19 hours into a dry fast

By far the hardest part of it is not having water but you get through that then it’s not too bad. Prior to starting I was doing Keto OMAD and was already in ketosis. My weight was between 221.8-224 lbs depending on if I was on an empty or full stomach. I am about 19 hours into a dry fast that I plan to do for 72 hours. It’ll really depend how I feel though because I have a somewhat physical job and will drink water if need be. I’ll then either switch over to water fast for a few days or back to keto. I currently weigh 219.2 lbs and feel great. I’m talking about weight because it is something that can be measured but mainly doing this for the autophagy healing benefits. I’m hoping that kicks in faster since I was already doing keto.

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I’m now about 24 hours into my dry fast and this will be the last time I weigh myself today. 217.8 lbs. It’s been pretty easy so far but I do have thirst. The thing that surprises me is the weight loss. I’ve been doing keto for a while and making sure I am under 20 g carbs so I was not expected this type of weight loss on day 1. I thought that maybe I could crack under 220. Other than the weight loss I am not really noticing anything else. Actually toes might be a little colder than usual and breathe seems like it’s been bad all day despite brushing twice.

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Thirst will come and go, even if you’re very active, so maybe it won’t be so bad. I have a complicated chronic-illness and will have to go consecutive long d.fasts of a couple of weeks or more to cure, but I din’t know what your condition is…

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27 hours in and having trouble sleeping so broke the dry fast and had some water. Will likely break the water fast in the morning since I work an 8 hour day. Don’t think I would have the strength for a physical job. Will do it again when I have a few days off

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Woke up and now 34.5 hours in. Feel amazing after waking up. It was much harder at night when I was trying to sleep. I was intending to break the fast this morning since I work all day but now debating to keep going. I’ll see how I feel in a couple hours. I’ll probably break it because my job is just too physical. Current weight is 217.2 lbs