I was also thinking to make short review of my IF life in first two weeks, what has changed, what stay the same, what's better, what's worse.
Digestion - suprisingly, never better!
I was scared of this and didn't know how will it be since I'm not having breakfast in the morning! But turned out coffee is enough for me to make things moving
I used to have problems before when I was eating few meals a day, I thought I had some IBS symptoms so I always tried to find good food combinations to avoid that. But fasting somehow do good to my stomach and bowel. Everything is perfect and I don't have any uncomfortable symptoms!
I'm really happy with this and it really made my life easier.
Hunger - this is tricky. As I said, I'm not really hungry in the morning (if the meal was in the late afternoon the day before), unless I didn't got enough sleep. Also PMS is only period I had my meals during the longer timeframe than usual because (that happened on sunday), but all other days I'm manage to control hunger. I noticed it's somehow less strong when I do some light activities like walking. Intensive activities make hunger stronger.
The harder period is after 14 hours of fasting, and after 16 hours hunger is really strong. But somehow if I go over 19-20 hours it gets a bit weaker.
Water - That's also tricky. I'm mostly thirsty around my meals, especially in few hours after I ate. During fasting hours I'm not really thirsty so I'm forcing myself to drink water. I feel thirst only during exercising. Also thirst is sometimes signaled as hunger, but very light, 'snacky' one.
Food choices - although I let myself to eat whatever, I naturally crave whole foods more. Not particulary low carb, but I prefer complete meals. Yes, I can go and buy some chips and dips, or have an ice cream for my meal, but that doesn't actually attracts me. Like, I'm heading home after work, hungry, and I think about some meat, veggies and potatoes like 'omg that is so delicious'. Thinking about pizza - I'm more like 'naah, I'm not feeling that'
As a result I eat less bread and pastry, less sweets, less dairy and less eggs (because those stuff I usually had for breakfast or at work as a snack) - I rarely find place for those in my 1-2 evening meals. I'm not sorry for bread and dairy, but I miss eggs. When it comes to sweets, I have smaller amount of those at the end of meal or some time later, sometimes I made some effort and got healthier protein pudings or made something keto or with fresh fruits, but I admit that most of the times I just have some regular sweet in amount of 200-500 cal. That's also not perfect and I'm planning to move more towards healthier choices.
I expect to also have less carbs in future period, I would really like that.
Calories - as I already said, some days I'm around 1500, some near 2000. I love to have big meal, so having more than two of them during the day frustrates me and usually gives me lot more calories than I need. This seems like easy way to enjoy my meals without going over the edge.
Energy levels - all great! Most of the time, because I experienced few energy drops around 3pm, but lot less than when I'm snacking during the day. I'm not tired and exhausted at all.
Maybe these of some insights will be helpful for people who are considering IF or OMAD.
I have to tell that I'm aware it is not for everyone and that there are people who have to eat more often and are able to have smaller meals during the day. I'm not saying this is perfect for everyone, I'm just say it works fine for me and my lifestyle, and maybe could be helpful to persons similar to me.
My blood sugar levels are stable and I handle fast very well, it's probably something about genetics here.