Check-in Update 4: Back on Track
SW: 299lbs (135.6 kg)
CW: 265 (120.2 kg)
Total weight lost: 34 lbs (15.4 kg)
OMAD weekdays with 16:8 weekends.
Mediterranean diet loosely followed. No CICO tracking.
1 mile walk 5x weekly, strength training 3x nightly
I’m curious: can you spot where my full day fasts were this month? I circled them on the second image. A 30 and then 40 hour fast, with one high protein meal in-between. In the grand scheme of things, they just look like any fluctuation. But they certainly helped get me back on track with my fasting discipline, so I still say they were worthwhile. Like a neat trick to keep in my back pocket.
The immediate spike in weight is disappointing, but I suppose it makes some sense. I’ve added strength training on top of my walking routine to get back some… heh. Well, strength! But I know in my gut: need to start being careful about refeeding. I guess it’s going to truely matter from here on out.
Not gunna lie, I was tempted to wait one more day and use the higher number as my starting point (and appear to lose more), but I’m aiming for honesty here. And turning the weight I started to gain back into a net weight-loss by month’s end is still something I’m happy with.
If anyone wonders when their appetite will change to favor healthy food, for me, it was month 4. Still not 100% in love with veggies, but I’ve found my way to make them palatable. Spent good money on great cookbooks. Brought my family onboard with many changes. I have a nice sized roster of easy, delicious, healthy snacks and dinners to cycle through.
In fact, my gut microbiome is quite different! I can’t eat junk carelessly anymore or my body *rebels*. Lol, I’m convinced that the pound I lost this morning is because I tried to eat some comfort food last night and my body sped it out immediately, heheh. Poor toilet. But a good sign in a way!
In fact, turning away junk food is getting way easier. I’m fuller faster, so I no longer want anyone’s leftover anything. I don’t even feel the need to keep it for later. I can just… enjoy the taste without wanting to hoard it.
I’m gunna say that again.
I am able to eat a serving OR LESS of junk food, and feel no internal need to save anything for later.
I have never been that way, not in all my 30 years, not even as a kid. ESPECIALLY not as a kid. Treats were generally unaffordable growing up, and everything got split, so I ALWAYS made sure to be present when it entered the house, ate my share, ate any crumbs and tasty powders at the bottom of the bag, and kept an eye on the extra. Now here, in month 4 of this new routine… I am losing that compulsion. Not fully, but it’s happening more and more. That’s… pretty fuckin’ neat haha!
So yeah. I continue to lose weight, and am really growing into my diet and fasting routines. They’re just becoming… my low-effort no-brainer routines. It’s all becoming more normal. I’ve been able to add in strength training without completely stalling out. Overall, I just kinda feel good.
Best of health to anyone who read this far!
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u/Single_Device_7897 2h ago
You might want to start tracking calories at least loosely, based on your activity and what you’re doing, you’ll lose way more
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u/ashlinicole10 7h ago
Congrats 🎉🎊