The past 36 hours or so have been a pretty massive test of my strength of will. First, I had a big solo concert yesterday afternoon, so while I have performed while fasting before and been fine, I thought I would have breakfast (bacon and eggs) and then start my fast after that. It was a busy day, with not only the concert, but also some voice lessons taught, and a second performance with a carolling quartet as well. That night at one of my workplaces, there was cake and wine on offer. I was hungry by that point, but it wasn’t very difficult to refuse it.
Today at my other workplace, I was told no less than EIGHT times by well-meaning colleagues that there was cake, again. When I went to the staffroom for my lunch (aka: green tea) break, the room was filled with people eating cake. I endured it for awhile (now in my very-hungry zone, the dread 24-30 hour stretch), then politely found somewhere else to catch up on my emails and texts, away from all the cake. When I returned to my post, some kind-hearted soul had delivered slices of that same damned cake on a tray for the staff in my area, just in case we hadn’t already been bombarded with offers of said cake.
Then, toward the end of an ungodly 12-hour shift, the restaurant on the premises, which had been catering a private function, brought out a tray of leftover appetizers – crab cakes, chicken satay, prosciutto, cheese, pickles, olives, fruit, etc – and offered it around. The rest of my colleagues dove in – and still, I gamely refused (though I did bring a bit of it home for tomorrow!).
This morning at the brief staff meeting, the gift shop staff were promoting a product, as they do every day, and today’s choice was hot chocolate mixes. Sugar is everywhere, and sometimes there is just no escaping it. I’m pretty damned proud that I held out today. While I do still crave the sweet stuff, I genuinely do find following a low carb/high fat way of eating a lot more satisfying.
This is from Monday’s lunch, and they were delicious: Brussels sprouts cooked with bacon, butter, onions, garlic, and a dash of sea salt.
Strange how no one ever talks excitedly about there being free Brussels sprouts on offer in the staff lunch room, though! 😛
The Fasting Life 
So, I can’t stand brussels sprouts or so I thought. Until I had them cooked in onions, broth, bacon and butter. You did a heck of a lot better than I did yesterday. I had a lunch meeting …. general Tao for lunch followed by carrot cake. It was delicious, but I started my fast after that 😉 staying away from the sweet stuff is my issue…🙄
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That sounds so good! What doesn’t bacon help with??? I agree – the sweet stuff is the siren call! The more of it we eat, the more of it we want to eat! I notice that as soon as I start fasting again, the urge goes away, but it’s an addiction that needs constant management. (Grrr!)
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Right now I seem to be at a plateau and it is very discouraging when you weigh yourself first thing in the morning after a day of fasting and the scale reads the same as the day before. Although I did have a snack of cheese and crackers. Now I eat today and the damn scale will probably go up tomorrow morning. It`s a vicious circle.
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Ah – if you had a snack, then you broke your fast and got the insulin production and digestive cycle going again! Are you cutting out your carbs/sugars? I would suggest that, if you want to get the numbers moving in the right direction again! (Juice also = sugar, just for the record!)
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