The FastDay Forum

Hello @@Hopeful Steph, another faster from the SF Bay Area, great! I live on the peninsula in Palo Alto. I am in my early 60s and retired and I travel a lot.
I just got back last night from a 3-week vacation and I have wound up back at my starting weight. I joined the forum about two months ago but have lapsed back into my lurking habit.
Starting tomorrow (Wednesday) I will start doing 4:3 again to see if I make any headway. I have found that 5:2 and 16:8 merely causes me to maintain. I too have to work on keeping my non fast day TDEE in check.
Anyway, welcome aboard.

Hey Swan51,
Tomorrow is A DD for me, too...and it is nice to be in sync with someone in the same time zone. All of our friends across the big water are celebrating a successful DD's conclusion just as we face our first milk-free coffee.
Good luck. I did find that, though I am very focussed on results, the truth is that I am also just happier feeling more in control and taking care of myself than I am ignoring the problem. Let me know how your first day goes.

I find super dark chocolate satisfies more quickly. The darker the better. Or, some dark chocolate chips in a sliced banana and toasted feels pretty decadent.

I stopped eating bananas years ago when I was on some diet or other (probably WW) and realized they were 109 calories each! I usually find that 2 squares of dark chocolate satisfies my sweet tooth, but I never have them on a fast day. Weirdly, if I don't eat anything for breakfast, the less hungry I feel.

Oh I'm like you @swan51 if I don't have breakfast it seems easier doesn't it. I mean, how many of us are actually, really hungry when breakfast comes around. Its just habit really isn't it.

Anyway, I wondered if I could join your tent. I've bean a very naughty Bean lately and haven't fasted for a while. Before that I was fasting every other day. This week I'm back with a vengeance BUT should I try 4:3 first...or go straight back into ADF? I just wonder if fasting every other day gives better results than 4:3 but I suspect there's not much in it. It may be easier to have weekends off...but will that then lead to Bean naughtiness?

Only time will tell...

@nursebean, for me ADF would be too stringent, I like to enjoy my weekends when everyone else is off from work and commitments.
My day is just starting here in the west and today is a fasting day.

@nursebean
Oh Welcome beany I also prefer 4:3 haven't done ADF but do like to keep the weekend free to decide just how naughty I want or need to be regarding my meals and wine.
You're doing a great job bean getting back your mojo this week.

Thank you Caroline and @SSure for your advice. Today was a fast day and I had some milo (not quite hot chocolate but close enough) made with water and fat free milk delicious and sorted the sweet and choc cravings I just made sure I had nothing to eat so I wouldn't go over my 500 cals for the day. I now know what my staple indulgence will be once a day.

@nursebean I was reading your posts on ADF in the ADF Tent and I was extremely impressed at how you seemed to fast every other day so effortlessly while at home. You can do it that's for sure but 4:3 seems to be working so well for so many so am sure you will do just as well on 4:3

Am so happy made it through a very successful fast day yesterday despite the insane hunger pangs. Reading the various posts on this forum helped so much it made me realise its just hunger and yes I live in Africa but I AM going to get food tomorrow….. Only thing is I have realised that every time I fast on my fast day I cannot sleep I fall asleep and then wake up at some ungodly hour and cannot get back to sleep I exercise everyday especially on fast days yesterday I did 1 1/2 hours of acrobatics quite exhausting hoping it would help with the sleep nothing

So previously I never watched what I ate on feed days but after reading everyones success stories I have decided that I will not limit myself but will def make the focus on nutrition I am reaping the health benefits of this WOE now I want to reap the true weight loss benefits.

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Thank you Caroline and @SSure for your advice. Today was a fast day and I had some milo (not quite hot chocolate but close enough) made with water and fat free milk delicious and sorted the sweet and choc cravings I just made sure I had nothing to eat so I wouldn't go over my 500 cals for the day. I now know what my staple indulgence will be once a day.

@skinnyli, that's great then.
My new moto-
NAPaJAS- Not A Problem , Just A Situation.
Say it believe it.

Just thinking that I like 4:3 so much because it works with my kayaking activities.

I've picked up a couple of musculo-skeletal problems (not kayaking-related) that might reduce my level of physical activity if I have them surgically corrected because the rehab period seems fairly extensive (my consultation about that is the week after next). If I have to opt for the surgery, I'd probably need to revert to ADF as my schedule.

Thanks @skinnili@Sue.Q and others for encouraging words. D'you know...I think I'm going to like this 4:3 malarkey. The thought of not fasting over the weekend really suits me I think. I wonder if my results will be the same as for ADF. Only time will tell I guess.

Are most of you fasting today? I'm looking forward to my Hairy Lasagne tonight with runner beans. I mean I'm REALLY looking forward to my Hairy Lasgne. No really...

@nursebean
Hi Beany no I'm not fasting today I usually count Friday as part of my weekend lol and try to get my 3 in Mon-Thurs which yes means back2back but they're no problem to me, this week I did Mon+Wed+Thurs with a spa day in between on Tuesday,
Enjoy your hairy meal I know you will, not long for you now.
I'm making lasagna for later tonight with jacket for OH and extra salad on mine, plus a bottle of red wine to share, have a good weekend enjoy your 2 feed days ready to start again with Determination Day again Monday.

Well that lasagne went quickly. Its funny isn't it. You wait all day...and then its gone in moments! Oh well, roll on tomorrow

Well done for doing back2back fasting. Very impressive!