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So far I've been doing pretty well with the 40/8 fasting, but lately, I've noticed that it's affected my sleep and that has increased my stress levels. I think doing a 40/8 fasting window was okay for awhile but it turned into "too much of a good thing" if that makes sense. So I think OMAD - which I've done in the past and…

I find there's a bit of an adjustment period when you start intermittent fasting. For me, it takes about 2 weeks to go away. I feel like it's a bit of a detox that occurs when you begin fasting frequently.

Hi everyone, it's been awhile! I've been doing intermittent fasting but not really logging it (I'd like to change that going forward, but no promises). Life's been pretty hectic lately - I moved back home and just got some new kittens, just to name a few things. I've been doing "alternate day fasting" after reading Dr.…

Weighed myself this morning, looks like I'm down 4 pounds of water weight already. Nice to see. I've got my birthday on the 7th coming up here. Still not sure what I want to do for a cake.

Thanks everybody. Successful first day today. Had a banana at 3pm, but beyond that just water. Then I had a weird left-over meal of: one small bowl pea soup, one small bowl cheese+broccoli soup, and then a big bowl of chinese leftovers. Definitely one of the stranger dinner menus I've had.

I'm definitely gonna stick with it this time, thank you.

I've decided I'm gonna do OMAD again. I've been semi-following alternate day fasting lately and I just don't enjoy eating heavy during the day. I'm gonna make a modification to OMAD for myself though: I'm going to have fruit during the day when I'm hungry. This is more Warrior Diet-y, but I'm not really following all of…

I'll be honest. I haven't really been dieting. I'm hovering around 362 at the moment.

Hey guys. A little update for me here... I'm actually going to stop OMAD for a bit because I'm going to go on a diet with my parents (kind of a group support thing hehe). Neither one of them are particularly interested in OMAD, so I've decided to try out an Alternate Day Fasting diet with them. It seems a bit more friendly…

Pictured there is salmon alfredo, asparagus w/ hollandaise sauce.

261.6 lbs today. Ouch! I've clearly been eating way too much this week. I'm hoping quite a bit of that is just water weight... fingers crossed. I honestly can't wait until I can start working out. I have a tough time sticking to healthy eating plans without exercise. I like to exercise in the morning to get a good start to…

Yeah, I think you're right. I've just read in the past that 48 hour fasts are quite good for fat loss, but I don't think I'll really try it again.

I have madly failed my 48 hour fast today, haha. Just not quite ready for it mentally yet, I think. I don't know if I ever really plan on adding it to my schedule. Perhaps in the future. Anyway, I had some chicken sandwiches from Burger King and fries and a bunch of pineapple today. I'm really itching to start working out…

Well, fingers crossed my weigh-in this week is better than I'm thinking it's going to be.

Chicken stir fry tonight. No pic, cuz I'm feeling sooo lazy. I'm gonna do a 48 hour fast tomorrow out of curiosity. I don't really plan on making it a regular thing though. I am making a point this day forward to stick to only one plate of food. I don't think I've lost much weight this week because I am having very…

No pic tonight. Big salad, steak, melted brie cheese, and finished off leftover broccoli cheese soup.

Deviled eggs, corned beef sandwich, cheddar cheese & broccoli soup tonight.

Alfredo chicken tonight. No picture because I was too lazy to take one.

Big ol' carnitas last night and then some corn w/ butter and mexican cheese & lime.

Thanks everybody. I did an "official" weigh-in today since it's Friday. I'm at 354 lbs. That's a 1.8 lb shift from just yesterday. Kind of funny. I just took a look at my weight report on MFP to see my weight loss in the last 30 days: 1/1: 370 lbs 1/19: 357.4 lbs 1/22: 354.6 lbs 1/26: 357.4 lbs 1/31: 355.2 lbs Then I went…

Thanks everyone. Yeah, I'm planning on adding that in once I get into a good groove with OMAD for the extra fat burning effects. It's definitely some interesting stuff. I'm also really intrigued by the cognitive benefits from fasting too. My Grandmother had Alzheimer's, so I've always had that on my "radar", so to speak,…

Here's another good read: http://www.cogitoergoedo.com/2013/06/06/enough-calories/

A very odd assortment of food today, but I'm doing something of a "leftover clear-out" kind of meal. I kept portions down generally since I'm having multiple plates (the salad looks deceptively large, it's just a lot of lettuce). Pictured: Salad (apple/cashews/raisins/lettuce w/ bleu cheese dressing) Grilled Cheese…

Hey everybody. I'm doing well on my fast today. I'll be having dinner soon and I'll post a picture of it. I'm gonna post a few links to some IF blogs/forum posts I've found interesting: Intermittent Fasting: A Primer (1, 2, 3 per link)... gets into a bit of the science behind IF.…

Thanks everyone! I'm really motivated to stick to my plan. I'm gonna do some research on emotional eating and see what kind of techniques I can use to help me fix that problem because really I don't have a "hunger" issue, I just use food as an emotional crutch. I'll start taking a photo of my dinner and posting it up here…

I've been really bad with my diet. I've really fallen into the "comfort food" trap I put myself into a lot. I'm gonna have a small dinner tonight (I ate a large breakfast today, and ice cream) and really force myself to stick with OMAD from here on out. I'm gonna use the small plate technique and get the stomach shrinkage…

Well, I'll just say I've been terrible about my diet here, haha. I'm gonna fast as much as I can over the next two days (which won't be much on Sunday, if I'm being honest) and then get 100% on OMAD on Monday. My surgery kind of whacked out my dedication, unfortunately. On the flip side I weighed myself at 355.8 today, so…

Hey everybody. So yesterday and today I'm totally not following OMAD. I'll be getting back on it tomorrow - my surgery's kind of whacked out my eating a bit here, which I'm fine with. On the plus side my eye surgery went really well! Yesterday's eating: Gigantic breakfast at Shari's Later on, in the afternoon: 2 grilled…

Today's meal, I went to the restaurant Ruby Tuesday's and had: (Since their web site has calorie counts I decided I'd add it up out of curiosity.) Chicken Bites w/ buffalo sauce (219 cal) Ribs & Chicken Tenders w/ fries (1282 cal) Chocolate Goblet Sundae (866 cal, I ate about half of it) So about ~2400 calories or so. I…