I’ve only done 3 day fasts, and now I am starting a 7 day fast. For me I always end at 3 days because I get such wild cravings. I can smell the food my neighbors make! But this time I intend to do 7 days. I think for me, when I feel serious cravings, it does help if I go and look at why fasting is important, what kind of progress I have made, and what progress others make. I’m going to try doing that and being more active on this sub to keep my goals much closer than my desires for food. I guess my advice would be instead of staring at the food, maybe look at things that relate to whatever your goals are!
OP cracked me up w the calling the restaurants for gluten free options. I think it’s normally and my only suggestion would be to say you already came so far and I remember that and also get SUPER busy and distract your brain
The biggest thing that has helped me is to just stop and think. Do I want this food because I’m starving or do I want this food because it tastes good and is pleasurable? If it is the latter then that helps me be like okay I’m definitely not breaking my fast
Same I just ate… Greek salad with chicken. Kept it keto. Was on day 4 and can’t seem to get past it. Days 1-3 are easy. Day 4 I always break. Maybe it’s a mental thing, but either way I think I’m going to just keep doing rolling 3.5 days, refeed, then keep going. I think I’m such a foodie that my mouth just craves taste and I feel I have to listen to it. Also, I feel it gets much harder in the second part of my cycle post ovulation 🤷🏼♀️ just trying to listen to my body without judgement