I “feast” on weekends, so technically not fasting at the moment. I put feast in quotes because I haven’t had a problem with that the past two weekends (the total amount of time I have been 5/2 extended fasting). My meals aren’t really any more than what I ate before, if not less, and my sense of what I do and do not want is a lot stronger than my norm.
I feel like fasting is another chain in a trend of me trying new things, and that is keeping life fresh in spite of the extra time I find in my life now. Also, all the crap that I run across food-wise that looks good during the week does not appeal to me on the weekends. For example, this past week I developed a thing for dip? I blame Pinterest. It almost grossed me out when I saw it at the grocery store yesterday. Weirdddd.
I just did an omad yesterday after a four day fast and am back to a new fast on day one now. I’m trying to figure out a schedule that works well for me while I’m working up to longer fasts. The omad was satisfying and I had it a little while before bed so I didn’t have time to go back and snack/eat more like I usually do when I get off track. Still down a pound this morning.