Hi mrdslp81, I’m sure you were pretty happy last night to have completed your first fast! The nausea may just be your body’s way of dealing with the shock of having so few calories and will probably settle down. You need to eat today, have you worked out your TDEE – there’s a calculator if you hover over the “How?” tab at the top of the screen. You won’t undo your good work yesterday as long as you are sensible and stay a little under your TDEE. However if you don’t eat enough on your non-fast days your body will hold on to the fat and you won’t lose any weight.
This way of eating really does work, there are so many positive stories on here. What day is your next fast? Claire

You’re right to not panic about going a little over your cals, it is hard especially at the start if you’ve not been used to counting calories, which I wasn’t. As a general rule meat, fish and vegetables are the lowest calories but keep you full (although salmon is surprising calorific!)
It’s a good idea to take measurements now and then retake them in 4 weeks time to see what the difference is. I’ve been doing this for 8 weeks, have lost 8 pounds (which isn’t massive!) and lost 10 inches all over. I’m really pleased about the inch-loss and also the fact it’s been coming off everywhere 😉
Happy fasting tomorrow and then you can enjoy Thanksgiving guilt-free 😀

Haha that’s a good poem – I may steal that!

Hey Clare, what do you tend to eat? If you’re still eating high carbs that may explain the nausea a bit. And yes, here I go again about those damned carbs… I know some people on here tweak their carbs as well and I’m a believer of it as well. Now I’m not a religious zero carb-er, but I found that if I eat zero carbs I tend to get less hungry during my fast the next day and less tired. Maybe it explains your nausea a bit as well.
Does drinking water help against the nausea? Do you also get acid reflux? A load of people have noticed that their reflux diminishes on this WOL!

Having some more protein may help, so instead of a sandwich with Nutella try one with chicken filet or ham. Or eat an egg with your breakfast!

And Mrdslp81… Like really, some names on here… like you just hit your keyboard with your fist 😉
Don’t worry about the 800 cals on fast days for now, however you should start cutting them down as you progress. Do you eat three meals a day? Try two, or even one. This’ll help with the reduction! An evening meal of 500 calories can be humungous, especially if you have some cooked chicken (no skin) or white fish with a load of veggies or salad (with a healthy dressing of course).