I have been on a liquid diet for the last 3 days.... not liquor liquid diet...just a clear liquid diet. It was easy at first (cause I was sick) and not so easy by the 2nd day dinner time. Mind you I had made glazed baked ham for dinner and it smelled SO good !! I sat sipping my chicken broth while the lil one and Sir Steve gobbled down the ham..... le sigh. Today I am adding soda crackers to the chicken broth diet and despite my hunger it doesn't really appeal........ mind you today neither does the baked ham.
A couple of years ago my family doctor talked to me about intermittent fasting.. he's a big fan ..... believes it can help control weight/sugar and cholesterol. I didn't bring up my eating disorders...... after all he was giving me permission to not eat right??? Except Sir Steve keeps an eye on my eating/ food intact. He's subtle and not the least bit heavy handed about it.... which is a good combination. He recognises that most of the time my not eating is not actually a choice. This summer has been a delicate balancing act of eating/not eating. And because of it I had lost about 10 pounds. (not complaining because I would like to lose another 10 pounds)
I got on the scales this morning - cause I wanted to know how much weight I had lost doing this liquid diet. 4 pounds - 4 pounds in three days!!! I had a moment - just a brief moment - calculating how many more days on this liquid diet would get me down those 10 pounds. Then logic stepped in..... my muscles ache and I have no energy - so no way can I do any more days of this.....I have to start introducing solid foods..... but for someone like me - this is very tempting.
(wanders off thinking maybe a little pasta tonite............... )
Definitely time to call it a day. Unless you go for professional monitoring
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this is a bit worrisome - I feel it feeds into your eating disorder? My gf has been successful with fasting but she doesn't go on liquid for several days - she fasts mornings to mid-afternoon - then eats sensibly for supper
ReplyDeleteWow, 4 pounds in 3 days! I can definitely relate to wanting the weight loss, I'm a bit too obsedded with the scales. But sore muscles and no energy are no good though. Definitely time to go back to solids.
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Roz
I dont think a 3 day liquid diet is what counts as intermittent fasting. Perhaps a 16/8 schedule would work better. 16 hours without calories and 8 hour window of light food intake. Good luck. Im not sure your eating issues are served well by this plan. Do check in with a dietician maybe?
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