Everyday Systems

lpearlmom

Hi Worth! I didnâ€™t realize your Dad lived in Tucson. Definitely let me know if youâ€™re ever this way and we can meet for a coffee or something. Would be fun! Yes seeing the scale move even a little is so encouraging. Thanks for your kind words as always. ðŸ˜„ So much going on. We had the election...

lpearlmom

Oh sorry that sounds like type I diabetes. Iâ€™m sure heâ€™ll start doing much better once heâ€™s on meds.

Yay for another pound down. Youâ€™re doing great!

lpearlmom

Hope youâ€™re feeling better! Remember sick days are S days!

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Youâ€™re doing great worth! Funny when I first started IF I would overdo it on the weekends like I always used to on vanilla NoS. That stopped after awhile and now my weekends look similar to my weekdays except thereâ€™s more restaurant food on the weekends.

Keep up the great work!

lpearlmom

So sorry for the news. Diabetes is scary but definitely manageable. My husband was able to avoid meds by going very low carb and losing weight. Unfortunately heâ€™s kind of fallen off that lately but Iâ€™m hoping heâ€™ll get back on track soon. If you combine keto or v low carb with intermittent fas...

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Hi Iron! Itâ€™s so great to hear from you and Iâ€™m impressed you know about this election. You are right, either way itâ€™s a win. We. are making so much progress. I went canvassing on Saturday in a lower income neighborhood and was really impressed how many people already knew about the special el...

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Hehe Oolala ! Iâ€™m in Peoria, Az May 12th @6:30pm. Just a hop away from Sedona! *tempt* Yes it would be amazing if we won. I think if we win Tuesday this party will be partly a celebration for both. Iâ€™ve invited mostly my activist friends. Embarrassingly enough, I didnâ€™t have much of a social l...

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Hehe thanks worth! Things are crazy right now. Our very red district has a special election coming up and the polls show that we actually may have a chance of winning this. So lots of canvassing, phone banking etc. Then to top it off I decided to throw a big party for my 50th bday! Iâ€™m not sure wh...

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Oh weirdâ€”I posted something earlier on your thread but it didnâ€™t show up! Hmm ... now if only I could remember what I said. Assume it was profound and inspiring. Stat tuned. ðŸ˜Š

lpearlmom

Hi worth! Yes I do not think ADF is for me! If I lived alone maybe but I enjoy my family dinner time too much to give that up so often. I think I will continue with the once/weekly 42 hr fasts on Mondayâ€™s though. I usually eat a bit more on the weekends so it always feels good to have that break f...

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Youâ€™re doing great Kathleen! I keep a 2-3 hr window during the week and a 4-5 hr window on the weekends. Iâ€™ve found it very doable. Some ppl even keep a 30 min-1 hr window but that is just not very enjoyable for me. A lot of ppl lose their taste for sweets overtime with IF so keep that in mind a...

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The alternative day fasting is not going so well. I was able to fast all day Monday but today I just really wanted to eat so I did. Had lots of carbs. Maybe itâ€™s not for me. Break-fast (4pm): smoothie , macadamia nuts, Dinner: risotto, steak, glass wine Dessert: 1/2 oatmeal cookie, protein bar, gl...

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Awesome progress. Just to let you know, a lot of people do seem to just naturally crave healthier foods with AC. I find the key is to have sweets at the end of your window when other foods have given your body a chance to be satisfied. I do try to keep sweets to the weekends but if Iâ€™m having a re...

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Thanks Larks! Things are good with my oldest daughter but now my youngest daughter is pissed off at me for I donâ€™t know what. Sheâ€™s almost 13 and it shows! Today I had a meeting at my house about reducing gun violence in Az. I spent the day cooking and cleaning. We had a really good turn out of ...

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I think take a break from that stuff is a good idea. Let your journey unfold in its own way.

Just FYI, thereâ€™s several ppl in our Facebook group that have been doing this for 2-5 years. You donâ€™t hear that much with traditional diets.

lpearlmom

Hi Friyay! My husband had a heart attack in 2015 and we both got super motivated to get healthy. I kept the NoS structure but added a lot of exercise and ate healthier. I think the fact that Iâ€™ve kept it off for so long is because of NoS. I still have another 20-30 lbs to lose so am now doing Inte...

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Oh yeah Facebook is great at making one feel inferior. I must say Iâ€™m pretty guilty too. I definitely put my best foot forward and my life probably looks a certain way to some people. Honestly the main reason I use Facebook is for my activist stuff. Itâ€™d be really hard to organize everyone and s...

lpearlmom

I swear I can so easily eat 3k calories in a day. I sometimes think that those daily averages must be way off. Even with intermittent Fasting Iâ€™m easily eating 1500-2000 calories a day. Or maybe Iâ€™m just a big eater. â˜ºï¸

Hope your cold goes away soon!

lpearlmom

I really need to better about just eating what we have instead of going to the store. I think Iâ€™m going to at least force myself to not go to the store more than onc a week. We also get a meal delivery service each week so thereâ€™s really no excuse for all these trips to the store.

lpearlmom

Squareâ€”thank you! Itâ€™s good to know that Iâ€™m not alone. Oolalaâ€” thanks for your comments. I think a lot of it with my older daughter is that weâ€™re so much alike & therefore push each other buttons. I hope you can find some peace in your last year of teaching. Iâ€™m sure that would feel lik...

lpearlmom

I think youâ€™ve got the right attitude. Great job!

PS thanks for the encouragement on my page. You will definitely reach your goal. Itâ€™s a slow process but so much more enjoyable than a traditional diet. Just keep on keeping on.

lpearlmom

I love reading about your fasting journey. Iâ€™m on an IF fb group which is great but itâ€™s not the same as following along one persons journey in a more detailed way. Youâ€™re right I wouldnâ€™t have stuck to IF if I wasnâ€™t getting something out of it other than weight loss. I feel better mental...

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Hi Octavia! Iâ€™d probably just enjoy those sweets your mom is making for you. Maybe you can make a mod to just have a small plate of sweets a day. That way itâ€™ll still feel contained. Either just enjoy your time and you can get back on track when you get back. Have s great time and thanks for you...

lpearlmom

Thanks all for the support! We had a Jewish Easter eating Thai food. ;) Today was absolutely hellish. First a big fight with my oldest than tonight a fight with my youngest and last night I fought with my husband. It must be me right? I understand why my husband was mad but have no idea how the figh...

lpearlmom

Hey worth! Yes building trust is pretty much what I did the first year of NoS. Even though I didnâ€™t lose a lot that year, it was a great confidence builder. I learned I could be trusted with food and I did in fact have discipline and sticktoitness. With IF I sometimes feel like I have a superpower...

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I really relate to wanting to quit something after awhile. Iâ€™m really good at convincing myself itâ€™s the right thing to do too. Iâ€™m finally learning that erodes my feelings of self worth though which sounds like you can relate to. There is something about IF that builds confidence. After so ma...

lpearlmom

Oh wow thank you worth. That means a lot to me â˜ºï¸ I thought about skipping g the scale. It I was just at that point where I needed to know. So I was up 1.8 lbs from my recent lowest weight but down .2 from my last weigh in. I also havenâ€™t lost any inches. At first I was slightly disappointed bu...

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Looks like youâ€™re doing great! Yay for black coffee!

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Hey worth, I do miss my daughter but I feel a little guilty about the fact that Iâ€™m also enjoying the peace & quiet. She fights a lot with me and her sister and is always pissed off about something. Just normal teenage stuff I know. But I am excited to see her and hear about her vacation. Oh and y...

lpearlmom

Been a stressful few days. My daughter left for Europe yesterday on a class trip so I spent the weekend helping her get ready. Then I had to get her up at 4am to take her to the airport yesterday. And after that I had to get everything ready for my tax appointment. On my way to my tax appointment I ...

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Oh cool! I didnâ€™t realize you were doing IF again! I think 19/5 is a great routine. Thatâ€™s what many people do on the fb page I belong to. I think EOD fasting would be hard and I rather just fast the whole day then try to limit myself to 500 calories. Good for you for keeping an eye on the disor...

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Trying to relax and trust the process a bit instead of micromanaging everything. Going to try to wait a couple weeks before weighing again. Itâ€™s just too frustrating. 21/2 Break-fast (5:30): macadamia nuts, fennel salad w/avocado Dinner: Thai lettuce wraps , wine/kombucha Dessert : perfect bar , g...

lpearlmom

Honestly the only thing that got my obsession with food under control was first NoS and then Intermittent fasting kind of sealed the deal. Well if Iâ€™m honest intuitive eating brought a stop to binge eating but I gained 80 lbs so not sure if thatâ€™s a good trade off. Either way itâ€™s all part of ...

lpearlmom

Thanks worth! My girls had a doozy of a fight and my oldest ended up getting into serious trouble with us (for purposely destroying some of her sisters stuff). For once sheâ€™s taking it seriously and I can see itâ€™s a bit of a wake up call for her. She leaves on a class trip for Europe on Monday. ...

lpearlmom

Glad today was a peaceful eating day. Itâ€™ll get easier over time. Trust your body to tel, you what it needs. â¤ï¸

lpearlmom

Today went much better even though my weight is up a couple pounds. I swear my body does not want to be below 160 lbs. I remember spending a lot of time here after my 2nd baby was born too. Iâ€™m sure persistence will pay off eventually. Was a bit of a rough day. I found out an old friend of mines h...

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Thank you worth! My long fast didnâ€™t go as well as usual for some reason. I fasted all yesterday but it didnâ€™t feel as good as the other long fasts Iâ€™ve done. I did hot yoga yesterday and was starving by dinner. Usually Iâ€™m just a little hungry and it goes away quickly but this was much more...

lpearlmom

I get you auto. I remember once asking DH if he thought we made the right decision about something and he said â€œit doesnâ€™t matter, because will make it be the right choiceâ€. Or something like that but it really stuck with me. Ugh, decided to treat myself to a chai iced blended and boy was that ...

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Thank you Octavia! Today has been better. Everyone was home and thatâ€™s always nice. Went to dinner with friends and broke my fast at 43 hrs. Our friends like to eat as much as we do and so we ordered an obscene amount of food. It was nice to just have fun for awhile and forget everything else. My ...

lpearlmom

Just wanted to say this is the best â€œdietâ€ board ever because itâ€™s so much more than that. I love reading all of your thoughts and insights. â¤ï¸

lpearlmom

Oglala: we have Costco samples but no sales pitch. Everyone just takes it and goes. Your jackfruit pot pie sounds amazing. I want to try that restaurant! Jackfruit is often used as a meat substitute. Itâ€™s not sweet and Iâ€™m not sure it has much taste but itâ€™s got a good meaty texture. Sounds li...

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Yay for skipping McDs! Iâ€™m to the point that just about any fast food makes me ill. I rather just not eat! Hummus sounds like a much better meal!

lpearlmom

Looks like you had a good eating day and glad to see your exercise is paying off a bit!

lpearlmom

Hi auto & worth. Ugh, I hate money. DH makes good money and we should be in a much better position than we are now but we are both horrible with money. Weâ€™ve just spent too much and saved too little. I think after being so poor through medical school & residency, we went a little crazy for much to...

lpearlmom

Thanks worth and Iâ€™m sorry if my fasting comment on your thread was a trigger for you! I know itâ€™s not right for everyone. I couldnâ€™t go through with another 42 hr fast today. Too much stress plus pms. Iâ€™ll try for tomorrow or maybe again on Monday. Having financial stress. Nothing immediate...

lpearlmom

Oh no, hope youâ€™re okay! Our Costco ppl donâ€™t give any sales pitches. Maybe itâ€™s an Arizona thing.

Feel better!

lpearlmom

Was going to start another long fast today but did a long bike ride and was too hungry. Plus DH gave me chocolate covered strawberries for Valentineâ€™s Day! My legs are killing me and Iâ€™m thinking thereâ€™s something about exercising so hard when fasting thatâ€™s causing it. I probably need to up...

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Could you just skip dinner?

lpearlmom

Well I completed my 42 hour fast today and it wasnâ€™t bad at all. Yesterday was a little tough because the yoga class made me hungry but only for a little bit. It was weird not eating dinner but DH was at work so nobody even noticed. I thought DH would be concerned that I was fasting so long but he...

lpearlmom

That makes sense oolala and I can think of plenty of reasons for it. I just donâ€™t how to get past it. Today was pretty good. We had our one year anniversary celebration for our activist group. Was a lot fun. I canâ€™t believe how much my life has changed in the last year. 19/4 Break-fast (4:30pm):...

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Np! Enjoy the recipe. DH & I love it but to be honest our kids donâ€™t really eat it. Theyâ€™ll eat all kinds of interesting foods but when it comes to dessert they tend to want just straigh5 up chocolate. Thanks for supportive words oolala! Itâ€™s definitely them trying grapple with their identity ...

lpearlmom

Hi Octavia! Basically you just throw in a bunch of frozen bananas in a food processor till it gets to the texture of soft serve ice cream. I usually throw in some nut butter and maybe some chocolate chips but hereâ€™s some other ideas: https://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2016/08/22/banana-ice-cream-he...

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Oh boy Iâ€™m pmsing so was super hungry so opened my window a little early. I ate more than I have in awhile. Oh well Iâ€™ll feel better after I fast awhile tomorrow. 21/3 Break-fast (4pm): curry chicken salad, olives, nuts Dinner: potstickers, a couple of spring rolls, glass of wine Dessert: protei...

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Oh yeah I mostly meant donâ€™t give up on NoS. I do believe you might be able to lose weight at some point. Iâ€™d been dieting since I was 10 so I get it.

Good for you for buying clothes that for you. It makes such a difference!

lpearlmom

Iâ€™m not sure really. The 8 hr window was definitely too long however.

lpearlmom

Wb worth it! When I first committed myself to NoS (after a few false starts) I was convinced I could no longer lose weight. I wanted peace with food though so decided to commit to NoS anyway. Well it may have taken me a few years but Iâ€™m now down almost 50 lbs. I know how discouraging it can be bu...

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Thanks auto. I swear that girl just likes to argue. ðŸ˜’ She tried to pick a fight with me while I was cooking dinner tonight but luckily I handled it fine and all is well. I finished a 25 hr fast today and I notice that I really start to feel the effects of Ketosis around hour 22. I just feel reall...

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I agree with auto. Even though I think gloing without anything between meals is a good idea, it can be helpful in the beginning. I drank mochas between meals the entire first year and gradually weaned off of it. Do it of you can but not if itâ€™s too stressful. One thing at a time maybe ?

lpearlmom

Sure. I do a 2 hr window during the week and a 5 hr window on the weekends. Last Saturday I did an eight hour window because we were staying with my mil. Itâ€™s flexible. I try to do a longer fast of about 30 hrs once a month. Nothing drastic.

lpearlmom

So glad you're getting some relief from your aches and pains. IF is so great for inflammatory issues. Good for you for trying the Hra hachi bu. I have trouble stopping till I'm pretty full although I rarely eat to stuffed anymore thanks to my NoS training. I don't count calories but sometimes I'll d...

lpearlmom

Today was a bit tough. Got in a huge fight with my daughter on the way to taking her to school this morning. Then I got a lecture from my husband on how badly I handled it. He's right but I know that and don't really need him to tell me. Oh well, we've all made up now. Parenting is no joke. I went t...

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So great to see you're still hanging in there and continuing to make progress!

lpearlmom

Sounds like you're doing great! Yes, fasting between meals is really helpful I think. I wish I had known the importance of that when I first started NOS.

Keep up the great work!

lpearlmom

Ha! I would be extremely bitter if I had to give up cheese! It will remain forever on my "beautiful foods" list. :lol: . Totally! And she was always a huge cheese lover so I don't doubt it's true. I'm impressed you did s 5 day fast. What on earth compelled you to do that without any previous fastin...

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I know Imogen. Itâ€™s so irksome. Well I weighed myself and was up a couple of pounds. Iâ€™m trying not to focus on my weight so much but ugh I feel like Iâ€™ve been in the 160s forever. I almost just want to fast till I see a 150 anything but Iâ€™m sure my family would start to worry if I didnâ€™t ...

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Glad to see youâ€™re still staying the course Merry! Giving up sugar in your coffee is awesome! Now you wonâ€™t be spiking your insulin between meals. Itâ€™s crazy what we think we canâ€™t give up till we can. I used to drink a venti mocha every single day, sometimes two. Now I drink plain herbal te...

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Glad youâ€™re okay! S days can be frustrating but they do make it easier to get through N days because you know youâ€™re just delaying sweets and snacks and not cutting them out of your life forever. For most people the S days calm down after awhile. If they donâ€™t you can always add some structure...

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Had a good weekend in LA but feel a bit bloated from too many sweets and too much wine. I was kind of annoyed because nobody even commented on my weight loss. Everyone was focused on my newly skinny sil who recently became a vegan. She a bit defensive about the whole thing too. I asked her and her h...

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Nice!

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Sounds like a yummy day! Love your food descriptions. I can tell your a fellow foodie and enjoy your meals!

lpearlmom

Sure thing! Yes Dr Fung actually says the 3 meal a day with no snacks and only occasional sweets way is why we didn't see as much Obesity in the 50s & 60s. And for some ppl a NoS lifestyle is enoigh to get them to a healthy weight. Unfortunately not for me but it was the beginning of this journey fo...

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Hi auto I am a shorty (5'3") but I also tend to have a lot of muscle and I'm broad shouldered so I don't look good when I'm too skinny. I remember in college I was about 115 lbs for a brief period and my head looked way too big for my body. Anyway my goal weight is 135 or a size 6. A lot of ppl doin...

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Thanks Heather! We drove to Los Angeles today and I knew I couldn't handle eating fast food so we got some sandwiches and snacks for the drive. So much more enjoyable than Taco Bell. It's funny how particular one gets when eating only one meal a day. I'm really proud of DH for sticking to IF. I wasn...

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Hi Octavia! IF is really interesting stuff. I don't know much about hypoglycemia but Dr Fung does say that ppl that have it will need to be careful when Fasting. He recommends listening to your body and it will tell you if you need to eat something (for those ppl). I know skipping meals sounds daunt...

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Thanks auto! Itâ€™s been a great experience for us. Tell your hubby to go for it! Not even close to svelte but maybe someday! â˜ºï¸ Things are getting busier each day and I keep taking on more stuff. My neighbor is running for office & sheâ€™s asked me to be her volunteer coordinator. Iâ€™m also hos...

lpearlmom

Big hugs. For what itâ€™s worth I think youâ€™re doing the right thing. I once did a group project on homeschooling expecting to prove our theory that homeschoolers were at a social disadvantage. We were young and opinionated. Well we were surprised to find out that our belief about homeschool kids ...

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Sarcasm?

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Hi oolala. ;) Still going strong here. Intermittent Fasting has been a godsend. I'm so grateful I found it and it's amazing how many lives it's changed. My reflux is almost gone, my mood is stable, the weight is slowly coming off finally, I'm experiencing Appetite Correction and my energy is good. I...

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Oolala, did you read the Obesity Code? The science is spot on imo. The thing about not snacking is because the constant snacking is what causes insulin resistance which in turn cause obesity and diabetes. Are bodies are designed to handle periods of fasting. Thereâ€™s nothing harmful about it. He do...

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Looks like a yummy day. Iâ€™m so impressed at how hour food choices have changed over the years. I remember you used to describe your diet as being â€œlike a teenage boyâ€ and seemed reluctant to give it up. Guess something changed for you along the way.

lpearlmom

Ahh you guys are too sweet! I miss the daily check in but was spending a lot of time on the IF fb site already. Now that Iâ€™m feeling more comfortable with IF, I probably donâ€™t need to spend so much time there. Weâ€™ll see. Well Iâ€™m about 12 weeks in and have lost 10 lbs plus 2 that I took off ...

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Just want to say Iâ€™m also so sorry to hear about the loss of your dog. Such a heartbreaking thing to go through.

Big hugs & happy to see other things in your life going well.

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lpearlmom

Some people eat 500 calories on their fasting days and eat normally the other days. That would be too hard for me though. I rather just fast for a bit every day.

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I love to see that more of us are getting into fasting. I think it may be a natural progression for many of us. In Obesity Code by Jason Fung, he talks about how getting away from the three meals a day w/ no snacks and occasional dessert is what got us in this mess in the first place. Reinhard defin...

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Oh that sounds perfect! Glad you found what works for you.

lpearlmom

Hi auto!! Wow, good for you for cutting out alcohol! I know that it can aggravate my heartburn but cannot completely give up my evening glass of wine. Maybe eventually. Just wanted to share that we've been using a meal service and it's been a game changer for us. I've always been pretty good about c...

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Hi Kathleen! I hope I'm not out of line saying this but just wanted to mention that most people find a 7 hour window too long to really lose much weight. Your body probably needs more time in the fasting state to get into ketosis. I know mine does. A 5 hr window is a good place to start but some peo...

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Quick check in. I'm still doing IF. 8 weeks in and down 8 lbs so a nice healthy , slow weight loss. There's so many misconceptions about IF, most of which I had before doing my own research. Now that I've been doing it for awhile it feels like the most freeing, amazing way of eating ever. NoS helped...

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Yay glad you're having some luck with the fasting. It seems to help a lot of ppl with menopausal symptoms. My reflux is 90% better and I'm off my hardcore meds! In my IF group, they talk a lot about clean fasts. So no gum, artificial flavors or sweeteners, no mints because these things. An all spike...

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Thanks ginger! Yes I'm in deep! ðŸ˜¬

I'll definitely keep you posted. Only weighing monthly now.

lpearlmom

Hi ginger!

Yes I'm doing a daily 2 hr window from like 5:30-7:30 pm but in the weekends I'll do more like a 5 hr window. So far so good!

lpearlmom

Thanks you guys ! Perspective is good. Keeping off the weight this long is a pretty good accomplishment I guess. I just need to trust the process & realize it's going to be slow going. BreAk-fast (6pm): couple handful of chips w:guacamole Dinner: bowl of veggie curry w/ brown rice, glass of wine Des...

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IF is terrific but definitely not a quick fix. It can take some time before you switch to fat burning mode. Have you been posting on the FB group at all? Everyone there is so supportive.

I changed my window to 2 hrs and seems to be helping a lot.

You can do this!

Linda

lpearlmom

All is going pretty well. I did a 26 hr fast from Thursday to Friday night. Then we went out to dinner with friends. That meal tasted pretty amazing. I didn't overdo it but ate heartily. I did kind of overdo it today however but not stressing about it. My weight seems to have plateaued but I'll get ...

lpearlmom

Fantastic! Glad things are going so smoothly!

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Thanks iron! Yes I guess snacking is catching! My weight is still stalled so I decided to try a 24 hr fast from yesterday to today. It wasn't bad at all. Just those last couple of hours felt intense. I really wasn't too hungry but just felt a strong urge to eat. I did eat quite a bit but it was all ...

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Feeling a little better about the whole thing. It really wasn't so bad but I'm just completely exhausted today. I think I was tense for weeks up to the visit. I decided to take the day off from fasting and we just laid around and watched movies all day. I'm excited to get back to it tomorrow. Also, ...

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Yay so glad heartburn is better. Those early dinners are key!

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Thanks Iron!! Well my sister just left about an hour ago. It was actually a good visit but I'm exhausted. She did absolutely nothing to upset me but I just felt really tense every time someone in my family did something that I imagined she didn't approve of. Her kids are just so dang polite and help...

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