I quickly noticed that 500 calories lends itself to a 200/300 split. I started off focusing on breakfast - eggs seemed a good idea. After a while, I started wondering if anything else might work so one IF day I tried full fat cream cheese - the Philadelphia type - but organic from Sainsbury's, which is normally very yummy. This cream cheese did not cut it at all. It disappeared very quickly and I had hunger pangs galore. It was too little substance from too many calories.
Back to the eggs, they do seem to work the best for me. Now my quest to perfect the maximum satisfaction from the 200 calories started. Today I think I pretty much cracked it (no egg pun intended).
Meet my breakfast, pictured above: 1 slice of wholemeal granary toast, 1 poached (coddled) egg, 1/2 a grilled medium tomato and 1/2 a grilled portabella mushroom. This was delicious. The tomato give moisture, the mushroom provides meatiness, and the egg is creamy against the crunch of the toast. Of course granary toast is glycemically good, and the egg is excellent protein and nutrients, so it is quite a satisfying way to end a fast. It also does not require too much preparation, which is important if you are like me and feel quite weak from fasting.
I am still struggling with the weakness on the 500 calorie days. I feel as if these very low calorie days are physical write-offs. I am at home on both days, so in some ways it is less of an issue, but at the same time, I have stuff I need to do and yet my productiveness seems way worse than normal. Maybe this is because I am chronically sick or maybe my body is not efficient at burning up fat compared to other people. I don't know, but I still feel that it is worth doing IF.
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