The first few days were rough, as expected. But I didn't kill anyone. I'm very frickin grouchy around noon. So I've started being a "bad mommy" and making part of my lunch first so I can have food in my belly so I may continue to not kill people.
One day I just did a 14:10, due to a kid appt interfering with our normal schedule, so that I won't kill people I don't know in public.
I'm starting to get used to not eating in the morning. Finally. Don't get in my way at noon though.


Weight is up 1lb. Which means nothing I can figure in particular. I think I'm moving into another stall pattern again like in April. So I bounce all around some weight for awhile. I'm beginning to question whether or not pursuing my goal weight is worth all the aggravation. I want to be 150. Being tall, I carry weight well, but the chub still on my thighs and belly bugs me. But it's probably going to take me another 6mo just to lose 10lb, unless I want to slash my calories big time. Who the heck wants to do that? I like to eat.

On the positive side, having the bulk of my cals available toward the end of the day is nice and is helping me keep from blowing out the calories. I eliminated the CO in my BPC, which gives me over 100 extra calories I can use elsewhere in the day. Even though I love it, it had to go again for the time being. It didn't help the wanting to kill during the end of the fasting window any, and I'd really rather eat an oz of cheese or have some meat for those cals. I'm starting to adjust, so I have no irrational growling bottomless monster in my tummy as I try to sleep. Which is good. Definitely another positive tally mark.

While I wait for my scale-gnome to shake off his bender, I'll keep IFing-either 16:8 or 14:10 (if life intervenes as it is wont to do), and working out. I've been having trouble with muscle recovery lately, and I'm not sure why. I can't tell if it's just a flare of the dumb ol' Chronic Fatigue or something else. But I need an extra day to recover from the bodyweight workouts. I still get the same number of them in, I just have to spread them out more. But that has nothing to do with IF. I've been having issues with that for 2 months. Which coincidentally coincides with the amount of time I've been using an every-10-days refeed. Hmmm...things to think about...

Anyway...the nonsensical blabber will cease now, much to your relief.
Happy IFing everyone.

I'm not down anything from IF though I didn't expect to be. I am pondering whether I am going to stick with this after last night's blunder of eating a burger followed by a pretzel bun followed by the crust of a pizza followed by some steak. I didn't eat this morning until lunch so I fasted again and felt fine. I'm just not seeing what the benefits are and quite frankly can't remember what they are supposed to be. Then I read this today and really started questioning the purpose. "I am reminding myself that life is not an exercise in maintaining control."

So kind people, please remind me. Why are we doing this? More fat burning? More weight loss? To prove we feel hunger and can tolerate it? Enlighten me again. #YoureADivaWhenYoureHungry

My problem is not that I feel hunger during the fast. It's that I feel an insatiable hunger during the eating portion. I don't need to feel hunger to know I get hungry. Like you, I've done that before - unsuccessfully, I will add. Thanks for filling me on the fat burning thoughts!

I'm having some trouble. I feel good and after a longer fast yesterday I waited till noon to eat today. My appetite is subsiding but by the time I ate dinner it was almost eight which is the end of my window. Now I'm low on calories, fat and protein, I'm not really hungry but I don't want to continually under eat by this much. We just have weird schedules so we are used to eating later in the day but my lunch at work is at noon so if I don't eat then I won't have a chance til I'm out of work.

I don't know what to do

I had no difficulty fasting 2 days the first week. I just find it boring. I wanted to do two days simultaneously but I took a friend out for his birthday right in the middle. That was my choice to take him out. I live alone and work mostly from home, so I am able to do this with minimal interference. I definitely feel better fasting. I lost about 1.5 lbs I think. I have food sensitivities and fasting is a way to eliminate them all. I no longer have hunger signals.

I started the first fast of week 2 today. I am going for a 48 hour fast to knock it out of the way for the week. I may do another day later in the week. I almost ate dinner after work today just by habit. I got home from work and immediately went to the refrigerator to get my daily chicken broth and chicken. I still have no hunger sensations.

Good luck everyone!

I had a tablespoon of double cream in my coffee this morning to try and curb the 11 o'clock hunger pains. Fingers crossed so far it's working. I feel hungry but I don't want to chew my own arm off, so maybe I just needed the small amount of fat to calm my stomach. I will see whether this also controls the desire to fill my face for the 8 hours I'm not fasting! I may consider swapping the coffee for chicken broth with a spoonful of cream tomorrow - yesterday I was so low on sodium I was eating salt straight out of the tub while I was sitting at work.

@Foam roller, excellent advice! I ended up eating a tablespoon of coconut oil the other day and it got me through. I had actually forgotten about that until now lol. Great job on losing the pound and the inch, too. Its a wonderful feeling, isn't it?!

I'm 37 hours into this week's fast right now, planning on breaking fast at lunch today with my wife at our favorite Indian restaurant - their buffet in this state could be dangerous! Last time I fasted into the 2nd day, the 2nd morning was pretty easy, but this time I feel light headed & a bit dizzy, but thankfully, hunger is actually less now than yesterday. No cream & coconut oil in coffee this morning - perhaps I should treat myself on the 2nd morning next time? I'm glad its quiet at work this morning.

Foamroller wrote: »

To all of you experiencing adjusting annoyances, know that like anything in life IF have some growing pains to conquer. If you wanna throw in the towel, that's ok. The body is a very conservative entity, it does NOT like abrupt changes, whether it is a very hard workout session (more DOMS) or not being fed, when you routinely feed it. It will protest.

http://youarenotsosmart.com/2010/07/07/extinction-burst/

Sorry for the late check-in. I seem to be in Plateauville, both in terms of weight and measurements. My below-waist measurement is the only one that budged this week, a whole inch down, though maybe that's a measurement fluke.

I can get through the 16:8 fast just fine, but I have been back to one cup of coffee with HWC as a crutch.

Usually a 4 hour window to eat. Down 0.6lbs for now. Just did a 2 day water fast.

Up a pound... No real idea why. I never ever cheat. . Body weirdness I guess.

I'm still working out the kinks. For instance, I'm wasting food at home and having to throw it out as I am at work for a fair chunk of my eating hours. So, I need to plan better.
I also have to go look up if a hard boiled egg breaks the fast...