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!!!

4 hours ago, sillykitty said:

FTFY

Fresh cashews will change your life.
Like, just off the tree fresh.
Had some in Nicaragua and was so upset the next time when I missed the season.

Yup. Same. I had to plump up my day with protein bars because I ate too little yesterday because I did like a 22hr fast by accident...

Edited October 25, 20187 yr by GreenTealael

46 minutes ago, Matt Z said:

IF amazes me every time. I only consumed a total of 630 calories since 6pm Tuesday... and I'm not hungry at all. Not tired. Not "hangry". Just... Fine. I feel like I could go another day without any notice at all.

Just WOW!

Hahahaha, I've found this number of tea bags in this amount of water to be some magic key to unlocking problems relatively quickly...

Trying this now, mildly scared about what's going to occur lol

KaBoom!

1 hour ago, Matt Z said:

Trying this now, mildly scared about what's going to occur lol

WEEKEND!!!!

6 hours ago, FluffyChix said:

my esophagus has low motility

So, you're joining my team? Not your best plan!

3 minutes ago, Orchids&Dragons said:

So, you're joining my team? Not your best plan!

Oh no! That's what you have? I don't know I have it, she just said that word and wants to do some more tests. The pill they had me swallow yesterday got hung up in it. I swear it always turns out to be nothing!! So I'm not gonna get wigged or think it's anything. I still think it's inflamed from scratching it with a pill.

Just now, FluffyChix said:

Oh no! That's what you have? I don't know I have it, she just said that word and wants to do some more tests. The pill they had me swallow yesterday got hung up in it. I swear it always turns out to be nothing!! So I'm not gonna get wigged or think it's anything. I still think it's inflamed from scratching it with a pill.

That's what I have, but since you haven't had problems until now, I doubt that we have the same issue. Mine was apparent immediately upon attempting to eat solid foods. There are other reasons that stuff gets stuck. It can also be an overreaction of the esophagus muscles, where they squeeze too tight. There are lots of treatments for that, even botox in the muscles of the esophagus. Don't get too concerned before you have something definitive to think about.

11 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

WEEKEND!!!!

Yeah... more than likely should have waited... didn't get much sleep last night, up *A LOT* and today ugh... really don't want to be at work... but here I am.

Oh and 209.1 this morning LOL

1 hour ago, Matt Z said:

Yeah... more than likely should have waited... didn't get much sleep last night, up *A LOT* and today ugh... really don't want to be at work... but here I am.

Oh and 209.1 this morning LOL

So... It worked? Just joking.

Closer and closer

4 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

So... It worked? Just joking.

Closer and closer

I'd say it worked... might have to leave work early due to the cramping... but... I'm at my lowest since WLS ever now LOL.

49 minutes ago, Matt Z said:

I'd say it worked... might have to leave work early due to the cramping... but... I'm at my lowest since WLS ever now LOL.

The cramping goes away, you'll feel right as rain soon, but it is a weekend kind of trick because Senna is a stimulant laxative.

Oh & congrats!

49 minutes ago, Matt Z said:

I'd say it worked... might have to leave work early due to the cramping... but... I'm at my lowest since WLS ever now LOL.

ColonBlow 2000!!!! Worked like a charm! Congrats on a big job Matt! Don't forget to get some potassium in today. You probably are down a little in electrolytes! We love new lows--especially when they are poopie driven. Nothing makes me more amused or happy than to get on the scale post poopy and register a 1/2-1 lb loss. It seriously makes my entire day!

You're so close to your goal!!!

Just now, GreenTealael said:

The cramping goes away, you'll feel right as rain soon, but it is a weekend kind of trick because Senna is a stimulant laxative.

Oh & congrats!

I took it yesterday at around 5. Didn't have to go until 1 am. Then 2 am, 3 am, 4 am, 530 am. And I'm still getting a LOT of noise and discomfort... I might leave work, not just because of the cramping, but I also got a hitch in my left hip and my spinal arthritis is flaring up (which is on the right side), feels like rain is on the way in.