Fasting made easy

Feast and lose weight? This man makes it possible

50 percent of all Austrians want to fast this year. He could also reach the half who have previously been avowed fasting grouches.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Katharina Kovacs)

"Forget diets and voluntary starvation. Instead, enjoy life with good food." That's what a nutritionist of all people says. With cloud bread and other delicious recipes, the Burgenland native whets your appetite for Lent and helps you lose weight at the same time. 

Today, Ash Wednesday, marks the beginning of the 40-day fasting period for Christians all over the world. And even many people who have nothing to do with religion use the next six weeks until Easter to lose weight after the carnival feast. As a rule, alcoholic drinks as well as sweet, fatty and carbohydrate-rich foods are avoided. While some people try intermittent fasting or remove dinner from their diet, others go on a zero diet and only consume water, teas, vegetable juices and clear soups - in the hope that excess kilos will then fall off.