The FastDay Forum

I tried alternate day fasting last autumn but only managed a couple of weeks. I foudn ti very difficult on fast days in an office environment with other people pushing food at me and always something to eat hanging around. I am now working from home and am starting the 5:2 method. I've done two fast days so far which have been fine and i have lost about a kilo over this first week - i do have a lot of weight to lose. I think i will be able to continue with is system as being at home i control what food is in the house and left lying around to be snaffled up!

Best of luck with it this time!

On fast days, I usually get hungry in the morning and then it passes. Once my body kicks into fasting mode, I am no longer tempted by food. I could sit down to a banquet and not eat the food. I grocery shop, I cook and plan for the next day, but I do not eat. Something inside my body just kicks in. It is partly a mental thing, but once you get over that hurdle, you will be able to pass up food on fast days.

Hi Jayney, what I have found is that when food is offered to me I can now say "no thanks" in my mind I can think, "I can have that if I really want it, I just don't want it".
By thinking this I drop guilt, as if I give myself permission/choice I have no reason to feel "bad" whichever way it goes.
Good luck to you x

Thanks for the comments and encouragement. I'm finding if I plan in my head exactly what I will choose if going out for coffee on a fast day and what I will say to people if they offer me food then I can get through it. I'm avoiding unexpected situations on fast days at the moment - hopefully with time I will be able to deal with the unexpected in a more automatic way. Anyway, fast day tomorrow - quite looking forward to it as then I'll weigh myself and measure my waist on Friday!! It's also a good boost to get through a fast day successfully - feels like an achievement!