We absolutely LOVE Intermittent Fasting and practice it all the time!
But, our approach to Intermittent Fasting is flexible–making it easy to maintain long-term, while life is busy, you are traveling, have late nights, early mornings, or any other unusual thing that happens in life!
We have an amazing flexible Intermittent Fasting program called LEAN FAST that we highly recommend if you are hoping to bring your results to the next level! 
We get asked all the time how best to break our fast in the morning.
We hear questions like:
What meal should I eat to break my fast?
When should I break my fast?
We will address both of these questions today and hopefully help teach you how to successfully implement Intermittent Fasting into your routine!
QUESTION #1: “What Meal Should I Eat to Break My Fast?”
This is a great question and important because you want to make sure you are breaking your fast in a way that will best fuel your body for your day!
For your “breaking your fast” meal we ALWAYS recommend making it high in protein!
This will allow your body to get the fuel it needs then get your metabolism going. Also, it is always great to include some veggies in your first meal! We try to include veggies in all our meals!
One of our go-to meals to break our fasting is a couple of eggs scrambled with spinach, kale, onions, peppers, and ground turkey!
If it is a high carb day, we like to add in some sweet potato hash.
If it is a low carb day, we like to top our scramble with some fresh avocado and a sprinkle of cheese!
We do want to reiterate this point we teach in our LEAN FAST program, that Intermittent Fasting does not mean eating less, but eating within a smaller eating window. So, you should not be starving yourself, but you should just eat within a smaller time frame. So, make sure you are getting great protein veggies and then healthy fats on a low carb day and complex carbs on a high carb day!
QUESTION #2: “When Should I Break My Fast?”
This is such a great question and it is dependent on if you are a male or female.
For women, we recommend breaking your fast after 10-14 hours.
For men, we recommend breaking your fast after 10-16 hours.
Why are the numbers different? Well, that is because we have found fasting any longer than 14 hours can negatively affect women’s hormones–which we NEVER want to do!
When you are first starting out with fasting, we recommend taking it slow. Start with 10 hours of fasting and then you can always add on an hour (up to 14 hours) and see how your body feels. Some people can do longer fasts at 14 hours and feel great. Some people need to do 12 hours.
BOTH ARE TOTALLY GREAT! Finding YOUR sweet spot with Intermittent Fasting is key!
We also want to encourage you that your fasting period can change–dependent on your schedule, how you feel, ect.!
For example, if you have a late night dinner and then an early morning work meeting the next day, you can fast 10 hours and you will still reap the benefits of intermittent fasting.
The next day, you may have a more mellow morning, so you can fast 14 hours. THAT IS ALSO EXCELLENT!
The point we want to really teach with Intermittent Fasting is that it can be flexible, sustainable, and effective! It does not have to be super strict or rigid. There is freedom with it!
So, be encouraged! Intermittent Fasting is a great tool you can use for your health!
We hope these two answered questions helped you out and we would LOVE for you to try our flexible, intermittent fasting program, called LEAN FAST!