From hero to zero! 🫣

I posted last week about how my 42 hour fast felt so easy I decided to extend it (eventually ended it at 49 hours), and now I’m sitting here only 20 hours into a 48 and it feels damn impossible! I can’t get my mind off how desperate I am to eat and how physically knackered I feel. Might also be some mind games going on because I felt so nervous going into this fast for some reason. Like I was putting so much pressure on myself to succeed and was worried that I wouldn’t. Does anyone else ever feel nervous at the start of a fast?

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I dunno, honestly I find that my fasts can vary pretty massively from one to another. I imagine it’s largely psychological, like you mentioned, and I do think it’s important to try not to beat yourself up about breaking a fast. If you feel awful and you’re certain that it’s as a result of the fast, rather than being tired due to i.e. lack of sleep, you could always do shorter fasts and work up to extended ones. I can do ADF reasonably comfortably now but have been fasting on and off for years and have basically done IF/OMAD consistently for like 5-6 years now.

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I have had the same issue! I completed a 28 day fast back in September, but lately breaking 48 hours has been impossible!

I really want to do another extended fast but I guess I am putting too much pressure on myself.