Your Daily Fasting Thread

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Fell off last year, even though IF was working great for me. Up 25 lbs. Already dropped 4 doing simple 16/8s, and feeling great and in control again after just a few days. Biggest thing for me is it gets rid of the random nighttime beers - I’m cut off at 7 or 8 pm, so that’s it. No more excuses!

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Just fasted Monday 1pm to Tuesday 1pm, 24 hours total.

I broke the fast with some beans lol

I’m feeling super good, very proud of my restraint (I am a very treat-addicted person)

I found myself not even feeling super hungry, more so just craving the taste of salt and sugar.

I also have experienced headaches from hunger in the past and am happy to report this wasn’t actually the case for today! I think likely because I was very focused on keeping hydrated

Happy fasting everyone!

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Currently 38 hours into a fast a feel great! I’ve done a couple 4 days fasts before and would feel hungry and low energy for the first 2 days but this time I feel great.

I normally suck at basketball since I get exhausted and out of breath super quick but today I played with my friends and I was flying around the court. They even noticed and asked if I took preworkout beforehand lol.

This time instead of going cold turkey on food I did OMAD the week leading up to this current fast which I think helped my body adapt to going straight to burning fat.

I’m currently on a weight loss journey since college started I gained weight from 190lbs to 230lbs. But now I’m losing weight. Currently at 215 and my goal weight is 180.

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I’m doing a 24 hour fast. My fasting has gotten a bit messy, and I want to get back to basics. I am fasting for weight/fat loss, autophagy, and mental clarity. I will break my fast tomorrow afternoon. I’m hoping to fast 2 x 24 each week for a while and then change it up.

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hi, im new to fasting and have been doing 20h-30h fasts, however i cant seem to sleep at all while fasting? i dont feel hungry i just cannot fall asleep and i dont know why. has anyone else had this experience?

edit: i don’t drink caffeine or anything that might keep me up during fasts

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My damn stomach won’t stop yelling at me! I’m getting my body back into the swing of things after a terrible past month. Could use all the support

But these damn hunger pangs are just annoying, not bad, just annoying.

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Going to fast for Lent, starting tomorrow. Figure I’ll wait until after noon to start eating, cutting out anything but plants and fish (not sure why, but feel like I should say that while I’m using Lent as a start/stop marker, I’m not a practicing Catholic anymore)