Introduction"Feast Day / Fast Day" is a bare bones minimalist dieting application. It is well suited as an aid to scheduling "
cheat days" for low-carb and similar diets. It should run nicely on any screen size.
The 3 Modes At any given time, the program will be in one of 3 modes:
Normal, Feast, or Fast.
Normal Mode You will spend most of your time in
Normal mode, where you must stick to whatever diet you are currently on (low-carb, etc.). You can configure how long
Normal mode lasts, but a typical duration would be
5 days. After this duration, the program remains in
Normal mode, but a button becomes available that will let you trigger
Feast mode. You might think of this as a separate mode, "
Normal Mode - Ready".
Feast Mode Feast mode will only last a short period of time (configurable, but typically something like
24 hours), during which you are allowed to eat as much as you want of whatever you want. After this duration, the program automatically switches into
Fast mode, where you are not allowed to eat
anything.
Fast Mode Fast mode lasts only a short period of time (configurable, but typically something like
24 hours), during which you may consume only water or similar liquids. After this duration, the program automatically switches back into
Normal mode, where the cycle continues. Note that you could set this to 0 to bypass the use of Fast mode entirely and only cycle between Normal and Feast modes..
The Philosophy The philosophy of the program is based on the following concepts:
- The simpler and clearer the rules for eating, the easier it is to stick to your diet
- Brief periods of eating whatever you want can be a reasonable way to indulge and stick to your diet at other times, and keep your body from hoarding calories
- Fasting (especially after feasting) is a good way to reset your system and keep you from increased cravings.
Scoring Points To help motivate you, the program tracks your "
score" over time, which is calculated as follows: For every minute you delay triggering
Feast mode (after your mandatory time in
Normal mode), you will receive 1 point.
Is This Healthy? I haven't the slightest idea. Lawyers would probably suggest we stick all sorts of warnings here for liability reasons. I'm not a nutritionist and this app should be used in conjunction with your common sense. If it doesn't help you, stop using it.
Credits Cupcake icon made by Baianatfrom
http://www.flaticon.com is licensed by Creative Commons BY 3.0.
Example of program cycling through modes:
You start out in normal eating mode, where you must stick to your (low carb, etc.) diet:
After a set number of days you enter into a mode where you are allowed to trigger Feast mode at your digression. This mode will never transition on it's own and you accumulate points the more you delay triggering the subsequent (Feast) mode:
Triggering Feast mode gives you a short (configurable) time to eat whatever you want:
When Feast mode ends, you are thrown into FAST mode, where you are not allowed to eat any food at all:
Eventually that mode completes and you go back to normal mode again:
Some options, you can change colors and durations, and turn off the display of your score if you find it unhelpful:
VERSION HISTORYv1.23 - 12/1/16- New menu item to terminate feast mode early and win some bonus points.
v1.21 - 11/29/16- You can now customize mode labels.
v1.13 - 11/26/16v1.08 - 11/25/16- Added option to only trigger mode changes on Long click.
For a similar sister app, see my
Feast Decreaser app.
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