April 2018 IF/EF chat - all welcome

#112

Thank you.

The headache is gone this am. If it returns, I will allow myself some black coffee.

Woke up 2 hours early, no way I could go back to sleep.

Looking forward the clarity kicking in. :slight_smile:

(Raj Seth) #113

:joy:

(Allison) #114

I have an IF question…I have been using a 17/7 fast schedule and I’ve been doing so for about 4 weeks. No scale weight down, but I have noticed that the last week or so I can go no problem through the morning no hunger, but it’s like my body knows exactly what time of day it is because I get raging hunger when those 17 hours are up, I haven’t been able to get to 18/6. Is this normal or is this the body adapting and I need to change things again?

(Raj Seth) #115

Listening to Megan Ramos - “Mix it up” is an ongoing theme. Can’t let the body learn a pattern of fast/feast - keep it confused, so that it may remain ramped up on metabolism.

(Allison) #116

ok. I’m down for that. Any suggestions please?

(Raj Seth) #117

Try extending the fasting window by having pure FAT when nearing the end of the fasting window and try to hold off for a few hours. Additionally, when in the eating window, EAT! Don’t calorie count. To quote the Fasting Jedis (Fung / Ramos)
When you’re eating - EAT
When you’re not eating - DONT eat
Eat when hungry. Eat till full. Don’t eat when NOT hungry.

I presume I dont have to tell you to stay Keto when eating. If you find yourself getting hungry, eat more fat. I try to eat 85-90% of my calories from fat. I am now never hungry. At least not in the sense that I used to be. Now the hunger is mental - “gee, isnt it time that we had somehting to eat??”
I am 18 hours into my current indefinite ending fast (7days plus I hope) No physical hunger, but mentally I want to snack on something! So I suck on salt crystals.

April fool fast - Fasting until surplus fat is gone, maximizing autophagy, metabolic repair
(Allison) #118

ok then. I will take your advice and try to employ it as best as I can

#119

Day 2 - much better, lots of energy. No headache. BS steady at 70. Down 3 pounds. Mental clarity kicking in. :sunglasses:

(Natalie Palombi) #120

Hi Yall, I’m new to extended fasting, just starting out with my first 48-hour fast.
Currently 20 hours into it :slight_smile: proud of myself!
Not over the halfway mark yet though, so I’m trying not to toot my own horn too much yet LOL
Drinking my own “keto-rade” mix of NoSalt+pink salt+H2O, no coffee today which is a major thing for me as I’m a self professed coffeeholic :hushed:

How’s everyone else doing?

(*Rusty* Instagram: @Rustyk61) #121

48 hours now and feel like I could go forever. Will see how tomorrow goes.

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(Trish) #122

I did break my fast yesterday around 72 hours and jumped back into the next 72 hour fast so I’m about 28 hours at this point. I’m hungry. :frowning: I also worked today so had significantly more energy expenditure than I had over the previous couple days. Working tomorrow also.
BG earlier today was 4.2 BP 111/65 rechecked at 118/74. Weight just now was 162.0

(*Rusty* Instagram: @Rustyk61) #123

I made it to 60 hours and had to stop. I couldn’t keep my body warm. Oh well, you guys be careful and fast On!

(Nicole Sawchuk) #124

Feasted on the weekend and now doing 42 hours which I will break today at lunch. I will do another 42 hour fast this week after some feasting. Finally starting to see the scale move. This morning is was down 3.5 lbs despite working out last night. I typically retain water after a workout so that was a pleasant surprise!

(I came for the weight loss and stayed for my sanity... ) #125

Did my first ever “over the weekend” fast. it was really empowering to know I can sit at the table and watch my friends and family eat, even have dessert and everything…

I was really used to do 5 day fasts last year, but wasn’t able to all winter (I hate feeling cold like the pest)
So it was hard for me to get the motivation to get back in the saddle.

I found out the following about myself:

  • not using a timer is not an option, I will tend to cheat too much.
  • Setting my timer to 5 days also didn’t work because I would feel overwhelmed and feel like a failure when I didn’t get there which put me in a vicious cycle.

So this was my approach:
I set the timer to 24 hours, this I know I could do super easily. Once I hit that I was “I feel fine, the hunger isn’t too bad, let’s try another 24…” and so on.
I finally was able to do 5 days again, had to stop it on Monday though because I was feeling really fatigued and dizzy
(still trying to figure out that electrolyte issue for myself)

(Trish) #126

That’s a good strategy; small goals. :slight_smile:

(Natalie Palombi) #127

I’m almost to hour 38 and been feeling chilly since last night at about the 24 hour mark. I hadn’t associated it with fasting!

(Dawn) #128

Hi Friends. QQ. I am using Kettle and Fire bone broth (LOVE IT) as a crutch as I try to get back on the fasting wagon. It has about 14 grams of protein for the entire package. Is that too much? I want to make sure that I am not spiking my insulin with too much protein when I am supposed to be “fasting”. I am fasting to lower insulin levels and drop the extra weight that I gained over the last 45 days. I am stepping my way down to water only, but for right now, I need the bone broth. Also, what are the opinions regarding powdered creamers? They have almost no calories, so I wonder if they are ok for fasting. I have to drink coffee every morning in order to control my appetite but I can’t drink it black AND I don’t really want to add alot of fat to my diet right now since I have so much fat wiggling on my body already. I also don’t want the heavy creamer while fasting because of fat and calories. Advice? Opinions? Warnings? LOL! Thanks my friends.

(Liz ) #129

I’d have to see the ingredients list on the creamer to give an opinion. But FWIW I did a 4 day fast and lost about 5lbs that stayed off using about 300 calories of fat a day in my morning coffees so I don’t think fat kept me from losing fat. I mean, that’s the whole point of keto, yeah?

(Dawn) #130

thanks. You make alot of sense. Did you use sweetener as well? I am using sweet additions, but those little suckers are two carbs per pack

(Liz ) #131

No I gave up all sweeteners, too triggering. Now everything tastes sweet on its own and I’ve lost my taste for anything sweeter than that.