Finally Seeing Results
My eating window during the week is usually between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., sometimes ending at 8 p.m. at the latest. I do this Monday through Friday, then on the weekends I pretty much eat regular but still mindful of sugar intake and still careful with my coffee and eat normal portions of course. We've always had special pancakes on Saturday and eggs on Sunday, and so I've still been having our weekend breakfasts with bacon and sausage, etc.
So although I wait till two to break my fast, I realize that even just a little sugar in my coffee could ruin all that hard work and mess up my ketosis. So how do I know it's working for me? Well like I've also said before, I have yet to jump on the scale cause the scale is not our friend. The scale is psychologically abusive, so I'm gonna wait till my clothes get a little bigger to jump on that baby.
The way I can tell is that my clothes are getting bigger and fitting better. My face is slimming down, which my entire life I was the girl with the chubby cheeks. This is cute when you're a toddler or a baby, or even a little girl - everyone wants to squeeze your cheeks cause you're so cute. But not so cute when you're 42 years old...that's a whole other story.
Even if I go just ten pounds over my normal weight it always goes straight to my face. I hate that, so I never let that happen. And now I'm beyond ten pounds over, lol. That's all I'll say, but I'm not obese if that makes sense. I was getting close to the obese marker though if I'm gonna be honest here and well beyond ten pounds over.
And for me, my weight gain really was caused by sedentary job, age, and mainly the digestive issues I'm having, which are presently being treated, which I "think" are also finally starting to heal. I can sleep on my side again so that's a positive sign. The pain was so bad from my peptic ulcers that I couldn't sleep on my side, either side.
Other signs that intermittent fasting is working for me is I can see that my tummy has gone down. I'll elaborate more once I reach my goal, but love handles are pretty much gone - yes, I had those. And I'm leaving the fat zone and have more or less entered into the "thick" zone now. I don't mind being a little thick, but I'll see where this journey takes me. My ultimate goal is to feel good in my own skin.
Feel good in my clothes. Be happy when I look at myself in the mirror and most importantly - to be healthy. My blood pressure went up too with the weight gain and I was prescribed something for it back in December but never took it. The side effects scared me and my doctor really felt I could bring it down with diet just as I had, which was the conclusion we came to the year prior when we discovered I was heading towards high blood pressure.
And I was trying that year, but nothing worked till I finally pin pointed my problem, my digestive issues. So regardless, though, I'd hate to say it's age cause I feel like that's a cop out but my doctor did say age many times to me. Ugh, metabolism changes with age. It just made me realize this can happen to anyone cause it was never an issue for me, ever, never ever.
I'm glad it happened at this point in life though, because I'm more confident and it also happened at a time when I was more focused on my spirituality and my mental state, being happy no matter what. Sometimes even laughing at myself, well, many times I've done that. I felt like Adam Sandler in the movie Click when he woke up fat, lol.
Ah, yes, that scene popped into my mind many times, although I wasn't nearly as big as he was in that scene, but just to watch the changes in my body were hilarious. There were a few moments I honestly wanted to cry out of frustration cause I've tried everything, but mostly laughed at myself.
Please note that I've never been one to judge overweight people and I raised my kids to be the same. There are big women in my family. And there are many beautiful big women out there. I'm just not one of them. Heavy C isn't cute. Carmen looks better at a smaller weight and she's more happy at a smaller weight. I just don't have the face for it; goes right to my face. Plus, vanity aside, high blood pressure is deadly.
I'll post another update on this in four more weeks and if I see more improvement I will jump on the scale and divulge actual details on pounds lost. But I know that you can lose weight too without so many pounds going down - body fat, inches, and all that good stuff comes into play as well. There's definitely good stuff going on and a lot of it, which is very exciting. I'm excited to get dressed again. Bottom line - intermittent fasting works but you've gotta do it right.
With Love,
Carmen
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