I wore a size 22-24, or a 3X. More energy, less bloating, and the heart burn I'd started getting most days had gone. Also I now lost 20 pounds and I am age 48. The next step is to keep on being an awesome IF'er, hit the gym to get svelte, and keep spreading the word to others who are struggling with their weight! They looked like sacks hanging on me. Didn't happen. So happy for those out there that it helps, but it was no bueno for this lady. I turn 60 this month. If you aren't DDD'ing, then you really don't know what you're missing out on!! And it sure didn’t seem fair. I never succeed on any diet before (and I've tried sooo many.) I was starving, dizzy, cranky and weak. I really did learn to like black coffee, and it only took about a week to transition. Fat_albert9631/Flickr The Huaka’ipo, also known as the Night Marchers, are the spirits of ancient Hawaiian warriors who have been cursed to march the islands for eternity. After giving birth to my three kids I was about 80 kg (176 pounds) and I started one meal a day (OMAD) after I was proposed to in October of 2016. My remission didn’t last though, unfortunately. When do kids go back to school after Easter? Acid reflux disappeared as well. I was used to eating what I liked and as much as I liked and still being slim, but in my 30s when my son was born, I found I was too tired to cycle in to work, I would eat sugary snacks just to pep me up for the afternoon (which of course just meant I crashed an hour later and turned to more high sugar snacks...). That’s when I came across intermittent fasting, I could still eat for 8 hours a day and lose weight, build muscle, heal my body, stop the all day sugar rollercoaster. Over the next four years I gained 140 pounds. As evidenced in the clip above. (Cold brew in the summer.) One thing I have noticed though is that with IF, my weight is higher in correlation to my mass. And it worked! I slowly put on weight but then took action (no unhealthy snacking at work) and slowly lost some of it again; until, that is, my daughter was born. I began OMAD (one meal a day) on October 19, 2018, and have since lost 50 pounds. 1. For one thing, I had given up totally on ever losing weight and I felt like an utter failure because for almost five decades, something described by so many smart people as a common sense, simple solution (something along the lines of eat less and move more) had proven time and time again to be virtually worthless advice for me, words that just served to pile on guilt. My journey for me started last summer. I watched documentaries and YouTube videos, which then led me to videos about fasting and the benefits. I disregarded Ammamma’s traditions and shuddered at the calories – there would be no liters of ghee in my house. I love that I'm no longer a slave to food nor the scale. She ground her own chutneys in a stone mortar, suspicious of electric blenders. Other than a couple of years in high school of “white-knuckling” I’d been obese my entire 50 years of life. I can't begin to tell you how may hours of Jason Fung we have listened to. I grew up in Canada raised by Indian parents. It was a low point in my life. Did we miss any reasons or are you in the ‘love Peppa’ camp? I thought all that running would HAVE to help me lose weight. 3. But after some sporting injuries, he’d let go of his fitness. Once I joined the DDD Facebook group in October 2018 and read Delay, Don’t Deny cover to cover in two days, I cleaned up my fast, let fat back into my life and the magic began…. The only major thing I did was quit drinking sodas. I found Gin and Melanie’s podcast (. My diet at the time consisted of mostly asparagus and chicken! In fact, I used to be tiny....back before I started eating breakfast! I have been a lifer when it comes to diets. Image: Peppa Pig Official Channel Image: Peppa Pig English Episodes Pretty cool, huh? A dark movie theater was my favorite place to “get my fair share” without being judged, and to this day (I’m now 70), my most pleasurable eating happens when I’m alone, watching Netflix or reading a book. Instead I took progress pictures weekly. Her blood sugars would get too low. I then started to clean fast 19 hours a day. She and I researched it exhaustively. I had this constant anxiety that one molecule of dreaded carbs would erase all my hard work. My body doesn't ache anymore, I am not tired all the time and I feel great about myself!! I have been yo-yo dieting for most of my adult life. I had finally discovered a way to eat without denying myself the foods that I love and would binge on after denying myself for the sake of dieting for long periods of time. My body tells me what I need and how much of it I need, when I need it, and the best part of all, my body now tells me exactly when to stop eating. The mammals also reproduce and grow quickly and are easy to feed. More running used to work, but now my weight refused to budge. I started IF almost seven months ago. I am proud to shout it loudly -clean fasting is the answer!! He went to boot camp for 6 weeks and during this time I planned to get back to my pre-college weight so I bought an exercise video weight loss program and every day I ate a big breakfast and lunch and secretly skipped dinner. That encouraged me to start researching plant-based diets. Visualization is everything. "Yeah, come round and join us, we're just chewing the fat over a glass or two of wine." I have thick hair, strong nails, smooth skin, I look and feel like my 20's and I'm 48! Cheeseburgers, pizza, pasta and chocolate!! It went from there.“ Sounds remarkably similar to the positive cycles begun by intermittent fasting! By June I was down 25 pounds eating 2 boiled eggs for breakfast, 2 for lunch, and a small portion of meat and green vegetables for dinner. I lost 50 pounds the first year. Then in 2006, I did the South Beach Diet and got as low as 128 pounds (I am 5'8'). I love my carbs and eat dessert every day! I even told myself I’m fat and happy. It's often served fried, roasted or barbecued, or in a soup or casserole. The photo on the left should've been a happy milestone. I call it "semi-successful struggling," because although these plans had taken weight off our bodies, we were still grappling with cravings, "cheating," and ultimately, we were once-again starting to regain weight. Because I run a fitness group and a fasting page I had to rally and pull myself together. I had tried Weight Watchers and keto as well as various exercise plans (all of which made me notably hungrier!) I always lost weight rapidly but quickly lost my mojo. Being "skinny" was my golden calf. In the spring last year I cut back on alcohol and dropped an additional 15 lbs. I increased to 18:6 as wasn't feeling hungry at 16 hrs. I found Gin and Melanie’s podcast (www.ifpodcast.com) and then Gin’s book and her support groups. It was one of those eat 6 tiny clean meals a day plans. No weighing. But what could I do? I would get to that tree and realize I could go further, so I would run to a sign I saw up ahead. Peace and joy have replaced fear and angst - we truly feel FREE. I lost all the weight that I hoped to, and a bit more that I never dreamed I could. But with the DDD philosophy, I no longer agonize when I’m in a restaurant with friends, and low-fat food is not going to cut it. So many parents have a love/hate relationship with Peppa Pig. Guinea pig meat - or "cuy" - is high in protein, low in fat and cholesterol, and is similar to rabbit and the dark meat of chicken. It was easier than I thought and kept on for a couple of days. After my doctor told me I was prediabetic, I knew I needed to try a different approach. where I found Jason Fung and somehow from there, found Gin. If I ate the good ones, I was ok. ). I've been through all the diets. I was also into many sports (swimming, tennis, football). The only limitation of this lifestyle is the time-- limit the number of hours in which I consume food. Practically overnight, I became a vegan. I felt bad and was tired of being me. It was the first time in years I had a glimmer of hope that my life could change. Thank you for letting me share my never ending story. in 2008 and 180 lbs. The motivation to GO to the hypnosis was the cause. This way of life has been the best thing to ever happen to me!! I thought it would be hard... but it's the easiest thing I've ever done! There are no words to express how happy and thankful I am now. I started slowly, just missing breakfast and having black coffee (yuk!! A few in the groups have mentioned how their grannies ate. It took 8 weeks for me to notice a difference in my body. We have tried numerous diets, separately and together. One week lost 6 pounds. To date I have gone down 5 pants sizes and from an XL shirt to a medium. Sept - Gained 10 pounds with 5 weeks of continuous period??!! As my title implies, my journey is far from over because I plan to use IF, my strong faith in Our Lord, loving support from my family and the courage to be around for a very long time! And then I learned about self-hypnosis. If you have read to the end, thank you! Cookie Type Duration Description; _ga: 0: 2 years: This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. Huge revelation right? I don't restrict because that would make me obsess. I began to take long walks in the evenings with a neighbor and signed up for a produce club where I picked up fresh fruits and veggies every week from a truck in town. She found IF, and after losing weight, and more importantly, feeling better, I was turned on to this concept BIG TIME. I had really never dieted before, but began to track calories and macros for the first time. 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