Breaking a Fast - my menu

#1

PLAN FOR BREAKING MY FAST

What do you all think of this as my food plan for breaking my 5-day fast? Light tonight, little fat, protein from broth after a couple of hours. Tomorrow, adding in more protein and fats but still pretty light. Anything that will for sure undo the benefits of the past 5 days?

Tonight
6:30 pm - 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
7:30 pm - 1/2 cup sauerkraut, water with squirt of fresh lemon juice
8:30 pm - 1-2 cups homemade egg drop soup (beaten egg drizzled into boiling bone broth with tummy-friendly herbs/spices)

Tomorrow
Breakfast - boiled egg, half avocado
Lunch - leafy greens w/ vinaigrette and a few pecans
Dinner - homemade soup of chicken, crushed tomato, and spinach

Saturday
Breakfast - egg fried in butter, half avocado
Lunch - Rotisserie chicken w/ skin, side salad of greens, pecans and tomatoes, olives
Dinner - Corned beef, swiss cheese w/ sauerkraut

(Bob M) #2

Sounds good if you can do it.

For me, I basically have something smaller then eat a full meal about an hour or so later. Then eat normally.

#3

I’m not hungry at all but maybe that’ll change once I get bite of food. :slight_smile:

I am trying to make sure I don’t undo the benefits I got from the past five days, based on advice I’ve read in various places. And spending as little time in the bathroom as possible.

(Susan) #4

You seem very prepared and are doing great. I hope that you reaped lovely Autophagy benefits from your fast, and hopefully some scale movement too =).

(Allie) #5

I just cooked four strips of belly pork and fried four eggs. Sorted it for me.

You may find you’re not massively hungry afterwards…

(Jane) #6

Looks good to me.

My husband breaks his 36-hr fasts like @ctviggen. He will have a small plate of charcuterie then wait an hour, then have a regular meal and eat normally after that.

#7

I’ve done a few 24-36 hour fasts and broke them like that, as well, and it’s not gone well for me. My gradual plan is my n=1 test to see if I can 1) not frequent the bathroom and 2) not gain back much of the 7 pounds lost. (I’ve read that it’s not uncommon to gain back half of the weight lost. Dang it, I don’t want to!)

We’ll see. May not matter at all. :woman_shrugging:t2:

(Bob M) #8

There are definitely people out there who advocate a system like yours. I’ve seen formulas such as “for every day of fasting, you need X hours of liquid/small amounts of food”. There’s no harm in trying it. If you get too hungry, you just eat more.

For me, I need the calories. My 4.5 day fasts end on Fridays, but every weekend lately, I’m busting my butt doing work around the house. That’s so tough that I often eat even three times per day, which is unusual. And, I want try to bounce back to hit another fasting the next week. I find if I don’t eat enough calories during “feast mode”, I get too cold and can’t fast.

And while I think that hunger does go down somewhat, I’m not one of those people who come out of a long fast and am able to eat a tiny bit. I will sometimes eat three times that day, or even more. Not always, but sometimes.

#9

Yes, I plan on laundry, cleaning, walking the dog and watching the new Lion King so basically, sitting on my butt. Big difference in energy requirements there! :slight_smile: