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 bring myself to do it this Saturday morning and feel a bit like a failure. I’m going to the zoo in a bit and will get a good amount of steps from that and I plan on having two meals today that come to 1274 calories and the exercise should knock off some of those. Tomorrow I’m having Mexican food with a dear friend and we usually drink sugary mango margaritas and IPAs but my boyfriend recently turned me on to Coors Light, which I used to turn my nose up at, but now I see the wisdom in that choice. For light beer Coors Light tastes pretty good. It only has a 4% APV but it’s way fewer calories than the IPAs so you can drink more volume. My plan for tomorrow is to have a cannabis gummy or vape a bunch of weed and have a couple of Coors Lights instead, skip the chips and just enjoy the filling meal.

On Monday it’s back to modified ADF, and at some point I would like to do zero calorie fast days and make it a more true ADF. To be honest I haven’t made any progress in this journey so far. I started at 224, got down to 217, but vacation and the indulgent work outing undid that hard work and I’m at around 223 today. In the past this caused me to give up but I’m not giving up this time! ADF has worked for me in the the past and I will keep going! This is why I have this journal, it’s part of the dieting process. I have binge eating tendencies and need to candidly address this. I haven’t binged in a while but I do eat fast and overeat in general and need to work on slowing down and savoring the food as I go.

And I do love fasting most fast days. There’s a spiritual component to it and so many health benefits! There was a time when my sugars were close to the prediabetic range and I got back into the normal range from fasting regularly. There is a discipline that comes with this lifestyle that bleeds over into other areas of Life, too.

Vacations and exceptions to my routine will happen from time to time, that’s just a part of Life. Here is today’s planned menu. I’m looking forward to the tofu stir fry tonite.

The eventual plan is to go to 500 calorie fast days instead of a max of 800 like I used to do, and then eventually get to zero calorie fast days, unless I’m lifting weights and then I’ll have a 130 calorie protein shake with egg whites.

Thanks for listening to me ramble and sort out my thoughts, Fasting Fam! How is your fasting journey going? Answer in the comments!

Hugs,
Lou