Fasting during feasting seasons - your tips , ideas and struggles please :)

[Stoozie]

Hello.

As it's soon to be advent, and the start of a lot of social feasting for a number of us, I wondered if we could create a thread of tips and issues pertinent to the festive season?

What do you personally do at Christmas and the like? Do you pause your usual fasting regime? Carry it on with/without modifications? What tips help you at this time? What struggles do you encounter?

Thanks all

S11m could this thread perhaps become a link from the FAQs, perhaps under 'how to fast when family and friends are feasting, a special occasions guide'?

[S11m Volunteer 70lb IF20]

Good plan, Stoozie ... I am always looking for questions that need answering!

Last December I had festive meals on four consecutive days - I wanted to enjoy the meals - and get down to my target weight for the week.

I ate OMAD - I had Christmas lunches on three consecutive days, and a Christmas dinner the day after that.

Years ago, if I knew I was going to have a large (festive) evening meal, if I had a light lunch, by the time I got to eat in the evening I was so hungry I did not really enjoy the food - but last year I was "fat adapted" so it was not a problem.

Fasting for all or part of the day after a feast can work too - and it was about a 30-hour fast lunch to dinner +24.

Dinner to breakfast +24 might be 30 to 36 hours.

Now I am maintaining, and I find that my weight is very stable - and, if I did not eat after 14:00, my weight would re-stabilise very quickly. I find that I can pile my plate up with vegetable on the Sunday carvery and be back to my target weight Monday morning.

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An excellent idea Stoozie as socialising during festivities revolves around eating drinking. Being a coeliac I tend to have a reason for avoiding many things and I don't drink alcohol so a lot of things slip past me.

So I wish all you who want to fast over the festivities well. 😊