Water/coffee - 16:8 (eating 12pm-8pm)I train at the gym fasted at 6am and cycle in the evenings alternate to gym days.
I have complained previously about not losing weight fast enough, but these are my weekly averages. Slow, and steady I guess! I’m 5’5 38M and eating about 1450cals a day with 155g protein. Any advice to this? my TDEE ‘is’ about 1900, BMR about 1600 so I’m certainly in a deficit. All help greatly appreciated!
Weekly averages:
SW: 180.12
179.06
178.21
177.99
CW: 177.53 (2 days of this week)
Will be interested to hear others advice on eating below BMR (1650 ish for me). I feel like the numbers say eating over this will put weight on…discuss!
Day 8 of ?, finding it pretty natural to get up and just drink a cup of black coffee. I don’t feel a compulsion to eat. Also feeling better focus and mood overall.Doing 16:8 to lose some weight. SW 85kg, CW 84kg
Day2 of Week25, IF, 18/6
SW: 104kg/229lbs; CW: 88kg/194lbs; GW: 85kg/187lbs
Today is 88,8kg up from the 87,6kg of yesterday, despite yesterday being a rolling 24h fast with an OMAD in the end.
All I had was carb-reduced toast with liver pate and souerkrauts. A single plate of food. Even my drinks were sugar free 0 cal drinks, like lemon water, and coffee so I’m highly confused about what is going on.
At least tomorrow is another rolling 24h fast so my slow digestion may have a chance to catch up. Today I won’t risk the carb-reduced toast, I’ll have the trustry toasted tortilla instead.
I’m starting to suspect the hypermarket that they sell regular bread as carb-reduced because it didn’t feel as light as the one time I tested this before.
Workout however was good. I did manage to get an extra rep so I’m feeling good about that.
Sleep however was quite bad, mainly because my stomach was feeling very full - another reason to suspect the trickery from the hypermarket.
The rolling 24h fast with 2MAD in the end turned into an evening OMAD due to circumstances, but I won’t be doing that anymore. Having my stomach packed to capacity before sleep is quite uncomfortable.
This is kinda like a replay of Monday but oddly enough I’m not a fan of it so far but I hope everyone is having an awesome day, and progress is being made with every passing hour! ;)
35F | 5ft 3 | SW: 205.4lbs CW: 188.4lbs GW: 160lbs 16:8/18:6
Almost 9 weeks of IF and 17lbs down!
The last time i was this weight was 2017, that feels like a lifetime ago. I can’t believe how well IF works for my body and am so motivated everyday to keep going.
I’ve noticed a change in my taste and cravings. I have always had a sweet tooth, but my cravings for candy have pretty much disappeared. A couple weeks ago my husband had some gummy bears and i had a few (of a normal brand we usually get) and they tasted awful. My cravings for chips have pretty much disappeared too and im enjoying eating vegetables - my favourite part of Thanksgiving dinner this past weekend (aside from my mum’s forcemeat stuffing which will ALWAYS be the best part of the turkey lol) was the carrots! I don’t think I’ve ever enjoyed carrots so much, i had dreams about them lol
Strangely I think i may have developed an egg intolerance? The last 3 times I’ve had eggs I’ve been nauseous/vomited and had horrible stomach pain. Eggs seems to be the only thing linking the 3 instances. Considering finding a naturopath to do a Food Sensitivity Test to determine if thats the case. Keeping off eggs for now (which makes me sad, eggs are delicious!).
Loving the fall weather and going to plan a meal prep day soon to make stew, chili, soup and bone broth.
Enjoy the day everyone!
27 | F | 5’0
Day 3, Week 1, IF 16:8, SW: 197, CW: 194.7, GW: 165, UGW: 135
Going on my third day of IF, and I’m amazed that I’ve lost nearly 3lbs. I know that is mostly water weight but I never see the scale go down. I’m aiming for 1200 calories but not being super strict about it. I do 45 minutes to an hour of some kind of movement, usually walking or yoga. I’m drinking between a half gallon and gallon of water a day, no soda or alcohol. I also cut out gluten and dairy due to PCOS and fibromyalgia. I feel confident I’ll reach my first goal weight by the end of the year ☺️
Week 2: Day 2, IF, 48 hour fast
SW: 67.26kg/148.3lbs; CW: 65.04kg/143.4lbs; GW: 47.6kg/105lbs
38.5 hours down and I’m not even hungry. I feel great. I’m actually a little concerned that I am not struggling at all? I’m drinking a lot of water, but still, the last time I did this, it was much, much more difficult. Granted, yesterday was an unusually low activity day.
Water and coffee and green tea fast.
44 hour fast, ends in two hours. (Kinda two day meal to meal fast ;)
Looking to lose weight!
Two hours to go! Only getting hungry now really! Gotta stay strong.