A #treetuesday Blog - Intermittent Fasting

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Good Tree Tuesday morning everyone! I ran across this beauty on a walk with Hubby last night. It was the only tree in the park with the beautiful white flowers in bloom all over it.

Hubby and I are back to taking an evening walk every day and I am so happy the weather is cooperating with us.

I started Intermittent Fasting on May 27th and I have already lost 9 pounds! I'm using the 16/8 method, which means I eat from 12 noon - 8 pm every day. I do not have anything with calories for the other 16 hours of the day.

I counted carbs and calories for nearly 6 months and I only lost about 14 total pounds. The Intermittent Fasting is off to a much better start for me and it doesn't require all of the work of keeping track of everything.

It's also forcing me to drink more water and I know I needed to do more of that. I do have some herbal tea, with no calories that I can drink for a bit of taste when I am really wanting anything but water as well. I've only found myself going to the herbal tea once every few days though.

For anyone wondering how hard it is not to eat in my 'off hours', its not been as bad as I thought it would be. Drinking the water helps you feel full so I tend to keep a bottle of it on hand.

In addition to that, I have figured out what causes my acid reflux and I have managed to get myself off of taking the medication for it. Sadly, I have had to stop eating tomatoes but it has been nice not to need that pill every night.

I already knew coffee set if off so I have not drank that for years and soda is also off the table. So far, those are my known triggers. I have a feeling its going to be easy for me to find anything else that triggers it now that I am off the mediation. I'm in hopes of not having to add much more to the list though.