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!!!

Woooohooooo! Can I just tell you guys that I love our little private Idaho over here? No fussing, fuedin, or kung fu fightin!

I had a 16:8 today and will do a 20:4 tomorrow. I think I need 2 meals. I feel like I do need to try to get closer to 60g of daily protein and not jack with going lower for now...since I don't know if autophagy is happening on me?

I love my definition of eating a "lot of carbs!"

Here is Sunday lunch for me. I was hungry for my tuna salad and cottage cheese in a celery stick and also hungry for a big ol' spinach salad with berries, bacon, egg, blue cheese, and punkin seeds! YUM!

B/As

I guess I know that I'm having an afternoon snack...and what it will consist of. Ok, sometimes leftovers do not suck.

MIA here, read 7 or 8 pgs to get caught up....everyone sounds pretty good. Had surgiversary labs, everything is good except off the charts B12. a bit low on D, idiot lab tech musta screwed up B6 cuz it was missing (can't expose it to light). I hate the new NP at my retired PCP clinic, took a friggin' hour and a half for a very lame physical - did not even have me undress????? Won't relay other details. UGH!

Anyway I have decided to start w 16:8 this week and insert a 24hr somewhere. And going old school w journaling for awhile. I have lost 3 of those 4#s I gained, forgot to weigh this morning was too busy getting laid.

Edited October 28, 20187 yr by Sosewsue61

39 minutes ago, Sosewsue61 said:

MIA here, read 7 or 8 pgs to get caught up....everyone sounds pretty good. Had surgiversary labs, everything is good except off the charts B12. a bit low on D, idiot lab tech musta screwed up B6 cuz it was missing (can't expose it to light). I hate the new NP at my retired PCP clinic, took a friggin' hour and a half for a very lame physical - did not even have me undress????? Won't relay other details. UGH!

Anyway I have decided to start w 16:8 this week and insert a 24hr somewhere. And going old school w journaling for awhile. I have lost 3 of those 4#s I gained, forgot to weigh this morning was too busy getting laid.

At least you got your cardio in!

Ok. Yes. That last pound of the gain is gone. No eating until noon today - I will be busy busy sewing Halloween costume for granddaughter.

Oh - I still have high cholesterol - but my triglycerides dropped 100 pts. and the ratio improved. I refuse to take statins, I already have severe enough leg cramps. No one dies from heart disease in the fam, it's all cancer.

Heading back to the gym today. Hopefully it helps. Stuck on the same 2-3 damn lbs that it's getting VERY frustrating. Trying very very very hard not to get too depressed about the stall. I've got 12 lbs to lose in 15 days. Pretty sure that's not going to happen.

19 minutes ago, Matt Z said:

Heading back to the gym today. Hopefully it helps. Stuck on the same 2-3 damn lbs that it's getting VERY frustrating. Trying very very very hard not to get too depressed about the stall. I've got 12 lbs to lose in 15 days. Pretty sure that's not going to happen.

Maybe... or maybe not (in 15 days) but it will happen. Be proud of the entire journey not just arrival at the destination. We are all very impressed and in awe of you...

1 hour ago, Sosewsue61 said:

Ok. Yes. That last pound of the gain is gone. No eating until noon today - I will be busy busy sewing Halloween costume for granddaughter.

Oh - I still have high cholesterol - but my triglycerides dropped 100 pts. and the ratio improved. I refuse to take statins, I already have severe enough leg cramps. No one dies from heart disease in the fam, it's all cancer.

Thats fantastic! Hopefully in time high cholesterol/cancer risks will be significantly lowered too.

We (I) demand (respectfully request) pics of completed project!!! Lol

Edited October 29, 20187 yr by GreenTealael

18 hours ago, FluffyChix said:

Woooohooooo! Can I just tell you guys that I love our little private Idaho over here? No fussing, fuedin, or kung fu fightin!

I had a 16:8 today and will do a 20:4 tomorrow. I think I need 2 meals. I feel like I do need to try to get closer to 60g of daily Protein and not jack with going lower for now...since I don't know if autophagy is happening on me?

I love my definition of eating a "lot of carbs!"

Here is Sunday lunch for me. I was hungry for my tuna salad and cottage cheese in a celery stick and also hungry for a big ol' spinach salad with berries, bacon, egg, blue cheese, and punkin seeds! YUM!

B/As

I guess I know that I'm having an afternoon snack...and what it will consist of. Ok, sometimes leftovers do not suck.

Looks so good, I might fall in to a (kosher) bowl soon...

Edited October 29, 20187 yr by GreenTealael

And Mazel Tov,when You Do!

16 hours ago, Sosewsue61 said:

MIA here, read 7 or 8 pgs to get caught up....everyone sounds pretty good. Had surgiversary labs, everything is good except off the charts B12. a bit low on D, idiot lab tech musta screwed up B6 cuz it was missing (can't expose it to light). I hate the new NP at my retired PCP clinic, took a friggin' hour and a half for a very lame physical - did not even have me undress????? Won't relay other details. UGH!

Anyway I have decided to start w 16:8 this week and insert a 24hr somewhere. And going old school w journaling for awhile. I have lost 3 of those 4#s I gained, forgot to weigh this morning was too busy getting laid.

For God's sake woman! It's cardio! Cardio I tell ya! CARDIO! bahahahahahaa Congrats mamacita!!!! On SO many levels - congrats!!!!

Oh and I second the motion for piccys!!! (of the project please) hehe

1 hour ago, Matt Z said:

Heading back to the gym today. Hopefully it helps. Stuck on the same 2-3 damn lbs that it's getting VERY frustrating. Trying very very very hard not to get too depressed about the stall. I've got 12 lbs to lose in 15 days. Pretty sure that's not going to happen.

Hang in there @Matt Z It's so frustrating when the scale defies our efforts! I want to shake it, shoot, it, crash it against the wall on your behalf! Please don't be depressed! It will add to the cortisol. Pound the water and the floor at the gym like in Flashdance!!! Here's your morning workout music. Believe Matt! Believe--what a feeling!!! It cans still happen!!

56 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

Looks so good, I might fall in to a (kosher) bowl soon...

What will your kosher bowl contain? What made mine unkosher other than the whole food and Rabbi (sp?) blessing? TIA! And absence of Lenny Kravitz of course.

Here's Lenny!

Edited October 29, 20187 yr by FluffyChix

1 minute ago, FluffyChix said:

What will your Kosher bowl contain? What made mine unkosher other than the whole food and Rabbi (sp?) blessing? TIA!

Bacon lol

1 minute ago, GreenTealael said:

Bacon lol

Oh crap! I forgot about that! I so rarely add it to anything. I make bacons for Denny (Mr F) and keep it in the fridge so I can pull out a slice and slap it on something for him. I was feeling frisky that day. LOL.

I thought it might be the cheese and tuna or something?