Pleasantly surprised at how relatively easy 24 hour fasts have been

I’ve been on and off using IF for a handful of years now, but only simple 18:6 or 20:4 windows and nothing more. I saw good results last time but I admittedly kinda fell off the wagon. In that time, I changed jobs from physical labor to a desk job and I gained almost 30 lbs to reach the heaviest I’ve ever weighed, 207 lbs.

Recently, I’ve adjusted to a slightly different routine of 16:8 on the weekdays but kinda OMAD where I’ll have a protein bar at lunch and then get the rest of my calories for the day (at a slight defecit) all at dinnertime. On Saturday I’ll have my cheat day where I won’t go too crazy but largely won’t care what I eat. Then on Sunday I stop eating at noon so I can begin a 24 hour fast that ends right at lunchtime to eat my protein bar for lunch on Monday.

I was a bit intimidated to do a routine 24 hour fast. I’ve done it before as part of a fundraiser back in high school, and I distinctly remember being miserable (though I was also an athlete, which made practice quite tough). However these last 5 weeks I’ve been pleasantly surprised! The 24 hour fast being (mostly) over by the time I wake up for work has been pretty helpful for me, where I can just grind my work out for a few hours then I can eat again! I must say, the hardest part is Sunday evening, especially since I am a recreational weed user, and the munchies hit so hard on Sunday evenings haha.

I started the IF (without the 24 hour fast) about two months ago and added in the weekly 24 just over a month ago, and I’m down 14 lbs to 193! I have an end goal in mind somewhere around 175 or so, and this has been really encouraging progress!