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!!!

Two bites hash brown, 2 bites t sausage, 3 bites scr egg...I cannot eat more.....lol gotta love this sleeve.

IKR?! The angel on my shoulder got to me.

Then the devil on my other shoulder said this morning, "Go ahead...eat the whole forkin' thing. You just "walked" 65 minutes! You "deserve" it." *snic* The bastage...

379 cals, 14g net carbs, and 35g protein later...

(I remain excessively jealous of all of you with AWESOME restriction!) *sigh*

Did I mention I walked like a beast for 65 minutes?

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lol.

Edited November 10, 20187 yr by FluffyChix

When you get through with herding cats and grandbabies, I have a container of earthworms you can organize into a marching band. Saw a couple centipedes that might play cymbals or snare drums.

We have been in the capital visiting family. Got up early to fly home, but decided I also would have a crack at not eating until 11am once we got home from the flight.

yeah... nah. Don’t know how you do it - just wanted my morning protein coffee slushie!

Any of you got a good link to some of the autophagy info? This loose skin ain’t no beauty contest winner, but I am not going under the knife again voluntarily, and have fasted before for other reasons. Interested to know if there is research around it’s efficacy with loose skin in particular?

I love Dr. Burg!!

I just found Dr. Boz last week, and she also explains it very well. She says autophagy WILL gobble up the extra skin!

Thinking of doing a 40-48 hour fast starting tonight following dinner. Anyone want to join me? I might see if I can follow along with Dr. Bos who starts fasts on Sunday maybe?

10 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Thinking of doing a 40-48 hour fast starting tonight following dinner. Anyone want to join me? I might see if I can follow along with Dr. Bos who starts fasts on Sunday maybe?

Hmmmm, i think I'm interested. But I need to check on a few things first. Let you know soon!

6 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

Hmmmm, i think I'm interested. But I need to check on a few things first. Let you know soon!

No rush, no pressure. You are either in or you're not. I'm honestly gonna try for 48hrs. Just to see. Plus I have my oncologist and cardiology 6mo check-ups on Wednesday and I'd like to be able to "tell the truth" on nekkidy weight. And I'm holding steady at 149.4lbs right now--after my brief GHD viewing of 148lbs. So it would be super to see 147 or even 146 on the scales. (Annnnddddd psssst, I was NOT a good nor compliant chix this weekend.)

I'm in! I was HORRIBLE this weekend. H-O-R-R-I-B-L-E. It will suck. A lot. But I will cleanse all the nonsense from my system.

Just now, redhead_che said:

I'm in! I was HORRIBLE this weekend. H-O-R-R-I-B-L-E. It will suck. A lot. But I will cleanse all the nonsense from my system.

Haha and the last words on our tombstones shall be, "She died tryin'...with her white boots on." (I'm from Texas--if you're from Texas you will recognize that as Stevies's quintessential song: That's My Baby In The White Boots."

Ok, so we agree to go "as long as we can without doing any harm to ourselves, others, or small animals--rodents "may" be fair game.

The scale was cruel to me this morning, but I deserved it. I also started eating breakfast forgetting about my 48 hour fast! So as soon as this real coffee and sausage scramble are consumed...it's on! xD My fast will just have slightly different hours. The willpower will be strong in this girl!

Ok, this started yesterday! I'm now 12 hours into IF. Having black coffee

Here's Dr. Bosworth's Facebook Page. I want to get her books.

https://www.facebook.com/Dr.AnnetteBosworth/

Here's her Kindle book on sale for the next couple of days for $0.99! Woot! I'm getting it!

https://www.amazon.com/ANYWAY-YOU-CAN-Bosworth-Beginners-ebook/dp/B079RLTKS9/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&ref_=tmm_kin_title_0&sr=

Edited November 12, 20187 yr by FluffyChix

What are your thoughts on taking our supplements during an extended fast of 48hours?

I am currently taking the following, but wonder, if I should only be taking my mult-vitamin?

What I take daily:

2 Centrum Silvers

6 Petite Calcium Citrates (1500mg)

3 Mag Citrate Gell Caps (600mg)

1 Iron Chewable Vit (18mg)

1 Thiamine (100mg)

1 Vit D3 (2000mg)

What I take every other day:

1 B12 Sublingual (1000mg)

1 Potassium Pill (10meq for low potassium)

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What are y'all taking and what do you think we should do when fasting?