𝒻𝓁𝑜𝒶𝓉 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒

This is my personal blog and a place to journal my progress and journey. I am NOT pro anything. If you are triggered, please block 🤍

Vegetarian/Vegan

She/They

👼🏻 my stats 👼🏻

Age: 26

Height: 170cm

HW: 58kg

LW: 48kg

GW1: 54kg

UGW: 50kg

👼🏻 updates & progress 👼🏻

(17/05/2021) 57.4kg

Recipe time!

Today’s late lunch/early dinner was the most boring I’ve had in a while ngl, but I’m going on a movie date tonight so I didn’t want to be stuffed because I’ll probably have popcorn and Coke Zero at the cinemas!

I’ve been fasting for just over 15 hours, aiming for at least 18 today!

I’ve been reading up on the benefits of intermittent fasting a little bit, and it’s so informative and interesting! I definitely want to make this a part of my day to day lifestyle and diet.

For those (like me) that know the word but don’t really know much of what it’s about, here’s a little crash course:

Fasting boosts your metabolism for fat loss

It reduces inflammation in your body

It removes waste materials from the cells in your body

Insulin levels drop and your blood sugar levels lower

Increases Humand Growth Hormones in your body. Read more about HGH here

What happens hour by hour when you fast?

4-8 hours: you’re still in your fed state. There’s no food left in your stomach. Blood sugar drops a bit.

12 hours: the food you’ve consumed has been burned. You’re entering your fasting state now, so your digestive system goes to sleep and your body begins the healing process! Your HGH is starting to increase now.

14 hours: your body is now converted to using stored fat as energy. Your HGH levels increase dramatically!

18 hours: your body’s ability to burn fat increases exponentially now- this is your fasting sweet spot. Your HGH is also skyrocketing!

20 hours: by now your body is a fat burning machine!

24 hours: your body has reached its peak in fat burning.

Please note that I’m not a dietitian or health coach, but I am passionate about learning what is good and right for my body and my health. Rather than following unhealthy restrictions that will just make me binge again, I try to read up and research ways that will help me lose weight in a healthy and sustainable manner, and also keep it off.

I ended today with 1000cal ON THE DOT! I did a 21,5 hour fast, with a 5,5 hour eating window. I had a bit of a YIKES moment when I realized I had 1000cals in 5,5 hours, but then I ALSO realized that there’s no way I can get heavier if I only had 1000cals today lol. I feel super satisfied and full, which is nice.

As per usual, recipe timeeee!

I made this vegan stroganoff and replaced the rice with lentils. I’m trying to focus on more high volume/ low calorie meals so that even if I eat what feels like a ton of food, it’s still low in calories so I’ll be stuffed but not packing on kilos in the process. Here’s the recipe and nutritional info:

I am so happy to be back on track and to be feeling like I’m heading somewhere good again. I’m so happy I started today, and that I stuck to my promise for myself even though I would have loved to inhale a whole damn chocolate bar. I’m proud of myself <3

If you try this recipe out and enjoyed it, let me know! I really enjoy cooking and although I’m by no means a professional chef, I like sharing my recipes.

I just finished a grossly huge lunch with friends, now I can go home and start my fast in preparation for going back to my normal routine tomorrow ✨