The FastDay Forum

Wow, it was hard finding this subject. I am here for 16:8 fasting. Starting tomorrow. Why the "tents"? Time restricted fasting is so popular now, my suggestion is to make it a part of the regular forum for ease of finding...unless I'm missing something? I'll go check the forum subjects again!

Anyway, I start tomorrow, and I'm glad I found you.

@rooibos welcome to fasting and 16:8 is a good place to start. I go to this variation when I need a change of pace though 5:2 is, for me, a more effective way for weight loss when the fast lasts 24 hours each time.
Dip in and have a read around, we've got a bit jumbled recently after a server change, but there is tons of brilliant information lying around in here.
Very best of luck and do join in with all conversations, everyone is very friendly and helpful

I am following an eating window of five hours - though not always at the same time each day. I need a bit of advice.......I am only a few days into this WOE, but the last couple of days I've been getting headachy and nauseous late morning through to late afternoon when I start eating. Last time I felt like this, I was advised to have an oxo drink. If i do this about 11.30, is this when my eating window starts?

Hmmm ... The salt in the oxo cube will rebalance your body but not necessarily break your fast, being liquid. I would start counting time from first bite and not stress about it.
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Thankyou @azureblue
Where can I find more info on eating windows? I'd like to know the dos and don'ts about it all. I am managing a 19:5ish way of eating, but have no idea whether there's a calorie limit, timings, whether I could lose weight/maintain or even gain. So I've now managed to find the method to give me a break is stressing me
Please can someone help me with info?
x

Welcome @rooibos to the "window" tent.
@Karenm I don't think there are any "rules" as such
Its just finding what suits you best so the oxo would be fine on any day you just total the calories on fastdays.
On my fastday I use the 20:4 with a 2 course evening meal
On days when I'm eating out in the evening I fast all day then eat and drink whatever I want during that 4 hr period knowing it will be inside my TDEE (hopefully). obviously with caution
My 16:8 days I eat a light lunch followed with an evening meal later to keep inside that 8hr window, for instance if you eat a snack later on in the evening you're extending that window nothing wrong in that.
Your 19:5 days are ok /good considering what you're going through so if you can make 1 or 2 at 500 cals brilliant but I'm thinking that's not on for now so just making all your days as low calorie days that's good, you just need to reduce your weekly TDEE you can probably do the maths quicker than me but guessing at 1000 cls daily would be very good making healthy choice wherever possible.
Good. Luck Karen hope alls going to plan for all of you.Sue x

Hi @Karenm stress no more about it, it is SO easy. You can vary your opening and closing times on a daily basis to suit you and you can also vary the length of your window on a daily basis to suit you. Like everything else, if you over eat during your window you will gain just as if you eat sensibly you will either lose weight or maintain. Eat what ever you want to but just be careful to eat heathy whole foods if you wish to get the best results. No need to count calories unless you are curious about how many you are consuming so, now you know, how easy is that? Try not not over complicate it, just go with how you feel on any given day, relax and enjoy, good luck

Ballerina x

Hi @karenm

The homepage for the 19:5 (Fast-5) including the book, free to download as a pdf, is http://www.Fast-5.org

There are also two Facebook pages. an Open and Closed which you van join, if you do Facebook.

The basics are, you fast completely for 19 hours on water, sugar and milk free teas and coffee and diet drinks if you do those, and then eat as you want within the next five hours. There is no calorie restriction or rules about what you can or cannot eat. Some people just eat a mixed diet of however much they want; some people calorie count and eat up to a limit, some people restrict carbs to varying degrees, some combine with other types of diet

If done for weight loss it is recommended you do it 7 days a week, for maintenance many extend the window or have days off. Like with 5:2 maintenance, you need to find what works for you.

Hope this helps

It's a great way of eating mindfully @karenm I do it on my non fasting weekdays so I can splurge a bit a weekends. Thing is, it's so easy, so please don't stress over it. You are probably looking for the hard answer (I do that all the time!)

Start eating when you are hungry. Easy! For me this is around 13:00 because that is a convenient time for lunch. I usually have a salad with some protein, chicken, fish, egg or prawns. Think of it as being a huge sandwich minus the bread and so easy to prepare. For convenience I use bagged iceberg lettuce with chopped tomatoes, cucumber and red or spring onion and often some tinned sweetcorn (not good for low carbing but hey, better than bread and I love it so) For protein I often use single serve packs of flavoured chicken from M&S. I love tuna and a boiled egg or sometimes feta cheese. I always use a dressing, M&S do some lovely ones or sometimes I make one from light mayonnaise and half fat creme fraiche with a flavouring (mustard or garlic sauce or mint or anything from the dried herb cupboard depending on what protein I am having) I always have a weighed 100g of total Greek full fat yoghurt for dessert. I don't have any snacks unless there are social treats on offer and then in the evening I have similar again. Then there are always yummy bean salads that I have recently discovered. Then I stop eating by 21:00 apart from tea if I fancy something. Oh, during the day I have green tea in the morning and chai with coconut milk in the afternoon.

On Friday nights I have whatever I like including carbs, wine and chocolate and then at weekends the same but more mindfully. Just give it a go. Pick a time to start and eat mindfully. This is a WOL and is a work in progress. I am at target and am maintaining using this method. Good luck, hope that helps and please tag me if there is anything here that's not clear.

@ballerina is the queen of window eating and has taught me well

Edited to say lol 3 replies arrived whilst I was typing slowly! Thank you fellow window eaters xxx

Thank you. I made the mistake of getting on the scales in town just now. I'm 2lb heavier than a couple of weeks ago
I usually get weighed on a Friday morning at 9am.
I KNOW I have weight fluctuations during the week.
But I am still totally gutted
It means I'm back up to 12st 1lb
The positive I will take is that it's only 1lb per week. I will be back on 5:2 in a couple of weeks and it won't take too long for that to go.
It could also just be a fluctuation due to wrong time/different day.
Why on earth did I get weighed???
I think I will ignore it and wait until 15th August as planned
I am doing 19:5 most days (went half hour over one day) I am hoping to find it easier whilst in hospital as my hubby is only staying tomorrow night and Monday night, so I won't get much time to go off and munch my way through the pasty shop! Hubby is driving me mad with his eating. He said he would do 19:5 with me, but doesn't count the sugar in his coffee as the start of his eating window, just food. I guess I'm looking forward to getting back to 5:2.

Hi @karenm I think you have maintained even if the scale did say different. I weigh daily and after a full fastday I'm 2lbs lighter (if I've not lost). When I was in UK for a week I did 16:8 and the scale was a few lbs up when I got back (before a fast), after a full fast it dropped back down. Please don't stress about it, I'm sure it will drop back down after a full fast.

I have had to completely give up on eating windows for a day or twi.
yesterday I came over faint a couple of times and the nurses on kas ward are making sure I eat and drink regularly. I will be back on this next week so will be back here then x

Just concentrate on your own health then Karen as you have enough on your plate without adding to further stresses on your body. Thinking of you and wishing you and KA well x

Well I've just failed my fastday
Was doing back2back with tomorrow but ended up a
19:5 could have been worse I suppose at least I closed the door on my eating window but well over 500 cals
All my other days are still 16:8 at the very least, and I will go again tomorrow before my Friday weigh-in.

Welcome to the "eating window tent" @elc80 Have a good read around for a few tips,
On occasion our queen of 16:8 @ballerina
Graces us with her presence. we live in hope