Sooooo, I told everyone in this blog post here why I chose to start intermittent fasting as a way to lose weight and get healthy. I have officially been following this plan for a whole month now.
Guess what??
I am LOVING it!!!
That’s not to say that it hasn’t been without a few struggles here and there, because it has. But, no where near to what I have dealt with when I have tried other diets and weight loss plans. As opposed to those, I can honestly see making this a new way of life.
Now for what I know you all really want to know…what are my results??
I am excited to report that I have lost nineteen pound, half an inch in my waist and three inches off my hips! The best part? I didn’t have to cut out carbs. I didn’t have to pay a bunch of money to be in a program. I don’t have to count calories. I get to eat whatever I want, and as much as I want. I can totally see this being a new way of life for me.
That said, there are a few things you need to be aware of. I lost thirteen of those nineteen pounds during those first two weeks. Water weight?? The other six pounds have slowly come off over these last few weeks. From everything I have read, and by other people’s accounts, this is what I am expecting from here on out. Slow weight loss.
This is totally fine with me. I know that, if I feel inclined to, there are other things I can do to speed up the process. I can start exercising. I can cut carbs. I can fast longer. For right now, I am happy doing what I am doing.
In case you are wondering what this way of eating entails, this is what it looks like for me.
I clean fast for anywhere from sixteen to nineteen hours each day. Usually I start around five or six in the evening and eat my first meal the next day by noon or one. Basically, I skip breakfast.
Around lunch time, I will eat some yogurt, a piece of fruit, some nuts or some crackers and cheese. About an hour later, I eat a decent sized meal. Usually, it’s a salad, leftovers or a stir fry. Then around five, I will eat a half sandwich or some other smallish snack, and I am done. Today I was more hungry and ate a BLT and then had chicken stir fry around six. For the rest of the night, I will just drink water, tea or coffee. The same goes for tomorrow morning until I am ready to eat.
It really is easy. I started with fourteen to sixteen hour fasts and slowly worked my way up to eighteen and nineteen hour fasts.
Did I mention that I feel great?? I will be back to update you on how my second month went!
If you want to read more about intermittent fasting and how our bodies really process what we eat, I highly recommend the following three books. ** Note: This is an affiliate link and if you purchase anything, we do receive a small commission off the sale at no additional cost to you. Aside from that though, these are the books that I have read and what has guided me and helped me figure things out as far as how to do intermittent fasting and get results.
Have you tried intermittent fasting? I would love to hear about how it is going for you!
