#Share your daily fast story thread! 📃
⏳ **Length** of fast (*start/end/total*)
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Question – does kratom break the fast? Serious question. I use it for pain relief (it’s safer than narcotic pain and I have a torn rotator cuff and herniation at L4/L5), I only use it two to three days in a row and alternate it with hemp based pain relief and topical lidocaine, but I normally consume it during my fasting period (I do 5/2 eat stop eat style fasting). I couldn’t find any information about it, I imagine it’s got some trace calories, the same watch matcha tea would. Any thoughts?
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I’m doing a 36 hour fast to give my stomach a break from eating. This is my first week doing this so I’m excited. I’ll be doing this weekly. Won’t be eating from tonight til Sunday. Will have electrolytes, water and tea.
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Day 1- 243.0Day 2- 237.8 (-5.2lbs)
Currently 33 hours into 7 day water fast. Feeling pretty good. Anticipate the next day and a half will be the worst part of it for hunger pangs. Going to get some sodium tablets to put into my water today. Will probably go do some light jogging at the gym to pass the time. Also down 5.2 lbs from yesterday, majority of which being water weight obviously.