I am soooo freaking fluffy!!! And it is nobodys fault but my own! I have eaten pretty much whatever I want and it shows! When things get desperate, desperate measures must be taken! So today starts intermittent fasting! What is intermittent fasting you ask?
Intermittent fasting can be done in a large number of ways! Anywhere from full day fasting to eating for a certain number of hours out of the day. The number of hours can go from as few as 2 to as many as 10. I think much of it depends on what works for you. Me, I am going with a 10 hrs of eating, yes, I know that seems like a lot but when one starts at 4:30 in the morning, ten hours is only until 2:30. That leaves me a very large portion of my day with no food.
Most people generally start their fast at the end of the day before bed and then dont eat for most of the morning/day. Well when one works out at 6 am it is nice to have something in the tank to help with it. I know that it isnt supposed to matter but I have tried fasted workouts and my numbers were horrible! As soon as I added in my protein shake when I first got up my numbers went up significantly! So I am going with early eating and I dont really care what anyone else says or thinks Image may be NSFW.
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The other reason that this is a good thing for me is because I tend to way overeat at my evening meal! And I dont need the calories. My shake is approx 300 calories. I decided that I was going to start eating oatmeal as my second meal because a) I love oatmeal and b) it sticks with you for a long time. That adds in another 380 calories. So then lunch can be about 600 calories with a 200 calorie snack at 2:30 and I am good with nothing else. You see, I have been already probably consuming that for the past 6 months anyway plus a big dinner of way too many calories so by stopping here, I am only getting my 1500 ish calories that I need and I am not tempted to eat too much at night. It is a good thing!
So I took a few pics today so I would have a starting point. I am very fluffy but one thing about a lot of fluff, it makes not a lot of fluff look better Image may be NSFW.
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You can barely see my abs anymore!!! I have to say that I am most disgusted with myself right now!
I am going to try the intermittent fasting for the next two weeks and then go from there if I am getting good results and not losing too much strength. I got on the scale last week and for the first time in probably a year I was over 170#! I was 171.5# and I about died. Not that I havent thought I was over that many times only to get on the scale and have it be 168 or 169 and I was like, cool, I can still eat! But being over 170# and this fluffy is NOT acceptable! So operation fluff dispersal commences today!
I have to say that it really isnt that bad. Generally at night I am not that hungry anyway and just eat because it is the thing to do! Now, I get to eat a good lunch and dont have to worry about eating too much at dinner! Ahhhhh life is good!
Here is todays rambles about my thoughts on the current program and the diet and a little bad flexing thrown in. I dont think I will ever get flexing down!
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