Breaking Your Fast

When I first learned about intermittent fasting, I started with a 16 hour fast with an eight hour window eating window. Basically I skipped breakfast and ate luncheon dinner. I knew that fasting was good for one’s health and promotes anti-aging, but it didn’t work for me. I couldn’t figure out why I was very consistent in my daily fast, so what happened? Was my body special the answer no I was fasting all wrong.

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So I was fasting all night and into the morning I fasted right up until lunchtime actually I wasn’t fasting at all… Every morning I had my coffee with half-and-half! That small amount of cream was coming between me and my weight loss goals, a tiny splash of cream!  For years I was fasting with no results. It was when I started researching how fasting could help with menopause symptoms like hot flashes, bloating, joint pain and waking, but I learned my tiny splash of cream was sabotaging my goals!

Experiment to discover what works

Everyone is different. Some people can get the results they want and still have that splash of cream in their coffee or drink a cup of bone broth midday or drink a collagen smoothie etc. I can’t as soon as I tried to clean fast, black coffee and water only for 20 hours. I found the results I was looking for  Test what works for you if you love that 10 AM herbal tea with a touch of honey and lemon try it if you are still getting results from your fast then that can work for you if not, then go back to the clean fast look at everything you do you might be breaking your fast unknowingly. Here is a list of possible fast breakers:

 Mint flavored toothpaste, gum, floss, tea, flavored coffee, half-and-half, milk, or cream, butter, MCT, oil, ghee, or coconut oil, sugar, or honey, artificial, sweeteners, sweeteners, like Stevia, bone broth, coconut water, flavored water, supplements, apple cider vinegar, protein powder, fish, oil, collagen, new paragraph de reader, if you are fasting, but not getting the results, you are after do an audit of your day begin eliminating anything that might be a culprit  Once you start getting results, you can slowly start adding these things in to see if they are breaking your fast. I want you to get the results you’re looking for – you can do it! Don’t give up! To your success,

Jennifer K.