I am very excited to try this. Today is my first day of fasting. So far so good! If I can handle the fasting days, this will be such an easier eating life style. Just wanted to introduce myself.
Robin
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Welcome Robin!
I have to say, it's nowhere near as scary as it sounds! I was so nervous about my first few fasts!! but in all honesty, they get to be so much easier once you have experience with them. Now they're hardly anything to notice at all if I plan well. I figure out my menu in advance, so that fast day is easy peasy. I even often cook the night before a fast, so that all I have to do is reheat dinner on fast night. Yes, I have learned the hard way that cooking a lovely stew for an hour and a half before dinner is hard when you're fasting!
I generally am fine until about 1 or 2pm. I have black coffee in the morning, lots of water and possibly herbal tea through the day. Then in the afternoon when I start to get hungry, I usually have a cup or two of chicken bouillon. I eat a good dinner at 6pm with the rest of my calories and it lasts me until bed. I try to make it veggie heavy, since they give you lots of filling food for few calories. I might do a veggie curry, or a bean stew, or grill some herbed chicken breasts and roast a bunch of veggies like asparagus and carrots. There are lots of ideas in the recipes forum
I have to say, it's nowhere near as scary as it sounds! I was so nervous about my first few fasts!! but in all honesty, they get to be so much easier once you have experience with them. Now they're hardly anything to notice at all if I plan well. I figure out my menu in advance, so that fast day is easy peasy. I even often cook the night before a fast, so that all I have to do is reheat dinner on fast night. Yes, I have learned the hard way that cooking a lovely stew for an hour and a half before dinner is hard when you're fasting!
I generally am fine until about 1 or 2pm. I have black coffee in the morning, lots of water and possibly herbal tea through the day. Then in the afternoon when I start to get hungry, I usually have a cup or two of chicken bouillon. I eat a good dinner at 6pm with the rest of my calories and it lasts me until bed. I try to make it veggie heavy, since they give you lots of filling food for few calories. I might do a veggie curry, or a bean stew, or grill some herbed chicken breasts and roast a bunch of veggies like asparagus and carrots. There are lots of ideas in the recipes forum
Thanks so much Tracie. Those are great ideas ! Today I ate a small lunch (gazpacho, string cheese, and one egg white), but I think next time I will try to save all of my calories for a more normal size dinner like you suggested. Tonight I am going to have steamed tilapia and stir fry veggies, so that should hold me for today. I hadn't seen the recipe section yet. That will be a help!
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