So I committed to the intermittent fasting diet- hooray for me.
It was really hard the first few days.
I get the urge to eat after 7pm- it's just ingrained in my mind that I should snack snack snack while I sit dormant watching TV.
I rush to have dinner made and ready to eat before 6pm- because 6pm is the eating cut off.
I try to remember to drink water throughout the day. Even though water and coffee are literally the only beverages that I consume on a normal basis.
I try to get 12,000 steps a day, but often fall short with about 10,000. This has been said to be the average that a normal person walks in a normal day. But average and normal is not what gets a normally overweight person to lose weight.
I lost 3 lbs in 17 days, according to the apps I am using - Fitbit and DoFasting! (I attribute most of this weight loss to the stomach virus that my whole family got last week).
So, needless to say, after 17 days of using the apps and other tools- a brand new smart scale, nightly walks with the dog at 8pm, and no alcohol!- I had hoped that I'd see a little more success than less than a pound a week. I mean, I have a lot to lose- 40lbs is a lot!
So what can I do to up my A game?
#1- Start tracking the calories that I am eating during my eating window. EVERY. LAST. CALORIE.
#2- get those 12,000 steps a day, no excuses!
#3- drink 32 or more ozs of water throughout the day, no excuses
and also
#4- switch things up. Do a 20 or 24 hour fast once a week.
SO yesterday I did a 20 hour fast, and it was more simple than I thought it would be. I planned it well- I had a busy busy day to keep my mind off of everything. And by everything, I mean food. It didn't take long to realize that I wasn't even hungry most of the day. And when I was hungry, I ate low calorie foods- I had some scrambled eggs, a crisp apple, and a hot, earthy bowl of homemade vegetable soup for lunch. And that was it. I carried around my water bottle all day and after 6 I sipped on it while watching TV- I even drank it dry and got up to refill it. AND I got 14,000 steps yesterday.
The biggest highlight came this morning though, when I saw that I lost 1.3lbs by switching it up.
I think that supports doing a 20 hour fast at leat once a week to get me to my goal. I didn't feel like I was starving myself, I didn't feel overly tired, and I saw that increase in results that I was yearning for. I plan to do the 20 hour fast on my busiest days where I'm already running around like a crazy person so I won't be disappointed if I miss a meal.
Keep up the good work, all you fellow diet-ers!
It was really hard the first few days.
I get the urge to eat after 7pm- it's just ingrained in my mind that I should snack snack snack while I sit dormant watching TV.
I rush to have dinner made and ready to eat before 6pm- because 6pm is the eating cut off.
I try to remember to drink water throughout the day. Even though water and coffee are literally the only beverages that I consume on a normal basis.
I try to get 12,000 steps a day, but often fall short with about 10,000. This has been said to be the average that a normal person walks in a normal day. But average and normal is not what gets a normally overweight person to lose weight.
I lost 3 lbs in 17 days, according to the apps I am using - Fitbit and DoFasting! (I attribute most of this weight loss to the stomach virus that my whole family got last week).
So, needless to say, after 17 days of using the apps and other tools- a brand new smart scale, nightly walks with the dog at 8pm, and no alcohol!- I had hoped that I'd see a little more success than less than a pound a week. I mean, I have a lot to lose- 40lbs is a lot!
So what can I do to up my A game?
#1- Start tracking the calories that I am eating during my eating window. EVERY. LAST. CALORIE.
#2- get those 12,000 steps a day, no excuses!
#3- drink 32 or more ozs of water throughout the day, no excuses
and also
#4- switch things up. Do a 20 or 24 hour fast once a week.
SO yesterday I did a 20 hour fast, and it was more simple than I thought it would be. I planned it well- I had a busy busy day to keep my mind off of everything. And by everything, I mean food. It didn't take long to realize that I wasn't even hungry most of the day. And when I was hungry, I ate low calorie foods- I had some scrambled eggs, a crisp apple, and a hot, earthy bowl of homemade vegetable soup for lunch. And that was it. I carried around my water bottle all day and after 6 I sipped on it while watching TV- I even drank it dry and got up to refill it. AND I got 14,000 steps yesterday.
The biggest highlight came this morning though, when I saw that I lost 1.3lbs by switching it up.
I think that supports doing a 20 hour fast at leat once a week to get me to my goal. I didn't feel like I was starving myself, I didn't feel overly tired, and I saw that increase in results that I was yearning for. I plan to do the 20 hour fast on my busiest days where I'm already running around like a crazy person so I won't be disappointed if I miss a meal.
Keep up the good work, all you fellow diet-ers!
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