Realised I have evening class on my Tuesday FDs ....

SofaKween

so if I wait until I get home to eat my dinner then it'll be virtually nothing until 10.30 p.m. and I may not be able to concentrate with a rumbly tummy.

But if I eat before class, then I'll be eating at 6.00 and I'll be hungry again by the time I get home.

Going to have to plan better.

Juliemoo1960

What you might find if you have an evening class on a FD that you might not get so hungry. Also you could go straight to bed when you get in so not tempted to feast

jknight001

I wonder if it would work to take snacks with you to class in place of dinner?

SofaKween

Thanks for the suggestions. Will see what calories I have left to play with by the time I need to think about going out. Think I'll take some carrot sticks to class with me so I have something in case of emergency (I'd normally have a cinnamon swirl with my coffee beforehand, so it's a habit breaking I need to break). I'm normally an evening eater so the thought of eating everything before 6 p.m. is a bit too much of a habit break for me atm!

jknight001

There are some studies out there that suggest confining your eating to an 8 hour window is good for weight control. If it works for you, you may want to consider not eating breakfast so that you can push more of your calories to the end of the day. That may be helpful considering you prefer to eat in the evening.

SofaKween

On FDs I try not to eat at all until 4.00 p.m. and then have small scoop of protein shake. Never been much of a breakfast person, except in my teens and 20s when it was 2 mars bars! Finding if I eat very late at night now I wake up hungry in the morning, which is not good for a FD so I need to think about some tweaking. I'm often short on calories on NFDs and tend to make them up to my TDEE an hour or so before I go to bed. Once dry January is over I don't think I'll have the same problem though.

Anyway, phew, successful FD for me today after major wobble. Came in at 543 calories but as I did 2.22 mile run am happy with that.

jknight001

WTG!

chiccam

Beautiful job! I personally LOVE being very busy on fast days and carrots are my go to snack!

melaniecheeks

Could you choose a different fast day?