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Getting hungry now, no oxo, no boullion, I will blame those prawns I had at 2.30. Munching on half a raw carrot now.

Ooh it's always dangerous munching before 5 I always find

The day is nearly over. I'm soooo looking forward to my Sunday roast tomorrow!

Bean

I am in for today; I've got about 4 hours left till eat time! I have found that THE most helpful thing to me on fast days is: BROTH!!! Nice hot broth to sip on! On days when I have that broth, it's SO easy. If I don't have it, wow, is hard not to cave in and quit!

Tonight's meal will be a bag of veggies, and, um, maybe a turkey burger.

Hang in there all!

I agree about the broth @flamanette .what type of broth do you drink/make?
I was buying clear chicken broth from the Chinese takeaway 400 mls for $4. That would be 4x 100 ml drink for hubby and me. It's nourishing,comforting and salty and takes away that too empty feeling around 4-5 pm and freezes well. I decided though that this was too expensive. I bought 5 chicken bones ( raw carcus) from RedLea chicken shop,took then home and baked them then added salt andwater, simmered on the stove for 90 minutes ,,cool,strain into little containers. For the same $4 I made 2 litres. If you get the water to bones just right the bone broth wobbles and the gelatinous goodness is evident. Now that's a happy day!
Xxx julianna

p.s. its very nutritious too- just Google ' home made bone broth Wellness Mama'
And only 40 calories a cup but I usually only need half a cup at a time- 20 calories!!

I agree about the broth @flamanette .what type of broth do you drink/make?
I was buying clear chicken broth from the Chinese takeaway 400 mls for $4. That would be 4x 100 ml drink for hubby and me. It's nourishing,comforting and salty and takes away that too empty feeling around 4-5 pm and freezes well. I decided though that this was too expensive. I bought 5 chicken bones ( raw carcus) from RedLea chicken shop,took then home and baked them then added salt andwater, simmered on the stove for 90 minutes ,,cool,strain into little containers. For the same $4 I made 2 litres. If you get the water to bones just right the bone broth wobbles and the gelatinous goodness is evident. Now that's a happy day!
Xxx julianna

p.s. its very nutritious too- just Google ' home made bone broth Wellness Mama'
And only 40 calories a cup but I usually only need half a cup at a time- 20 calories!!

I buy something called "better than boullion", have been using it for several years now to flavor rice for the family. It comes in a jar, and is like a paste; I buy the organic versions of beef, chicken, and veggie. My family loves it in the rice, I love it as a hot broth. It's rather pricey at $5 a jar, but it does last a long time when I rotate using the flavors.

Perhaps I will look into making homemade broth some time in the future, thanks for the info.

~flam~

I reckon 5/2 is easier than 6/1, Jo. Too many days between fasts takes me too far away from my fasting routine!

Yeah back to 5:2 this week. My goodness the fasts come round fast.
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