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!!!

Down another .5 lbs. I did eat during my fast again, I had Kind bars, so granola goodies. Still not really getting hungry during the day... Had a double coffee this morning and that might not have been a great idea on an mostly empty system. Going to be seeing a lot of the porcelain today I think.

Great loss @Matt Z I just got a box of the 100 cal mini kind bars because the big ones have too much sugar and cals for me, even though the go down just fine...

3 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

even though they go down just fine...

Good morning. I had a great UD yesterday and managed to IF until 3pm when I had my quicky green soup with shrimpies. That held me until 6:30 when our wine pairing even started. I was fairly well-behaved. I had a sip or two of my wine pairing and a only about a bite of the food for most of the mini-courses (think appetizer party). I did have a whole (small) chorizo mushroom and a whole serving (maybe 1/8-1/4c) of cold tomato soup. The other stuff was just bites. But I did try dessert for the first time last night: 1 tiny (emphasis on tiny) bite of apple pie al a mode + 1 dark chocolate hershey's kiss with almonds. So I escaped that situation while partaking but not entering beast mode. We had fun with our friends and each other. Win! Nailed it!

Then as usual, we went to have a real dinner at our cheap Italian place--cuz although calorie dense, the pairing event is like going to an appetizer tasting that is 5 offerings long. This is where I wish I had a tiny pouch. Cuz I probably would have been full and fine!

But noooooo....and I would have been in great shape had I not caved to their homemade braided garlic bread with amazing dipping sauce. But I contained myself to about 1/2 (overestimate). I ate 1 small caprese stack, a bite of grilled chicken, a grilled shrimp, and 1/2 a small slice of grilled yellow squash. And I was done. And had a glass of cab. I did come home feeling my usual sick/nausea--which I probably wouldn't have felt if I'd skipped the dipping oil and bread. GAH! When will I ever learn?

Oh, and an NSV - we are friends with the woman who bartends at our little neighborhood place and she asked me last night if I intended to lose any more weight. I told her yes. But she asked why, cuz I was already skinny and looked amazing. *blush* (Get behind me Satan--I still have work left to do, my race has not been run!)

Scale isn't totally a b***h, but it was expected--I'm back up to 161.6lbs this morning from my new low of 160.4lbs. Meh. Today is another day and I'm back on the IF train for as long as I can stand! Black coffee, thy name is woman.

Here's the only piccy from yesterday: Green Soup. I drank the broth first, waiting 15 mins, then ate the guts that made about 3/4c of volume totes.

Food log for UD 1200 Cals (I am over-estimating quantities and using entries that look very similar to the food actually eaten. I probably was lower than this by 100-200 cals, but this dog will hunt for my purposes. (Click to enlarge.)

Oh and today is very clearly a DD 500cal day.

Edited September 14, 20187 yr by FluffyChix

Wooohoooo! Congrats on the loss Matt and on feeling less hunger! Isn't it great???!!

@"they go down fine" - I hear ya girlie!!! ((hugs)) @GreenTealael

15 hours ago, FluffyChix said:

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?

Oh, hell no! No way do I want to go back 15 minutes later to eat stone-cold bit of veggies! YUK!

3 minutes ago, Orchids&Dragons said:

Oh, hell no! No way do I want to go back 15 minutes later to eat stone-cold bit of veggies! YUK!

Hello.....this is 'mericuh. I do have a microwave that works wonders on cold guts.

8 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Hello.....this is 'mericuh. I do have a microwave that works wonders on cold guts.

Still ain't gonna happen! For as often as most of you eat soup, I doubt it's an issue anyway.

2 hours ago, Matt Z said:

?

Just a TMI moment, but um, I think I "found" the source of the xtra pound and I will just add--it is gone now. hehehe

Seriously.

One.

Freaking.

Ginormous.

Soul-satisfying.

Pound.

So I'll still claim the scale weight this morning but know in my heart of hearts, that I was only up maybe 0.2-0.4lbs after an UD that even involved wine. That gives me a little hope for a future of being able to eat over 1000cals a day and be "ok."

5 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Just a TMI moment, but um, I think I "found" the source of the xtra pound and I will just add--it is gone now. hehehe

Seriously.

One.

Freaking.

Ginormous.

Soul-satisfying.

Pound.

So I'll still claim the scale weight this morning but know in my heart of hearts, that I was only up maybe 0.2-0.4lbs after an UD that even involved wine. That gives me a little hope for a future of being able to eat over 1000cals a day and be "ok."

Hahaha! That's where my extra pounds are too since the weight is dropping...

@Matt Z ... congrats, those kind of losses are nice at this point post WLS!

2 hours ago, FluffyChix said:

Then as usual, we went to have a real dinner at our cheap Italian place--cuz although calorie dense, the pairing event is like going to an appetizer tasting that is 5 offerings long. This is where I wish I had a tiny pouch. Cuz I probably would have been full and fine!

Oh, and an NSV - we are friends with the woman who bartends at our little neighborhood place and she asked me last night if I intended to lose any more weight. I told her yes. But she asked why, cuz I was already skinny and looked amazing. *blush* (Get behind me Satan--I still have work left to do, my race has not been run!)

Not my experience. I can graze with the best of them! I found that long grazing meals make me more hungry, physical hunger. I had a looong omakase sushi dinner not long ago, and then drinks at the bar after. I was drinking my damn water DYING of hunger, grrr!

Ha ha, I have to admit I am totally vain, and love those type of NSV's! I had a good looking fit colleague said to me, "Girl, you look amazing! You must have lost 30 lbs!", in a southern drawl! I was like, yeah, uh huh, something like that.

Edited September 14, 20187 yr by sillykitty

As I mentioned last night, I had a good, no hunger IF day yesterday.

I only had one meal, some leftover Kofta Kabab and rice. I took pics, but then realized it looks like the weight Fluffy just lost , so I'm not gonna post it! I was planning to top up with a protein shake. But I just had that nice, satisfied full feeling for the longest time. I didn't want to ruin it by washing it away. So didn't meet protein goals yesterday ( @FluffyChix will be so disappointed w me )

The only negative is I've been in a stall for a week now, up and down a little every day. Not unexpected considering the big drop I had after my vacay. But a little frustrating, none the less.

2 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

Not my experience. I can graze with the best of them! I found that long grazing meals make me more hungry, physical hunger. I had a looong omakase sushi dinner not long ago, and then drinks at the bar after. I was drinking my damn Water DYING of hunger, grrr!

Ha ha, I have to admit I am totally vain, and love those type of NSV's! I had a good looking fit colleague said to me, "Girl, you look amazing! You must have lost 30 lbs!", in a southern drawl! I was like, yeah, uh huh, something like that.

LOVE that comment by your colleague! Doesn't it make you feel like a million bucks??!!! There's no shame in the claim girl! You work it!!!

Wonder what happens during grazing? Did you end up eating again or did the water neutralize it?

That was pretty much last night. The tasting lasted about an hour. Then there was about 1 hour and 15minutes between the tasting and dinner. And seriously, I had like a bite of each pairing--except the mushroom and the tomato soup--but those were still tiny amounts. But I still broke one of my biggest rules of eating--time between meals/no grazing. But it really couldn't be helped and I am ok with that. There are gonna be times that are beyond my control and I just have to remember to behave/eat like a skinny girl. Last night in my Gap skinny jeans, it was not all that difficult. BAHAHAHAHA - nearly split me clear up to my See You Next Tuesday!