I've been hitting it pretty hard, but generally don't talk to anyone in my daily life about my weight loss, so I come to places like this to celebrate now, I guess lol.
I've got a long way to go, but it feels good to finally see a major milestone like 50%. Feeling great!
The little goofy badges you get that put your weight loss in the context of something else are so fun. Little motivational tricks like that typically don't work on me, but I find myself checking the goal progress regularly, especially how as you get closer, it starts to show the image instead of just the "?". I like to try to figure out what comes next. It's good motivation.... It got me to put down this small refrigerator I've apparently been carrying.
So unrelated to the whole pescatarian thing I'm currently about 5 months into extended rolling fasting. Since I eat so little every month, I like to try to make sure everything is an event, and I've pre-planned out my dinners for the month of July. I'm really excited about the month and I figured a bunch of pescetarians Would be able to appreciate the diversity of seafood flavors and textures!
Probably the biggest one I'm excited about is number 7. I'm kind of experimenting here but in my head it sounds absolutely phenomenal.
Assuming everything goes to play and I'll see you guys throughout the month of July with follow-up photos :D
Edit: I am always looking for new inspiration or feedback, so please feel free to share if the mood strikes you!
Hey everybody, I'm back again with the monthly report Just a couple of days late because life got in the way. I'm now just a little bit over the 5 month mark of rolling fasts (currently at hour 96 and haven't finished it, which is why the calendar is behind)
I upped my intake and did 5 days of OMAD at the end of May, and WOW did that little break really make me feel great! I felt so much better, stronger and more energized than I have all year. I think there's really something to taking a little focused recovery every now and again. So if you want to be technical, The rolling 72 hour fast streak ended last month, but we started again in June. I choose to still look at it as one big event, And the 72 hour mark was always a little bit misleading since 2/3 of my fasts over this 5 month period have been in excess of 100 hours, And my fasting length average is still well in excess of 72. Always just calling it "rolling 72s" was easier than having to explain and pull up the log every time I talked about it lol
The big takeaway for me this month was how adaptable we are as humans. I genuinely did not realize how run down I was because it was something that I had just been slowly piling on 4 months. When I reset, not only did I feel incredible but it gave me that perspective of really putting what I had been doing so far into context. Got to listen to your body folks!
But, we're back on it regardless. Still feeling great, and making up for lost time. The scale dropped like a rock in the first couple of weeks, I'm assuming just because of all the excess water and food in my gut from eating OMAD for almost a week.
I want to thank everyone again for all the kind messages and encouragement, As of today, a little bit over 30% of my fat ass has forever vanished from this Earth! I wish everyone out there the best of luck with their fasting. For whatever reason it is that you do it! You guys are awesome!
Hit day 150 and made a nice little varied dinner to celebrate.
- Crispy skinned coho
- a veggie soup with tomato, squash, zucchini, carrot, and broccoli
- lightly charred Vidalia onion
- garden fresh heirloom tomato
- 2 lightly toasted flatbread for dipping
- a smoky Greek yogurt sauce with a ton of smoked paprika, fresh lime and cilantro.
Coming up on the 30 day mark from my last check-in on the rolling fasts. Originally planned as rolling 72s, I've stretched every fast over the past 30 days, bringing my average up to nearly 140hrs.
Probably going to drop back down a little bit going into the next month in preparation to transition off of the rolling cycle sometime in the next 2-3 months. So far, we're 124 days in, and nearly 135 lbs down. I kind of expected the pace to start to slow down, but my previous 30 day loss was 29.25, and my current is 29.60 so it seems like I'm maintaining pretty well.
With the extended length of fasts, I'm pretty much completely unable to keep the refeeds to a 1 hour window anymore, and have moved to a 2-4 hour window still consisting of the same meal, usually just me taking a lot longer to eat it.
With any luck, I should hit my next major milestone in under 30 days, the halfway mark of my weight loss goal!
Hope everyone out there is having a great time with their goals for fitness/spirituality/ whatever your reasons! Cheers!
Spring greens with peppers, avocado, roasted grape tomatoes, feta, and butter poached shrimp. Shrimp butter and Greek yogurt mixed for the dressing, and topped with a hearty amount of cilantro.
As of about 2 hours ago I finished out my 100th day on rolling 72-120s. Feeling great, and planning to keep on keeping on as long as the results are working...
Some observations:
- electrolytes are way more important than I was giving them credit for.
- Just like hunger seems to ebb and flow throughout a fast, it also has a tendency to do the same across the entire rolling fasting cycle. Some 120s were easy peasy, some 72s (The one I'm on now for example) were really hard.
- most aches and pains have vanished (probably has something to do with the weight loss, lol)
- gout seems constant and unavoidable when you're dropping weight this fast unfortunately.
- I'm waaaay more sensitive to what I put in my body now. When I break, I can feel the energy. When I do my electrolyte replenish midway through, I can feel it in a way that's hard to describe, It feels very purposeful, it's quite gratifying.
- when you eat 7-10 meals a month, food tastes so damn good.
- my stomach capacity is a shadow if it's former self.
- officially 112.5 lbs down.
On the docket ahead:
I'm shifting into trying to supplement my meals with protein shakes, I'm having a hard time refeeding in a timely manner. I'm also planning to ease into a little more activity. Here's to another 100 days!
Edit: Oh no I probably should have explained better since I've seen some different interpretations of "rolling" fasts around, my bad.
I fast for 72-120 hours depending how I feel (though there was a stretch where I went a little higher,130s and such, 140 was the longest). I break that fast with a single refeed, the goal is 1 hour, sometimes If I'm having difficulty refeeding, I'll stretch that out to 3-4 hours (had to do that that probably 5-6 times over the course Of the last 100 days), mostly spent staring at the plate nibbling as I go. Then I jump into the next fast.
It's a pretty big meal, but it was a 4-day fast breaker for me...currently wallowing while looking at the half that's left lol.
Worth.
I'm currently finishing up day 95 of my rolling 72-120s. Just looking back on April, physically pretty weak, but mentally and emotionally absolutely peak!