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Is there any kind of July challenge in the works?

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  • SlimBride2Be
    SlimBride2Be Posts: 315 Member
    Might try this. I often eat all my calories between 11am and 8pm which I find really works for me for hunger and not eating too much. My July challenge is to do this on more days than not.
  • baconslave
    baconslave Posts: 7,018 Member
    I'll pin that thread for you.
  • glossbones
    glossbones Posts: 1,064 Member
    edited June 2015
    baconslave wrote: »
    I'll pin that thread for you.

    Thank you! <3

    In case anyone has trouble finding it:
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10199514/jentacular-juramentum-july-if-challenge-check-in
  • Foamroller
    Foamroller Posts: 1,041 Member
    edited June 2015
    I'm in ! If anyone want tips I can write some in the challenge thread. And maybe other vets can chime in too with their tips as well :)

    I've posted it before, but I'll repeat it again that Jason Fung's video on fasting as a method to lower glucose levels and therefore reduce insulin resistance ...is what sold me on going lowcarb. And for what it's worth being N =1, it HAS worked for me to a certain degree.

    Fasting is not just a weight loss tool, it can also be a part of slowly healing how body functions, if doing it for autophagy.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG89j432w-Y&amp;list=PLhMVa_juzVPkejdWDaPpl6Lk7RykHJc7x&amp;index=4

    But most of all 5:2 is still my plateau buster!
  • JennyToy1
    JennyToy1 Posts: 26 Member
    thank you for providing so many links. I have been trying to figure out how to try this but have been feeling overwhelmed :)
  • CoconuttyMummy
    CoconuttyMummy Posts: 685 Member
    Im in! - 18:6 Bulletproof Fast for me (although i may only IF 5:2 and have a regular keto family breakfast on wkends)
  • KetoGirl83
    KetoGirl83 Posts: 546 Member
    glossbones wrote: »
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    http://www.dietdoctor.com/new-study-low-carb-diet-intermittent-fasting-beneficial-diabetics

    Thank you for all the info @glossbones. I need some more research, I am a bit concerned about what it would do to my blood sugars in the morning, but this article looks promising. When I spend more than 6h fasting my blood sugars start going up. I'm not sure why, if anything they should go down... but no. I always wake up with higher BG than what I had before going to bed. Must be dreaming of carbs! :sleeping::flushed:

  • cdpits
    cdpits Posts: 91 Member
    Thanks @glossbones for taking charge of this challenge :smile:
  • mlinton_mesapark
    mlinton_mesapark Posts: 517 Member
    Thanks for posting the video, @Foamroller! Just finished it, and I'm excited to get started on the IF challenge.
  • greenautumn17
    greenautumn17 Posts: 322 Member
    KetoGirl83 wrote: »
    glossbones wrote: »
    (...)
    http://www.dietdoctor.com/new-study-low-carb-diet-intermittent-fasting-beneficial-diabetics

    Thank you for all the info @glossbones. I need some more research, I am a bit concerned about what it would do to my blood sugars in the morning, but this article looks promising. When I spend more than 6h fasting my blood sugars start going up. I'm not sure why, if anything they should go down... but no. I always wake up with higher BG than what I had before going to bed. Must be dreaming of carbs! :sleeping::flushed:

    That is called the dawn phenomenon and it only happens overnight. It is based on hormonal changes taking place in your body as it prepares for waking. It is a common phenomenon in diabetics. However, fasting during the day does not have the same effect. My blood sugars drop. I can go to bed with a BG under 100 and wake up with it being in the 120s. I try not to let it worry me anymore.
  • ThinnerHill
    ThinnerHill Posts: 254 Member
    edited July 2015
    I am going to join this joyous July challenge. 18:6 bulletproof style. May be more like a 20:4 as things progress we shall see. I go on my beach vacation in 31 days with my family. Time to whip myself into a better shape. Stats in the a.m. Let's do this!!!!!!
  • bluefish86
    bluefish86 Posts: 842 Member
    I'm excited to do this challenge!!!
    Will weigh myself tonight as I forgot to this morning before I check in.

    Good luck everybody!
  • SlimBride2Be
    SlimBride2Be Posts: 315 Member
    Should we add a caveat for new low carbers? I don't think I could have even contemplated fasting until minimum 6-8 weeks into this WOE or I would have died. I think newbies need to know it's not a failure to not be up to it yet! It was a LONG time before I could confidently skip a meal but these days it's totally easy.
  • CoconuttyMummy
    CoconuttyMummy Posts: 685 Member
    I started this morning.

    STARTING STATS:

    129 pounds
    27.7% Body Fat
    31.1% Muscle

    Today turned into a 20:4 Bulletproof fast. I just had my BPC coffee with 1 tbsp Kerrygold butter & 1 tbsp MCT oil at 10am and a large coffee with 2 tbsp HWC at 11am. I hope the HWC didnt end my fast?

  • azcowgirrlup
    azcowgirrlup Posts: 208 Member
    Have you all come over and checked in on the challenge post? Its up above on the main low carbers page here.
  • glossbones
    glossbones Posts: 1,064 Member
    edited July 2015
    Yup, just a reminder that we are starting over at:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10199514/jentacular-juramentum-july-if-challenge-check-in

    (For whatever reason, once a post is "Pinned" to the front page, it no longer appears in the list of "All" Discussions!)

    I consider HWC to be "kosher" for a BPC on a fast. It does have carbs, but in a reasonable amount to put in coffee, I consider them "trace carbs." :D

    If you are the type to add 4 tbs or more of HWC to your coffee, try increasing the kerrygold/butter to make up for the lack of creaminess that less cream provides.

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