First fast day

Good morning! I am in my first day of fasting. I actually decided to go from 6pm-6pm (dinnertime) rather than from waking to waking. I feel like this might be a better plan because by the time I wake up on a fast day I am only 10 hours from eating whatever I want.

So last night I had my dinner and finished my dessert and wine by 6pm. I ate teriyaki chicken and broccoli with quinoa, and a mug brownie from my cooking blog. The only thing I consumed after that was water and plain tea with no sugar.

I did get a few tummy grumbles last night but nothing that was terribly hard to distract myself from. I also had a hard time getting to sleep, but it is possible that could be from oversleeping the night before (I had over 12 hours of sleep) and therefore just not being tired yet.

I should note that I enjoyed a delicious plate of diner breakfast (for lunch) as well yesterday, hash browns, poached eggs, and sausage gravy... my favorite! My breakfast was pretty light as I only had a slice of blueberry bunt cake and coffee with cream at church.

This morning I am feeling a bit hungry but I am not terribly worried about it because I can eat up to 500 calories before 6pm and then whatever I want after that! So by the time I do eat something I will have totally fasted for about 15 hours. I plan on starting with a small breakfast meal (a hard boiled egg, small serving of plain yogurt, and berries, most likely blended into a smoothie. Well the egg won't be in the smoothie! heh.) and then I will eat the larger allotted meal as soon as I feel hungry again. I premade the main meal I will eat today and used a recipe straight from The Fast Diet book. I am actually excited about eating it as it looks like it will be delicious! It is a carefully measured feta Nicosia salad (feta cheese, diced black olive, lettuce, cucumber, and beans) drizzled with a little apple cider vinegar. Yum.

Lastly a little bit of data. My weight this morning is 231, down a lb from yesterday morning. I am feeling peckish but not utterly starving, and I am suffering no sensations of dizziness, lightheadedness, headache, or mental cloudiness. I am still quite optimistic about this diet style and eager to track my results as they come! I will post again tomorrow (the day after the fasting day) and then likely not again until Thurday, my next planned fasting day. Ta for now!