We decided to take off to Palm Desert for a last minute long weekend. We'll head back today but we've had a mix of much needed R&R along with some house hunting. I'm fairly certain I've put on a few lbs

Glad it went well, Gary. You clean up nice! Everyone is smiling and looks happy, so that's a great sign they enjoyed themselves.

All going well here. We're doing a brewery/pub crawl in my son's new neighborhood this weekend with about 10 people. The area is super walkable so hopefully the walking will offset all the calories. I'm hoping not to over indulge. I can't drink a lot of beer anyway but if these places have wine I may be in trouble

Hope you all have enjoyed your 4th! I behaved at my brother's and moderated all weekend. Even managed to exercise.

We're heading up to LA for a couple of days to visit friends. They love to eat and drink so we'll see how it goes.Hoping the earthquakes hold off. We even felt them here in SD.

Gwen, there are many intermittent fasts out there. Some incorporate entire days of no eating throughout the week...eat 2 days, fast, eat 3 days, fast, etc. A quick Google will bring those results up for you.

For me, I do best with a 14-16 hour fast overnight. Lots of studies out there showing the health benefits of this...how your body positively responds/heals, etc.

For weight loss: I stop eating anything by 7pm and don't eat again until 10am. I do have coffee. Between 10am and 7pm I limit my carbs to under 100g/day and total calories around 12-1500. I try to up the fiber as well. The time you choose to not eat doesn't really matter but you need a 14 hr stretch. I often include wine in my calories.

Even when I'm not necessarily in a weightloss mode, if I just fast those hours, I can pretty much eat whatever I want and still maintain or even drop a little. Stopping at 7pm and skipping breakfast changed everything for me.

Feel free to message me with any questions! Your granddaughter can help you since you're ready for bed by 6 and won't eat!!

I hear ya on the menopause thing, Gwen! Altho I've always had to manage my weight (hence my ridiculous login streak) it became much worse when the big M started making an appearance I started tracking carbs a few years back which definitely helps (slowly) but intermittent fasting has been the only thing that worked for me almost immediately showing results. The best part of it for me is that I don't feel deprived. No food group is off limits. I can drink wine. Probably cutting things off at 7 is the most difficult part of it all (late night cravings), skipping breakfast is pretty easy for me as long as I have my coffee. So it's become a lifestyle change, not a diet. Socializing evenings can be challenging, but I just jump back on the schedule and all's good.
I hope it works out for you!
P.S. I started back on it strictly after being in LA and was up 3 pounds. I'm down 2 as of today

Well the heat finally showed up here, along with the humidity. It's been over 110 in the desert where we'll be moving to. I'm trying to imagine how I'm going to live in that without becoming a total b!tchyb!tch My exercise has been horrible. The diet so/so.

Attending a military honors burial at sea on Friday for my cousin. Should be a beautiful ceremony.

Hope the scale is your friend, Gwen!!