I have had over 40 years of episodes of overeating and never really had a “I’m full now” feeling.

I’ve cut out breads/pastas/cereals/cakes and biscuits not because I think they are bad, but because these are foods I tend to overeat, possibly because they affect my blood glucose levels negatively (?). I don’t know if I have gained or lost weight. I suspect I have lost but I feel so much better just not feeling hungry all the time. I’ve replaced my carbs with additional vegetables (so another carb) and I’ll choose a piece of fruit over a biscuit (so still having loads of carbs).

I am struggling with skimmed milk as I love it and have a pint each day (love milk shakes and coffees) but I’m suspecting it’s making me very tired, could be the coffee.

A side note is I feel my moods are on more of an even keel. This could be due to other variables. I fasted for one day all I have managed so far and that day I felt groggy and grumpy but it appears to have improved my mood for the following few days and my stomach was flat temporarily.

If you are some one who finds it irritating to always be hungry and have an insatiable appetite, this works, I feel like I feel so happy and so much better my appetite is finally somewhat curbed. I’ll always love food to Appreciate meals but to them finish them feeling satisfied is amazing. I’ll still have a bit of my children’s unfinished pizza or choose a sandwich with high protein filling but genenrally I’ve dramatically cut down on the processed carbs. Again I’m not of the “carbs are bad movement” just for me personally they seem to rev up my appetite.

Trying to get myself prepped for another fasting day- boy how you all do it regularly (!?) I didn’t enjoy the day but the benefits were noticeable.

Parveenh how did you do? Did you manage it.

I am still trying to work out the best way to approach the no breakfast thing. It has been revolutionary for appetite but a few days in I had some coffee with milk and a biscuit and was ina. Terrible mood and flood gates opened for appetite.

Well done with your progress!

I keep falling off the wagon and jumping on again but skipping breakfast has been revolutionary for my mood. You are really right and spot on that I think some days are good and some bad, I think majority of IF days for me are good but when you get the odd slip up it’s easy to think this is the summary of it when reality is that’s one slip and I like to know why I did. I have noticed lack of sleep makes me wants carbs and not just a small amount.

I have no idea why but just having a coffee (or three) and I feel less lethargic, I achieve more. It really is bizarre, I think my most overwhelming discovery is the improvement in my mood, I am usually very flat and grumpy in the morning and the mood doesn’t go until the evening but 4pm my mood always lifts. This IF seems to stop the morning depression, I’m not sure how I would be without coffee. By 11am – 12.00 I start flagging in energy(but I used to at around 10 am when having breakfast!) and I do then need lunch. I am still having a quite a lot of carbs so possibly the cause.

I am also int he pmt week – we are synchronized. I did have two, yes two bits of cake yesterday they weren’t small, I did enjoy them and they lifted my mood. That was yesterday, back on the skipping breakfast today and currently feel great.

Keep us posted.

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– parveenah sounds like you are doing well and artichoke and broccoli pasta sounds pretty good!

I was doing really well not having breakfast but struggling with feeling a bit light headed by midday. I had started reintroducing breakfast and perhaps not the best way, A few milky coffees topped with chocolate and cereal. I felt full and bussing but then back to craving something to snack on all day- that desire disappeared with the breakfast skipping. Once I start eating the appetite opens- are you avoiding lunch on fd?

Rabbette are you able to get out at lunchtime ? Put work place it’s hard to have enough time to walk at lunch but a good idea.

I’m finding my responses to fd variable some mornings I have felt out of this world with energy and mood. Yesterday I went for a long walk fasted and felt dizzy and grumpy by 10 am so had to eat – the again I hadn’t eaten since 6pm the day before.

I’ve been having sandwiches and maybe these are too high carb (!) I sort of thought I’d whole grain it’s pretty healthy.

Today was a bit of a wash out, lunch at 12 and when home at 6:30 I could have eaten a house. I pretty much ate a lot of chocolate, er, all the chocolate in the house.

Onward and upwards. Would love to know how you are doing? You are studying that must be hard – I remember snacking constantly when studying many many years ago.

Working on it.