I wanted to ask others to share what was their breaking point when they decided to start with intermittent fasting?
I will start with mine. I was on a company party and one coworker had this amazing idea that we absolutely should have a group photo. There is always one such person at every party. So the photo was taken and next day the photo enthusiast send the photos to everyone. Needless to mention that they were not exactly flattering to anyone but I looked like 2-week old corpse on it. I quickly went through all five grief stages and afterwards I decided to start with IF. I am curious if others had similar “breaking points” too.
Personally I did it in the past and I want to start again but more because it’s perfect for the lifestyle that I have. I work in an office, 8am to 2.30 pm so it’s easy for me if I do IF, I’m more productive, I don’t stop like 3 times to eat something and I feel a lot more concentrated during that time.
It was a New Year resolution in 2018 and three months later I was 25lbs lighter, working out everyday and feeling great. Fast forward 2.5 years, a pandemic, depression,stress, losing two loved ones, and drinking excessively…I was back up 30 pounds and simply not happy with myself. All my nice clothes don’t fit and always in comfy clothes working remotely. Had surgery and a health scare during my annual physical and said to myself…get back on the wagon before it’s too late. I have hereditary health issues (type2 diabetes, blood pressure, Alzheimer’s/Dimentia) that run in the family and I was heading in that direction way too early. It was a bit of a build up to that tipping point and now I’m fully focused, happy and on track to hit my goal before a big milestone BD next year.Started back focused and strong willed Thanksgiving week (crazy right?) and down about 10-12lbs on scale, but more importantly to me, I’m able to start fitting in some of my favorite clothes comfortably…which is the hugely rewarding part for me and stokes the motivation fire.
I used one of the bmi/calorie deficit calculator websites always posted on here and it told me I was overweight. I’m 5’5 and 165lb, I thought I was out of shape but not considered overweight 😭 My daughter will be 3 years old next month and I’m still struggling to get the extra weight I gained from pregnancy off. I’m a week strong on IF now, my weight hasn’t changed yet but I’m feeling optimistic
A long long promise to myself that before I turned 40, I would get in the best shape of my life. That was 3 years ago, I’m 43 now and I’m still improving with proper diet, strength training and fasting to cut weight. The “best” is just vapor to chase at this point, my new habits are already set and I’m just enjoying the ride, but that’s where it all started.
Very similar experience for me. We had a sort of field day event at work. They took and shared some pictures. When standing in front of a mirror, I could pose/flex and delude myself that I looked good. Seeing the pictures cut through the denial. I just really didn’t like my gut.