That was actually really filling and a nice change. To try out the scale, I'll say I was a -3 and that meal brought me to a +3. Took me about 45 minutes to eat it all, too!
I like the idea of the scale, but with IF, I have to allow myself to experience hunger (-4) quite often, and it's amazing how quickly, without eating, I can go from -4 to -2 or even -1.
Noname, are you not eating after a certain time at night? I have done stints in a retreat situation were i would only eat two meals a day breakfast at 6am and lunch at 11am. We would eat nothing until the following morning. And in the other situation i think it was 7.30 and 11am. I did really well in the second situation for 10 day stints as i was eating the most fantastic vegetarian food. I was not eating much bread at all but ate prunes, porridge and fruit for breakfast. Lunch was tons of vegetables, rice or pasta or potatoes, salad, fruit. Sometimes i would over eat at lunch but i found if i stopped before overeating i was still fine until breakfast. At 5pm we could have black tea with lemon. I didn't put honey in mine. During the day we spent the whole time in meditation but i would do some exercise in my room.
On the monastery, i ended up caving in to my gluttonous tendency and would have as many as 3 different desserts as part of my lunch so in that case i lost weight for a little while but as my desserts increased, i started putting on weight again. I don't think i can lose weight while eating freely of desserts.
Sometimes at the monastery i would get a little hungry around the evening time but i wondered if that wasn't a matter of habit most of the time since the hunger would pass. I think my hunger becomes more an issue when i know i can eat. If you know you can't eat, you find a way to suppress it.
Anyway try it and see how it goes with what you are doing. Are you planning to stay an IF eater for always?
Pattience, I am doing a combination of different kinds of intermittent fasting....5:2, which means 5 days a week I eat "normally" and two days a week I eat up to 500 calories (usually Monday and Wednesday).
And Monday through Friday I follow 16:8, meaning I only eat during 8 hours of the day, which for me is usually noon through 8PM. I don't tend to snack so it's really just lunch and dinner, or on a fasting day it's usually just dinner. I just added this about 3-4 weeks ago and I've been losing about double the weight as I was before (1-2 pounds per week instead of 1/2 to 1 pound per week).
I know it's full of stupid lingo and hard to explain, but I've been doing 5:2 for quite a while but wanted to add something else to keep me on track during the week. I leave weekends open for whatever may happen. Sometimes I'll eat three huge meals. Sometimes I'll just have lunch and dinner. Or a big breakfast and no lunch and a small dinner.
I do plan on doing some form of IF for the rest of my life. The official maintenance plan for 5:2 is switching to 6:1 (just one fast day per week), but I'm far from that bridge so I will figure it out when I get there in a year or two!
I'm not sure what you're suggesting I try. Can you clarify?
Last edited by nonameslob; 06-13-2014 at 08:52 AM.
Noname: I think i meant try the hunger ratings system as an aid to weight loss. I am not sure how well it would work long term with intermittent fasting when you are quite likely to experience hunger often. But if you are committed to your IF i guess it will work.
I know a couple who do it 5:2 who aren't even overweight. In fact she's quite skinny. and its not that they've been doing it a long time. I think its that it fits with their spiritual values of practicing restraint and also they have bought into the idea that its good for the body to fast.
Just about me now...
I just like to eat at lunch time. I spent so much of life not eating at regular meal times and i think it led to my bad eating habits. In fact i am almost sure it did. So at home, i'm not particularly hungry when i sit down to most of my meals but when i go out i am usually aware of being more hungry. Im probably burning more energy and or getting thirsty and certainly i don't have my endless cups of coffee to keep me fuelled up.
-1
LUNCH 12.15
roast vegies: 1/2 medium potato, 2 pieces sweet potato, capscium, small end of carrot, small end of zucchini, 1/2 tomato
1/2 cup lima beans cooked in oil, garlic, w kale
some fetta cheese crumbled over
small leafy salad with lettuce, watercress + lemon juice olive oil
ring of fresh pineapple
coffee milk
+3
Eating & hunger somewhat chaotic since Fri sugar binge, but gradually getting back on track.
-2 Green salad/veggies with braised tofu,feta, pumpkin seeds, evoo & balsamic. + 2
When I arrived home from doing errands ~2p, I was -4 so had 8 oz broiled boneless,skinless chicken breast, +1. Later had a whey shake and holding steady at +2. Hunger probably from too small breakfast for yoga class.
Lunch was a spinach salad with miso dressing. Was a -1 and ended +3. My appetite still isn't back from getting so sick, I forced myself to eat since I knew I would be doing a long workout at the gym.
Last edited by Dottington; 06-19-2014 at 01:42 AM.
I took my dad out to eat at one of our favorite healthy vegan places as a late fathers day gift. I had a steamed veggie mix, brown rice, and tofu plate. Very plain and healthy, but I also had a date shake made with soy ice cream that was AMAZING. I was a -3 and ended at a +4!
