heart my quick, down and dirty green Soup. I did this Mexican style, which means I added some fresh salsa and made the spices Mexican--and I added a pinch of turmeric for @GreenTealael! Man it's just so satisfying and for 118 cals!

Yay! But I have questions about thin soups w/ vegetables or meat: I feel like I'm eating and drinking at the same time so I mostly ignore the liquid.. What does everyone think/do?

19 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

Yay! But I have questions about thin Soups w/ vegetables or meat: I feel like I'm eating and drinking at the same time so I mostly ignore the liquid.. What does everyone think/do?

Ok so my RD told me to do it this way: eat the liquid first using the cup as a strainer. Get as much broth out as possible, then "pause a while"--like 10-15 minutes before beginning the solid portion.

i don't have any restriction on clear broths when I eat them slowly. It goes strait through. So it isn't creating a slurry.

hope that helps!! What do u guys do or what were you told to do?

4 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

Yay! But I have questions about thin Soups w/ vegetables or meat: I feel like I'm eating and drinking at the same time so I mostly ignore the liquid.. What does everyone think/do?

I have soup a lot, cause I'm lazy, and it's satisfying.

Most liquid + chunks soup makes me feel satisfied, and full, but doesn't feel the same as my restriction when I eat something solid. Pure liquid soups, like tomato just make me feel satisfied, but not full. Sometimes even liquid + chunks seem to hit my restriction, like the Medifast Chicken noodle, happens almost every time I eat it.

I'm not super vigilant with the not eating and drinking, so I don't worry about it too much.

I'm kind of fascinated by this IF and hunger thing.

So I had planned to push my first meal as late as possible, per usual on IF days. At 3pm I start heading home from an errand, and was starving! I was planning what I was going to eat when I got home, talking myself out of stopping and picking up something, the whole deal. But stuck in traffic (2+ hr to go 35 miles ). And then, poof, hunger gone!

So now I'm hydrating, since I didn't drink much today because I knew there were no bathrooms on the freeway. We will see how the rest of the evening goes.