Stop cravings during a fast/things you can do instead of snacking:
Drink 5 big gulps of cold water! Do this especially when you wake up, and about an hour before you go to bed.
Snap an elastic on your wrist whenever you start thinking of giving in, then drink 3 big gulps of water
When the urge comes up, clean something with lots of chemicals; the smells will curb your urges
Look in the mirror and focus on each part of your body; what are the things you want to change/make smaller etc (motivation: What if you were actually for real with your fast this time? You’d be surprised how much progress you can make in just one month)
Brush teeth, brush tongue and rinse mouth with mouthwash, spend about 3-5mins doing the whole process. Do you really wanna get your mouth dirtied by food now? (motivation: Your idols would stick it through with this fast and not give into their urges. You’re strong enough to get through this!)
Do 100 jumping jacks, 70 crunches, 40 squats, 30 lunges and 10 push ups; you’ll forget about it after that (or do 10 squats everytime you go to the bathroom)
Look at thinspo/meanspo and motivational texts for 5-10 minutes (don’t give up now, don’t throw away all the progress!)
Do a full stretching routine (start learning splits!)
Go for walk and get steps in (bring water!)
Watch a season/few seasons of a new show or comfort show
Have a sugar free gummy vitamin (they are under 5 cals!)
Have lemon water at the start of the day, or the hours you get urges the most
Do full hair routine (pre-poo, wash, hair mask, moisturize, comb, style)
Do full skincare routine (double cleanse, exfoliate, serums, face mask, hair plucking, etc)
Call a friend/family member or film a sit-down talking video (can’t eat when you’re talking!)
Learn about different histories/politics/cultures
Journal your feelings (tip: write out all that you’re craving, worries/fears, how your feeling etc on a piece of paper and then destroy paper)
Read (I know your TBR is looong)
Listen to an informational podcast and write down notes
Practice Instruments, singing and/or music production
Organize papers/notebooks
Organize important documents, do taxes and/or organize
Organize online documents/accounts/laptop folders etc
Clean/organize room and/or house
Make a list of things you’ll do/get when you reach your ugw or next gw
Study a new skill for career
Write a letter to ugw/gw self in the future
Take photos of nature or things around house (try to set things up to make it look aesthetic, get lighting right etc)
You’re in control of how your body looks, YOU decide what enters your body. This month’s choices are next months weight and body
