Hi Moni,

Thanks for the comment! I've been doing it for over a month now and while I am not calorie counting per se, I'd say my single meal is about 30% of my normal intake.

Thus, I think it's doable, though hard. One tip that helps is I also add a protein shake along with the meal, and I also drink multiple glasses of water to help also provide some indirect satiation w/o adding calories.

I added the protein shake b/c I'm doing weight lifting and then cardio for the workout before meal.

Protein seems to add a lot of satiation relative to how many calories are there, so that may be one reason it's been (relatively) easier.

I should add that no doubt it's hard - as noted, my wife made me cut back to 2x week due 'excessive grumpiness' on fast days lol...but the flip side is I'm seeing steady improvements and trying to shoot for a now until December effort. I also think I've acclimated more to it as no more grumpy complaints, but you do have to expect a steady, gnawing pain (exactly why you would normally go eat to eliminate) in your stomach on fast days.

Hope that helps!