How to manage hotel breakfasts abroad while doing 16:8 fasting

Why are you dieting on holiday? Surely holidays are the perfect time to unwind and not think about restrictions like that!

People are allowed to see your behaviour in way that you don’t.

I don’t think I’m the one whose uncomfortable given how defensive you are towards anyone who disagrees with you 😂

I would definitely skip breakfast and just have lunch and dinner.

(Well, I wouldn't as I love pastries on holiday and eat far too many!)

relax it a bit, that’s what I do, and go for yoghurt, fruit and nuts for breakfast rather than carbs. I find that stops me feeling sluggish

Skip breakfast and have lunch instead.

Let the family eat when they want - have a glass of water while they have breakfast.

pack and bring some protein bars with you and eat it at 10 if that is your normal time and is impossible for you to change.

I’m diabetic and coeliac and i manage my conditions with pretty consistent foods and food times at home - but on holiday - I just adjust my insulin and my expectations and get on with things - especially when your normal food / timings aren’t always available / the same as the hotels. Always carry safe snacks . It’s not hard.

don’t make this holiday about your diet.

Aww, well I hope you enjoy your holidays! 😁 X

As far as your diet is concerned, it won’t make any difference when you eat breakfast as long as your total daily calorie intake remains the same as when you were following the 16:8 regimen.

Just don't eat it 🤷🏻‍♀️Or relax you're on holiday!

I'm sure there will be other options for you to eat at your allocated time, or grab some fruit

Fair enough. Im a lazy bugger who thinks 10 sounds pretty early to wake up! I guess sneak a bunch of ham and cheese and stuff or ask your mates to order an omelette then stash it?

Are you very fond of hotel breakfast? You could always just forget it exists as you don't usually eat at that time? But I guess it'd be good to get your money's worth if it's nice.

I normally fast day to day (well, I skip breakfast and have lunch at 12pm) but I don't worry about it on holiday. Just have a small healthy breakfast with some protein (e.g. yoghurt & fruit; or a boiled egg) with your family in the morning.

I love fasting, but, as someone currently fallen off the fasting wagon, I understand your desire to protect it!! If you feel you can, I’d do the tea only at breakfast (ideally no milk so you stay in autophagy) and break your fast with lunch at 12ish. That way if you end up eating a bit later too, it’s no biggie.

If I were you, I'd go down to breakfast as late as possible and eat then. Otherwise skip breakfast entirely and have an early lunch if possible.

This isn’t an issue. DH has a medical condition and can’t eat too late - we’ve always found restaurants across Europe happy to cater to us around 6pm. Even in Italy when we ended up eating with the staff at their staff meal.

So you usually eat two meals a day - late breakfast and early dinner?

If it were me, I would stick to the two meal pattern but shift/extend the fasting window based on having lunch and a later dinner. Say lunch at noon, and then dinner at 7pm.

It's easy to join your family for breakfast and have a cup of coffee, while legitimately saying you're not hungry yet.

Fair enough, what about skipping breakfast and starting your eating window at noon? You could transition to that over a few weeks. It's the same period to eat and might work better for later dinners?

As I said, I tend to eat like a snake as I like big portions, so it's either big breakfast and dinner on holiday or at home I'll pick through the day and eat a big meal at night, so them I'm notnhungry in the morning - maybe if you adjust in the weeks before you could see if the later breakfast and dinner work for you? When I eat that way, I tend not to be hungry until afternoon as I had a big dinner x

My friend’s husband is super sensitive so things like people bringing toast over and touching it before touching the meat platter would be a problem. And nothing worse than being unwell on holiday! I’d react if someone touches shrimp and then touches the serving tongs and there’s just no control over other people at a buffet. Love a breakfast buffet though as there’s (almost) never any shellfish.

Sounds like you have a solution that works for you now though. Might be worth considering self catering in future though as then you can eat whenever you want.

Just eat eggs, bacon, mushrooms, yoghurt? Cheese and ham? Surely you can come down to breakfast at 10 if you like? On holiday? Just avoid bread, pastry, potatoes.

I don't think I could handle eating my evening meal at 5.30pm though! Especially in hot weather.

I try and do 16:8 too most days but i stop when on holiday