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!!!

What's a "makeup course? LOL. Almost afraid to ask! Does he kiss gooooood?

OK, for a 1/4 cup of Golden Milk, it has about 12 cals; 0g protein; 1g fat; 1g carbs; <1g fiber; 1g net carbs. Sooooo I'm not gonna split hairs and will still count this as fasting.

What is your consensus? I will have a second serving (1/4cup) in the Matcha this afternoon.

1 minute ago, FluffyChix said:

OK, for a 1/4 cup of Golden Milk, it has about 12 cals; 0g protein; 1g fat; 1g carbs; <1g fiber; 1g net carbs. Sooooo I'm not gonna split hairs and will still count this as fasting.

What is your consensus? I will have a second serving (1/4cup) in the Matcha this afternoon.

Do you test your insulin levels? Could you maybe test it out and see if there is an increase? Be our guinea pig?

39 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

Do you test your insulin levels? Could you maybe test it out and see if there is an increase? Be our guinea pig?

I have my annual on Nov 7 and plan on asking him to recheck my insulin level. But I don't know that it will tell me specifically about the golden milk. But I can check bgs with it. The fasting insulin will tell me if the surgery and the IF are doing it's job to bring down the fasting insulin and also the CRP.

1 hour ago, sillykitty said:

Thanks ... BUT, only home for two days this week.

Tonight starts my Pasta, Wine & Gelato vacay!!!! ?

Yay!!! Arrivederci!

1 hour ago, FluffyChix said:

What's a "makeup course? LOL. Almost afraid to ask! Does he kiss gooooood?

Hahaha a literal makeup artistry course I took ran late so I was out late lol

1 hour ago, FluffyChix said:

OK, for a 1/4 cup of Golden Milk, it has about 12 cals; 0g protein; 1g fat; 1g carbs; <1g fiber; 1g net carbs. Sooooo I'm not gonna split hairs and will still count this as fasting.

What is your consensus? I will have a second serving (1/4cup) in the Matcha this afternoon.

I've been doing a modified fast (half and half/ PP) from the beginning except when I go 20:4 then it's pure...

3 hours ago, sillykitty said:

Thanks ... BUT, only home for two days this week.

Tonight starts my Pasta, Wine & Gelato vacay!!!! ?

Hope you have an amazing time! We demand pics!

1 hour ago, GreenTealael said:

Hahaha a literal makeup artistry course I took ran late so I was out late lol

That sounds fun. I have a nephew who is a drag queen. Makeup (and the right corset) is magical!

29 minutes ago, Orchids&Dragons said:

That sounds fun. I have a nephew who is a drag queen. Makeup (and the right corset) is magical!

It was a lot of fun! Ask your nephew if I can borrow that corset...I likely need it more

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OMG! Just checking back to tell you...I'm so converted! I'm a tea-girl! Who knew sesame green tea would taste so amazing? Fantastically amazing actually!!!! I'm in lurve!!!!

1 hour ago, FluffyChix said:

OMG! Just checking back to tell you...I'm so converted! I'm a tea-girl! Who knew sesame green tea would taste so amazing? Fantastically amazing actually!!!! I'm in lurve!!!!

Hahaha welcome to the other side...

On 9/5/2018 at 10:44 AM, GreenTealael said:

I'm down to 1-2 true meals, but if I count PP as a meal, which I never do then 3,

Snacking gone

What is PP?

I want to try IF. How do I start? I am 2 months post-op and I have lost 43 lbs. However, I've been stalled for 3 weeks. Will IF kick start me?

14 hours ago, GB in CA said:

I want to try IF. How do I start? I am 2 months post-op and I have lost 43 lbs. However, I've been stalled for 3 weeks. Will IF kick start me?

PP=Premier Protein.

In my opinion for what it is, we all have normal stalls along the way. Two months, your surgery is not even considered fully healed nor is it close to being "mature." So starting IF at 2 months, you are usually not even eating enough to be able to IF. I would say IF would be at a minimum (for me at least) of 4-6 months.

I could see starting a 16:8 (16 hours fasting with an 8 hour daily eating window and no restrictions for calories other than what your surgical team gives you) if and only if you can get all your fluids, and your 60-80g of necessary protein in for the day without relying on protein drinks. Supplementing a tiny bit of missing protein is fine, but not depending on it to carry your protein needs. If you can do that in 2-3 meals, then it would be a sorta-safe thing to do IF.

If you can't, then it's something to think about adding for that last 20-30lbs of loss once you have a fully healed mature anatomy.