The FastDay Forum

Hello I'm wondering if others experience this too? Yesterday I dreamt of the latte and pancakes I'd have this morning but now that it's here I'm thinking "nah". Toast is fine.

Yes that's quite a common response. I think it's because the hormones that regulate appetite have now calmed down from the high level they were at during your fast. I'm sure a nerd will be along soon to explain more succinctly

Yep, totally normal.

Great, isn't it!

Great isn't it? I go through fast day promising myself all manner of things like chocolate for breakfast and trifle. Never had more than a scrambled egg though! Just seem to wake up feeling full.

[Moogie]

One of the days I'd been imagining pancakes for breakfast the next day, but wasn't hungry when I woke up so I made them for lunch instead. They weren't everything I dreamt they would be and I wished I hadn't bothered afterwards!

Most feed days I don't feel especially hungry until lunchtime, unless I've got really low cal for my fast (Mondays I have a 250ish cal salad - it's massive and I chuck in a load of ham but couldn't manage more!).

I always wake up hungry. I almost always got to bed hungry, to be honest!
I find that I eat less because I get full with less food but I don't crave less, feel hungry less, or find that food is less tasty than in my imagination.
Being a foodie, my relationship with food is sexual. I always want food, I never get tired of food, I can eat a full meal after one full meal like I was starving and I would never say no to food if it wasn't for the calories.
There are three things that I can't get enough of: London, food and shoes!!!

I find that the day following a fast, I'm really not that hungry. It's usually lunch time before I even eat. I'll drink my coffee and water, but that is about it.

I'm really not much of a breakfast eater. I've always found it hard to follow plans that required you to eat within an hour of getting up. I'm glad this plan has a lot of flexibility.

Being a foodie, my relationship with food is sexual. I always want food, I never get tired of food, I can eat a full meal after one full meal like I was starving and I would never say no to food if it wasn't for the calories.

I sympathise.

Would you say there's a thin line between 'foodie' and 'having food issues'?

Just thinking aloud here. I'm not sure where in the spectrum I belong.

I think that the difference between a foodie and someone with food issues is the fact the foodie enjoys the food while someone with food issues enjoys eating.
A foodie won't eat something (s)he doesn't like even if (s)he is terribly hungry.
A foodie will eat the food in lots of time. If it's cooked by someone else the foodie will smell it, keep the first bite in the mouth for longer, analyse the taste, try to imagine what's in it, taste the sauce separately and then the meat separately etc.
I don't see someone with food issues doing that.