Fasting until dinner...

Espressocycle
Espressocycle Posts: 2,245 Member
edited October 2024 in Chit-Chat
My uncle sent the menu for Christmas Eve dinner:

The Toast: Venetian Bellini
Prosecco and white peach nectar

Ostriche Rockefeller
Oysters on the half shell, baked with spinach, Pernod, bread crumbs and cheese

Baccalà in Salsa Bianca
Salt cod and potatoes in béchamel

Zuppa di Pesce alla Veneziana
Shrimp, scallops and monkfish in a Venetian seafood broth flavored with white wine, fennel and orange

Linguine con Vongole Bianca
Linguine with white clam sauce

Red Snapper Fra Diavolo
Red snapper filet in a spicy tomato sauce,
accompanied by broccoli rabe sauteed in garlic and olive oil

Il Dolce
A sweet table featuring Zuppa Inglese, Panettone Milanese, assorted cookies and liqueurs

The Punch Bowl
Old English Wassail

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  • Onesnap
    Onesnap Posts: 2,819 Member
    bad idea. listen to Jillian Michael's podcast on the topic (she has a doctor as a guest) anytime you think for a moment that fasting until dinner is a good idea. You fast = slower matabolism and *boom* you down 3,000 cals at dinner and every single morsel gets stored as fat. DON'T ever think fasting is a good idea (unless of course you are Jewish and have to during the high holidays).
  • carrie_eggo
    carrie_eggo Posts: 1,396 Member
    Fasting until dinner will NOT slow down your metabolism. Sounds great! Enjoy!
  • likeaphoenix28
    likeaphoenix28 Posts: 176
    Um, can I come over for dinner? All of that sounds amazing.
  • Ocarina
    Ocarina Posts: 1,550 Member
    That sounds epic! I'm totally not fasting. I ate a waffle and some grits this morning :D
  • apriltrainer
    apriltrainer Posts: 732 Member
    I ditto what another poster said.....FASTING won't bring down your metabolism. I used to do it when I began my weight loss journey. I actually haven't done it in awhile. Need to get back to doing it. It really controlled my appetite later.

    I've been experimenting with trying to eat regular meals and it is NOT working for me...

    I actually binge. My body does not like eating small meals and snacks...

    when I ate one huge meal or two HUGE meals after fasting I was completely satisfied. Beginning to think I am a volume eater. It's about volume to me.

    I may go back to it after the holidays. Anyways...the dinner menu sounds GREAT.

    Can I come?! ;)
  • catshark209
    catshark209 Posts: 1,133 Member
    Ummm can I come over to eat too?? I seriously drooled.
    Don't fast, you'll get a headache.
  • Silverkittycat
    Silverkittycat Posts: 1,997 Member
    Nice!
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