Hey guys, how many calories do you feel break your fast? I’m currently doing OMAD but will do a Yerba matte which is 120 calories outside the window, anything like black coffee or tea don’t sit well with me at all and obviously general zero calorie drinks like monster and Red Bull suck. I usually just do it to have some caffeine and stay awake for work, I’ve heard some people say it’s 50 but also heard up to 150
Depends on why you are fasting… If it is for gut rest… Anything other than water would break a fast. But if you are fasting to lose weight and what you are doing is giving you the results you are looking for… keep doing what works for you
Everyone fasts for different reasons and there are many variants of fasting, including eating 20-25% of your normal calories on a fasting day. Those people retain most of the benefits of fasting for weight loss if you consider that \~.5lb/day is the upper limit for excess fat loss. The rest is lean mass and water/glycogen. Losing the latter in excess won’t make you look good or change your body composition either.
If you’re primarily fasting for weight loss, don’t worry about errant calories. If you’re fasting for gut rest, that’s different.
Did you mean 12, not 120? Even the canned versions are coming in only 15 calories. 120 sounds like there is either sugar or fat but either way I would consider that breaking a fast. 15, not necessarily