Thread: Something that helps me

Just updating this thread that since then I've continued to end eating at either 6 pm or last night 5 pm since I had things going on later. Every day I do my weight either has gone down a few lbs or 1 lb or stayed around the good range I wanted to stabilize at 122. I noticed I loose a bit more if I end eating at 5pm. I only had slight hunger last night before bed not bad at all and just drank my tea and went to bed. I'm very happy with this method of helping me trend down not up. I think it's a helpful alternative correction day or just a way to keep tabs on your weight. Does it help anyone else? There must be something to the Leptin Reset!

Well, I'm still so excited this is working. i have continued to trend down by stopping my eating at 6 pm and woke up to 122.1 this morning. I'm amazed at how the break in digestion till around 7:30 am really does help my body burn fat at night! It's so simple for me. I've been eating decent sized meals breakfast, lunch and an early dinner at about 4 or 4:30. That way I get the calories in but early enough. Give it a try if you are having issues maintaining.

Oh I appreciate you, Leez, pointing that out about things to be aware about. I do feel better on the lower carb end. This past summer I tried the Karen Hurd bean diet where you eat like 1/2 cup of beans like 3 times a day and literally gained 15lbs and my blood sugar went crazy! Just eating home cooked beans with my protiens and fats. I know you aren't supposed to mix carbs and fat but I just phew found my body didn't like it. My blood sugar re-stabilized when I did the HCG round and my blood sugar is so much happier now. I def have had to be low carb for most of my life. I will keep an eye out for any hormonal issues. I have really upped my vegetables and getting some well cooked veggies in for some carbs. And some low carb flours. Need to have some more cranberry smoothies also.

I guess what I like most about this method of intermittant fasting is it's very simple and I don't feel deprived. I let myself have what I'd like during the day as much as I'd like and just cap by 6. Today I was extra hungry and ate at 8. We'll see how tommorrow goes but it's not hard and fast if I do feel hungry and want too I can eat. But this method has given me a sense of "control" where if I'm trending up I know I can lean back down simply. I guess things don't feel as scary. Just more in control. Good feeling.

I re-read what you shared and I have been thinking, I think the reason I've kept the loss that happened after my LIW. I think it was because I had a SUUPER long stall the last like 1.5 weeks of my hcg round and my weight had just not budged. And I think I was just retaining a bunch of water with the flus and sickness I had been fighting plus I got several vitamin C IV's and those seem to put water weight on also. I think my body just got out of the stall and I truly had lost that amount of fat (about 16lbs) or so with the whole round. Which is about right. Anyways so I think 123 or so is about the right LIW for me. Because well I think my body was either protien deficient or just really puffy with water inflammation weight so it wasn't truly the right LIW.

I agree, I think it's wise to watch and tweak things as time goes by. Observe how the body responds.

So last night I was slightly hungry at 8 and I could have skipped the snack and just drank tea but I thought I'd try an expirament and I ate some steamed veggies with cream cheese dip on top. I woke up to a 1lb gain 123! I really do think that stopping by 5 or 6 pm really does help me stay at 122. I am due for TOM soon but I think that time frame fasting really helps my body metabolize the calories I took in earlier. Instead of storing them.

I'll stop at 5 or 6 tonight and see how things go!

That's true, For some reason I almost wonder if my body is more sensitive to gain during ovulation than prior to TOM. This month I seemed higher than it dropped back down. I'm curious to see over the next week if that's true. For the past few years I wasn't weighing daily so I never tracked it.

I did just read this article about stopping food by 7pm seems to help people burn fat more efficiently.
https://www.livestrong.com/article/4...t-after-7-p-m/

So today I got back from doing tons of errands and was gone for several hours so ate later at night tonight also so I didn't stop finish supper after 7. But not concerned can always jump back on the stop at 6 pm another night

Originally Posted by MissJess

That's true, For some reason I almost wonder if my body is more sensitive to gain during ovulation than prior to TOM. This month I seemed higher than it dropped back down. I'm curious to see over the next week if that's true. For the past few years I wasn't weighing daily so I never tracked it.

I did just read this article about stopping food by 7pm seems to help people burn fat more efficiently.
https://www.livestrong.com/article/4...t-after-7-p-m/

So today I got back from doing tons of errands and was gone for several hours so ate later at night tonight also so I didn't stop finish supper after 7. But not concerned can always jump back on the stop at 6 pm another night

So my weight stayed the same at 123.0 this morning with eating at 8 last night so I'm not worried but it just seems to me that the earlier I end meals by 6 or even 5 I tend to have a loss. So it's just good info to have! Hope it helps others find an easier way to correct things if they are trending upwards.