Hi all,
Just to say Cosmo501 and I are fasting from 4/5pm today to 4/5pm tomorrow. Anyone is welcome to join in
Hi all,
Just to say Cosmo501 and I are fasting from 4/5pm today to 4/5pm tomorrow. Anyone is welcome to join in
In case anyone is interested, a couple of things I have done to prepare are:
1) cook the meal for the rest of the family today during my eating window, so I'm not tempted to lick the spoon later
2) Have higher fat foods today to increase satiety, whilst keeping energy intake the same.
3) I intend to have some salted cashews just before commencing fasting, to keep my electrolytes as good as possible.
That's a great idea re the family meal. I hadn't thought of doing that! I'm also eating higher fat foods today, and will have some broth or bouillon before starting.
I'm planning a gentle 3km run in the morning to kick start the day, and hopefully feel energised, however if it doesn't feel right, I'll give it a miss.
Electrolytes?
I always add a teaspoon of pink Himalayan salt to my 1.7-litre pot of Green Tea.
Can I ask, does a good sea salt have the same properties? Don’t know anything about the difference.
Great idea - and I do not have a scheduled meal tomorrow, but I have 8 tonnes of gravel to shovel on a community footpath project this weekend - and I might need all the energy I can find.
If anyone would appreciate the exercise - and can get to South Warwickshire for Saturday morning, please get in touch.
I hope all goes well with your community project today! Sorry we’re too far away to help.
Thank you for the thought.
Two of us shovelled a tonne of gravel twice yesterday, but today we had plenty of volunteers - and I did little except drive and get the trailers loaded. ...but I have so far burnt 507 of my target 500 active calories for today, and 1,081 yesterday!
Hi Stoozie - all going well thanks. Decided to fit in my run before starting the fast, then had a small meal before 5pm. No hunger at all. Had some water on getting up. A busy day ahead, so I think time will fly. Feeling fine. Speed walking to the dentist as I type 😖
How is it going for you?
a bit of hunger but am shifting furniture and building flatpack to distract myself! Well done on your run
That sounds like a great distraction. I’m feeling a few hunger pangs too, but nothing major. Can’t work anymore though, so will distract myself with housework for the next few hours. Earlier I thought it was going so well I might try to extend it through til the morning... but maybe that’s a bit ambitious for now... still undecided!
wow I'm very impressed at the wanting to continue. I deeply enjoyed my dinner!
Will happily do another one whenever anyone fancies though.
PS I broke at 23 hrs because the flatpack instructions were so bad.
Do I have to hand my admin badge back in?
🤣🤣🤣 I nearly broke earlier but made it in the end. Definitely not ready for 36 hours today! Thanks for your idea, and for your company. It definitely helped me 😊
Is there anyway we could have an ongoing platform to join in with others during a longer fast?
Oh! I just stumbled on this. I feel like an archaeologist.
👋 Stoozie S11m Cosmo501