October 2024 IF/EX fasting chat

(Jane) #1

I started a 2-3 day fast yesterday after lunch so I am starting this thread for October in case there are other fasters out there who want to chat.

KCFO!

(Jane) #2

Coming up on 48 hours and doing fine so I am going to fast another 24 hours for a 72-hr fast.

My hubby fasts with me but he never fast longer than 48 hours. I appreciate he fasts at all, making it easier on me. Today he will go eat out for lunch and then make something that doesn’t generate any strong smells for dinner.

#3

It’s still just IF for me. I had some problems even with it as I focus on carnivore now (I can’t do it properly yet but I am really close, getting the usual benefits) and it often makes my meals too tiny so I need a night meal or two as well. But normally I do 2MAD with a ~3 hour eating window (my SO has this weird thing due to his work, 3MAD, meals at 6am, 3pm, somewhere around 6pm), not counting my drinks… I still can’t clear this up, apparently but at least it’s very few calories and they don’t seem to bother things except it takes more time than just drinking water or plain tea…
I want to keep this ~3 hour eating window, I am working on smaller, leaner lunches (if my body is okay with them) so I can get hungry for dinnertime… I do love our tiny family meals together, it would be too much to ask not to have them. I only skip one if I am really satiated.

Food is less on my mind lately, hopefully it will help with doing an EF in the future…? Sigh. But it’s not time for that yet. I always get hungry around 3pm.

#4

Yesterday was 3MAD and I ate chicken so I overate so much (well, according to my stricter current views :smiley: I used to call it serious overeating when I ate at least twice my energy need and my energy need keeps me fat too… It wasn’t nearly that bad now)… As the stupid non-satiating bird boosts my protein so I inevitably overeat fat as well. BUT! Today I could skip lunch. Finally, I was waiting for it. Okay, it’s not clean, I had 1-2 bites but it was really, really little so maybe I can have one proper meal only today? And maybe it brings some more such days, it’s logical, OMAD is bigger meal and lasts longer even if it falls apart eventually. I go to some hiking too so I won’t be home early, probably. Tiny hiking but still 3 hours with stops (there will be nice view from the highest point of our mountain range) and not right here so we will travel, do some shopping… And I am no early riser especially lately… Good. It’s very easy to skip lunch when I am not at home.

EF would do good to my fat-loss goals too as it’s almost impossible for me to eat at a deficit when I actually eat, no matter what, even with zero hunger and appetite I can’t get out of it as I need my high protein and that brings high fat under almost any circumstances (but especially when I have no appetite and hunger. lean protein is only easy to eat when at least one is high but it can’t last long even then, hence my problem). So I am a bit more motivated to skip meals now as the first step. I will do my best not to eat at night too but if I need it, I need it, I can’t do much about that except tracking during the day… :frowning:

I fear I go too deep again, I know what to do, just forget about food when I am not even hungry… It’s almost 5pm and I am fine. Not satiated but not quite hungry yet. Yay. I cook and bake today so I get my food joy (or getting bored of the topic, sometimes food is tiresome) without eating. Cooking always helped a lot with fasting. Not at any time, of course…