“I have been living in Madrid for two years. I first did my internship at the end of my master’s in human resources, then I decided to stay in the city even if I was not hired by my company as I should have been. For the moment, as I have not found anything in my industry, I am a teleoperator. In Spain, containment started a little earlier than in France, on March 14. I lived it well, until its lifting in Madrid was postponed by a week, to May 25.
About ten days before the start of the deconfinement, I realized that I had put on weight: I could no longer fit in some of my clothes. It depressed me a bit, so to lose weight, I thought I was going to start intermittent fasting. Since I slept 12 hours a day because I was not working, I told myself that it was the right time to try the experiment. Besides, it’s not like I need a lot of energy to get from my bed to the sofa.
It was hard enough to resist when I saw my colleagues snacking at 11:30 am
The principle is not to eat for 16 hours, then eat as much as you want for 8 hours, as long as it is balanced. The ideal is that the period of fasting lasts from 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. so that the body draws on its own fats and strength all morning. The problem is that I resumed work on 1is June and that I started to be hungry at 11 am.
It was hard enough to resist when I saw my colleagues snacking at 11:30 am: I held out for a while but, at one point, I realized that I was drowsy for no reason during the day. I told myself that my body needed to eat, so I fell back on fatty foods around me, like cream pastries from the nearby bakery.
It was not at all suitable for me
To regulate myself, I downloaded an application that calculates the number of kilocalories that we ingest. I could see that even though I was eating fatty foods, I was still in the range of kilocalories I needed so as not to gain too much weight. Then, in parallel, I went to work and I returned by electric bike: as there are many slopes in Madrid, the excess food that I ingested was compensated by the energy that I spent while pedaling.
Despite everything, I realized that it was stupid to do an intermittent fast if it was to compensate by eating badly: I ended up stopping at the beginning of July because it was not at all suitable for me. Especially since it didn’t really have an effect on my body. When I put on my swimsuit at the end of June, I noticed that he was hugging me horribly while he was fitting me like a glove in September.
First I have to find my nutritional balance
I think I might try the experience again, but not immediately. This summer, I plan to spend time with my parents and I know that with them I will eat very well. In the same way, I am going to leave with friends by the end of August; it is not conducive to this kind of diet. Above all, I would first have to find my nutritional balance.
I have a very fast digestion: as my stomach fills up quickly, two peanuts are enough to stall me, but, after two hours, I am hungry again. I would like to be able to manage this mode of operation, by finding foods that can be eaten but that are not too bad for health, or by making large meals, for example. I thought of going to see a nutritionist but that represents a budget; I don’t think it’s worth it because I’m not obese either.
I am told that I am pretty even if I have a can
In the end, intermittent fasting did not make me want to have other eating experiences at all, like veganism or vegetarianism for example, because I love sausage too much to be able to do without it. Then, I talked about it with other girlfriends complexed by a few extra pounds and the observation is the same: they too have moved to Spain recently and see a big difference between here and France.
In France, everyone is obsessed with the idea of a flat stomach and the size of a wasp, while having shapes, such as a small container, chest, or big buttocks, is very well seen In other countries. It’s a shame because in reality, the forms are associated with good health. For example, the other day in the streets of Madrid, I saw a very luscious girl who was putting on clothes clearly too small for them so that her shapes could be seen, and that suited her very well.
Trying intermittent fasting made me want to accept my body as it is. When we are complexed, it is only us who see it: others do not see us like that. I realized that I was not rejected at all: I am told that I am pretty even if I have a can. Starting from this principle, I should not complex on it. ”
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