Hi Lydiac88!!

I think the first fast day can be a bit of a shock to the system and it affects everyone differently. I think headaches are the most common side effects felt. The thing to do is to make sure you drink plenty of water throughout the day. I also wonder if you might find it easier if you save your meals to the evening. That’s what I do and I haven’t had any problems at all. Admittedly I’m only on my third week…but it’s going well so far! I think your yoga will help too won’t it. How long have you been doing yoga for? I do it at home only at the mo (Barbara Currie is currently my favourite) and it makes you feel wonderful doesn’t it.

Anyway, I hope you feel better soon. It will get easier so don’t worry 🙂

Greetings, lydiac88. IF is an adventure of self discovery, and hopefully health improvement. We each discover how we react to fasting. To have odd days when we have little or nothing to eat doesn’t seem extreme in terms of human experience today or in the past.

I tend to eat a lot, am happy to snack as well as eat big meals, and had never been on a diet till trying my own take on intermittent fasting this year. I don’t find that fasting produces any notable symptoms at all, and no extremes of hunger. I do occasionally try longish unsupervised fasts, NOT advised by the experts, but they have produced no obvious problems. It is forty-four hours since I had anything other than water and my regular pills, though they do include one daily fish oil capsule capsule (which will have some small nutritional value). I’ll probably eat this evening. I feel well, but that is just me.

I’m sure that symptoms of reflux with a sensation of difficulty swallowing warrant a consultation with your doctor. Good luck, R

I am a Newbie. I am finding this fast day really difficult . I have a headache and am going to try and drink more. But oooo this is haaaard !