For those about to break... something to try:

I’m at the end of day 4 here and unfortunately hit a wall with an amount of fatigue/insomnia that makes the weight loss not worth losing out in other areas of life.

Instead of breaking the fast directly into a full meal – I decided to try eating something high volume, low calorie & sodium filled instead, to see if it would make me feel good enough to carry on.

Fried up a 16oz costco pack of riced cauliflower and added 4 cups of Better Than Bouillon roasted chicken flavor to that in a huge bowl to make a super (not) gormet soup. A completely full stomach for a grand total of 120 calories.

I ended up getting the same euphoria & energy I would’ve from a big post-fast meal. Now that I’ve had this small (calorically) meal, I feel good enough to just carry on with the fast, which I was aiming to end NYE.

I’ve been consuming electrolytes/vitamins etc. up until this point, so I think there’s either a hormonal or mental effect at play here. Or the fiber may have slowed down the transit of the water/electrolytes and allowed for better absorption, as those have been running right through me.

I guess moral of the story is that rather than breaking a fast entirely all or nothing style, using a strategy similar to the above may be enough to get you over the hump at very little cost to the overall goal.