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!!!

My religion has IF built into it. *smug grin*. Yeah, sure everyone knows about Ramadan, but did you know we're recommended to fast between dawn and sunset on Mondays, Thursdays, 13—15th of each lunar month and more if we're able. *smuggity smug face*

9 minutes ago, ummyasmin said:

My religion has IF built into it. *smug grin*. Yeah, sure everyone knows about Ramadan, but did you know we're recommended to fast between dawn and sunset on Mondays, Thursdays, 13—15th of each lunar month and more if we're able. *smuggity smug face*

So does mine. We're Catholics. Every Friday. And extra during Lent and other Holy weeks. Ain't religion great?

@ ummyasmin , it must keep you "righteous", but I'm sure you do your best to remain a Flower of Islam. And I never thought Protestants got off THAT EASY! At any rate, Blessings on all that are reading this!???

Hey all you IF fans...I did it for a while pre-op during the time I was required to lose 10% of my body weight for insurance to cover my VSG. I'm only a few weeks post-op now. Is IF something you all would wait to start til after the healing process and onto regular foods 100%?

5 hours ago, ummyasmin said:

My religion has IF built into it. *smug grin*. Yeah, sure everyone knows about Ramadan, but did you know we're recommended to fast between dawn and sunset on Mondays, Thursdays, 13—15th of each lunar month and more if we're able. *smuggity smug face*

All of my canonical icons fasted... I fast yearly also, it is believed by many cultures to be a purifier

Ok. You guys are THE BEST!

@Matt Z I feel for you dude, I have had shingles 3 effing times. Hang in there

Edited November 7, 20187 yr by Sosewsue61

One of my twins came down with shingles the day before he was to start first grade (after getting the chickenpox vaccine.) He was soooo miserable. Hope you feel better soon, Matt!

Actually the Buddhists do too. I think. The monks stop eating after lunch if I remember correctly. Maybe the great traditions aren't so irrelevant in the modern age [emoji16]

@ ummyasmin , it must keep you "righteous", but I'm sure you do your best to remain a Flower of Islam. And I never thought Protestants got off THAT EASY! At any rate, Blessings on all that are reading this![emoji13][emoji72][emoji120]

To be fair, before surgery I was never able to fast properly. After I've got through this mushy stage anf got into a good food routine I'm defo gonna try.

All of my canonical icons fasted... I fast yearly also, it is believed by many cultures to be a purifier

They're onto something there!

10 hours ago, Hrsnjs said:

Hey all you IF fans...I did it for a while pre-op during the time I was required to lose 10% of my body weight for insurance to cover my VSG. I'm only a few weeks post-op now. Is IF something you all would wait to start til after the healing process and onto regular foods 100%?

I would wait a few months until you enter a good grove with food, have superb initial habits, no dependance on protein supplements, can hydrated properly and most of all speak with your team about it.

11 hours ago, Sosewsue61 said:

Ok. You guys are THE BEST!

@Matt Z I feel for you dude, I have had shingles 3 effing times. Hang in there

Thanks... and WTH is this?? it looks like dirty silly putty (or Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty) shaped to look like a flacid penis... quite unexpected at 6am LOL

AND today's shingles pain is worse than yesterday... AND I'm still stuck between 209 and 212 (211 today) so yay on all fronts.... *head hang*

Just.keep.swimming.

@Matt Z just my twisted humor, trying to make you laugh....

(My bored daughter at work actually created this 'work of art' and sent it to me. I spit my tea out laughing.... something about she tried to be ambidextrous and this was the result, told her she needed to try 'harder')

35 minutes ago, Sosewsue61 said:

@Matt Z just my twisted humor, trying to make you laugh....

(My bored daughter at work actually created this 'work of art' and sent it to me. I spit my tea out laughing.... something about she tried to be ambidextrous and this was the result, told her she needed to try 'harder')

I'm also seeing a lower middle finger "eff you" in this delightful piece of artwork