I’ve been doing IF 16:8 and CICO since late April and have lost somewhere between 22-25 lbs. I think I have 10-12 lbs to go before I stop losing.
This is the lightest I’ve been in many years, possibly a decade.
I am even starting to look really good naked. (Which no one here is going to see so don’t even ask.) YES!!!
I just got back from a two week trip in which I did not count calories at all. I was pretty active, walking and biking everywhere. Thought I might have gained 2-3 lbs back, but I came home and had lost an additional two pounds. YEAH!!!
So while I was there, I was so active I just let myself eat when I was hungry. Even if it was late at night. I didn’t overeat but I dropped the calorie counting and the 16:8 window, which I could do since I’m not really prone to careening totally downhill quickly. So now I’ve returned to my CICO and 16:8 upon returning home.
I’m still doing well but my body has to get a little better again at the 16:8 window. I’ve had my calories for the day but am still pretty physically hungry. My stomach has been actively telling me so for about the last four hours.
Right now, my fridge has a full box of pizza (which my housemate had offered to share, but no thanks!). I also have one of my ultimate nemeses, hummus and crackers. They are right there in my kitchen.
I could be totally scamming on that hummus and crackers. I could be doing this RIGHT NOW.
Instead, I went for a run, drank a LaCroix and am going to bed.
Too stubborn to scam all over that hummus.
(My housemate also offered to bring me a Taco Bell burrito. Nope! No way, uh uh. Besides, I’m eating pretty clean these days, mostly whole foods that I prepare myself.)
It feels good to be strengthening my capacity to tolerate hunger. Hunger tolerance has been key to my weight loss. It really does reduce over time if I keep at it; and fortunately I am not at all wired towards anorexia. Encouraging me further is that I know from experience that if I go to bed hungry, I am especially not hungry in the morning...and that calorie deficit keeps rolling in!
Ha! As I wrote this the physical hunger faded. I WIN. This feels good.
Good night all, or if you’re across the pond then good morning!
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