I did an intermittent fast yesterday (stopped eating after supper yesterday, which means I skipped 1-2 snacks (usually fruit and maybe a small bag of veggie straws or 1/2 a grilled chicken sandwich) and desert (usually a couple blocks of 90% dark chocolate). The scale hadn't budged for over a week or so after starting my diet and hiking/strength training/10,000+steps so I was getting discouraged. (It actually went up a pound after the weekend, despite my not drinking or eating any dessert but dark chocolate).
But...I saw a 2.2 drop this morning after fasting. Yay!
But...not sure what that means. Real fat loss? Water loss? My body: "Oh, she's serious about actually losing weight, so I guess I drop a pound or two" loss?
If anyone is wondering why I have 2 snacks or chicken and a dessert AFTER supper, it's because I don't go to bed until 2 am. I get up around 9 am and I don't get hungry until around 1 or 2. So except for my morning coffee which has sugar free creamer and splenda, my eating window is typically 1pm to 11pm. So it's not nearly as bad as it sounds, lol. In fact, cutting out my 1/2 chicken sandwich "snack" is why I was so hungry last night and why I am not really looking forward to doing it again if it's not even real fat loss. But maybe since I'm now 45 I'll have to do an intermittent fast once or twice a week. I did the 5:2 plan before...I liked the concept, but can't remember if I lost while on it or not. Probably not, but mainly because I eat too much rubbish on the weekends. Now that I'm more focused on keeping weekend eating under control, the 5:2 (or if I am lucky 6:1) will work for me.
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