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@contentandwell I started intermittent fasting on Feb 25th and do it every other day. I learned about intermittent fasting from @LeeAase on his Health Journey - https://social-media-university-global.org/my-health-journey/. I watched a video by Dr Jason Fung that was linked in Lee's blog entry An Unfortunately Named Book (The Obesity Code). The video kind of struck a chord with me and gave me the motivation to try intermittent fasting. I did a 24 fast the first day and then read how Lee does the intermittent fasting by just skipping breakfast and lunch, eating only dinner. Here's the link with the video - https://social-media-university-global.org/2020/02/an-unfortunately-named-book/. I'm planning to keep doing intermittent fasting until I reach my weight goal of 215 pounds which is what I weighed when we first were married. I've got a little over 20 pounds left to go so it's given me some optimism for a struggle that I've had for 30 years. I'm anxious to see what it does for my Triglycerides, HDL, LDL and A1C numbers. I have a blood draw appointment for next Friday but according to my daughter Mayo has been cancelling a lot of non critical appointments and I'm not excited to visit the clinic right now anyway so it may be awhile until I know if it's had an impact on the numbers.
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My friend had been on intermittent fasting for at least over a year, he had lost a lot of weight (over 35 lbs), even though he is not overweight to start off with. Now he looks very scrawny, not as robust as before. He told me he recently had a 3 days fast and plans on doing it once a month. But he seems to be lack of energy and he sleeps very poorly. Not sure if there's anything connected to this fasting. He is also a vegan and one would think his lipids would be ideal but it's not. Actually his fasting glucose was over 100!
My younger daughter who is 44 does intermittent fasting. She is healthy but finds it a good way to control her weight. It seems to suit her so it's great. She has been doing this for over a year so it seems to work.
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@johnbishop Thanks, John. I will check out that link later. Maybe this would help me lose the "at least" 10 pounds I have gained. If you are looking over a long period of time, I somehow got down to 10 pounds less than my usual weight without even trying before my daughter's wedding in 2017 and I would love to get back there, but if I can only get to my usual, that's OK too.
JK