Hi
Just started today and I’m pretty hungry.
Looking forward to feasting tomorrow and hopefully it will get better.
I’ve got 30 cals left before bedtime and need a satisfying snack.
Any ideas?

@agurl78 make sure you have plenty of liquids – what you think of as hunger is more often thirst so if you feel a bit ’empty’ have water or black coffee or tea. If you can’t drink it black remember to account for ant milk or sugar in your 500 calories.
Some people do feel a bit strange on their first fast days and its often a good idea to spread your 500 cals over three small meals to begin with until your body adjusts. You could try using an app like My Fitness Pal to record your calories for a week or so until you get a good idea of calorie values and portion sizes.

@cloudlady ..somehow this idea of ‘feast days’ seems to have crept in. It gives the wrong idea and suggests that on non fast days it’s OK to eat with abandon. Non fast days are about about eating WHAT you like but NOT HOW MUCH you like. You may not intend to do that but if you have the idea of ‘feast’ in your head it’s unhelpful. The ideal is to stay BETWEEN your BMR and your TDEE. If you haven’t calculated these, there is a link at the top of the page called ‘how?’. In there you’ll find a calculator and an explanation of why you should know these figures.

xx

@cloudlady ..I wasn’t getting at you personally but this is something I see more and more… it’s a ‘gripe’ of mine and I have just posted a ‘rant’ about it. 😀

Good luck

xxx