Intermittent Fasting: Day 1

1/1/18

What better way to start a new year than with a healthy eating plan?! Today, the hubs and I are beginning the intermittent fasting plan that will eventually be the 5:2 eating plan (5 days of eating regular/healthy, normal calories and 2 days of fasting-500 calories for me/600 for him). However, we are easing into it and starting with one fasting day a week. I am tracking my calories on all days on My Fitness Pal, so I can have extra accountability, and let's face it- I haven't been sticking to any kind of plan for a while. The purposes we are hoping to accomplish with this are a healthier lifestyle, weight loss, diabetes prevention (for me) and improving gut health. I am going to chronicle my journey, in hopes that it will help encourage and inspire others to make healthier choices with us.

Here’s how Day 1 went:

Breakfast: I made what I’m calling 'breakfast hash' (for the third day in a row). I chop up yellow squash, onion and spinach and sautéed in a skillet with some evoo. When it was soft, I added avocado and salsa on the top. It was so good. I know it doesn’t sound very breakfast-y, and it was developed when I had forgotten to get eggs at the store and had to use what I had. Now I’m in love. I had a slice of multigrain toast with a little butter. My sweet husband brought me Yellow House coffee (our most favorite coffee in the world).

I am really trying to drink water throughout the day again, but I’ve struggled to get in the habit. I drank one glass of water between breakfast and lunch.

Lunch: I had a wrap with turkey and mustard on a Natural Lavash Roll-Up and some Miss Vickie's jalapeño kettle chips.

I didn't snack in between meals, because I wasn't hungry. :) I did better on my water in the afternoon.

Dinner: Brandon made chicken in the skillet and the flavor was amazing…he used some cajun seasoning and garlic salt. We had some cubed butternut squash that we roasted in the oven with some olive oil, salt and pepper. I made Veggie Pasta with butter salt and pepper. It was delicious and even the kids were asking when we could have it again.

To my surprise, I had been satisfied all day and was still 600 calories under my goal.

I was nervous about not eating anything else, knowing the next day was fasting, so while we watched college football, we snacked on some crackers and cheese. I found this southwest smoked gouda spread at Costco. It's amazing.

I had planned to go to the gym today, but we took down our Christmas decorations instead. :) Chasing children was my workout today.