Been doing18:6 for about 3 weeks. Going well, sleep is slowly improving, feeling less bloated, some weight loss. It’s been pretty easy overall as I learn and adjust and dial it in.
Well, today, 6 pm, 6 full hours after I’ve been stopping eating each day the last 3 weeks and I find myself halfway thru dessert before it dawns on me what I’m doing. I’m eating. I had already eaten a big chicken burrito, a cocktail and I’m halfway thru dessert and it not once dawned on me that we don’t do this anymore. Lol. It was habit and it kicked it when I wasn’t paying attention. I was in auto pilot mode.
So, I finished my dessert, I’m WAY over my calories for today and I had alcohol. Oh well, I’ll start back at it like normal tomorrow and I’m gonna download an app or set a calendar reminder so I don’t slip.
Funny how old habits lay in silence, waiting for you to look the other way and then bam, gluttony. Lol
You mentioned feeling less bloated- can you explain this to me, please? Does fasting make people feel bloated initially?… I sure hope so because that’s what I came to this sub to find out.
As for your old habits, I’m glad you’re not beating yourself up and know that you can start again from this very moment!