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Re: ⁂*ℭonfetti ℜain*⁂
Posted: Jan 16th, '20, 13:24
by LittleJulez
jacob, that sounds like progress!! Well done :)
I have days in which I eat more, some I eat less. Dinner is usually the smallest meal for me. I love breakfast, but usually just oats with a bit of fruit do the job. I only eat something nice if I have time to prepare it and relax a bit afterwards. My lunch is the biggest meal of the day, I can eat TONS. But because it's a lot I usually don't eat much/nothing in the evening.
I try to eat nothing for 14 hours usually (so from dinner to breakfast) and that works well :)
Re: ⁂*ℭonfetti ℜain*⁂
Posted: Jan 16th, '20, 15:11
by jacobgrey
Don't get me wrong, I am hungry all the time. The difference I am finding for whether I succeed in the fast or not is when it hits the point that I am too hungry to resist anymore.
Dinner is always the biggest meal for me. Once I have dinner, even though it will be the biggest meal, I feel like I can't stop. I have snacks and sweet desserts and then if I don't stop myself, I'll have another savoury thing, and then I feel like I need another sweet thing because that's how you should end... it goes on. This is why it's better if I ONLY eat the evening meal. I tried relying on my willpower to stop after that meal and it never worked, so instead, if I am going to consume a lot of calories then, let's have them be my only calories.
Re: ⁂*ℭonfetti ℜain*⁂
Posted: Jan 17th, '20, 09:58
by memoriam
I must misunderstand fasting then, it sounds like torture to me

I rather snack all day (healthy-ish snacks tho) without a bigger meal than only eat one big meal. And water fills my day between the snacks xD It works for me (I think). But I'm not actually trying to lose weight either, so maybe that's why I don't get it.
Re: ⁂*ℭonfetti ℜain*⁂
Posted: Jan 17th, '20, 10:04
by LittleJulez
Oh so you really only eat in the evening??? I couldn't do that. I need at least 2 meals and 1 or two snacks, usually a healthy and an unhealthy one
mem, so great that you eat healthy snacks! I usually end up craving sth unhealthy..
Re: ⁂*ℭonfetti ℜain*⁂
Posted: Jan 17th, '20, 10:19
by memoriam
I try to make them healthy (rice cakes, corn cakes, fruit, carrots), but as I mentioned earlier, I've been really slacking since December. I recently took a taste to sponge cakes and they're really sweet, though I try to pick the ones with the least sugar in them. Still, I wouldn't call them healthy exactly

But I'm trying
Long story short, my sweet tooth made an ugly come back and now it won't leave xD Maybe it's also the melissa/mint mix I began drinking every day Monday-Friday? I add some sugar (usually less than a teaspoon), so maybe it triggers me? Idk.

Also, granny keeps some candy everywhere and when I'm home after work, craving something sweet it takes a lot of willpower to only settle for a hot cocoa xD
Oh, and about once I week I eat pizza....

Someone plz stop me

Re: ⁂*ℭonfetti ℜain*⁂
Posted: Jan 17th, '20, 14:21
by jacobgrey
Well, the idea is that I will eat only in the evening
so far I only managed to go between 3pm and bedtime. I used to insist on eating breakfast but I realised it actually does nothing for me, I get hungry at the same time every single day.
I should really have started this fasting a long time ago. I got a call saying I need to get my wedding dress taken in for final alterations, and I am the heaviest I have ever been in my life right now
I don't know whether to get it made bigger, or to trust in myself and hope I will at least lose weight to the point that I was when I bought it, which is only about 8 pounds, so that I can fit in it well on the day. There is three and a bit months to go which seems doable, but I don't know. I'm just scared of getting it made bigger and then it being too big, or leaving it how it is and then it being too small. Why do they make us do these things so far in advance? Grr.
Re: ⁂*ℭonfetti ℜain*⁂
Posted: Jan 18th, '20, 23:37
by memoriam
Oh yeah, I would definitely starve that way XD My stomach really hurts if I don't eat something. And I usually don't eat that much anyway, so small but frequent meals/snacks are just right.
Well, they need the time to make the dress

I think there's plenty of time for you to lose those 8 pounds, it's not that much and you're already fasting. Just try to be getting enough sleep and keep your meals healthy as you do and I think you should be fine

Idk about you, but when I'm stressed out for extended periods of time, I will lose weight unintentionally. And wedding and other family stuff sounds hella stressful, so maybe that'll work for you as well (not trying to wish you were stressed for a few months, do try not to stress, I mean, if you're going to be stressed out anyways, as any bride ever, maybe try seeing the positive side of it if it is another weight losing factor

idk what I'm rambling about, maybe it's too late for me to be online

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Re: ⁂*ℭonfetti ℜain*⁂
Posted: Jan 19th, '20, 14:53
by Dream-Baby
8 pounds in 3 months is absolutely doable. I'm sure you'll make it.
Lately I've started some new meds that made me change the way I eat completely. They need to be taken 2 hours after I've eaten anything, and no sooner than at least half an hour before. So now there's at least 3 hours between eating anything. Even a cookie means I'll need to start a new 2 hours. :}
Re: ⁂*ℭonfetti ℜain*⁂
Posted: Jan 19th, '20, 18:53
by LittleJulez
Dream, so is that a good or a bad thing now :D?
jacob, I think you can do it, too! The dress should be a great motivation, shouldn't it ;) ?
Re: ⁂*ℭonfetti ℜain*⁂
Posted: Jan 19th, '20, 21:28
by memoriam
@Dream: buye-bye eating freedom

Are the meds doing their job at least?