33F 5’11 SW: 280 CW:251 GW: 200
I’ve been doing rolling 48s for the last week or so. I’m finding that it is so much easier on my work days. I work a 12 hour shift in a factory. I’m preoccupied with work during that time. Since I only have 2 30min breaks and one 15, it’s easier to skip unnecessary eating. On my days off as soon as I’m bored I start thinking about food. The worst day so far has been the one right after my refeed. I’m thinking of switching my fast days to work days. I work an alternating shift, 3 days one week, 4 the next. I’m trying to change my relationship with both food and my body, I’m finding some days more stressful than others. As far as mental discipline, was there ever a moment when things clicked? Or is it more like the result of continued work and practice?
I’ve just gotten back into 72 hr fasting. I find that if I bust my butt on workouts it makes me not want to wreck the calorie burn by eating junk for 5 minutes. 5-10 mile walks is too much effort to wreck it. And, get on the scale everyday even whrn you screw up so you can see the scale go up and fix it right away.
Put your head down and go to work!
I only fast on work days. It is so impossible for me to fast and be home especially because I have spent months only eating home cooked meals. Recently I started eating out more and I dislike that window I opened metaphorically speaking. It shuffled my dynamic
I’m struggling with it too. I’m trying to note when I get the extreme waves of hunger to notice other things attached with my cravings, not just space. For me, it’s when I sit down at my desk, when I’ve done some cleaning.. I feel like I have the RIGHT to eat, like it is my time to and I should, so the cravings really come hard and sometimes the action to grab before I think. I really need to be way more conscious during these times and really think about WHY I think I deserve to eat at this time, when it’s no different from any other time….
I use the time when I’m hungry to try and go through the mind games that make me end up eating! Practicing control during these times is SO hard. Especially when I’m stressed