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What if my nearest and dearest don't like the idea of me fasting?

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The "Welcome Newbies..." pack might assure them that (Intermittent) Fasting ¿and Low Carb? are good for you.

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Before we got "civilised", when we were hunter-gatherers, we often did not eat for days - and this is still normal in some tribes today.

Fasting is, perhaps, the one thing on which the Prophet Mohammed, Buddha and Jesus Christ agreed - and fasting has been practised in many regions, cultures and religions for thousands of years.

You have to fit fasting into your work/family/social schedule...

You can eat breakfast and fast late, or you can miss breakfast.

You can have a binge/party weekend and then fast for 36 hours!

Cooking is a potential problem... cooking food for others makes it difficult to not eat, and eating anything would break your fast.

You can substitute low-starch ingredients into your existing recipes - and you can cook potato for the rest of the family but have none yourself.

I hope your "nearest and dearest" will want you to live (and thrive) for an additional ten years?

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I will delete this later! This is great, and exactly as I imagined.

In my head, the worried family member is saying 'isn't it all a bit extreme?'

Would perhaps an emphasis on the longevity of fasting as a practice (many hundreds of years in Islam for example) also reassure this person?

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Vale57 in reply toStoozie

My OH was a bit concerned when I first started, especially the longer fasts. but now can see that I am not going to fade away and faint, and am in fact, more energetic ON a fast and get edgy when I have had a day with more carbs in.

He has gone from trying desperately to get me to join him in meals, to just saying 'Are you eating of fasting today?'

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HOBIEONE

Good luck & give it a go, when I was busy at work I used to really ENJOY to miss lunch. After being T1 since 1966 can you imagine ? Food food no thanks

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san_ray70

When I do not eat at all my blood pressure drops, this morning I woke early and ate some low cal biscuits. I did not eat breakfast at 12.30 I had home made soup and a bagel also a low cal cake. At 5pm I had a steak and chicken and veg mix. Then I ate banana and fromage frais with a sml portion of ice cream.

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