Breaking fast early today... ❀

[WebMistress]

Today I woke up rather early, and honestly lately I feel very rested after only 5-6 hours of sleep, but I digress, what I wanted to say was that when I woke up this morning I looked into the mirror and noticed that my skin was glowing, my face, and arms and chest looked luminescent, I felt rested and I felt happy to know that my eating is making my skin much healthier than I have ever seen it. For years I ate a lot of junk food, and my skin always looked rather dull and dry and lifeless, and I had to put lotion all over my body every day, and lately I have noticed big changes. Anyways... I started to think about how the longer fasting periods that I do tend to worry people. I have mentioned my long 23 hour fasts to many of my friends and family, as well as online friends, and coworkers, and I see their worry and their concern and I think about it. And, this morning (because I was thinking about it continually since yesterday) I decided to break my fast early, not because I worry but because the thinking about them worrying got to me. It got me thinking about foods I haven't eaten in a while and I decided to break fast early to have some of those foods. They're healthy choices and I figured it couldn't hurt, might even calm me down a bit, because I tend to think a lot about things. One of my coworkers is constantly on my case that if I don't eat, all these bad things are going to happen, like malnutrition, etc. I walked by his cubicle this morning as he was eating a doughnut and coffee, and he of course offered me one. When I refused of course I heard a lecture. I shrugged. I walked past his cubicle again a bit ago and he was eating chips and drinking a soda and I wondered if he ever eats anything healthy. I never see him eat anything but candy, chips, soda and donuts, so I thought to ask him what he had for dinner last night. I didn't ask outright, but I mentioned how I ate a big salad and he told me that he ate out at a brewery and had two big hot dogs and some chips and a few beers. I came back to my desk and thought about his diet, if I include what I know from just the past 24 hours, I can see he ate:

Dinner, Breakfast, Lunch:

2 Hot dogs

Potato Chips

3 Beers

2 Doughnuts (he never eats just one)

1-2 cups of coffee with cream and sugar

A large bag of Doritos and a Pepsi or two or three or four. (He drinks them all day long)

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I fasted all day yesterday, but when I got home I had:

A large Italian salad with: Tomatoes, Lettuce, Cheese, Onions, Salami, Olives, Green and Red Bell Peppers, Garbanzo beans, and Pepperoncinis topped with Balsamic Vinaigrette.

Manicotti (stuffed with parmesian, mozzerella, and ricotta cheese, with a sauteed garlic marinara) which is wrapped in a large pasta noodle.

And today:

1/2 cup of Cashews

1/2 a tuna wrap, that included line-caught tuna, lettuce, tomatoes, bell peppers, onions

A bowl of sweet yellow, red and orange peppers with hummus.

Lots and Lots of water

Vitamins, Biotin supplement & two Omega 3 fish oil tablets

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My point is basically that I am not worried that I am not getting enough nutrition, because when I do eat, I am eating foods packed with nutrition, I'm not eating junk. And, for the most part, people I know are all are eating for the taste of food, and not for the nutrition in it.

Not everyone in the world, but a lot of people around me, and some of which are giving me a hard time about my fasting.

So yeah,.... I decided to eat 1/2 a tuna wrap (gave the other half to my boss) and snack on some cashews, and some colorful peppers and hummus, because tonight we are all going out to a comedy club, and I know that means beer, and nachos and all that stuff that I don't want to eat, so I will be sitting there with a glass of ice water and watching the show. I figured I should go ahead and break my fast and eat some delicious food that is nutritious now so that I am not too hungry later when the only options are going to be bad ones for me.

The tuna wrap had a tortilla on it, and the manicotti last night had pasta wrapped around it, and I will pay for it by feeling hot all day but it's okay. I am doing a lot better than ever, and I am walking around work holding my pants up, because well... they're 3 sizes too big.

As my coworker said to me today "You're shriveling away into nothing, pretty soon there will be nothing left.... " to which I said... Oh, there will be something left, you just might not recognize me. I'm good with that.

According to my BMI, I am still obese. ~ sighs

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Hey good for you WebMistress as you've done really well so imagine how good you'll feel when you achieve your desired weight as you'll probably feel even younger and more invigorated. Your peppers look really colourful and healthy so keep it up as your enthusiasm is contagious. 😊

[Ms_Vonnie]

Hi WebMistress, I enjoyed your post, as I have recently started fasting. I can also see the difference it is making with my skin and ultimately losing weight, which prior to fasting has been impossible. I’m curious to know how often you do the 24hr fasting and how much weight you have lost. I’m doing 16:8 fasting pattern and introduce 24hr fasting in the mix now and again.

[WebMistress IF Star in reply to Ms_Vonnie]

I do the 24 hour fasting Monday through Friday (most every day) and on the weekends it's more like 16:8. But sometimes I break my fasts on the weekends, and have a nice healthy breakfast, and try to be very diligent on what I eat.

So, I don't eat anything when I am at work most all of the time.

That's why I say Monday - Friday. I usually only eat dinner.

Weekends - usually 16:8, but sometimes I go out for breakfast.

I have lost 36 lbs so far.