Fat melting off!

[WebMistress]

Photo: Showing how my jeans are just all wrinkles and very loose. Also showing how I am eating omelettes for breakfast, and my new Hoka One (Torrent) Shoes - Time to start walking, hiking, and trail running!

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I can’t believe how fast I’m losing weight and it feels like I’m barely trying.

My jeans are so loose on me they look ridiculous!

I am sitting here at work and the material is just bunching up all around my tummy and hips. My pants keep falling down, and my once very tight t-shirt is now loose!

This morning I snacked on cubes of Colby jack cheese, roasted almonds and cubes of diced up turkey breast.

I have zero sugar cravings since cutting out sugar and most carbs. I say most because I do eat carbs when I eat vegetables. And some dairy has carbs (surprisingly).

But I’m enjoying my meals so much!

My norm for breakfast are omelettes with 2-3 eggs, spinach, bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes, onions, cilantro with sour cream, hot sauce and avocado.

No potatoes, no toast.

But I do have: Coffee with half n half

I started 2 months ago introducing intermittent fasting. And eating more like Low-Carb and High-Fat to reverse Type 2 Diabetes and so far so good!

I was 220 lbs and now 193 lbs and goal weight is 145 lbs.

Ideally I’d really love to be 130lbs...

But for now 145 lbs is the goal.

I went out and bought a new pair of Hoka One (Ho-Kha O-Nay) shoes for trail running.

Last night for dinner I ate BBQ (dry rub) pork ribs and Skewered Veggies (onions, zucchini, red, orange, green, yellow bell peppers).

I snack on Brie cheese, celery, cucumbers, green olives, nuts, berries, sprouts, lettuce wrapped around mint leaves and cooked meats, dipped in fish sauce (Nuoc Mam-Vietnamese fish sauce).

Yum! Yum! Yum!

So far! So good!

[Hidden]

Hi WM, we're proud of you as you are doing so well and setting a great example by showing what can be done and to ward of type 2 diabetes. But the best bit is how you feel, as you feel great and you feel great about yourself so how good is this. 😊

[WebMistress IF Star in reply to Hidden]

It's great, but I think I might have eaten too many raspberries.... I ate a big handful and now I feel yuck. I swear, it's so good to know how I feel when I eat sugar, it's really different than not eating sugar. I feel so good when I don't eat sugar, and so bad when I do. To think that for years I was feeling bad all the time and had no idea it was due to sugar, just had no clue at all. Just thought I was feeling lazy, tired, and yucky. Always ran to sugar as a "pick me up" but now I realize it's sugar causing it. I am finding blueberries don't do this to me, but then I have been eating smaller handfuls.

They are so good! And, they don't make me feel yucky.

[Hidden in reply to WebMistress]

This is very interesting about sugar WM, this is interesting what you say about sugar and I wonder about caffeine giving us a kick then leading to a low.

[Activity2004 Administrator]

Fantastic job! Keep up the great work!😀👍

[WebMistress IF Star in reply to Activity2004]

Thank you! ♡

[Fran182716 Prediabetic]

Well done, it’s great when clothes get loose, and your omelette looks very appetising 😀

[WebMistress IF Star in reply to Fran182716]

They're delicious! Thanks!

[Ladybex]

Well done 👍

[WebMistress IF Star in reply to Ladybex]

I hope a month from now to report that I'm in the low 180's or high 170's... *fingers crossed*

[Activity2004 Administrator in reply to WebMistress]

When is your next appointment?

[WebMistress IF Star in reply to Activity2004]

I'm supposed to go in next week but it's 4th of July week, so I am planning to reschedule to the week after.

[Activity2004 Administrator in reply to WebMistress]

Are you also getting an A1c done at the appointment?

[WebMistress IF Star in reply to Activity2004]

Yes.

[Alisongold]

Well done, ‘eating fat to lose fat ‘. is so effective but still seems counterintuitive.

[WebMistress IF Star in reply to Alisongold]

Yeah, it does seem counter intuitive. I agree, but for some reason it's working. I never would have believed it either!

[HOBIEONE]

WELL DONE ! I bet you feel great & deserve to.

[WebMistress IF Star in reply to HOBIEONE]

I do feel good. No more food cravings, no more binge eating.

[HOBIEONE in reply to WebMistress]

That's the way to do it ! Superb.

[amykp]

What's your IF schedule?

I also have had unbelievable success with very low carb and fasting...to the point where I am below my target weight now and only do it to stay healthy. It's hard to convince people sometimes how well and easily this works. Here's a great podcast, if you want some of the science behind it: peterattiamd.com/jasonfung/

[WebMistress IF Star in reply to amykp]

Well, I'm not strict with it. Some days I do a 16 hour fast and an 8 hour eating window, and some times I don't fast, and just eat when I feel hungry, and then other days I binge fast (I call it) where I go 24 hours without eating, and only eat dinner, and when I do that, I do that for 3 days straight. It kind of depends on my cycle too. There are days right before my period starts that I can't fast, I just need to eat, and I feel like it's hormonal, but then after I am fine and can fast again.

I guess I don't have a routine other than to say I do fast every week, and I mix it up depending on how I feel.

[amykp]

Oh, that's me too. I actually have read that it's good to shake it up. Some days I have nothing but fat (coffee blended w ghee and MCT oil) and I kinda call that a fast too, since apparently insulin doesn't get triggered. It's like a cheat, because it's easy.

[Jasminflower59]

I am in the grip of a sugar addiction. How did you manage to get off it? Did you get withdrawals? Did you get help from anywhere? Well done for the changes you have made