May kind of snuck up on me!
Meghan, I have been having the same trouble in the evenings. That is a good idea, I might get my quilting out or start a new crochet project. Enjoy your gardening!

Good luck with the interview, Kate! Today is a Bank Holiday in UK, so of course it is raining! I will do some knitting and reading, but have my usual running training and dance class this evening.

Sorry @mamainthekitchen ! My brain was fried and I wrote Meghan instead of your name!
Funny for the day: kid leans over and licks someone else's arm at recess and says, "YOU may be yummy, but I'M delicious!" 🤣

Happy Tuesday! I hope the week is going well for everyone! I had a pretty good fast yesterday, but then I, yet again, fell off the wagon with the snacking in the evening.

@Meghan509 Glad you are doing well!

I am off to do the laundry and adult-type things. Tomorrow is our 20th anniversary. I can't believe we have made it this long. Kind of weird to realize that much time has flown by. I think it is going to be low key and we are just going to grill and hang out in the backyard and enjoy the weather and the flowers. Have a great week! Stay healthy!

@melaniecheeks You look adorable! Have fun on your trip!

The MFP writers annoy me, sometimes. They wrote a whole article with scientific backing for intermittent fasting, then ended the article saying, nevermind, calorie restriction is the only thing that really works. Grr!

Anniversary was nice. Wednesday is the new Monday. I hope everyone is doing well! Stay healthy!

Good morning all!

Looks like I missed checking in yesterday - busy at work which is nice because all of a sudden the work day was over. Whoot!

Happy belated 20th wedding anniversary, @KateNkognito! Hope you had a great day.

Love your dress, @melaniecheeks and hope you have a great time on your trip. So nice to see people flying and traveling again woo hoo!

@mamainthekitchen nice to hear about your Mom getting the cast off. Hope she gets good news at the doctor!
Hang in there with your eating, it will happen.

Things are pretty good here. Been enjoying salad lunches again. I had gotten REALLY tired of eating the same lettuces every week, but I am back to appreciating it again. Still have not had a hard boiled egg or tuna fish with mayo. Yuck. Anyone else get grossed out eating the same thing over and over again or am I weird? LOL

Taking a vacation day tomorrow. Trying to use up some days I had left over from 2020. My birthday is Sunday and so is Mother's Day. We are having my guy's parents over for a visit, Saturday in to Sunday. Their first time visiting our new place. Should be fun.

Have a great day and see you guys soon!

Happy Birthday, Meghan! I hope it was a good one!
I hope everyone had a nice weekend. It was pretty relaxed here. I did a bunch of laundry and gave the dog a bath. I know, wild times.
Mama, I am glad your mom healed quickly! I completely understand where you are with needing a stronger inner voice. I am currently avoiding the scale because I don't want to see where I currently am.
Have a great week, y'all! Stay healthy!

Hi all - I found your wonderful group last month but forgot to star the thread. I just found it again and went back and saw all of the very nice welcome messages that you guys left me. THANK YOU. I've started the thread this time so I'll be able to come back and join each day.

To reintroduce myself, I'm Jessica and I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I've been IF constantly for about a month. I love how it allows me to eat larger meals towards the end of the day. I follow at 16:8 schedule (eating between 11-7). What schedules do you guys follow and how long have you been IF?

Good morning all!

@trinati2001
Welcome back! Sure, happy to fill you in about me and my Intermittent Fasting. From say March 2020 or when lock down started a 18:6 schedule where I would eat from 3pm to 9pm. Note I drink coffee in the AM with half and half and monk fruit sweetener, so this is my version of IF. It works nicely for me.

Now I am a little more relaxed with my eating window and have a low carb shake at say 1pm then will have lunch at 3pm and finish eating anything by 9pm. I follow a more relaxed keto / low carb diet lately. I have around 20 pounds to lose before I hope to start maintenance and be at my goal weight. I lost my weight doing keto.

My long term BF and I do this together. We are both working from home and we don't have children. Lately the weekends have been a bit naughty and the scale shows that. Been maintaining for the most part for the past few weeks.

@KateNkognito
I know we have been posting a lot together over the last few years, but it is good to know what you have been up to eating wise and what's working for you! LOL Cookies and ramen sound awesome.

The weather was iffy last night after work, here's to hoping for a walk tonight!!

Have a great day all. See you soon.

I got myself together, had a really good fast yesterday, then weighed in this morning. Not as bad as I thought, but not great. With some good fasts, I should be back where I was in a month or so. Plus, I think there is a lot of water weight from all the salty snacks I have been having. Back on the fast train for me.