Hi all,
today was my weigh-in, like last week I discarded over a kilo. I can now see my real goal weight coming closer and closer. I’m still doing 2 meals a day, sometimes one, sometimes a 36 or 40/42 hour fast, whatever I feel like. 800 doesn’t really work for me, usually I hit at least 900, unless I eat just one meal. On average, with the fasting, I am close to 800.
I am watching Dr cywes now, thanks bryla for bringing that up. Like windyjulz described , he has a way of making me think, self reflect, quite confrontational, even. Just what I needed since I seem to consider going into maintenance although I’m not yet at target. Im not ready to give up raspberries and strawberries, though 🙂
Being around 5 kilos from target, I am thinking about how to do maintenance. I never ever want to gain this weight back. When I started, I thought about this in a diet kind of way. Back to normal after. Great way to gain everything back, I now realise. Over the last 5 months, this has changed. Now I say, I will eat normal after reaching target. But now, with the word normal, I mean low carb. Funny how my idea of normal has evolved. Still I wonder if I should switch to keto and see if Dr cywes and fung are really right and I will feel full before eating to much, or my body doesn’t use the calories to store fat. I can’t stay at fast 800 forever but letting it go is daunting.
At this point, I don’t miss the carbs, but am looking forward to eating more freely, without measuring, weighing, registering. But also terrified to let this go, even though now, on my ‘free’ days I hardly ever go over 1500. So really, what am I fretting about?!? Still scared.
It’s great to see this community grow bigger, thanks wendleg for the list of contributors. This forum is helping me in so many ways to stay on track, learn about this WOL and grow (but not in weight) and perhaps I can help people at some point myself. Thank you, all of you!
DD