Today marks 30 days of intermittent fasting. The last week I have really started noticing a difference. It has gotten easier. Most of this process is mental and emotional.
My eating rituals had a strong hold on me. I dare to say I was an addict.
It has gotten easier, but the struggle is still there. And very real.
The hardest times for me are from about 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. The hunger pangs start and my need to eat to ease my pain assaults me. Having a strict eating window and fasting window has saved my butt many times!
This is my fasting/eating schedule so far for the month of July: (EW = Eating Window; TF = Total Fast time
7/1 EW: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. TF: 15 hours
7/2 EW: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. TF: 16 hours
7/3 EW: 8:30 a.m. to 7p.m. TF: 13.5 hours
7/4 EW: 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. TF 11. 5 hours
7/5 EW:10 a.m. to 7 p.m. TF 15 hours
7/6 EW:10 a.m. to 7 p.m. TF 15 hours
7/7 EW:7 a.m. to 5 p.m. TF 15 hours
7/8 EW: 9:30 a.m. to 4:20 p.m. TF 15 hours
7/9 EW:10:20 a.m. to 4:20 p.m. TF 15 hours
7/10 EW:11:20 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. TF 15 hours
7/11 EW:10:20a.m. to 2:20 p.m. TF 15 hours
7/12 EW:10:45 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. TF 15 hours
7/13 EW:8:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. TF 15 hours
7/14 EW:6:30 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. TF 15 hours
7/15 EW:10:40 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. TF 15 hours
7/16 EW:6:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. TF 15 hours
7/17 EW:10:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. TF 15 hours
7/18 EW:6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. TF 15 hours
This is a huge victory for me! The added bonus is I have more energy, my clothes are fitting better and I have lost weight. Only 8 pounds so far, but I feel like I can stick to this way of life. I am confident I will eventually reach a healthy weight.
The interesting thing is that as the fat melts, I realize how I have insulated my feelings for most of my life by overeating. Now that I do not have food as a shield, I am feeling a little bit vulnerable and a whole lot empowered.
As my good friend Char and I used to say (From "Fried Green Tomatoes") :
My eating rituals had a strong hold on me. I dare to say I was an addict.
It has gotten easier, but the struggle is still there. And very real.
The hardest times for me are from about 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. The hunger pangs start and my need to eat to ease my pain assaults me. Having a strict eating window and fasting window has saved my butt many times!
This is my fasting/eating schedule so far for the month of July: (EW = Eating Window; TF = Total Fast time
7/1 EW: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. TF: 15 hours
7/2 EW: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. TF: 16 hours
7/3 EW: 8:30 a.m. to 7p.m. TF: 13.5 hours
7/4 EW: 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. TF 11. 5 hours
7/5 EW:10 a.m. to 7 p.m. TF 15 hours
7/6 EW:10 a.m. to 7 p.m. TF 15 hours
7/7 EW:7 a.m. to 5 p.m. TF 15 hours
7/8 EW: 9:30 a.m. to 4:20 p.m. TF 15 hours
7/9 EW:10:20 a.m. to 4:20 p.m. TF 15 hours
7/10 EW:11:20 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. TF 15 hours
7/11 EW:10:20a.m. to 2:20 p.m. TF 15 hours
7/12 EW:10:45 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. TF 15 hours
7/13 EW:8:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. TF 15 hours
7/14 EW:6:30 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. TF 15 hours
7/15 EW:10:40 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. TF 15 hours
7/16 EW:6:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. TF 15 hours
7/17 EW:10:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. TF 15 hours
7/18 EW:6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. TF 15 hours
This is a huge victory for me! The added bonus is I have more energy, my clothes are fitting better and I have lost weight. Only 8 pounds so far, but I feel like I can stick to this way of life. I am confident I will eventually reach a healthy weight.
The interesting thing is that as the fat melts, I realize how I have insulated my feelings for most of my life by overeating. Now that I do not have food as a shield, I am feeling a little bit vulnerable and a whole lot empowered.
As my good friend Char and I used to say (From "Fried Green Tomatoes") :
TOWANDA!
On that note, I need to head out and teach. Teaching, by the way, has given me much peace lately amidst all the negativity in the world. Focusing on music and the lives of each individual student is infinitely more rewarding then watching politicians scream at each other!
Remind me to tell you of the new book series I am reading by the author Richard Paul Evans. I just finished The Road to Grace. Amazing! Inspirational! I am researching the Amercian Discovery Trail - it's on my bucket list! But must run now!
Remind me to tell you of the new book series I am reading by the author Richard Paul Evans. I just finished The Road to Grace. Amazing! Inspirational! I am researching the Amercian Discovery Trail - it's on my bucket list! But must run now!
Peace,
Zita
p.s. Here is today's hooping video. Day 111. With my successful eating, I am enjoying more energy to workout! I've been continuing with my daily Qi Gong/Hooping plus a workout (albeit short - 20 min) at the gym daily!
TOWANDA!
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