The FastDay Forum

Wishing all fasters today a successful healthy day!
I am putting my marker down anyway as the first enthusiast of the day. We always feel better for it and so continue every week. I have also been doing 16:8 for several weeks now and find this helps me with non fasting days. We're planning to eat chicken puttanesca tonight and green beans. I'm starting out with lemon teas, (My OH has porridge) and I will have unsweetened almond milk coffee plus a tspn coconut oil, all frothed up. Perhaps a handful of blueberries too. This will see me through the day as well as sipping water etc as I go.

Hi @Katharina I hope your fast day is going well. The chicken puttanesca sounds yum - do you use olives and tomato?
I am in for a Tuesday fast and have just finished dinner here - 2 poached eggs with some asparagus and cauliflower - and I will finish it off with some fresh peach and ricotta.
All the best with your 16:8!

I'm in too - just back from really fabulous holiday & not yet certain how much I've really put on, how much is due to water retention (could flying cause water retention - weight this am a pound down from arrival home yesterday after flying all night, so maybe it can). Approaching today's fastday hopefully anyway!

I'm in today too. Dinner is probably going to be Peking duck burritos.

Hi Tues. Fasters! I was in too. I usually post in the am, but got busy and didn't even think of food! Later I tried the Cauliflower pizza. Yummy! It will be made again. I like being able to eat with the family, even if my meal is different. Off to bed now.

Hi @Katharina I hope your fast day is going well. The chicken puttanesca sounds yum - do you use olives and tomato?
I am in for a Tuesday fast and have just finished dinner here - 2 poached eggs with some asparagus and cauliflower - and I will finish it off with some fresh peach and ricotta.
All the best with your 16:8!

@MerryMelb thanks for your message: our chicken puttanesca recipe is in the original 5:2 recipe book and is a delicious favourite of ours. (Skinned chicken thighs, cherry tomatoes, capers, olives, anchovies and garlic, the last two ingredients started off with a little olive oil). I make a large amount and freeze four-thigh portions for two so cooking on fast days with this are easy!