Fasting length/ not strict

I know Dr.Fung recommends a ton of different fasting lengths and I’ve done everything from 16:8 to multiple day fasts in the past (however every fasting and keto diet in the past has failed me as I always fall off the wagon and binge). Today I seemed to have found a schedule that I may be able to apply long term, I fasted for 15 hours and then drank a coffee (about 150 cal) which obviously broke my fast but it allowed me to push my meal back 4 extra hours. The coffee had 8grams of carbs and the calories came from cream/flavoring. It really suppressed my appetite and allowed for me to only consume about 900 cal for the day total. Is it worth having a coffee with cream and breaking a fast early if it allows me to push my “omad” (even tho not technically Omad) later in the day and consume less overall? Is it better to spike my insulin twice through the day and consume less compared to ounce and consume more ? Black coffee never seems to have the same appetite blunting effects for me as coffee with heavy cream. EDIT : by the way I’m keto

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My daughter and I went to Ireland when she had an exchange program. I asked for “ heavy cream “ at a coffee shop - which confused the heck out of them! I realized that they were correct - American “ heavy cream” is really just genuine “cream!” I felt silly when realized that….. 😂

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I love this strategy. It sounds like something you can live with instead of making yourself miserable and starving. I’ve done plenty of dirty fasts and at the end of the day I don’t feel like my day was driven by my eating schedule as the fasts were never easy for me.

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I think it is relevant that I’m from the UK and am I right for guessing that this “heavy cream” is a US thing? It sounds like it has a lot of non-cream things.

So I understand the black coffee issue. Over the years I’ve managed to go to no sugar and I can have it black if I have to but I don’t enjoy it too much, so when I was doing something similar to you I’d put a small amount of double cream in my coffee, just to get me through.

However, double cream is very very low in carbs, this one you can have 2 x tablespoons and it is only 0.5g of carbs: https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/262479533

Do you have this in the US? In the UK this is in every supermarket. Might be worth the swap for what you’re trying to do.