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!!!

27 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

Using @FluffyChix suggestion

Vietnamese coffee with PP instead of sweetened condensed milk.

This will be my first experiment with whey Protein in about 6 months. Fingers crossed I've gotten over my intolerance!

Wooohoooo can't wait to hear how it does!! Also, to add more of a Vietnamese flavor you should try adding a little Nestle Crema Media--like unsweetened condensed milk. It gives it an authentico "canned" taste. hahahaha

10 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Wooohoooo can't wait to hear how it does!! Also, to add more of a Vietnamese flavor you should try adding a little Nestle Crema Media--like unsweetened condensed milk. It gives it an authentico "canned" taste. hahahaha

At 40 cals per tblsp ... I'll go with less authentic, or should I say less xác thực!

All caught up! Lol

Just completed a 26hr true fast

? ???????????

I think is totally fine to take a break from fasting when you need to you know... Especially around that time of the month (except you Matt, sorry ?), I always want to eat everything... and the eating drinking cycle wls peeps abide by makes it hard enough...

Edited September 20, 20187 yr by GreenTealael

16 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

Just completed a 26hr true fast

You were fasting while @FluffyChix and I were going off the rails

3 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

You were fasting while @FluffyChix and I were going off the rails

Balance for the group...

10 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

All caught up! Lol

Just completed a 26hr true fast

? ???????????

I think is totally fine to take a break from fasting when you need to you know... Especially around that time of the month (except you Matt, sorry ?), I always want to eat everything... and the eating drinking cycle wls peeps abide by makes it hard enough...

It's not nearly as researched as women's hormonal cycles... but men have them as well and we do have changes in emotional states during those times as well... just sayin LOL

1 hour ago, Matt Z said:

It's not nearly as researched as women's hormonal cycles... but men have them as well and we do have changes in emotional states during those times as well... just sayin LOL

Makes sense, but it still sucks for you -- any way you slice it. "The mones" bite! LOL I don't care who you are--animal, mineral or vegetable.

1 minute ago, FluffyChix said:

Makes sense, but it still sucks for you -- any way you slice it. "The mones" bite! LOL I don't care who you are--animal, mineral or vegetable.

That they do!

Ok, will wonders never cease!!! I actually had a pretty great fasting day yesterday. It was a nail biter at times to be sure. LOL. But I made it to 25 hours! Holy sh*t Batman! Then I ate ALL the things. (Not really, but I did eat a good dinner of chicken and spinach with garlic.) I did not get anywhere near close to 60g of protein. I'm reading that if you are MO or overweight, that may not be necessary. The protein that is used would be extra broken stuff and things like skin before it pulls from lean muscle. But I'm doing more research to find out for sure.

It's also 9.20.18. That means Duh. Duh. Dunnnnhhhhhh. It's time for my monthy accounting according to my date of surgery. I had surgery 2.20.18 and that makes today the start of Month 8. I've been doing IF for roughly 3 weeks. When I weighed on 8.20.18 I was at a then "new low" and then had my usual bounce up at the end of the month. So my weight on 8.20 was lower than it was on 9.03. But it still sucks that in this month, I've lost only 3.8 lbs from 8.20-9.20. I did lose 5.75 inches so I am gonna glom onto that as a win.

Weight 8.20.18 (164.6lbs) | Weight 9.20.18 (160.8lbs) | -3.8lbs loss (I've lost 61.6lbs since day of surgery and 126.2lbs from my most recent high of 287+lbs.)

08.20.18 Measurements | 09.20.18 Measurements | -5.75inches lost

Chest 39.5 | 39 | -.5

Waist 32.5 | 31 | -1.5

Hips 41.5 | 41 | -.5

Neck 13.5 | 13 | -.5

Right Thigh 22 | 21 | -1

Left Thigh 22 | 21 | -1

Right Arm 11 | 10.75 | -.25

Left Arm (Lymphedema from cancer) 12.5 | 12 | -.5

On 10.01.18 I will post my official losses for the month of September. Fun with math (and flags, mostly math though).

I'm going to try to do one more 24 hour fast today. That will make it 3 consecutive days of 24 hour fasts. This weekend will be busy and we have the playoff games for our minor league (Atlantic League) team on at least Friday and Saturday and maybe even Sunday nights. I'm planning on making us wraps for dinners before we leave for the park, but I do think there will be popcorn involved and probably a few peanuts--not many for me. But that way I can hold the transgressions down to popcorn and it sure helps if I'm full. So I will not do fasting--or maybe just 14/10 with regular eating after that. We'll see how it goes. I'm nervous!

Edited September 20, 20187 yr by FluffyChix

51 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

I had surgery 2.20.18 and that makes today the start of Month 7

Sorry, Fluffy, but it's the start of month 8!

10 minutes ago, Orchids&Dragons said:

Sorry, Fluffy, but it's the start of month 8!

Crap! Really? How come when I finish counting on my fingers starting with March 20th and ending with September 20th I see 7 fingers?

Then damn, my loss is fuc*ing slow!

11 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Crap! Really? How come when I finish counting on my fingers starting with March 20th and ending with September 20th I see 7 fingers?

Then damn, my loss is fuc*ing slow!

But then you're counting the end of the months, not the start. End month 7 = begin month 8

C'mon, Fluffy, I'm almost your surgery twin and a CPA! Can't get that one by me!

3 hours ago, Matt Z said:

It's not nearly as researched as women's hormonal cycles... but men have them as well and we do have changes in emotional states during those times as well... just sayin LOL

Ok ...

but I am not sharing my period chocolate stash... ?

1 hour ago, FluffyChix said:

Ok, will wonders never cease!!! I actually had a pretty great fasting day yesterday. It was a nail biter at times to be sure. LOL. But I made it to 25 hours! Holy sh*t Batman! Then I ate ALL the things. (Not really, but I did eat a good dinner of chicken and spinach with garlic.) I did not get anywhere near close to 60g of Protein. I'm reading that if you are MO or overweight, that may not be necessary. The protein that is used would be extra broken stuff and things like skin before it pulls from lean muscle. But I'm doing more research to find out for sure.

It's also 9.20.18. That means Duh. Duh. Dunnnnhhhhhh. It's time for my monthy accounting according to my date of surgery. I had surgery 2.20.18 and that makes today the start of Month 8. I've been doing IF for roughly 3 weeks. When I weighed on 8.20.18 I was at a then "new low" and then had my usual bounce up at the end of the month. So my weight on 8.20 was lower than it was on 9.03. But it still sucks that in this month, I've lost only 3.8 lbs from 8.20-9.20. I did lose 5.75 inches so I am gonna glom onto that as a win.

Weight 8.20.18 (164.6lbs) | Weight 9.20.18 (160.8lbs) | -3.8lbs loss (I've lost 61.6lbs since day of surgery and 126.2lbs from my most recent high of 287+lbs.)

08.20.18 Measurements | 09.20.18 Measurements | -5.75inches lost

Chest 39.5 | 39 | -.5

Waist 32.5 | 31 | -1.5

Hips 41.5 | 41 | -.5

Neck 13.5 | 13 | -.5

Right Thigh 22 | 21 | -1

Left Thigh 22 | 21 | -1

Right Arm 11 | 10.75 | -.25

Left Arm (Lymphedema from cancer) 12.5 | 12 | -.5

On 10.01.18 I will post my official losses for the month of September. Fun with math (and flags, mostly math though).

I'm going to try to do one more 24 hour fast today. That will make it 3 consecutive days of 24 hour fasts. This weekend will be busy and we have the playoff games for our minor league (Atlantic League) team on at least Friday and Saturday and maybe even Sunday nights. I'm planning on making us wraps for dinners before we leave for the park, but I do think there will be popcorn involved and probably a few peanuts--not many for me. But that way I can hold the transgressions down to popcorn and it sure helps if I'm full. So I will not do fasting--or maybe just 14/10 with regular eating after that. We'll see how it goes. I'm nervous!

Crap I forgot about remembering to get measurements and weights taken...

22 minutes ago, Orchids&Dragons said:

But then you're counting the end of the months, not the start. End month 7 = begin month 8

C'mon, Fluffy, I'm almost your surgery twin and a CPA! Can't get that one by me!

Gosh my losses are so REMEDIAL!!