Learn how much fun intermittent fasting can be while eating a sandwich every day. Intermittent fasting is easy fun when you add a weird twist. Each day I fasted for sixteen hours and then I ate two thousand calories of healthy food and a weird sandwich every day for thirty days.
I learned that I can eat a sandwich every day and not gain weight. I wasn't trying to lose weight this month (December). Instead, I wanted to know if I could eat bread each day and not gain back the weight I lost when I first started intermittent fasting (I lost 30 pounds in two months). This month I used several brands of whole grain bread, pita bread, croissants, gourmet buns, sandwich thins, tortillas, taco shells, sunflower bread, English muffins, bagels, Hawaiian rolls, and Italian bread.
I learned that it is more fun to install variety into a diet than to stick with the same thing every day. I ate beef shaved steak, processed ham, ground beef, chicken strips, tuna, sardines, Spam, processed turkey, corned beef, meatballs, Vienna sausage, salmon, and a plant-based sausage that tasted like meat but wasn't. I made a mashed potato sandwich and a SpaghettiOs sandwich and an elbow macaroni sandwich. Weird, yes, but fun. I tried sandwiches with extras on top, like tomatoes or lettuce or pickles or peanuts or sauerkraut or cabbage or bananas or peanuts or avocados or eggs or cheese or pimientos or raisins. This was a fun month.
The secret to my success this month was intermittent fasting. I consumed calories for eight hours a day (from 10 am to 6 pm) and fasted the evening, night, and morning hours. I also recorded exactly what I ate using the phone app MyFitnessPal. I pay for an annual membership and love knowing exactly what is going into my body, even when I eat candy or cookies or drink a beer. This keeps me from overeating or giving in to a sugar urge at night. I lost 21 pounds in September, and 9 pounds in October, and maintained my weight in November. In December, I ate weird sandwiches every day. If you want to learn about my fascinating journey, then read this book. This is the fourth book in a series on intermittent fasting:
Intermittent Fasting and Walking 10,000 Steps Every Day
Intermittent Fasting and eating BEANS every day
Intermittent Fasting and eating from a JAR every day
Intermittent Fasting and eating a SANDWICH every day
