Trust me, I wasn’t counting 🤣 Anyway, my personal life is chaotic right now and the week at the beach did wonders, though the same chaos was here to greet me upon my return. Yesterday was just a lackluster tread walk at lunch for a half hour, but today at lunch I did a super […]
Fasting Fam, I’m finding it much easier to be compliant with the 18:6 and OMAD fasting protocols and finally getting more consistent weight loss results. I am hungry for a few hours in the morning and at night but my body feels good at the same time. I haven’t been counting calories and I’ve been […]
Fasting Fam, I love ADF and will still do it as needed, like if there’s a big social event where I want to eat all day, then I’ll do 0-500 calories the next day, however, I have decided to switch to OMAD. Because I’m a big eater I was eating too much on my up […]
Fasting Fam, my dad is in the hospital. He has a really bad knee and is in a lot of pain but otherwise in fantastic shape for 91. Nonetheless, my sister and I would like him to go into assisted living, but he doesn’t want to. Sigh. I’m pretty sure a social worker at the […]
Fasting Fam, I should be making better progress than I have been and I know it’s because I overeat on both my up and down days. I’m not giving up! I love this way of eating (WOE) and I am still finding out what works and doesn’t work for me. To that end, I’m going […]
Fasting Fam, the hard work of fasting and not drinking alcohol for over a month is slowly paying off. Of course there was big weight loss of around 7 pounds in the first two weeks, mostly water weight, but since then it’s been slower and steady. On June 1st I weighed 220 pounds (99.79 kg) […]
Looking forward to a predictably delicious down day tomorrow, since today’s up day was a C-, mostly because I was looking forward to trying Kung Pao combo at the Chinese place not far from here and I ate maybe 1/4 of it. It was bland and greasy even though I ordered it spicy, and they […]
After 4 up days in a row yesterday’s down day felt GREAT. Still at 218. For breakfast today I had some yogurt with oats, chia seeds, blueberries, and sugar free blueberry syrup. Lunch was 2 small hot dog bun meatball subs with Italian cheese. Dinner was an almond butter and jam sammy and an orange. […]
Fasting Fam, today was a scheduled down day but I had a 40th class reunion planning party to go to and I wasn’t going to pass up a veggie mezza from my favorite Lebanese place and good times. Luckily, fasting is a WOE where you can be flexible and this week will just have to […]
Of course I’m fantasizing about Glorious Coffee and protein waffles for breakfast tomorrow, air fried cauliflower with hummus for lunch, pizza with Dad, and a freshly juiced carrot / ginger / turmeric juice for dessert. This week I have to break my ADF routine and make it a 4:3 week, for on Friday I’ll be […]
Fasting Fam I was able to truly enjoy and savor all of my food today and I’m again pleased with my intake. One thing I made for the first time tonite for dinner that I’ll definitely be doing again is making meatball subs with hot dog buns! I just used Walmart’s frozen meatballs with a […]
Mondays are great down days because work is always insanely busy on Monday. Today I wound up having: juice: dandelion greens, apple, ginger, fennel, celery. 239 calsskinless rotisserie chicken, plain 173 calsegg scramble: 2 eggs, 1/4 c egg whites, 2 oz diced ham, cheese slice 343 cals So yes, it was on the higher calorie […]
Fasting Fam, I had the worst night’s sleep ever. It’s 90 degrees here, I don’t have A/C, and my mind will not shut down / stop thinking about stressful family issues. I finally fell aasleep at 4am, only to be awoken by cats fighting or in heat at 5am. Sigh. I went to lunch with […]
I had a nice up day and ate my own food: a banana and 2 TB almond butter with 1/2 cup organic oats – which were yummy and super filling, I used 1 C Fairlife fat free protein milk and 1/4 C egg whites to blend in all of the above, and topped it with […]
Today’s down day went well, and as I sip my electrolyte drink I’m thinking about what to enjoy tomorrow. Some ideas: watermelon (need to use it up)sweet potato with taco seasoned grass fed beefrotisserie chicken hummus wrap protein nachos / beans / salsa / cheese / sour cream / olives / onionsyogurt based dessert (make […]
Fasting Fam, I’m dreading letting go of my vacation time this evening and am ending my up day with a cannabis soda, Tic-Tacs, and Apple Music Chill. Tomorrow’s down day menu will be: protein coffee, tuna fish salad, and an egg scramble. I’ve really been enjoying the inexpensive Great Value electrolyte packets from Walmart while […]
Thanks to all the back and forth tedious planning prior to my beach getaway, I packed appropriately, and stuck to my down days while on vacation, one of which is today. I took tomorrow off work to reassimilate back into city life, and it will of course be an up day. I have a grocery […]
Hi Fasting Family, and Happy Up Day to me! It’s been a decadent one and I’m already looking forward to tomorrow’s down day, though it could be tough because I’ll be traveling with a friend who is not at all dieting and in fact is pretty indulgent most of the time. Planning ahead is key […]
Hi Fasting Fam! The scale was kind to me this morning after an up day and today’s modified fast day went well. I thoroughly enjoyed the hot lemon pepper rotisserie chicken that came in my grocery delivery for meal 1, and meal 2 was the usual egg scramble with a cheese slice and some ham. […]
When I go to bed fasted and at some level of hungry, I get so excited about eating the next day and dream of all the yummy noms I’ll get to have when I wake up. However, when morning comes that desire for food has more often than not vanished and food seems less interesting […]
Fasting Fam I had a medium nice up day today, and am looking forward to tomorrow’s fast day, as it will take me closer to my goal weight of 150. I also like the challenge of it, and when my tummy rumbles I envision it eating away at fat and then drink some more water. […]
Fasting Fam, Happy Sunday Night! I quit eating around 6:45 pm tonite and am sipping on a delicious cranberry spice herbal tea that reminds me of Christmas 🎄 and am listening to Soulection Radio on Apple Music while I wind down for the night and prepare mentally for the week ahead. Tomorrow, Monday, I will […]
Fasting Fam, I’ve decided to try a more sustainable weight los strategy that also improves insulin resistance. Basically, I’ll quit eating at 7:00 pm on Sunday and fast until 7:00 pm on Monday, a 24 hour fast. At 7:00 pm I’ll have a smaller high protein and greens meal, and for the other days of […]
Fasting Fam, I’m still at around 224 and angry with myself for lack of progress. I lost 30 pounds when I didn’t drink for 6 months and the unpleasant truth is that that needs to happen again, but as a permanent lifestyle change if I want to keep the weight off. It’s a bit after […]
Fasting Fam, it felt so great to fast on Friday and I felt that with the frequent trips to the loo that I got rid of a lot of bloat. It has been a fun weekend with friends and festivities, and I feel another fasting day is in order as a reset. The menu is […]
Fasting Fam, it’s taken me a while to get back on the fasting track, and today I had a great modified fast day! A new game changer for me is the Better than Bouillon seasoning paste – it dissolves so easily and has the perfect taste for a simple sipping broth that I’ve been savoring […]
Fasting Fam, I have not been fasting lately and for now would simply like to end each day in a calorie deficit. I know deep down that alcohol derails my fat loss goals in so many undeniable ways, and that I must prepare a healthy veggie plate prior to using cannabis because I get bad […]
Fasting Fam, last week was a terrible week of eating. Tomorrow I leave for the beach and when I get back I plan on jumping back on some sort of healthier eating bandwagon. I remember when I lost weight before it was when I was working out intensely for 5+ hours per week and also […]
Fasting Fam, I caught that nasty flu that’s going around a couple of weeks ago and was in bed for a few days with a fever and I didn’t eat much. This flu threw me out of the fasting schedule and took me a good week to recover but now I don’t feel like fasting […]
Fasting fam, I’ve been sick the past week and a half and my appetite isn’t much and I haven’t thought much about fasting or meal planning. Also, I’m just sad. My 90 year old father’s used car turned out to be a lemon and for the first time in his adult life he will no […]
Fasting Fam, I caught the crud that is going around and I’ve lost my appetite. I’m down to 216 though so there is that one small silver lining. I don’t have an appetite right now and food has a strange metallic taste to it. I’m sure it’ll go away in a few days, but it […]
Fasting Fam, it was a manic Monday at work, perfect for fasting. I had my usual Harmony House low cal soup, chicken salad, and for dinner, my usual egg scramble, which will keep me full til morning. Because of the two day team outing last week and drinking too much yesterday at the Mexican place […]
Stoner Fam, today at the dispensary I got 2 more grams of Blue Suede Zookies since I was so impressed with what I got there last time, and also 2g of Caramel Cream, along with 2 Magic Number brand Sasaparilla Sodas. The best news is though, after several dozen seeds planted since January, I finally […]
Fasting Fam, this week at work has been bananas! For 2 of the days I was at a team offsite and indulged quite a bit on the company dime. I enjoyed the 800 or so down day after that, and yesterday, Friday, had an up day. I should be fasting today but I just can’t […]
Fasting Fam it’s been two days of in person team building for work, complete with lots of restaurant food and drinks, and this introvert is exhausted. I managed to get out of the happy hour and fancy dinner tonite and am home at last. I slept poorly last night and kept getting leg cramp twinges […]
Fasting Fam, after all of the planning I did for the week, I learned today that our team outing will cover two days instead of one, starting tomorrow, which would normally be a fast day. Oy.. but these things happen, and I’m not going to deprive myself of this twice a year day of drinking, […]
Hi Fasting Fam! It felt so great to sleep in today. My package from Harmony House arrived and these soups look incredible! They are in general 50 calories per serving but a few are 30 calories and one so far is 60 calories. Regardless, these are a down day game changer and I look forward […]
Good morning, Fasting Fam! I weighed in at 219 this morning (started this journey at 224) With consistency I expect to be back in Onederland by the end of May. Yesterday the Harmony House dehydrated vegetable soup mix arrived and I enjoyed some after my dance workout last night. I didn’t realize it came unseasoned […]
Hi, Fasting Fam! Work is crazy busy right now, which has really helped move this down day along. I’ve been nibbling on chopped cucumber and celery to get me through the hunger pangs. For lunch I tried a new to me frozen dinner that has 31 grams of protein, 460 calories, and it was VERY […]
Hi Fasting Fam! I’m 2 lbs up from my weigh-in before vacation and I’m good with it, as I had 5 indulgent eat days in a row and this is to be expected. And not to get too graphic here, but when I weighed myself this morning I hadn’t done #2 yet so this number […]
Fasting Fam it feels good to be fasting again after all the heavy food and alcohol over the past 5 days. I did get up to 223 this morning but I know that after a couple of fast days I’ll be back to where I was. Consistency is key and where I tend to fail […]
Well Fasting Fam, much of my hard work was undone during my beach getaway, and I’m finishing up vacation food and and reminiscing in leftover beer today. I wish I were still at the beach with my long distance boyfriend and am feeling all the bittersweet feels and don’t want to let this time slip […]
Hi Fasting Fam! I weighed in at 217 after yesterday’s down day, yay! When I started modified ADF a week and a half ago I was at 221. Tomorrow is pizza night with Dad so I’ll have to limit myself to cucumber and celery until dinner where I’ll have around 1000 calories, and then on […]
Hi Fasting Fam! Today is my 58th birthday, and it was a day like any other. It was sunny and beautiful outside and my workout partner and I hiked up Mt. Tabor after work, and that was truly magical. My first down day meal of the day was delicious: My next fast day meal, as […]
Good Evening, Fasting Fam! I walked at lunch and earned 261 extra calories, and wish I had more! I’m 101 calories over the 1757 total I had set for myself yesterday (the midpoint number between my TDEE and BMR) but I’m not too worried about it. I only had around 1300 calories yesterday so I’m […]
Stoner Fam, I decided to change my blog from a cannabis enthusiast blog to a fasting blog since I’ve resumed alternate day fasting, but never fear, I’m still a happy stoner and will be enjoying cannabis on my eat/up days and will comment on those experiences, too. Thanks so much for sticking around with me […]
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