ArizonaToast- Did you fast until 11:00am today?
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That is awesome!
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Yay! I used to have a French Vanilla Creamer fetish. Like "Would you like some coffee with that creamer?" problem. I made the switch to black coffee about three weeks into my OMAD journey, slowly weaning myself off of it.
I had a splurge day a few months ago, and tried my lovable creamer coffee. I could not finish it, because it was so sweet, and set my teeth on edge. I love black coffee now, but I know that it is not for everyone.1 -
I have to agree before I started OMAD I loved me some flavored creamers! I started to wean myself off as well, and now, almost 2 months in, I am totally a black coffee drinker. You may want to give it a try, it took a while for me. But I have made the change.
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I love the taste of coffee but I have to have cream or creamer. I don't need it for flavor, I need it for texture. I have been using Brenda's hot chocolate trick and putting 1/2 to a tablespoon of the 25 calorie packets in my coffee. It has been working. Gives to me creamy texture I love without the cream.0
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I, too, love the texture of cream in my coffee. I now just started waiting until I break my fast at 11 and have the coffee as a dessert. I also enjoy the mid-day energy push I get from the caffeine as well.
Unfortunately, I did not maintain my fast until 11:00am today. I went to my classroom today (we are on spring break) to prepare lessons and materials for Monday. I had some cookies left over from before break. My daughter had a few cookies and I had a few too.
This was at 9:30am. I didn't eat anything else until we had lunch at 12:00. Instead of freaking out and just blowing the day away I have decided to close my eating window at 5:30 to maintain an 8 hour eating window. I will cut off all calories by 5:30 this evening and then continue with my 11:00am rule.2 -
That is the way to do it. The beauty of IF is that it can be modified to fit your day. Good job adjusting. You've got this1
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Weekly Weigh-in Post
6/23/17: 200lbs
Began OMAD/Intermittent fasting on Monday 6/26/17
6/30/17: 197lbs
7/07/17: 195lbs
7/14/17: 198.8 lbs (after spending a week at Disney Parks in Florida and IF went out the window)
7/21/17: 199 lbs
7/28/17: From 7/28 until 9/1 I did sporadic intermittent fasting, but wasn't very focused. My weight stayed around 198-197.
8/4/17: 198
8/11/17:198
8/18/17:198
8/25/17:197
9/1/17: 195
9/8/17: 195
9/15/17: 195
Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec- very casual and sporadic fasting during the school day. Usually I would sip coffee with vanilla creamer between the hours of 6:30am-11:00am and have lunch at 11 with dinner around 5. Weight slowly crept from 195 to 202 lbs.
New year and fresh motivation to lose weight.
Weigh-ins for 2018:
1/14/18: 200.2 lbs and pretty much living in workout pants as my jeans feel tight and my stomach bloated. New resolve to practice fasting.
Weekly Weigh-in day is first thing in the morning on Fridays:
1/14/18 200.2 lbs
1/19/18 197.8 lbs
(-2.4)
1/25/18 198.0 lbs (+0.2)
2/2/18 196.4 lbs yay! (-1.6)
2/9/18 196.4 lbs (+0)
2/16/18 196.4 lbs (+0) Had a busy week with unusual events. Used this as an excuse to snack throughout the day. Some stress snacking on junk food too.
2/23/18 Didn't weigh in.
3/2/18 199.9 lbs
3/9/18 200.0 lbs
3/16/18 198.0 lbs
3/23/18 198.8 lbs
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Great job with adjusting your plan to fit YOU!1
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No fasting today. I ate breakfast, lunch and dinner. I cut off my calories at 6:30pm tonight. Fasting until 11am tomorrow morning.0
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I have noticed the past few days I have a habit of eating out of boredom. I was not hungry yesterday, yet I went out to dinner with my family. Same thing this evening. I have also caught myself sitting on the couch eating junk and watching t.v. or surfing the internet out of boredom.
Interesting phenomenon. I think I will need to think of a list of activities to do when I am bored to avoid eating out of not having anything else entertaining to do.1 -
I think I may have tried coffee once in my life but I'm not sure.1
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Having that list sounds like a great idea. I also eat out of boredom, so I totally get what you mean. If I feel like I want to eat because of that, I usually try to either read and/or get ahead in my work or do something that makes me feel good about myself like paint my nails, have a spa day, etc. I don't have a lot of time to think much about eating during my busy season, but when things slow down, pampering myself has been my go-to method. And as a teacher, I know from personal experience that you probably really need it anyway!1
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ArizonaToast wrote: »I have noticed the past few days I have a habit of eating out of boredom. I was not hungry yesterday, yet I went out to dinner with my family. Same thing this evening. I have also caught myself sitting on the couch eating junk and watching t.v. or surfing the internet out of boredom.
Interesting phenomenon. I think I will need to think of a list of activities to do when I am bored to avoid eating out of not having anything else entertaining to do.
I know the feeling @ArizonaToast. Mindless eating is a hard habit to kick. What has helped me is training myself to give 100% focus to eating. What I mean is, when I eat, I eat at the table and focus on eating. I"ve stopped eating in front of the TV or in my car. I've stopped eating while looking at my phone (so hard!). I treat eating like it's own special event. It has helped me a lot.2 -
I fasted until 11 today without a problem. Lunch was a delicious philly cheesesteak pita wrap. One of my daughter's friends is having a birthday party tonight, so I might be able to get away without eating anything for dinner. I want to see if I can fast until tomorrow's lunch.0
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You can do it!1
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Okay. I didn't fast at all at the birthday party. It seems whatever my plan is....If I post it on here, I seem to not follow through. I will post after the fact.0
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You can do it. Just get refocused!0
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ArizonaToast wrote: »Okay. I didn't fast at all at the birthday party. It seems whatever my plan is....If I post it on here, I seem to not follow through. I will post after the fact.
I seem to have the same problem whatever plan I put out, it seems I am never able to follow through with. I think you are doing good to post it after the fact.0 -
tlblanksfit wrote: »ArizonaToast wrote: »Okay. I didn't fast at all at the birthday party. It seems whatever my plan is....If I post it on here, I seem to not follow through. I will post after the fact.
I seem to have the same problem whatever plan I put out, it seems I am never able to follow through with. I think you are doing good to post it after the fact.
Sometimes I have that issue, too! Sometimes telling people really helps hold me accountable, and then other times it feels overwhelming that I might let someone down, and I fall off. The tough part is I don't know which one I will get!
Good for you to recognize that and adjust accordingly!0 -
How's your fasting going today?0
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Did not wait until 11am today. Had a Starbucks bottled mocha. These were compensatory calories as I felt I "needed it" for my first day back at school and was worried over a morning meeting I had (which went just fine btw). At least I ate my packed lunch instead of running out for fast food. Will definitely close my eating window before 7.0
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Just move on! It is a new day! Don't let one day de-rail you!0
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I agree with Donna! Stay strong today!0
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I fasted until 11am today! woo hoo!1
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Way to go!0
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Great work!0
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Today was not a fasting day. Tomorrow is another day.0
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Good luck today 0
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How is it going today?0
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