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!!!

Just reviews Dr Angela Bosworth €Dr Boz) from YOU- Tube, much if what she says bears much truth, I know, now a little more about me to keto/low inflammatory diets. Am I ready to jump on this bandwagon and go to IF. Not quite yet, still hsvebto have my,pouch accept a more varied diet. But Much FOOD for THOUGHT!

Well you look gorgeous, so something is happening and going right!!!! Congrats on 11 months girlie!!! And on having easy IF days!!! Hope you had a blast with your friend!

6 hours ago, sillykitty said:

This travel is cutting into my cardio!

cardio...bahahahahaahaha!!! Good times! ????

21 hours ago, Sosewsue61 said:

Oh @sillykitty hang in there - we are currently two peas in a pod. Your traveling job is making it souch harder for you.

I am in for 3#s but think I can manage better this week. I need to refocus on my reasons for wanting to lose the next 20-30.

Thanks ...

I mean, it's easy to use the traveling as an excuse. But it is entirely possible to make good choices, even while traveling for work. I'm just not motivated to do so right now.

17 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

Thanks ...

I mean, it's easy to use the traveling as an excuse. But it is entirely possible to make good choices, even while traveling for work. I'm just not motivated to do so right now.

own it baby!!! Honestly, I think we all have times like this. And we all knew you were facing a challenging month going into it! So really, no guilt, no beatings--only enjoyment during this season. Then get back and get serious. I think maybe the thing that got most of us (at least me for sure) to the Obesity Ball is that I had TOO many of those times back to back until I just lost all will to try...So the danger lies in not being able to stem that tide and turn your motivation back on when you get back to some semblance of normalcy.

You can do this girl...think of the cardio!

Thanks @FluffyChix

I am glad that this does feel like a temporary f*ck it phase, and not a long term, who gives a crap type thing. I am confident that after I come back from vacay, I'll be able to get back on the wagon, or at least make healthy choices a majority of the time.

22 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

Thanks @FluffyChix

I am glad that this does feel like a temporary f*ck it phase, and not a long term, who gives a crap type thing. I am confident that after I come back from vacay, I'll be able to get back on the wagon, or at least make healthy choices a majority of the time.

I think it's really hard to get in "discipline" mode with a vacay on the horizon. I just feel like "why bother". I tend to be short-sighted that way - sigh ?

1 hour ago, sillykitty said:

Thanks ...

I mean, it's easy to use the traveling as an excuse. But it is entirely possible to make good choices, even while traveling for work. I'm just not motivated to do so right now.

Motivation

Edited October 9, 20187 yr by GreenTealael

2 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

Motivation

Why does this song "spring" to mind?

27 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Why does this song "spring" to mind?

This is the song that pops into my head

Edited October 9, 20187 yr by sillykitty

Awww. It wouldn't play!

Just fixed, I hope!

Sigh... this weekend was supposed to be 3 days, 2 nights of camping and hiking. It ended up raining or being SUPER foggy because we were no lie, chilling out in a cloud. Our camp was about 2200 feet above sea level. Great views typically... lots of good hiking, but with how wet and just totally soaked everything was, my buddy and I only got in 1, 2 mile with only like 300 - 500 feet of elevation change. The good thing though, as this was a trial run for when we go to Maine for when we climb Katahdin, I was able to pack for my new diet and didn't have much issue at all... I tried not to poo for a bit... the burger we had sunday night did NOT want to hang around... so I was forced to use the pit toilet... but other than that little issue... and the rain, things went well. Except I gained like 2 lbs. womp womp

6 hours ago, Matt Z said:

Sigh... this weekend was supposed to be 3 days, 2 nights of camping and hiking. It ended up raining or being SUPER foggy because we were no lie, chilling out in a cloud. Our camp was about 2200 feet above sea level. Great views typically... lots of good hiking, but with how wet and just totally soaked everything was, my buddy and I only got in 1, 2 mile with only like 300 - 500 feet of elevation change. The good thing though, as this was a trial run for when we go to Maine for when we climb Katahdin, I was able to pack for my new diet and didn't have much issue at all... I tried not to poo for a bit... the burger we had sunday night did NOT want to hang around... so I was forced to use the pit toilet... but other than that little issue... and the rain, things went well. Except I gained like 2 lbs. womp womp

CONGRATS in the trip's successes and troubleshooting for the next one!!! When's Everest???

Edited October 10, 20187 yr by GreenTealael

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/903163

The things you read at 4AM, lol