Oh goodness lots of judgement up above. I fast, at the direction of my doctor. I’ve read the obesity code, and maybe you should too (just for science behind what the body does in a fasting state) even if you’re not doing weight loss. Creamer in your coffee if it helps you stick to a fast is soooo not a big freaking deal. Screw the little judgy purists. I’ve been doing 23:1 OMAD for 6 weeks now and have lost 14 pounds and every single day I have coffee with creamer- often twice a day. I’d say I’m doing fine….I also work out often. So do what WORKS for you. What feels RIGHT for you. There are lots of ways to do IF and just because Jim-Bob does it one way doesn’t mean you have to too. ❤️
During fasting I’m not worried about calories but sugars that might trigger hunger. Therefore I use heavy cream, so more calories but no sugars.
(Also, btw, I sleep better when I go to bed hungry. I’m not saying here that you or anyone else should, but also that it may not be inevitable to get poor sleep when hungry. I consider better sleep to be one of my main benefits of fasting, but I’m not a good sleeper, so that might not be saying much.)
I switched to cold brew coffee (which is so(!) much smoother) and a tiny bit of cream (like 1/2 tsp with 20oz of coffee (I use a big yeti)). I drink 2 of these in the morning and figure that I’m still under the 40-50 cal because I can use so little with the cold brew (and I’m not getting any carbs).
Depends on your reason for fasting, if it’s for weight loss, it’s fine as long as it fits in your deficit. I drank coffee with unsweetened almond milk the whole time and it didn’t impede weight loss at all
For night time hunger, make sure you’re getting enough fat/protein with your last meal to keep your satiated
I think a question like this is posted daily. No, you’re not fasting if you consume calories.
The real question is: Do you care?
You have a mental addiction to coffee with milk. Either kick it and fast properly, or dirty fast and be happy with whatever results you get— if they’re the results you want, awesome. If they’re not, take a shot of espresso or do green tea or caffeine pills. Or drink less and less coffee daily till you’re not addicted to caffeine.
Good luck
If you are going to bed hungry , it’s not a good thing. What is the key to IF is WATER, if you’re hungry 2 hours after eating , you are probably just thirsty.
Give it a go , aim to drink 2 litres of water a day minimum, that curbs the hunger completely. What I try to do is if I am hungry , I slam a glass of water into me because I know I have eaten adequately.
In regards to the milk , there is some speculation that 40 cals is the most you can have fasting so it’s not a bad thing. At the end of the day I do Intermittent Fasting because it helps calories in vs calories out. That’s the key to weight loss, but for me I love the less bloating , then restricted time etc. Do it and you will never look back !
I am the same as you (NOT giving up my coffee). I simply switched to Almond milk (unsweetened vanilla Silk, 30cals a cup and i don’t use the whole cup). I find that it does not mess with IF. I even may have a couple of cups during my fasting period, not just that one in the morning.
A couple of days ago I hit my goal of 15lb loss, it took 10.5 weeks and I had coffee (with silk or if i didn’t have it then nonfat milk) all the while.
My half-n-half says 35 calories in two tablespoons. I drink 2-3 cups of coffee during fast. Maybe I’m retarding my progress, but it’s a risk I’m willing to take. IF still works. If I decide I need 6 pack abs, I’ll worry about it.
If you’re going to bed hungry and it’s disturbing your sleep, you may be attempting too much of a caloric deficit by not eating enough. Starvation will retard your progress, in addition to having unpleasant side effects.
I do believe in the clean fast so no cream in my coffee. But, I’m like you… that really kills me. So rather than risk my fast, I switched to green tea in the mornings. I don’t even miss the coffee! When I really want a cup, I have it. However, I want it within my eating window. Just what works for me. Your body is unique and won’t necessarily react the way mine does.
Hey OP. Im realizing that lots of people that think cream in your coffee is going to hurt you probably still subscribe to the CICO model, which is not an accurate model for human energy expenditure. Probably going to get downvoted to hell for saying it but it’s true. It’s not that it doesn’t matter because it does. But if one thinks CICO is king, then one doesn’t really understand fasting.
I switch to tea because I can drink tea with nothing else. I just drink my coffee later when I break my fast. I wanted the benefits of fasting not just weightloss. Although I do like the weightloss too.
Plenty of people fast with cream in their coffee but it’s technically not fasting because you are consuming calories.
It’s easier to fast without having had calories sounds crazy but even a small amount of cream can make some people more hungry.
I did one meal a day fasting for a few months, only thing was a bit of half & half cream in my coffee in the mornings. No sugar. Nothing else all day until dinner. I honestly didn’t think it was a big deal, lost tons of weight. But my body hates me and I started getting unrelated SIBO symptoms so I’m backing off fasting/OMAD to try and fix my gut health issues. I think I have slow digestion and fasting does me no real favors. I miss the simplicity of it though. I wouldn’t sweat the milk in the coffee.