Hi Rosebud

Your probably right but I was just a little curious so I read FAT FAST and was suprised at how little food the fast requires.

After losing about 20-25 lbs (TOM adds 5lbs or so), I have stopped losing.

I am considering this fat fast.

Is this a good idea?

Katgurl,
I won't give you the prerequisite lecture-consider it done.

Now-
If you really want to give it a try, it's only meant for 4-5 days. You are close to goal, and in an eight week stall. You may regain some of the weight lost during the fast, but it jump starts me when I stall so I'd say go for it. You have nothing to lose but weight!

What does your Fat Fast consisit of - you give me a sample of Fat Fast Day menu?

I may regain while actually doing the Fat Fast?
Then lose after?

Sorry for some many repetative questions...I need to reread that part of the book..I haven't read it since April and lent it to my mother!

Katgurl,
You will lose during the fat fast, but may regain all or part of it after if you aren't careful. Advance the diet very slowly adding carbs back in.

Bok,
I didn't count calories, but lived off of vitamins, macadamia nuts, almonds, mozzarella cheese, cream cheese, heavy cream and tuna with lots of mayo. Mixing cream cheese, lemon juice, vanilla, heavy cream and a bit of splenda is fab as a cheesecake like pudding. I limit it to half a cup at a time with Rediwhip on top. There are several people who have posted menus in this subforum-but here's a detailed list I found:

Fat Fast Meal ideas
*One ounce macadamia nuts or macadamia nut butter
*Two ounces cream cheese or Brie
*One ounce of tuna or chicken salad with 2 t mayo served in one quarter of an avocado
*Two devilled eggs made with 2 t mayonnaise
*Two ounces sour cream and 2 T black or red caviar
*Two and a half ounces whipped heavy cream topped with sucralose syrup
*Two ounces of pate
*Two egg yolks (hard boiled) with 1 T of mayonnaise
*low carb (5-10 grams) yogurt w/added cream to bring up fats
*1/4 c cream in 8 oz diet soda
*1/4 c cream with diet jello
*1/4 c cream whipped, add LC syrup or Splenda for flavoring
*1/3 c Almond Accents
*1 T sf peanut butter mixed with 1 oz cream cheese, Splenda or DaVinci to taste
*10 pecans w/ 2 T heavy cream
*1 oz cream cheese mixed with 2 T coconut
*modified flax cereal: 2 T ground flax, 1 T designer whey protein powder, 1/4 t salt. Mix well and add 1/2 c water. Microwave on high for 2 minutes or until no longer soupy. Add 1 pat butter and 1 T cream
*1/3rd of an avocado with 1 T caesar salad dressing
*Low Carb Johnnycake with butter
*Low Carb bread pudding
*Sherrielee's Low Carb pancakes, made with nut flour
*Cheesecake muffin with some pecans
*Dagwood Roll-up: 1 slice bologna, spread with half T of sf peanut butter. 1 thin slice tomato, spread with half a T mayonnaise. Put tomato on top of bologna and roll it up.
*0.5 oz feta cheese crumbled, 1/4 avocado diced, and 1 T olive oil, mixed as a salad 227 calories, 92% fat, 2 carbs ECC

Modified Fat Fast Meal ideas
* 2 cheesecake muffins 296 cal 86%
* 1/2 c Almond Accents 320 cal, 84%
* 1/3 c cream with 4 strawberries and 1 T slivered almonds 332 cal, 90%
* Whole avodcado with 1 T caesar salad dressing - 347 cal, 90% fat
* Whole avocado mashed with 1/3 can tuna - 370 cal, 80% fat
* Same as above, substituting moderate portion of chicken or beef
* Add two eggs to a melted 1.5 tablespoons of butter and scramble. 302 cal, 82% fat
* 2 scrambled eggs, add 1.5 ounces cream cheese when almost done 297, 76%
* 15 pecan halves, 3 tablespoons of cream 301 cal, 93%
* LC cheesecake with no crust (the perfect breakfast!)
* 1 boned chicken thigh. Stuff with 1 oz cream cheese and 1-1/4" slice
onion that's been grilled in 1 T butter 309 cal, 77% fat
* 1 chicken thigh or other protein. Saute spinach to remove moisture, then add 2 tablespoons butter.
* 2 oz cream cheese/10 halves chopped pecans. Make nut balls. 297 cal, 90%
* Caesar salad with chicken or salmon.
* 3 oz cream cheese/1/2 c chopped artichoke heart blend. 339 cal, 80%
* 1/2 c ground beef, 1/2 avocado mashed, and a little sour cream
* Egg salad - 2 lg boiled eggs with 1.5 T mayo 297 cal, 80%
* Custards
* Puddings made with whipping cream and/or sour cream
* Panna Cotta
* Pizza salad - sausage, mozzarella cheese, and lots of veggies

Snack ideas for Modified Fat Fast
* Heaping spoonful of whipped cream (sweetened SF, of course)
* 5 pecan halves
* Macadamia nuts
* SF chocolate if it agrees with you and doesn't stall you.
* Melt a SF chocolate bar. Slowly stir in a little cream. Eat it that way, or fold in some whipped cream to make a mousse.
* Coffee with 1/4 cup cream.
* 11 almonds
* Small chunk of cheese
* Spoonful or two of whipping cream
* Peanut butter
* Chocolate mousse
* Latte with sugar-free amaretto flavoring
* 1/4 cup heavy cream in your favorite sugar-free soda

Thanks Neener

One more questions (sorry) how many meals and snacks did you eat daily?

The fat fast calls for 5-200 calorie portions.
I nibbled when I wanted to/when I got hungry and just didn't eat much at a time. I lost six pounds in four days and regained two-but started my TOM bloat about that time. I am not a calorie counter on the most part-and don't keep my menus.

Neener, you are so unbelievably helpful.

So, that list of foods....is each thing considered 200 calories? You would eat 5 of those things a day listed above?

That's the general idea Katgurl. Use them as ideas for high fat/low carb examples of what you can have. It is not an exclusive list-but generated by others on this forum. We are all here to help each other! Anyway, the way I've been cheating lately I should go back to basics myself for a day or two!

Thanks hun.

By the way, you look AWESOME. You are beautiful....and you've worked so hard! You must be proud, lady!

Thanks again for the help..I think I will give it a go as soon as my TOM is over.

It is hard to cope with diet changes during the TOM.
Good luck! If you do start now, tho, you might have a very significant woosh by the end of you TOM.

and, I always find bacon is one of my very best friends. I didn't get many veggies in at all when I did it for four days, but lots of bacon, cheese, butter and some cold cuts.
You cannot stay on it long but that was all it took to break up an 8 week stall period.

LASERT

How long did you stay on the fast for?

I have been thinking about this, since I have been up and down with 2lbs for over 9 weeks. I have gone back into induction and nothing, I excercise all the time and nothing. I am wondering about hunger with this. Neener, were you very hungry? Also did you have energy to keep excercising?
thanks for any input,
cheers,
Judi