Eidetiker's Journal, 09 March 2021

Skipping breakfast for 16:8 is a good start. Most important is to create a bigger time gap between meals or food consumption to avoid triggering the fats-storage hormone commonly known as Insulin 😉 

Nice drop Eide and thanks for the info on fasting Bernard! 😉 

Augusta, you’re welcome! I have Dr Jason Fung to thank for opening my eyes to the wonderful world of fasting 😄 

Thanks again Bernard, I just googled him I’ll be looking into his books, LOL have a good one!😉 

Totally agree, Bernard, on Dr Fung. Very easy to understand and follow. Great drop Eide! 

Great Job getting back on it Eidetiker! Gotta do it for you. I can relate, hubby comes in with a Big smile on his face as he hold up grocery bags - Look what I got you Sweety! It was on sale. - Potato chips, Cheetos, candy, chocolate, frozen pizza, tv dinners, flavored coffee creamer. I texted before he got off work asking him to pick up some pork chops, broccoli and mushrooms on his way home. An hour later he notices my text. I opted for a couple of eggs and bottled water. Then I went shopping for a fabric tape measurer and a note pad. Tonight I got on the PC looking for aps and found this one. DAY 1 

@Augusta, check out 'Life In The Fasting Lane' if you prefer a more casual read. If you love data & history, the more technical stuff, check out 'The Complete Guide to Fasting' heheh. @RandomRunner, I'm enlightened by Dr Fung's 'The Longevity Solution' too :)  

Thank you so much Bernard I’m gonna check them all out! And have an awesome week!😉 

Thank you for the info Bernard. I have been practicing 16:8 but have been trying to push the window further back and lowering my lunch calories. Do you practice OMAD or do you fast for days? 

Thank you Augusta888, RandomRunner & MagickalMeg I appreciate your support :) 

Yay - another drop! 

You're welcome Eidetiker. Prior to reading 'The Complete Guide to Fasting', I had always thought 16:8 and OMAD is some kind of fad diet and never tried them. I dived straight with Extended Fasting and lost 5kg within 6 days at the beginning of February. I used 16:8 to maintain my weight amidst the 3 weeks of Chinese New Year feasting and snacking. Fasting is more of duration between meals than calories restriction and I have posted ideas over the past week on how to increase the duration ;) 

You are doing a great job my friend. I do the tracking myself. But for me the portions seem to work. I only track what I ate or drink. No clue as to what that is in calories. when I was counting and measuring it seem like it was coming out the same as what I'm doing( I guess after doing it for so long a few years back it kind of stuck as a way to look at what I'm doing ) as the weight seem to have been moving. So I decided to go back to that way of doing things. As a result. Theses last few day I knew when I had stepped out of bounds. as a result there was a gain. But hey. I'm not giving up. I've told you it is not an option. So keep up the good work. Take care of yourself.