Hi Robins105. I don’t really get the term ’emotional eater’ to be honest. Sometimes I can’t stop myself eating but I don’t connect it with bad news etc. usually, so hopefully someone else can advise as far as that goes.

However, we’ve all had to ditch a fastday at some point (all the long-termers anyway) and it’s really not that big of a deal, you just can’t let it spoil your good work. If you have to ditch at somepoint in your fastday (you’ve forgotten that there’s a team lunch planned at work or you bump into your best friend from school and they INSIST on a catch-up over dinner out, or something similar) Oh well! There are 6 other days in the week, just adjust your plan and fast tomorrow and another day later in the week if necessary.

If you have a really awkward week where it’s almost impossible to find 2 days where you can do a ‘proper’ 5:2 fast then just do 1 proper fastday and limit your calories as much as you can on one or 2 other days in the week to make up for it. We’re all busy people, just be flexible. It’s not like a normal ‘diet’ where you have to be ‘good’ every day. It’s just 2 days (or as close as you can manage to it) a week. Try to avoid days that you know will be tough to stick it out but don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater if you have to ditch one of your days. Anything is better than nothing and a start is a start.