The FastDay Forum

It's okay...start again tomorrow. Deep breath and move forward.

I was supposed to do a fast day yesterday and by 7pm I'd only had 400 calories. However by 7.30 I'd eaten a tin of spaghetti and three bowls of porridge - I was just on an eating binge! Still, got back on the wagon and I'm here today, successfully fasting and determined to see the day out. Keep on keeping on - it's not over till the fat lady sings and I haven't started singing yet!

Oh have I done this before! I've found the best way to conquer this happening is to tell myself that if I eat these things after a whole day of being good then I've not only wasted a fast day, but I've also wasted a feast day - if I stay on track I can eat all these things and have a nice breakfast and lunch tomorrow but if I eat them now and ruin the fast day, I've effectively turned it into a 'not very satisfying' feast day if your see what I mean?
Of course it often happens that if I continue with the fast, planning to eat this, and this, and this, and maybe a bit of this tomorrow, I often don't feel like it when it rolls around.

I'm considering doing alternate days or maybe 1 in 3 for a bit as I find that when I have the 3 feast days in a row it's more difficult to switch the hunger off again.

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Despite having done a double fast day plus one, making three for the week, I still managed to completely stuff things up by overeating a bbq brekky and whole box of Terry's chocolate ornage minis, undoing all my good work. I am so angry with myself for being so greedy(scene from Chocolat anyone?) Part of my problem I think is that I have been so conditioned over the years to eat healthily, all fatty, sweet food is bad, is that I gave allowed myself a little bit of licence and lost complete control!
Like others I need to recognise what I'm doing and actually think before I eat, otherwise I'm not going to get anywhere!

Ah, great news Pilchard! This is what I love about the lifestyle (though I'm only one fast in) --- each fast stands on its own. If one is botched, there's always tomorrow. Each fast counts! 1 or 2 or 3 a week, whatever works. And after reading the boards, everyone is unique when it comes to getting through the fast. It's trial and error and falling down and dusting ourselves off! But the real courage is in trying again! You, like everyone here, is an inspiration!