Be happy, healthy and strong!

I don’t seem to be able to blog daily at the moment, so here's a summary of the last few days. First of all, I owe the lovely @sternenblumen a selfie (a stop and drop thing tbh, but I'm not good at this) This one is from Saturday morning before my bestie, me and our mothers went out to a double mother-daughter breakfast date. I tag @losingitinvirginia @danthehealthytrucker and @zerocarb to play.

The little cafe we went for breakfast was so cute, they had decorated the whole place with antiqu-ish porcelain figures (mostly eggs and Easter bunnies since its the season) and every one of us had plates and cups from a different porcelain service. They also had pies and cakes, but we were so full after breakfast that we decided to take a few pieces of cake home with us to eat later. (poppy-seed cake!!!! 😍)

The whole weekend wasn’t good in regards of food. The breakfast and the cake on Saturday did not help and on Sunday we had a barbecue with grilled chicken thighs, pork steak, sausages, grilled slices of zucchini and eggplant, pasta salad... So its no wonder my weight is bouncing up and down this week. And it's proof that fasting in itself is not enough, you have to watch your calories too. During the work week, this isn't a big issue for me, but on the weekends I tend to go overboard. Next weekend won't be better as I'm visiting friends, so I need to be good this week.

I’ve been stuck in the 80s for nearly a year now and I don’t seem to be able to cut down on the calories anymore without being hungry all the time, so I decided to try another route. I’ve been reading a lot about intermittent fasting recently and I want to give the 16:8 method a try, maybe it can help me stay within my calories if I skip an entire meal while fasting? Since I work 8 am to 5 pm it’ll suit my timetable best if I skip breakfast, but it’s also the hardest because I loooooove breakfast. I usually have a break around 12 pm, so I’m planning on starting my food window then which allows me to eat until 8 pm.

So with this in mind, I started my fasting yesterday evening at 8 pm and... guess what... failed! My brother offered me some cookies while we were chatting later in the evening and I was already munching on one when my head reminded me that I should be fasting - oops. 🤭 Later I realized that the sugar-free orange soda I've been drinking during the evening has 2 cal/100 ml, so it's not ideal for fasting hours either. But as they say, the first step is always the hardest and I'm learning from my mistakes. Other than that it went remarkably well. I was afraid I would be irritated from hunger and not able to concentrate at work, but it was okay. Sure, I was hungry and my stomach made some pitiful noises every now and then, but it was bearable. I enjoyed my lunch at 12 pm consisting of homemade bread with various toppings, cucumber slices, and carrots. As a snack in the afternoon, I had quark with flavor drops that made the quark taste like cheesecake, yum. For dinner, I had homemade burritos.