If I’ve understood correctly, you are doing 3 x 40hr fasts per week, which is a 4:3 rather than a 5:2 program. That isn’t too much, providing you are getting the nutrients you need on the days you eat.

I doubt you are getting the vitamins, minerals, fibre etc. necessary for good health. I assume you are buying fast food as it fits easily into a busy work schedule, but try to find a more balanced meal option if possible. Preferably something with more veg, healthy fats (eg some avocado or nuts), wholegrains rather than white bread rolls. It’s fine to make changes slowly, as it can take time to adjust our tastes to incorporate new food choices.

Piggtron, asking about what to eat on here is a lightning rod question! You have everything from Vegans to paleo to it doesn’t matter what you eat people. First off the 40 hour water fasts are great for helping to fix your metabolism and burning fat many people here do them.

On diet, as a long term successful healthy eater ( i’ve lost 80 lbs and kept is off 17 years) here’s my take. Almost all fast food is inferior quality, factory farmed meats and veggies loaded with chemicals. It is possible to get decent food out but it’s hard to find and very expensive. It’s much better to roll your own. From a calorie viewpoint I like 50-55% fat 20-25% protein and 20-25 percent carbs from non starchy veggies. By volume your plate will be 75% veggies with the balance fat and protein. You can make large salads at home and bring them with you. Proteins and fats can be beef, chicken, cheese,eggs fish olive oil, olives, avocado. Stay away from bread especially whole grain, and sugars. Definitely no soda or beer. Of course there are many other meals you can make like chili that keeps and tansports well. Soup is another great meal.

Hope this helps

Here’s a soup for you, Pigg:

Minestrone Soup: PB GF [if you use GF pasta]
1 cup =145.5 calories 3 g fat 5.3 g fiber 8 g protein 27 g carbs 86.4 mg Calcium 1/2 cup = 73 calories 1.5 g fat 2.6 g fiber 4 g protein 14 g carbs 43.2 mg Calcium 1 tsp olive oil 1 cup onion, chopped 2/3 cup carrot, chopped ½ cup celery, chopped 2 cloves garlic, chopped 3 slices pepperoni, chopped ½ cup sweet potato, cubed ½ cup zucchini, diced ½ cup mushrooms, chopped 2 cups crushed tomatoes ¾ cup small white beans, drained and rinsed if canned lots of sage and rosemary, chopped 1 cups water + 2 cups chicken broth/stock, low sodium 1 oz pasta, all or some of it could be whole wheat if you are boosting fiber [orzo, dinetelli, broken spaghetti] 2 tsp Parmasan cheese, grated salt and pepper to taste
Put the olive oil, onion, carrot, celery, garlic and pepperoni into a sauce pan together and cook over medium heat until onions begin to wilt. Add the sweet potato, zucchini, mushrooms, tomatoes, white beans, herbs, and water. Cook at a simmer for about 20 minutes. Add the pasta and cook until it is soft. Add remaining seasonings.
HINT: One serving is one cup, but you could go to 1 and ¼ cups each. This recipe made 4 cups for me – several future meals from one prep!

Here’s another:

Asparagus Soup: 278 calories 15.1 g fat 5.5 g fiber 22.7 g protein 27 g carb 277 mg Calcium GF PB This fabulous soup is from Salute to Healthy Cooking and we have been loving it for years. Despite its rich taste, it is very low in calories and fat. I ramped up the protein to make it suitable for a main course. HINT: the recipe makes enough for 6 servings. Freezes very well for easy meals later. I serve it here with Finn Crisp crackers covered with melted cheese. If you want to eliminate them, go ahead.
One and a half pounds asparagus ½ cup onion, roughly chopped 1 cup potato in 1 “ dice 5 cups chicken stock 4 oz raw chicken breast cut into 4 pieces ¼ cup white beans, rinsed and drained salt & pepper to taste per serving: 1 Tbsp Boursin Light cheese 2 pieces of Finn Crisp crackers 1 oz Swiss cheese [1/2 deli slice] all optional
Snap off the woody ends of the asparagus and cut spears roughly in half. Pour the chicken stock into a sauce pan. Add the onion and asparagus. Place the chicken on top of the vegetables so that it will steam/poach while the asparagus is cooking. Add the white beans. Bring the liquid to a simmer and put on a lid. Remove the chicken when it is cooked and put it in the blender, but do not process it. When the vegetables are cooked, remove them and put in the blender, but do not process. Cook the potato in the pot and cook until soft. Pour the stock and the potatoes into the blender with everything else. Blend until smooth. Return to the pan and season to taste. Cool and divide into 3 portions [or 6 portions if you are serving one] for the freezer.
To serve, thaw the soup and warm it gently. Adjust seasonings. Cut the slice of cheese into 2 strips, 4” x 2”, and put a portion on each cracker. Warm in the oven until cheese melts. Plop a dollop of Boursin in the center of the soup in the bowl, and stir with a fork to melt and marble the cheese. Delicious taste any time of year.

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Avoiding fruit is very controversial. Yes fruit has lots of sugar but there isn’t evidence of consuming whole fruit having the same effects as drinking sweetened beverages. The sugar science group is about anti-sugar as you can get but they recommend eating fruit. http://sugarscience.ucsf.edu/sugar-faq.html#.WsLLikxuKUk

I used to eat a 300 calorie chocolate covered ice cream bar a day and with that even in my calorie restricted diet then, I reached a point I was gaining weight (fat). Now I routinely eat more than 300 calories of fruit a non-fasting day (probably twice that) and it isn’t causing me issues. If you are going to try to get all your nutrition from vegetables, you will have an awful lot of eating to do everyday! (For the record, vegetables contain natural sugars too, as does diary.)

You should try to make a healthy diet that is also enjoyable. Different people have different tastes. You may find that fasting will also alter your tastes. For example I now enjoy more dark greens which it I didn’t like a couple years ago. Now I’ve added blueberries to my diet and I didn’t really care for those for years. I find myself naturally avoiding a lot of processed food because it tastes unnaturally sweet. Fasting and cutting back on the added sugars changed my tastes a lot.

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