Hi Michael.
I did some research on KETO and was already familiar with intermittent fasting so I researched to see if doing them concurrently is feasible. The one that caught my attention was 16:8. Assuming you sleep eight hours a night and have an eight hour window for eating, that leaves eight hours left I could divideā¦eat four hours after I wake up and stop eating four hours before going to bed. Sounded logical to me.
I am in a position where I need to lose around 20 pounds and 2-3 inches around my waist by sometime in January.
I had surgery on my right shoulder back in April. After the initial nerve block wore off, I had to take pain meds for about three days which had me sleeping a lot.
Had surgery on my left shoulder yesterday. Drawing on my first experience, it seemed logical to start this now since fasting is much easier while youāre asleep! LOL
So this morning, I started with a glass of cold water. Then had a cup of coffee with MCT oil powder and organic extra virgin coconut oil. After that, I had half of a 3 egg omelette with full fat shredded cheese, bits of bacon and I actually threw some walnuts in it. Was pretty good.
In the meantime, I took a cucumber and blended it in some water, put it in a pitcher with half of a cucumber sliced and filled the rest of the pitcher with water for some cucumber water. Will let it sit for a while before drinking. If needed, am thinking about throwing some lemon and maybe stevia in each glass to taste. Or maybe not. Some people swear by cucumber and lemon infused water as a good detox. In any case, cucumbers have B vitamins so it will make for a refreshing hydrating drink.
Fortunately, I donāt have to go to work until the middle of December then itās only half-time so I have more than enough time to perfect this without the stress of work.
But, I do need to have 20 pounds and 2-3 inches gone by the middle of January.