The FastDay Forum

I'm in again for a less than 1000 cal fast. So far 2 coffees, water, long beach walk with dogs, will go again this evening when the crowds scatter. We are having a long weekend for Australia Day tomorrow. Currently 28C heading to 33C in my neck of the woods, not a cloud in the sky i'm lolling about on my day bed by the pool in a bikini!!! Who would have thought, but it's not a pretty sight LOL sorry Poms and others in winter, but it is a perfect day here...who needs to eat too much?

Good luck anyone joining me.

Ooh @GMH how I'd love to live near the sea so I could walk the girls along the beach. It must be a pure slice of heaven!
Good luck today. Hope somebody else will be around soon to join you. Mind you, I guess your day is pretty much done isn't it.

@nursebean yes it is beautiful and will be better after all the tourists go home tomorrow, school holidays over. Did very well on fast till bout an hour ago and have gone off the rails a bit nevermind it's not a bloodbath LOL

@nursebean yes it is beautiful and will be better after all the tourists go home tomorrow, school holidays over. Did very well on fast till bout an hour ago and have gone off the rails a bit nevermind it's not a bloodbath LOL

Its so good you said it twice!! Oh yes, I guess the tourists must be a bit annoying. We have a gorgeous seaside town in Cornwall called Padstow which I just LOVE. I often think about moving there but I should imagine it is heaving in the summer months. Hmm, not sure I'd like that. At least the holidays are nearly at an end over there. Such a strange thought
Don't worry about going off the rails a bit. I'm sure it won't make a bean of difference!!

I'm in today - very pleased to be just where I hoped a few days into the Equinox challenge. I'm sitting in the cold UK & listening in to commentary on Andy Murray's Australian Open match. Plans for the day include TV films, & general lolling about at home - I find this sort of day hardest to deal with as a fastday, better for me to have too much to get done so the time goes quickly. Just ending a 3-week ban on exercise imposed by my osteopath - looking forward to going back to the gym & Parkrun next week. Good luck everyone else who's fasting today.

Back again for a Sunday fast. I have been struggling lately, keeping to 500 cal. I do OK all day then start to go overboard once I start to eat - up to 1200 Cal somedays . Not making any progress to my Equinox goal. Trying again today to stick to the rules.
Good luck, fellow fasters

I'm in for a "half-fast" today. My normal fasting days are Monday & Thursday, but I ate so much yesterday that I feel I need a bit of a repair day today. I'm aiming for 1200 calories today.

Good luck everyone!

I'm interested to find other people do 1200 half-fast days. I tried this before Xmas, 2 fast days & a 1200 day each week, but I found the 1200s harder than fast days. I found it easier to go to the gym that day, & then add almost all the gym calories I'd burned off to the day's food - so if I went to the gym & clocked up 300 calories on a 1200 day I could eat 1450 for the day! This worked really well for me - it gave me a real incentive to drop by the gym after work, so I could have a bigger dinner!

I'm fasting today too. Going well - lots to keep me busy. Good luck to all of us fasting today.

I have decided this is a fast day, I usually do Monday and Thursday but realised when I was out that I had only had 120 cals up to now, so it seems a shame to waste it. Chicken and veggies for dinner so I think 500 is do able today

It's already Monday in Japan, but I did fast yesterday. It was a great day. It was crazy gorgeous weather in Okinawa--sunny and warm. The cherry blossoms are out already. I went for a swim and then went to one of the castle ruins and sat on the lawn and read my book. The swim was my first exercise in over a week because of my back. It felt great. I had about 450cals in the end.