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SMART Goals and Chronic Pain: What are your goals?
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Thank you John for sharing your story and congrats on your weight loss journey thus far. I switched to low carbs, low sugar a little over a month ago, and am only eating one meal a day (dinner) somewhere between 7 - 10 pm .The rest of the time I only drink water because I literally have no appetite. I thought my current regimen already qualified as intermittent fasting, but it looks like there may be more to it. I will definitely look into I.F. guidelines a bit further to see if there what other adjustments I could make that might help kickstart me off my current plateau.
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@tekkie3, My apologies. I missed that you had already switched to low carbs and sugar...that's great. Also, I think one meal a day is pretty much guaranteed to be a form of intermmittent fasting. I also have been doing a lot of one meal a day fasting and find it helps a lot. If you use a smart phone, you might want to download the Zero fasting app (https://www.zerofasting.com/). It has a free version which I used to track my non eating window and you can easily switch between 13,16,18,20,36 and a custom fast.
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Good luck, you have started down a hard path. But baby steps are the way to go...
I am thinking that maybe moving a bit, along with the intermittent fasting, might help you off the plateau too. Even just 5 - 10 minutes of light stretches, seated exercise, or walking in the house can rev up your metabolism, especially if you can do it twice a day.
Sue