Poll of the Day > Down 10lbs with intermittent fasting

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Anyone else do IF? It has really helped me with my snacking habit I developed being in lock down.

I still wanna lose like 10 more lbs but I'm already looking pretty smol

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Yeah, was gonna say, that pic you posted the other day doesn't look like it needs to loose any weight, you be fine already:)

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I want to lose more body fat on my upper arms, stomach and thighs.

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I've done intermittent fasting before, but not something I am currently doing. Definitely think there's value in it when practiced correctly though (as in, not taking it to an extreme and mislabeling anorexic habits as fasting). I always fast for a full day or only eat a light heathy meal before a psychedelic trip.

JigsawTDC posted...

I've done intermittent fasting before, but not something I am currently doing. Definitely think there's value in it when practiced correctly though (as in, not taking it to an extreme and mislabeling anorexic habits as fasting). I always fast for a full day or only eat a light heathy meal before a psychedelic trip.

What's the benefit of that? I've never done psychedelics.

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So many health benefits to IF.

Autophagy, baby!

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i do! i usually dont start eating until like 4pm. ill have a small-ish snack and then have dinner at like 7:30-8 and thats it for the day.

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Used to do it combined with keto.

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DirtBasedSoap posted...

i do! i usually dont start eating until like 4pm. ill have a small-ish snack and then have dinner at like 7:30-8 and thats it for the day.

I fast from 6pm-12pm. I just bumped it up from 10am because I felt okay not eating longer. Lately I've been getting hungry after 6 but that's okay.

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im literally always hungry now

not smoking weed all the time has made this a lot easier though. ive lost like 12 pounds in a month. from like 170 down to 158.

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Yeah, I always gets the munchies if I ingest marijuana. Never met a strand that didn't cause that for me.

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Jen0125 posted...

What's the benefit of that? I've never done psychedelics.

Benefits can vary depending on substance, but for fungal varieties taking them on an empty stomach can lead to a more potent trip. In an altered state you can become significantly more aware of bodily functions as well, and what you eat prior can drastically effect that. I know a few people who have become vegetarians after thinking about meat eating, attempting meat eating, or just seeing meat while tripping. Part of it is probably just mystic woo playing into my own confirmation bias, but I think everything that you choose to make part of you, such as what you eat and absorb, can have an impact on your trip. Set and setting (physical, mental, and spiritual) have significant influence on a trip.

JigsawTDC posted...

Benefits can vary depending on substance, but for fungal varieties taking them on an empty stomach can lead to a more potent trip. In an altered state you can become significantly more aware of bodily functions as well, and what you eat prior can drastically effect that. I know a few people who have become vegetarians after thinking about meat eating, attempting meat eating, or just seeing meat while tripping. Part of it is probably just mystic woo playing into my own confirmation bias, but I think everything that you choose to make part of you, such as what you eat and absorb, can have an impact on your trip. Set and setting (physical, mental, and spiritual) have significant influence on a trip.

Very interesting.

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i have been trying to find 'fungi' for like a year now and ive had no luck :(

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DirtBasedSoap posted...

i have been trying to find 'fungi' for like a year now and ive had no luck :(

Ask the goth girl who works at Whole Foods or the cool barista who works at the local punk coffee shop. Or hit up a college campus/rave!

But yeah, I know how that is. I just moved to Las Vegas and I know they're for sure out here, but I've got no current sources.

Congrats, I've put on weight since quarantine. As long as your feeling good about yourself, I'm here for it.

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Kinda I hardly ate at school until I got home and it sticks with me to this day.

JigsawTDC posted...

Ask the goth girl who works at Whole Foods or the cool barista who works at the local punk coffee shop. Or hit up a college campus/rave!

But yeah, I know how that is. I just moved to Las Vegas and I know they're for sure out here, but I've got no current sources.

What part of Vegas did you move to? Also, are you the same TDC that used to post here?

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Kudos.

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Zareth posted...

What part of Vegas did you move to? Also, are you the same TDC that used to post here?

I don't know the names of the different neighborhoods of Vegas yet, but I'm not far from the strip. Maybe like 5 to 7 miles. I can take a short walk from my house and see it from the freeway on ramps. And yeah, I'm the same TDC that used to post here!

I generally have always eaten only once a day. I don't like eating anything for a few hours after waking up, so that pretty much cancels breakfasts for me. When I'm working (specially as a teacher), I usually would eat something around lunch though, but if i'm at home like now, I usually wait till dinner time and just eat once.

I've fasted a few times (usually because I just forget to eat). I've always been a bit weird and I don't really get hungry till I smell food. I can have just eaten, and if I smell food (especially meat being cooked), I'll be hungry again.

If i'm into a video game or distracted though, I can like go into stomach hibernation mode and I forget about food all together.

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IronBornCorps posted...

Congrats, I've put on weight since quarantine. As long as your feeling good about yourself, I'm here for it.

Naw still feel fat and ugly

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Jen0125 posted...

Naw still feel fat and ugly

I feel it, and am right there with you.

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JigsawTDC posted...

Benefits can vary depending on substance, but for fungal varieties taking them on an empty stomach can lead to a more potent trip. In an altered state you can become significantly more aware of bodily functions as well, and what you eat prior can drastically effect that. I know a few people who have become vegetarians after thinking about meat eating, attempting meat eating, or just seeing meat while tripping. Part of it is probably just mystic woo playing into my own confirmation bias, but I think everything that you choose to make part of you, such as what you eat and absorb, can have an impact on your trip. Set and setting (physical, mental, and spiritual) have significant influence on a trip.

tl;dr, there isn't much to puke up if you haven't eaten.

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WhiskeyDisk posted...

tl;dr, there isn't much to puke up if you haven't eaten.

That's definitely another benefit for many! Though personally I've never puked except the one time I also drank alcohol along with it.

Jen0125 posted...

I fast from 6pm-12pm.

hmmm, is that how that works? I skip breakfast and lunch too, so I fast from like 10pm-6pm.

I thought that was an unhealthy thing to do, though...

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yea i did, i also did a keto diet, lost 20kg in like 2 months

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JigsawTDC posted...

That's definitely another benefit for many! Though personally I've never puked except the one time I also drank alcohol along with it.

Yeah, I've found that most psychedelics seem to amplify alcohol in a very bad way...

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I use it as more of way to control my weight. Used to be 165-170 and now I'm pretty much never fluctuating from 155. I usually do 8pm to 12-1pm (16 hrs) and usually break that during the weekends because I gotta have my donut or kolache or sugar loaded brunch fix.

sodium-chloride posted...

I use it as more of way to control my weight. Used to be 165-170 and now I'm pretty much never fluctuating from 155. I usually do 8pm to 12-1pm (16 hrs) and usually break that during the weekends because I gotta have my donut or kolache or sugar loaded brunch fix.

Yeah, I usually skip fastin one or two days a week just so I have a little bit of normalcy.

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