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Ep22
Intermittent fasting and special occasions. I’ll be reading from chapter 7 of my book (if for life experiment of one one) handling special occasions and vacations. I went on a 5 day vacation to Florida in April 2022 and I wasn’t sure how Intermittent Fasting was going to fit into my vacation schedule. The first travel day was not bad at all. My flight was at 6 AM and of course I skipped breakfast. I had water and black coffee on the plane.
I reach my destination in the early afternoon hours so I ended up fasting for 16 hours on that particular travel day. I stayed in a condo that had a kitchen so I was able to cook my lunch every day. That’s what I chose to do. I skipped breakfast and I ate a homemade lunch every day.
During this time I had not cleaned up my eating window, but I still I lost 38 pounds just by fasting and eating within an eating window.
I ate at a restaurant each night for dinner. I drank a lot of water and I walked a lot during this vacation. On the way back home, I had a connecting flight so I ate lunch at the first airport and dinner at the 2nd one. I closed my eating window on the 2nd plane ride home.
When I got on the scale the next day to see how much weight I had gained, I had only gained a half a pound! And not my usual 5-10 pounds that I use to gain before IF. I couldn’t believe it!
There had also been several birthday parties in my family, including my own from March to June 2022 and I participated in all of them.
I would fast for breakfast & lunch then open my eating window at the birthday party.
Yes, I was up a pound or two according to the scale, after the birthday parties but after one or two days of fasting, it was like it never happened!
This is the beauty of Intermittent Fasting. You can have a birthday dinner with cake and ice cream and not feel like you failed in your health journey. You can still participate in life events and and you don’t have to miss out on special occasions. You just continue with your life as if the cake and ice cream never happened!
Now I am not a doctor so please do not use anything that I say as a substitute for medical advice. If you would like to share your Intermittent Fasting story, please email me at:
TraceyMackiF4life@gmail.com.
Remember life is what you make it! Have a great day everyone!
Intro/outro music: I Feel You by Keven MacLeod
