Day after first fast day

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thermalnermal

9:47 am
8 Apr 14
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I’ve woken up after my first fast. I feel terrible. Bad headache and pulse all over the place. I don’t exactly feel hungry I feel sick. I thought I had drunk plenty yesterday but this feel like a bad hangover. Where is the euphoric feeling that Michael Moseley talks ahout in his book?

CatSus

12:45 pm
8 Apr 14
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Hi, Maybe you drank too much water? A few years ago I was away overnight on a works training session and during the evening and into the early hours all I drunk was water, where my colleagues were on the beer etc. I woke up in the morning with the worst hangover feeling ever. My bosses took a lot of convincing that I hadn’t actually been on the alcohol :-).

thermalnermal

1:46 pm
8 Apr 14
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I’m feeling much better now. It was my first fast so I didn’t know quite what to expect. An hour or so after I got up had a coffee and breakfast I felt quite OK. I even went out for my run (it was a run in my training plan that I usually find quite challenging) and I felt just the same as usual. I fasted from Sunday night until Tuesday morning with 500 cal of food on Monday.

Going to fast again tomorrow.

Also I discovered that Alpro (unsweetened) is only 13cal/100ml so I was able to have a hot choc before bed which was something to look forward to.

GoodHope3418

3:12 pm
8 Apr 14
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Also had that (at end of fast day where I ate nothing at all) but comforted myself with the knowledge that it’s just a sign of withdrawing from continual sugar infusion and starting to burn fat instead.

Last fast day I had a small bowl of oatmeal with couple of teaspoons of yoghurt, splash of honey, and some raspberries for breakfast – don’t normally eat breakfast early but I hoped it would help me through the day and it really did. No headache at all.

kitsix

3:48 pm
8 Apr 14
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I’ve done three fast days so far, and have been lucky enough to feel great the day after each one, really sorry you had a bad experience after your first 🙁 What did you eat on your fast day? From past experience (with a different WoL/diet) I can tell you that sometimes carb withdrawal or caffeine withdrawal can make you feel terrible.

Let us know how your second fast day goes 🙂

Kits

thermalnermal

8:28 pm
8 Apr 14
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Likely to be the carb withdrawals. I didn’t have any at all on my fast day. They seem to to take up a large chunk of 500 cal! I had grapefruit, poached egg salad and veg ratatouille with a slice of bacon.

Porridge seems like a good idea but I’ve always found it to be too easy to digest. I’m always really hungry a few hours after eating porridge. Might see about getting some pumpernickel or rye bread – but how to make it palatable?

Giving it another go tomorrow