What a day of Intermittent Fasting looks like

I started to intermittent fast again. Not too long ago I kind of fell of the wagon and went through a whole month of super bad eating. There were days where I did okay but most of the month I was eating horribly. I’m talking about 3000-4000 calories daily, sometimes even more. It happens, you can’t beat yourself up about it. This tends to happen to me especially after a while of being super strict with myself on what I eat.

During that month I tried different things to get back to a healthier lifestyle when it comes to food but I couldn’t find the strength to actually get on with it. Finally, I came to my senses and reflected on how I need to gain control again. Not only does it banish all the efforts I’ve put into the gym in the past months, but also it makes me feel awful.

So, I decided to try intermittent fasting once again, only this time I’m not really calorie counting and I am NOT being super strict on myself. I eat whatever I want but I try to respect the fasting hours.

There are days where my appetite is through the roof and I eat way more than I need but that’s okay as long as I respect more or less the IF. I’m trying not to be harsh on myself and just give my body what it craves in order not to fall into an endless binging period. Lately I spend all my day studying and doing school work which normally makes me want to eat all day. Needless to say there are days where I eat way more than I should, but intermittent fasting has helped me not to gain weight on days like this.

Below I’ll document two days of intermittent fasting. One where I eat a lot, and another one where I don’t get as anxious about food.

Yesterday: Day where I eat more:

• Woke up at 9am and had a cup of black coffee with a tiny bit of milk and sugar
• Jumped rope for 30 minutes
• Did some school work
• Had my first meal at 12:30pm
  • I had three toasts topped with avocado and parmesan cheese, 2 scrambled eggs, and bowl of fruits with maple syrup
  • 10 minutes later I tried some peanuts and chocolate snack I was brought, and a jello
• Kept working on a lab report
• At 4:30pm I had what I would call lunch
  • Two toasts with avocado and parmesan cheese, and two toasts with cottage cheese
  • Greek yogurt topped with the peanuts and chocolate snack
• Continued studying
• Got hungry from studying (anxious) so I went and had two keto sugar free chocolates I had just bought and a handful of the peanut and chocolate snack (big mistake buying that hehe)
• Finished my school work
• Had dinner at 9:00pm. I couldn’t have it at 8 as I should have because I needed to prioritize finishing my school report
  • Steak, little bit of congris, banana, chips
  • yogurt with my forbidden peanuts
  • jello
  • a little cookie
• At 10pm I started to work on another school assignment and I felt the need to snack
  • Potato chips with a bit of cottage cheese on the side

And that concludes my day. Obviously it was way too much and I need to work on that but I don’t want to beat myself up about it. At least I did not binge at night which usually happens when I eat like that throughout the day. One step at a time <3.

A little realization I had days ago and was made clear yesterday once again, is that chocolate gets me out of control. I tend to eat way more in a day when I have some sort of chocolate.

Today: Moderate day

• Had coffee at 8:00 am
• Went to class from 10am-3:00pm
  • Had a caramel macchiato with almond milk from starbucks at 2pm
• Had my first actual meal at 4:00pm
  • Three little toasts with avocado, parmesan cheese, turkey bacon, and cucumbers mixed with soy sauce and everything bagel seasoning (really recommend).
  • Greek yogurt topped with fruits and maple syrup

• Did some school work
• Had a protein shake at 6:00pm
• Had dinner at 8:00pm
  • About half a cup of white rice, fish, broccoli, fried plantains.
  • For dessert I had my usual cup of yogurt with fruits.

As you can see, there is a big difference between these two days. However, I respected the fasting hours as much as I could and I actually did not even gain water weight from the day I ate more. I guess this has to do with the fact that I did respect the IF and had my first calories of the day at 2:00pm today which was the Starbucks coffee.