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Year Four, Day 163: OMAD

Today is my 25th day on intermittent fasting. I am ready to take it up a notch. I am still doing keto, but I may adjust that a bit.  I feel like I am eating too much meat. And I feel like I need some fruit. Keto allows very little fruit (very few carbs, no sugar).

I've joined a few secret intermittent fasting groups on Facebook. I love these secret groups! I feel like a spy!  But I have moved out of lurking mode to fully interacting!

Some of the people in the fasting groups have thrown around acronyms that I was not familiar with. Like "OMAD".

It stands for One Meal A Day.  I LOL'd when I read the definition. We have given my poor mother years of grief for her eating lifestyle. Which is essentially one meal a day.  Usually a large lunch.

Apparently it can be healthy, if you don't gorge yourself with unhealthy foods.

I have been doing 18:6 for the last 25 days, pretty consistently. 18 hours of fasting, and a 6 hour eating window.

The eating window in this fasting way of life also cracks me up. Some of my friends in the secret groups post hilarious pictures of a tables laden with food. Underneath is the caption: "The Eating Window Has Opened!"

ROFLMAO!


I have been closing my eating window every evening at 7 p.m. Last night I closed it at 5 p.m. I actually felt really good this morning. Even though it was yet another day in court with my son. Luckily I opened my eating window with a large coffee, big splash of heavy cream and two pumps of sugar free vanilla. It eased the pain a bit.

But my son and his girlfriend kept asking me to slow down. I guess I was speaking a mile a minute!

I'm ready to take it to the  next level. 17:7.  And then perhaps I will try the ultimate "Eat-Stop-Eat" diet. You fast for a 24-hour period two days a week. I have read a lot of positive health benefits from this way of fasting. Plus, for me I think it would appeal to my need for more discipline and control in my life.

Plus, I've grown rather fond of that empty belly feeling.

I don't think I'm quite ready for my ninja warrior mother's OMAD.  I might tend to starve and gorge. Which is not good.

One extremely positive side of intermittent fasting is it is not so important what you eat, as what time and keep it sensible.  Most of my secret friends limit carbs and sugar, but do not completely eliminate them. 

This might just be the ticket for me!

I lost another 1/2 pound overnight. I'm looking forward to some real strong downward scale movement soon!

But for now, I must say goodbye. I have grandma duty coming up.

Please pray for my son, if you are a praying person.

Happy Monday!


Love,

Zita



P.S. Still hooping! Day 103! :)


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