Week 4 Day 1 About exercising on Fast days

If you have read the book, you saw Dr Mosley's advice about keeping your exercises routine on fast days. If you are like me, you will think he is nuts!... Well at least initially. The first two weeks on the diet were hard enough with just keeping your mind off food. The third week was ok but still a bit hesitant. By the fourth week, a Fast Day felt pretty much like any other day. I didn't really have any food craving, I had already planned all the foods I would be eating for the whole day and I just felt that I did have energy to spare and thought I would give some exercises a try.

So I hit my local gym and decided to start with something light. I had recently downloaded a free app on my phone called C25K (standing for "couch to 5km run") but never had the willpower to actually use it. I thought I would try their first workout (hey, if a couch potato can do it!) which was alternating intervals of jogging and walking for a total duration of 30mn. I'm not gonna say it was easy (I'd never really run before) but it wasn't bad. Also, the high amount of water I was taking during the exercises helped me feel fuller longer and I wasn't hungry in the evening. So I decided to keep doing cardio exercises on fast days from then on. It also helped me not to feel guilty about going slightly above the 500 calories allowance on some days... What I have noticed over time is that my body now feels like it performs better at the gym on a fast day. On regular food days, I just feel heavier and get tired faster... So yes, start slow, but do give it a try! I think you will overall feel better!


Menu Week 4 Day 1


Brunch: approximately 198 calories
- 1 can of shrimps
- half of an avocado
- half the juice of a Meyer lemon (saw them at the grocery store and thought I would give them a try. They are a cross between a mandarin and a lemon)
- 1 tsp of chives


Dinner: approximately 270 calories
- 1 egg
- half of an avocado
- half the juice of a Meyer lemon
- 2 cups of lettuce
- 10 grape tomatoes
- 1 sliced date


Total for the day: 468 calories