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<blockquote data-quote="JaneBetty" data-source="post: 706670" data-attributes="member: 20814"><p>Copa, I started intermittent dieting in January, and it works for me too! I was going to recommend this method, and you beat me to it : )</p><p></p><p>I fast twice a week for a 24 hour period, drinking only black coffee, water with lemon juice, and a little chicken broth (it's pretty salty, so I don't drink too much). I make sure to stop eating around 7pm the evening before, and I break the fast at 7pm on the "fast" day, so I am able to look forward to the evening meal.</p><p></p><p>It's an oddly spiritual experience to avoid eating for a 24 hour period, and I have found after almost a month of eating this way that I have a better attitude towards meal preparation. I was raised a Catholic, and a diet that involves sacrifice seems to work for my personality.</p><p></p><p>I'm more interested in cooking the day after a fast. My husband is generally supportive of what I am doing, though in the beginning, he called my fasting days "black days," because he enjoys thinking about food, shopping for food, cooking and eating together. He is also thin, and has never struggled with his weight!</p><p></p><p>I also found my old Fitbit, plugged it in, and was glad it still worked as it motivates me to move around more during the day.</p><p></p><p>I have lost five pounds so far this month, and though that seems like a small amount of progress, I will continue fasting, because I eat what I like on non-fasting days, and I don't have to obsess about calories on a daily basis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JaneBetty, post: 706670, member: 20814"] Copa, I started intermittent dieting in January, and it works for me too! I was going to recommend this method, and you beat me to it : ) I fast twice a week for a 24 hour period, drinking only black coffee, water with lemon juice, and a little chicken broth (it's pretty salty, so I don't drink too much). I make sure to stop eating around 7pm the evening before, and I break the fast at 7pm on the "fast" day, so I am able to look forward to the evening meal. It's an oddly spiritual experience to avoid eating for a 24 hour period, and I have found after almost a month of eating this way that I have a better attitude towards meal preparation. I was raised a Catholic, and a diet that involves sacrifice seems to work for my personality. I'm more interested in cooking the day after a fast. My husband is generally supportive of what I am doing, though in the beginning, he called my fasting days "black days," because he enjoys thinking about food, shopping for food, cooking and eating together. He is also thin, and has never struggled with his weight! I also found my old Fitbit, plugged it in, and was glad it still worked as it motivates me to move around more during the day. I have lost five pounds so far this month, and though that seems like a small amount of progress, I will continue fasting, because I eat what I like on non-fasting days, and I don't have to obsess about calories on a daily basis. [/QUOTE]
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