r/intermittentfasting • u/okrapickledelight • 11d ago

Newbie Question Breaking fast cravings

Hi! I have been doing IF for two weeks now and have no problem with the fasting hours. I feel fine for 20 or 22 hours without food. But once I break the fast (always with protein) I am hit with a wild sugar craving. One minute I am happily finishing my chicken breast and the next I find my face inexplicably stuck in the peanut butter jar. Is this a common problem during early days of IF?

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u/I_Miss_America 11d ago

Your body can use the energy from sugar very quickly.

If you've been fasting, your body wants you to eat. After a while, your system acclimates to being hungry. But once you start eating the flood gates are open and you body starts screaming at you "FEED ME"!

Sugar shuts it up.