I started IF in 2018 and stuck with it pretty religiously til March 2020. I was in the best shape of my life. But then my mom’s health took a turn for the worst. I became her 24/7 caregiver. The stress, sleepless nights, and ever changing schedule made IF pretty much impossible for me. I fell off completely from IF and have for the most part ever since. I gained 80lbs between stress, grief, anxiety/depression medication, and an injury that kept me from the gym.
Now, I am in a much better place mentally and ready to take back control of my health. I finally got the motivation and discipline to try IF again. I’m about 2 weeks in and I am so thankful for it. I am down 10lbs (18lbs from my highest weight but those 8lbs took 6 months to lose). I’ve already seen improvements in my sleep, heart rate, digestive issues, and my confidence. Overall I feel better and I am very much looking forward to being on this path again.
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I was doing a form of intermittent fasting about five years ago lost 60 pounds and then my son died and I took up drinking wine as a new career move and over eating.
now I am in a much better mental and spiritual and emotional space and I am now seven days into OMAD and no more alcohol
feeling great 👍
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You need to tell how you stick to it. I’ve been trying to start IF again since past 3 months (did it pretty well up until jun2021, but everything is downhill from there from a bad experience with a friend group).
I try to do breakfast and lunch, with a window of 6 hours eating and rest not eating, but I fail at it after a couple of days.
I always start on Monday and always lose it by Thursday. Fri, sat and sun just goes by eating fast food and junk. I’m super upset about it.
But you have motivated me I guess, it’s night here, so from tomorrow ig I might start a fresh, not gonna wait for monday.