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I have so much i want to say and have for a few days but typing on this tablet can be tiresome. I also don't know whether to put multiple topics in the same post or make more than one post in the same day.
Intermittent Fasting share: I have discovered that seeing pictures or videos of food, even if it isn't the focus of what i am looking at, causes me to not only feel hungry but deeply hungry and the feeling only intensifies, not lessens, as long as those images are in view. However if i begin to watch something else that isn't food related, the hunger subsides. I've been doing IF a few weeks now and strong morning or night hunger was never a problem until i began watching day in the life type videos of people doing keto a couple of days ago.
If this is a cephalic response and the sight of food i can't even get to causes my insulin to rise and it is this strong in me, there's no wonder i am so insulin resistant. It's really the weirdest thing. However, to be kind to myself, I'm going to only watch those kind of videos and look at recipes during my feeding window and at night when i am fully sated.
I want to talk about last Friday, too, but it's going to have to wait.
Diet Calendar Entry for 04 June 2018:
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2177 kcal
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Fat: 162.27g | Prot: 117.24g | Carb: 56.12g.
Breakfast: Land O'Lakes Salted Butter, Johnsonville Beddar with Cheddar Smoked Sausage & Cheddar Cheese, Great Value Large White Eggs. Dinner: Brussels Sprouts, CookOut Huge burger, no bun, Cooked Mature Onions (Fat Not Added in Cooking), Great Value Deluxe American Cheese, Great Value Butter (Salted). Snacks/Other: Splenda No Calorie Sweetener Packets, Pineapple, Strawberries, Mangos, Great Value Half & Half. more...
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I was actually looking forward to hearing fro you today because I am waiting to hear how the MRI went. I follow a lot of recipe pages on facebook and found that the longer I have been working on my weight, the easier is it to watch them. That time will come, you can watch them, write it down for later and not feel the deep need to eat. Its so much more mental than I originally thought, and thats the hard part. You can do this!
04 Jun 18 by member: Klynn82
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If images of food would affect me than my goal would be for them not to. Conquer ur fears/weakness and u will thrive 🙌🏼
04 Jun 18 by member: rosio19
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No seriously if pic affects u. Just imagine the real thing, u will never enjoy family time without feeling hungry?
One thing I hope, is that u will always be surrounded by people, n with that comes food temptation u gotta be stronger. U can do it, it’s challenging but not impossible.
04 Jun 18 by member: rosio19
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I always begin to drool slightly when I pass the bakery at the grocery store. I imagine myself just planting my face into a chocolate pie, and everyone around me going nuts laughing. LOL
04 Jun 18 by member: Destiny242
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I can't let Crumbcake in the bakery, too afraid we will get arrested and the manager will ban us for life.
04 Jun 18 by member: Steven Anthony
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The only time I successfully fasted for more than 18 hours was when I was on the train for 48 hours. To get food, I had to walk through two cars and go downstairs, so I just didn't do it. At home, fasting has been the toughest thing to do! If I watched TV, I imagine that it would be even worse.
04 Jun 18 by member: moogiemynes
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Ken D. Berry, M.D., in one of his YouTube videos, talks about the "cephalic" (brain) response to *thoughts* of food: insulin production! Increased insulin levels *do* enable the body to hold onto excess glucose as fat! So, it's true: I should just apply that candy bar directly to my hips!
04 Jun 18 by member: Miraculum
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Knowing the difference between hunger and just wanting to eat is a huge hurdle. I think learning that real hunger is actually pretty rare was one of the most effective tools I added to my knowledge base.
04 Jun 18 by member: @philrmcknight
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Rosio, it's not fear, it's physiology. Have a great afternoon.
04 Jun 18 by member: cjodyssey
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I'm not afraid. I am making observations in my journal about my journey. I understand completely what is happening. That has nothing to do with interactions with my family. What an odd thought. Stronger about what? I don't tell my insulin to rise. It's a physiological response. Honestly, you don't have my medical conditions so what goes on with you medically is likely different, certainly to a different degree.
04 Jun 18 by member: cjodyssey
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Phil, I would agree with that. Often what i once thought was hunger was really thirst. Water wasn't cutting it though the last two days. My head wasn't hungry. I wasn't drooling over food. My body was feeling hunger that water wasn't sating. Just something I observed. I fast between 18 and 19 hours every day. I don't really want to do it longer than that because i don't want to feel rushed when i eat and don't really want to do one meal a day as i think that would be to much fast art one sitting for mage to digest because i have no gallbladder.
04 Jun 18 by member: cjodyssey
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Bleh... That last sentence should read, "I think that [one meal a day] would be too much fat at one sitting for me to digest because i have no gallbladder."
04 Jun 18 by member: cjodyssey
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Just here to voice my support, cj! I don't really have anything to add to the convo, except to say that for me, i am finding the opposite, especially with IF: looking at a lot of food (like if i am watching the cooking channel or looking at lots of pix here) i almost feel fuller, and sometimes even a little nauseated. Interesting to think about the brain/body response. Anyway, i do believe awareness is the first step to change, so good for you for figuring this stuff out! Also, typing on my tablet is a pain too!
04 Jun 18 by member: jengetfit123
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Cj, I think I've mentioned this before: I don't have a gall bladder, and I have a sliding hiatal hernia between my stomach and esophagus that used to cause "heartburn" (gastric reflux). Interestingly, I don't have any reflux anymore, eating LCHF foods. However, I got very sick just one time. I had fasted for 24 hours. Neither the fast nor the reasonable keto dinner afterward bothered me. Several hours after dinner, I drank two 12-oz. glasses of water and then ate two tablespoons of coconut oil for a "snack." That fat, literally floating at the top of my stomach, was just too much and triggered nausea and vomiting. I totally understand what I did wrong, and I won't do that again! You're wise to ease back into eating keto after your fast period.
04 Jun 18 by member: Miraculum
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Klynn, I haven't gotten the MRI results yet but i am going to write about the experience later on or tomorrow. As for this entry, I think that probably as my hyperinsulinemia improves, that type of thing will happen less and less.
04 Jun 18 by member: cjodyssey
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Milla it was just strange to me because I've been fasting this way for weeks without that kind of hunger happening when i still had hours left until my feeding window was open. The stuff here on FS doesn't have too much affect on me, maybe a little but not enough to really notice. But I've been watching this Texas girl on YouTube go through her different days while on keto and that's when i began to notice. Maybe it's more sight and sound together for me. I'm not sure.
04 Jun 18 by member: cjodyssey
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Side effect of the slow acting insulin I take is hunger. Whut th hael! Heard bout a diet called the peanut butter diet and sped read through it. Basically when ur hongry eat a tablespoon of peanut butter. It works! I use Smuckers Natural chunky and it has almost the very same carb and protein that natural almonds have. Only thing is u gotta empty the jar and mix it and then put it back in the jar but it’s worth it. I keep it in the fridge.
04 Jun 18 by member: Bill mcGill
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It does work. I've done it before. During my fasting window i don't take in any energy. Just water. But there are times when I use a spoon of peanut butter to tide me over between meals.
04 Jun 18 by member: cjodyssey
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