Join SusieT as she answers the burning question, “What do you eat on 500 calorie fast days? Learn why she doesn’t feel deprived living an alternate day fasting (ADF) lifestyle, which is sometimes called every other day (EOD) dieting, or JUDDD. SusieT will show you how she calculates her minimum daily protein requirement. Do you want to know why she always plans dinner (and protein) first? She covers all this, plus shows you a couple of alternate day fasting (ADF) meal plans made of one meal per day and also made of multiple meals per day. We think you will be surprised by how much food you can eat for a 500 calorie ADF budget.
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What Do You Eat On A 500 Calorie Fast Day?
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Mindfulness and Intermittent Fasting
Teach yourself how to change your response to hunger cues and make alternate day intermittent fasting or Fast Days easier through mindfulness–the act of witnessing an experience (like hunger) without reacting to it. Join DocP as she explains mindfulness and its important association with successful intermittent fasting regardless of the alternate day fasting plan followed: 5:2, 4:3, JUDDD, EOD, or others. This simple trick of consciously changing how you think about food, through mindfulness, can help reduce the mental challenge of ADF.
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Introduction to Epigenetics-Are You Doomed By Your Family Tree?
How far do the branches of your family tree spread and do they determine which diseases we will or won’t develop as we age? Will it determine which genes are passed to our children? Epigenetics is the study of how external forces influence the expression of genetic programming. Join Susie T. Gibbs in her introduction to epigenetics, DNA, nutritional hormesis and alternate day intermittent fasting, and learning how to ensure the nut falls far from the tree.
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Classic Beef Bourguignon
Beef Bourguignon, a classic, hearty French stew originally popularized by Julia Child gets a small facelift to lighten the load and reduce calories. This particular recipe for beef Burgundy was inspired by Ina Garten. We know you will find the lighter version of Beef Bourguignon satisfying and comforting on a cold winter’s day.
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What Is The Every Other Day Diet?
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What is the Every Other Day diet?It’s quite simple: It consists of a “diet day” where you eat a 500 calorie lunch only, alternated with a “feast day” where you eat whatever and whenever you want.
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Notes: Dr. Varady also says that if you are having trouble eating all of your calories at one meal, you can have a small 50-100 calorie snack and a slightly smaller main meal. Their research shows the fewer meals eaten, the better the response to the diet, especially in terms of weight loss. It’s very easy to succumb to portion distortion and to inadvertently underestimate the number of calories consumed. The smaller the number of meals, the smaller the possible error, ensuring that you hit your targeted “magic number” as discussed in Chapter 1 of The Every Other Day Diet.
What type of intermittent fasting do you practice? Are you 5:2, 4:3 (aka EOD or ADF), or another plan? Drop us a comment and let us know! Looking forward to hearing from you.
Fast Days Healing Days is happy to answer generic questions about the EOD diet or alternate day fasting in the comments section of this post. To ask Dr. Varady a question regarding the EOD diet or this post, please visit her Facebook Fan Page and direct your questions to her. Be sure to visit Dr. Varady’s EOD Diet website.
