112 hours in (water fast, black cold brew/tea/water/electrolytes), I decided I’m going to go for a full 21 days.
After over a year and a half of OMAD & 170 pounds lost, it felt like a nice way to cap off my drive towards 205. Autophagy to hopefully help tighten a bit of skin (I’m going to eventually get surgery anyways), and a nice reminder before returning to maintenance about my relationship with food being something I have full control over.
Feeling great currently. A soft persistent hunger whenever I’m not doing anything, but nothing unmanagable.
My fifth fast in August. Aiming for another 36hour fast. Currently 22 hours in and I am frustrated and hungry. All day went really well, didn’t think of it much but the past two hours have been hard. I’ve been using ketostix to track ketones and was excited to see a mild positive already. Which is earlier than my previous four fasts, and exciting.I am full faster when eating and I can tell I have lost some weight, any other health benefits have yet to manifest themselves as I have been tired a lot. Back to the electrolytes! Planning to go to sleep early and that gets me 8 hours closer to completion, so there is that. :)
on my third day of OMAD, two hours to go. I’ve done 48hr to week-long water fasts before, mostly when I was too young to be doing them in high school. but I don’t have the time off for my muscles to feel like jell-o again. I can’t afford that level of exhaustion at work. OMAD really helps with the mental clarity but still keeps me energized for the next day!
I’d really like to hear about people who do several day (or longer) water fasts who have full-time jobs, and aren’t working from home 💪🐤
Day 12 of intermitting fasting (OMAD). I feel my body is starting to reset itself to a normal state of being.
When I do eat I feel fuller quicker, and full to the point where it’s much easier to refuse any more food than force it down. I have more energy - did a four-hour road trip yesterday and did not feel fatigued at all whereas I normally would.
The scales say I’ve lost a few pounds but right now I’m not focusing on measurements, just taking it a day at a time and trying to develop and stick to good habits.
My fast was intended to be 8 days, but I stopped today.
The reason I was fasting was for mental stuff but also attempts at self control.
I notice whenever I attempt to fast the first two days actually go super smooth, no hiccups, very little hunger, sometimes I verbally want food but I try and stay busy, especially recently with books (started devouring them like crazy again)
But then the third day hits and something always happens, something triggers some intense heccin hunger inside me and I break down, or if I’m lucky I last till nearly 4 days then break. I’ll be doing just fine then BAM.
Worst part is when I break the fast I ATTEMPT to only eat smol stuff like bone broth but it tastes bad and isn’t filling so then I eat one thing then another and yadda it’s all gone lol.
Maybe I can try breaking a fast with actually filling food that is whole and simple? Like steel cut oats? Or eggs?
Something to test out, but back to the present. I broke my fast cuz I did some weightlifting with my dad, it was the first time I did it in months, and now my chest hurts like heccin hell doing any move with my arms. I’m eating as a precaution to maybe help get back to normal a bit faster then I plan on truly fasting again and testing stuff out (staying busy with books and biking, more electrolyte drinks, etc).
Any tips on not devouring the entire pantry out of a fast is appreciated though, lol (srsly it gets so bad I feel like I’m gonna throw up :(
Edit: I also realize this might sound like kinda eating disorder-e but it’s more I just have a generally crap time controlling myself around food, used to potentially have one, now I’m more lax with food, but generally measuring things out and so on has always been hard for me, so some sort of mental solution or tricks to try and handle refeeding would be appreciated!
NSV - fitting into size Small elastic shorts, somewhat comfortably! Before fasting, I was on the verge of size large shorts and my pants weren’t fitting right. I’ve never been a size Small short in my life.
Younger me would be disappointed, present day me is thrilled. I wasn’t planning to buy anything, I’m still planning to lose 20-25 pounds, but these shorts look like they’ll fit through the end of my journey.
Also happy with the new style non-workout shorts. Elastic waistband, but Chino-like fabrics and casual prints. I’ve got my shorts picked out for Cabo.
Day 16 of a 40 day strict water fast. I’ve lost nearly 20lbs and even undergarments are really loose. Such a relief to see the progress!
But more so the mental/spiritual gains have been enormous.
I’ve been diagnosed as severely depressed, but at this point in my fast, I feel better than ever and the more dangerous depressive thoughts and tendencies have disappeared entirely. It’s honestly been more than I could hope for, and I’m so grateful for the all around health improvements.
90 hours elapsed out of 720 (30 days).
I feel really good today. Head hunger wasn’t around. I’ve been keeping busy, which 100% helps! I’m keeping up on my electrolytes, which are absolutely important and a game changer. I’m sipping water while typing this. My intake has been pretty good; substituting my daily soda with water has been easier than I thought. I hope the rest of this fast is just as easy as today has been.