I’m so curious how people with families fast for longer periods. I’m the primary cook in the household, and I have to taste food to adjust seasonings. Never mind standing over food for a couple of hours and not eating! How do y’all manage?!
Just leave bowls of cherrios on the floor during the fast days;
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For real though you don’t have to taste the food for seasoning just make your best guess or have your kid/spouse taste as you cook. Then glare at them for enjoying the taste of food.
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I find if cravings get bad i chug ongodly amounts of La Croix or anything with flavor that has 0 calories.
I read somewhere you stay in keto macros and don’t break autophagy eating under some low number of calories. IDK exactly, but say it’s 100. Tasting food to season it will be less than that.
Second thing, if you start eating ketosis before your extended fast, you don’t have to fight hunger once you start the extended fast.
Finally, it goes without saying you don’t tell your family (kids) you are fasting. You can say you “coukdnt wait and had enough while you were cooking.”