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!!!

I think I’ll take everything as usual except omeprozole which is as needed anyway. I take a vitamin, calcium, and two prescriptions.

No extended fast for me

? I have a date ?

But I can't wait to hear all about it!

Edited November 12, 20187 yr by GreenTealael

7 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

No extend fast for me

? I have a date ?

But I can't wait to hear all about it!

Yay! Congrats! And piccys! hehehe I know you won't but we can always dream.

Hey so when you DO extended fasts post WLS, I know you don't take vitamins but what would you be inclined to do if you did?

@GreenTealael All I crave are nuts, seeds and dark @chocolate. Not even fruit anymore. I will have fruit occasionally because I work it into recipes but I realized I bought watermelon and gave it away because I had Brazil nuts I wanted instead. Save me.

Brazil nuts are one of the best sources for selenium, a micronutrient you need. How can you go wrong with that?

59 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Yay! Congrats! And piccys! hehehe I know you won't but we can always dream.

Hey so when you DO extended fasts post WLS, I know you don't take Vitamins but what would you be inclined to do if you did?

I would probably take everything. My regular multi vitamins are gummies so I would sub them out for my occasional tablet style ones. I also have Rx that I need to take daily, so I would not skip those either. This is where the fasts gets tricky for me, they need to be taken with food, so technically I break fast by using PP in coffee or tea as food. It's what I've been doing since the very start.

Can I have a date too so I can stop ? I’m being a huge wimp today.

39 minutes ago, Missouri-Lee's Summit said:

@GreenTealael All I crave are nuts, seeds and dark @chocolate. Not even fruit anymore. I will have fruit occasionally because I work it into recipes but I realized I bought watermelon and gave it away because I had Brazil nuts I wanted instead. Save me.

Brazil nuts are one of the best sources for selenium, a micronutrient you need. How can you go wrong with that?

This is exactly what I needed to hear. Lol. The only problem is my cals and fat macros are notoriously high because of nuts. I must strive for balance somehow.

1 minute ago, redhead_che said:

Can I have a date too so I can stop ? I’m being a huge wimp today.

Only if you wear the bikini ?

15 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

Only if you wear the bikini ?

What is notoriously high?

18 minutes ago, redhead_che said:

Can I have a date too so I can stop ? I’m being a huge wimp today.

Quit bein' a wienie and drink some water and decaff! hahaha Ok, seriously girl, the only way I make it is to drink decaff black coffee and also decaff tea all day in addition to my water. I don't know why this helps me but it really quenches my hunger when it hits?

Also, know that when hunger hits, it will go away in about 20 minutes or less and each time you get through breakthrough hunger it makes you stronger and the hunger more wimpy. Does that help at all?

And at the worse, have a cup of regular bouillon. Sometimes salt (Pink Himalayan) sea salt and the salt in bouillon will help cravings and hunger go away.

(Also, no way could I do this if I wasn't already keto/low carb...if I was a sugar burner, this would be torture.

I've got coffee in my hand right now and I'm begging it to work!

5 minutes ago, redhead_che said:

I've got coffee in my hand right now and I'm begging it to work!

Alternate with water to see if coffee then feels more luxurious.

Edited November 12, 20187 yr by GreenTealael

can you get up and walk around?

Ok @redhead_che how are you doing now? Did the hunger pass?

2 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Ok @redhead_che how are you doing now? Did the hunger pass?

The hunger is ever present....but it's in my head now. Keep thinking about all these awful things I can't have. And shouldn't have anyway.