So I am about a week into Intermittent Fasting and it's going well. I'm down 3.8 pounds. So far it's pretty easy (granted, it's only been a week). The hardest thing is having to put up with black coffee from wake-up until 10 or 11 AM, but turns out I really don't mind it that much. I'm kind of getting used to it, but I still look forward to that first cup with cream once my eating window opens up.
One thing that was hard this week is that I worked all night 3 consecutive nights (storm duty). Normally it is not hard at all to not eat until 10 or 11 am (as long as I'm drinking coffee) but when I was awake and working all night I got a little hungry sometimes, especially since I had stopped eating by 7:00 (when I know I'm going to sleep later the next day I go from 7-11 instead of 6-10). One night at 2 or 3 in the morning I broke down and ate a handful of Goldfish crackers.So yesterday, for instance, I got up at 7:00, got ready for work (which most days consists of nothing more than brushing my teeth and putting my hair in a ponytail). Then I had some coffee left over from the day before, so I heated that up and drank that black while starting my work day. By 9:30 I was really ready for more coffee but of course had to wait until 10 so I could have it with half and half. I was also starting to get hungry, but not bad. At 10:00, I ate a blueberry bagel with butter on one half and reduced fat cream cheese on the other (for the most part I'm still going to try and eat fairly healthy but I just really wanted a bagel this time. At least the cream cheese has a bit of protein), and poured a fresh cup of coffee with half and half. Ahhhhh...
Around 2:00 I had a bowl of Trader Joe's Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup, and some chips and salsa. A little later I had a few pieces of Lily's chocolate (Stevia sweetened chocolate. Way less sugar/carbs and way fewer calories than regular chocolate). Dinner was Hello Fresh Beef Bulgogi Meatballs with rice and carrots (I went light on the rice) and then a bowl of reduced-fat/calories ice cream for dessert. I was shooting to be done eating by 6:00 but it ended up being 6:30, so today I had to wait until 10:30. So far, so good.
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