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!!!

On 10/21/2018 at 1:19 PM, sillykitty said:

Tons to catch up with on here .... but I just had to share!

New low this morning ....149!!

(All while not eating well, at all!)

Petite sleeve to the rescue!!!!

Congratulations ????

On 10/20/2018 at 11:51 AM, Matt Z said:

OK... here's a pic for you, pants I wore prior to surgery in March... Size 50 waist.

Woooohoooo. Today I'm dong my first 24 hour fast since the potassium crap. So dang ready for it. I will eat dinner tonight at 7:30pm for the full 24hour experience. Then tomorrow are tests and the PCP so will do another 24 hour fast until 7:30pm. I may go ahead and do Thursday for 3 consecutive days of IF for the week and be done for the weekend other than 16:8 normal days.

Weight has bounced up over the weekend to 152.4lbs but it's still very close to the new low. So I'm happy. But the elusive 1st Goal is making me its little bi*ch. LOL. Meh. This too shall pass.

@GreenTealael love the new avi! You look very old-worldly and ethereal--your calming nature is shining through! You have a lovely aura! (I seriously do love it though--and you do have a beautiful spirit!)

Oh, btw, potassium is back to normal again. Yay team!

Edited October 23, 20187 yr by FluffyChix

Stressed and frustrated. Hoping that 210-215 isn't my lower limit... now to try to double down and get back on tract... 22 days until my "deadline"... lots of stress in my life right now too that I'm sure isn't helping matters .at.all. sigh.

6 minutes ago, Matt Z said:

Stressed and frustrated. Hoping that 210-215 isn't my lower limit... now to try to double down and get back on tract... 22 days until my "deadline"... lots of stress in my life right now too that I'm sure isn't helping matters .at.all. sigh.

Hey Matt, offering peace and good intentions for you. Remember to deep breathe! Look up 4 square breathing on The YouTube if you don't know about it. Totally changed my life and how I deal with stress and anxiety!

36 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Woooohoooo. Today I'm dong my first 24 hour fast since the potassium crap. So dang ready for it. I will eat dinner tonight at 7:30pm for the full 24hour experience. Then tomorrow are tests and the PCP so will do another 24 hour fast until 7:30pm. I may go ahead and do Thursday for 3 consecutive days of IF for the week and be done for the weekend other than 16:8 normal days.

Weight has bounced up over the weekend to 152.4lbs but it's still very close to the new low. So I'm happy. But the elusive 1st Goal is making me its little bi*ch. LOL. Meh. This too shall pass.

@GreenTealael love the new avi! You look very old-worldly and ethereal--your calming nature is shining through! You have a lovely aura! (I seriously do love it though--and you do have a beautiful spirit!)

Oh, btw, potassium is back to normal again. Yay team!

Yay ! Vitamin K

And thanks...

Xoxo

The Siren

27 minutes ago, Matt Z said:

Stressed and frustrated. Hoping that 210-215 isn't my lower limit... now to try to double down and get back on tract... 22 days until my "deadline"... lots of stress in my life right now too that I'm sure isn't helping matters .at.all. sigh.

I'm sure it's not, it's just because a watched pot never boils...

But I'm betting as soon as you least expect it it's going to dip again

But yes try any stress relief technique you can... Stress sucks

https://bigthink.com/does-the-ketogenic-diet-work-2614045425.amp.html

Ok maybe my head is finally on straight

4 minutes ago, Sosewsue61 said:

Ok maybe my head is finally on straight

You put your crown back on...

???????????

5 minutes ago, Sosewsue61 said:

Ok maybe my head is finally on straight

Good Lort!!! Like in the movie Airplane, "Looks like I picked the wrong day to give up eating..." hehe. That looks gorgeous!!!! What's the stuff with pepper and the stuff under the bacons? Oh wait! It's a poached eggie (YUM), avo/toms (my personal tag team duo for success), and bacons? Breakfast of "champeens!!!"

Edited October 23, 20187 yr by FluffyChix

I want this right now!!

IKR?!!!!

1 hour ago, Sosewsue61 said:

https://bigthink.com/does-the-ketogenic-diet-work-2614045425.amp.html

Great info, I agree with the less eating hours obviously

And i think if you try you can still eat plenty of vegetables especially leafy greens and stay in ketosis,

(although I suspect Im virtually never in ketogenesis anymore lol fruit...)

1 hour ago, GreenTealael said:

Great info, I agree with the less eating hours obviously

And i think if you try you can still eat plenty of vegetables especially leafy greens and stay in ketosis,

(although I suspect Im virtually never in ketogenesis anymore lol fruit...)

I can absolutely attest to this! You can cram pack a buttload of veggies (leafy and low glycemic) into 40g of total carbs per day...even in 20g of total carbs. I am now averaging loosely between 20-55g of total carbs on any given day that net out and average to anywhere from about 15g-35g of net carbs give or take. And I'm am squarely and fairly in ketosis. Now granted, I've been keto adapted for years!!! And I'm now exercising every day...

But, for most of us in the first stages of WLS, we are ketogenic by virtue of our very low calorie diet (VLC) even in the absence of being low carb. Keto happens through deprivation of calories or by suppressing carbs (completely independent of fat or proteins!).

Boiler Plate Disclaimer: BTW! NOT that I am pushing my woe or trying to recruit! Just offering anecdotal commentary!!! I fully support your individual woe regardless of what it is...as long as it's something you can sustain for a lifetime! And even if it isn't, as long as you can do it to get you to the finish, then have an excellent exit strategy to a lifelong plan, yeeehaw!!! CUDOS!!! I'll be your cheerleader and your huckleberry!

Edited October 23, 20187 yr by FluffyChix