I was thinking this week about some stuff and decided that I had to change a little bit of my plan to lose weight. I'm not surprised though. I mean, I have tweaked and changed my direction more times than I can count! But change I did! The question is if the change affected the numbers on the scales!
Intermittent Fasting
I have dabbled with intermittent fasting for quite some time. It was a natural thing that happened for me before even know what intermittent fasting really was. I guess you can say that I was cool before the cool kids! I have never been a big fan of breakfast so it just happened naturally. I was all happy with my intermittent fasting. I wrote about it plenty of times too! (as evidenced here) All was going well! But I never had the fabulous results that other people talk about when they do intermittent fasting.
This week I was reading blogs and watching youtube videos and the intermittent. fasting concept came up a few different times. Each time it was mentioned in conjunction with insulin levels. A while back I had read a book that really resonated with me. It was The Obesity Code by Jason Fung. Everything in his book made so much sense to me! It wasn't until this week that I realized (yeah, slow learner) or maybe was willing to accept that my intermittent fasting was not true fasting because of one little thing. Sure, I wasn't eating in my fasting window. HOWEVER, I had not given up my vitamin drink in the morning. It is the trace minerals drink pack. It's next to nothing! I am a huge fan of these vitamin packs! BUt they are causing me to unwittingly break my fast way too early!
So this week I decided to try another intermittent fast. This time I would be doing a clean fast! No vitamin pack to break my fast! Instead, I have swapped out my morning water with straight water with a fresh lemon squeezed into it! Refreshing and NOT breaking my fast! I am still doing the vitamin pack, but it is being drank after my fasting window is closed!
Project 50
On March 1 I started my Project 50 and I am doing great. I am on track and completing every item! I feel productive and accomplished! I love the act of marking my tracker with my successes!!! I know, I'm only a few days into this challenge. But right now, I am totally determined to see it through to the end and see where it takes me!
Weigh In
Today was my official weigh in and I was nervous. Last weekend I indulged, and my weight actually went up! SO, I spent my week trying to recoup from that gain! BUT, when I stepped on the scale it showed me at a 2.6 pound loss! Hip Hip Hurray!!!! I am utterly tickled!
I won't lie. I do have to wonder what it would have been without my indulgent weekend! It would have been spectacular I bet! But I am not going to dwell. I know that those indulgences are what will make this sustainable for a lifetime. Utter restriction will NOT work long term for me! That has already been proven! :-)
Weekend Ready
Jason has survived his first full week back at work (well, he has to make it through today but I'm fairly certain he's got it under control)! I have survived my first week of taking care of our menagerie of animals which includes a puppy! I feel as if I am on the go constantly. I get my break from work and boom, it's time to take the dog out! I rush in and see I have 2 minutes before having to be back at my desk, so I rush to flip a load of laundry or sweep the floor. It's all go go go! But I have also been surviving this first week! That said....bring on the weekend!!!!
