I know this is a fasting thread but hopefully nobody cares about the thread drift. If so, I will remove my posts.
She looks worse now. Her Welsummer sister next to her looks great
February 2021 IF/EF Chat Thread (All Welcome)
collaroygal
(KCKO, KCFO š„„)
#23
So true, Janie. When I started fasting I could barely do the 14/10 fasting. Now I do that even when I donāt consider myself fasting. I do mix up 16/8 and 18/6 regularly, and often do 20/4 as well. Lately fasting has been harder. So I try to do OMAD at least every other day. But I want to do ADF next week. My fasting muscle is getting rusty 
Hope your choke gets better.
Janie
(Jane)
#24
My husband used to struggle a bit doing 36-hr fasts but he didnāt have much in the way of fat stores.
Then our dog hit his knee at a dead run out in the meadow and his activity level had been greatly reduced since late December. He has put on 5 lbs w/o changing his eating habits but now fasting is easier for him.
Shinita
#25
Oh I couldnāt send it last time, it seemsā¦
I used to eat close to 16/8 before ketoā¦ I donāt remember high-carb but it probably often was close to IF (and if not, I still started to eat late, I just ate at night too, before bed, of course, if I go to sleep, I will have my 6-9 hours uninterrupted sleep). Carbs makes eating at a small window (like one hour) super easy now, well itās logical as my meals get bigā¦ But as my goal isnāt doing OMAD at all costs, it doesnāt even matter.
I go for as little carbs as comfortably possible now. Not all of my days are carnivore-ish, I donāt try hard now but I donāt overdo tasting things
The left hen has a very interesting pattern!
Today was great! I knew it will be fine when I left the home at noon to go for a long walk and shoppingā¦ I got back at 3:30 but I had to prepare food so I didnāt break my fast until 5pm. 22 hours, itās long for me latelyā¦ 
I donāt know if it will be an OMAD day, I donāt feel I ate enough for that but we will see. {No, it became a TMAD day with a 4.5 hour eating window. Still nice.}
Itās so good to go back to my usual patternā¦ If I have something like that, my days arenāt super similar but not eating before 3pm is the norm since years except in āspecialā times. Before December I was almost never hungry at 3pm and often skipped lunch despite my social eating tendencies. Then came December and that tends to be a bit crazy, itās traditionā¦ And even a little wildness can mess things up if I do it for weeks (but as I donāt get carb poisoning, I need effort to do keto or carnivore again)ā¦ Extra huge stress didnāt help. But I think I am over those times now.
GreeneggsNham
#27
Thatās great Shinita!
Iāve not been on here much for a while, but decided I want a bit of accountability, so Iām back. Iām fasting today and hope to avoid eating until at least lunch tomorrow, but hopefully until supper tomorrow. I will count up the hours when I break my fast.
While I continue to remain keto, I have allowed more fat into my meals (it tastes SO good!) and have started using Monk Fruit drops (just a bit) and cream to my morning tea. Anyway, I think the extra fat not be a good idea. That, coupled with less exercise hasnāt been good for me. I feel my clothes getting a bit tighter and I donāt like it!!
Anyway, I hope I donāt wimp out. I can easily skip meals, I just enjoy eating too much. 
GreeneggsNham
#28
I am surprised by how tempting it was to break my intended fast yesterday! I havenāt been hungry, but I think I just like to eat with my family. 
But I have hung in there and it has been 35 hours so far. Iām going to try to wait until supper to eat. Weāll see. I have a friend I havenāt seen in a year coming over for tea this afternoon. While I will offer her something with her tea, I will only have tea. Or that is what Iām planning. 
islandlight
(Laurie)
#29
I have trouble sticking to my 6-hour eating window when Iām stressed, and sometimes when Iām tired. Itās quite predictable. I guess I have a choice between āwhite knucklingā it and giving in. Usually I give in.
This happens maybe 3 times a month ā usually after a shopping trip (which is physically taxing for me), or when something upsets me. Typically it will be one small meal, a few hours after I was supposed to stop eating that day.
Many years ago, a counselor said I seemed to be a person who doesnāt handle stress well. And Iāve always been a stress eater. At least now itās just small amounts of keto foods.
I wonder if anyone can relate.
Shinita
#30
After 2 crazier days (the usual, I break everything at once. but not as epically as in the past) I had an easy OMAD day. At least I hope so, itās only 8pm, so many hours to mess it up - but I am very determined not to. I donāt feel a horribly stressed weak miserable thing anymore, I have some tiny control and enough stability again.
And I had enough, I want to do things right for a change now. Long term. That would be awesome.
I guess most of us donāt handle (too much) stress well (as stress is everywhere and thatās fine to some extent, itās life). I am not really a stress or comfort eater, more like I care less and want to avoid trying hard when I go beyond my limits. It takes a lot to reach that but it is SCARY.
Being too chill can result in the same problematic eating too, by the way. At least in my case.
I should remind myself to be/stay just ideally strict. Not too strict, not forceful, not too relaxed (for too long). Mere ketosis doesnāt work, the carbs mess with me, almost always and quite badly. But strict carnivore (not what carnivores call it. I mean no plants. thatās super strict to me) is too strict, I need a weeee bit more allowance and sometimes even more, just for a single day. Itās a slippery slope but my only option now, it seems. I will get used to it and then I will finally do small eating window with carnivore-ish almost all the time. Thatās the plan. Itās hard to do everything right if one is me.
But today was good and tomorrow should be that too.
collaroygal
(KCKO, KCFO š„„)
#31
Looks like my body wants the 18/6 routine for another week. Oh well. I donāt want to stress out about this so I will just go with this til the bod decides we need to try something else. It is all good anyway. .
Janie
(Jane)
#33
They are my pets and have names!
And when they arenāt molting they poop my breakfast
Janie
(Jane)
#34
Hubby on a fasting kick so no complaints from me. No cooking, no decisions, no dishes - Iām good with that! 
Another 36-hr one starting now. We have an ice storm predicted to hit the area over the next few days and with below freezing temps and no services to sand or salt the roads we will just stay home until the roads are clear.
We are stocked up, have a generator backup, plenty of wood for the stove and no place we have to be.
GreeneggsNham
#36
I made it about 39 hours yesterday. Would have lasted longer, but I had a friend over and felt like I should eat something with her. I set out Keto snacks and tea and it would have been awkward not to nibble on something with her. 
After she left I had a bit of lunch and a couple of hours later had supper. After that Iāve been feeling bloated.
Janie
(Jane)
#37
17 hours in on a 36-40 hour fast. Just some mild hunger so far. Have online meetings all afternoon so will be busy and helps the time go by faster.
xsuebeex
(Susan)
#38
I have been doing OMAD for a few weeks now. Tonight is my 12th nightshift in a row and I am feeling stressed. I have no plans for an EF at the moment, I do get very hungry and enjoy the OMAD when I have it.
Momof5
(Susan)
#39
I have just been doing my daily IF TMAD 1pm and 4:30 for a daily 20:4 --I keep reading all of your posts and I am here to cheer you all on!
I am going to do the Zornfast with anyone that is participating though.
Janie
(Jane)
#40
Meetings done, chickens put upā¦ hunger almost none. 4-5 more hours to go and then I will be sleeping the last 8 hours of my fast. Well, not the last as I never wake up hungry after not eating for 36 hours so will probably go until lunch time for 40 hours. Unless my husband decides to cook some bacon in the morning and then I will cave in LOL.