28-Day FAST Start Day-by-Day by Gin Stephens

Author:Gin Stephens
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

DAY 14: WHAT DO I DO WITH ALL THIS EXTRA TIME?

Today’s Date: __________________

PLANNING FOR A SUCCESSFUL DAY 14

Today, I am following

❏  The Easy Does It Approach (ten-hour window, low-carb ease-in breakfast or early lunch, low-carb ease-in snack, plus a regular dinner)

❏  The Steady Build Approach (seven-hour window, including lunch and dinner)

❏  The Rip Off the Band-Aid Approach (six-hour window, including lunch or snack, and dinner)

My personal goal(s) for today: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Daily Lesson from Gin: What do I do with all this extra time?

For some people, one of the most challenging parts of living an intermittent fasting lifestyle is that they don’t know what to do with themselves.

We are so used to being food focused from the moment we wake up each day: breakfast, coffee breaks, snacks, lunch, more snacks, dinner, after-dinner snacks … the eating (and drinking) opportunities never seem to end.

As a new IFer, you may be missing the daily rituals that you’d become accustomed to. Pouring a mug of black coffee feels so stark in comparison to the joy you felt when adding all the ingredients you used to create your much-loved hot milkshake. And that hot milkshake felt like a hug in a mug, versus your boring and not-yet-delicious hot coffee-bean water.

And what do you do at mealtimes? If you work in an office, you are likely used to spending certain mealtimes with coworkers. If you’re at home (with “frequent eaters” like your kids or your partner/spouse), they are eating multiple times per day while you are fasting.

Even if you’re home alone, having snacks and meals gave you something to do and provided structure to your day.

Suddenly, the structure is gone, and you have to figure out something else to do.

When you are struggling with how to fill your typical snack time, coffee break time, or mealtime, there are lots of things you might choose to do instead, whether you are at home or at work. Here are just a few:

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