⏳ Doing my first real fast (I’ve done intermittent or OMAD very briefly before, but never seriously). Currently on hour 37.5 / 72. Might not be too impressive for the overwhelming majority of people here, but it will be the longest I’ve ever gone without food. I’m doing a dirty water fast because I’m not willing to give up diet sodas at the moment, even briefly. So I know the Asparatame will inhibit some of my benefits, but won’t break my fast.
❓ I think weight loss is probably the most common reason for fasting, and it’s mine as well. I’ve always had a long slow pattern of putting on weight over time, then dieting it off in a burst. I don’t know if things are different now because I’m older, or if I’ve grown tired of dieting, but I’ve really let myself go. I’m significantly heavier than I’ve ever been in my entire life, and it doesn’t feel good. So I’m making a change.
📝 So far, it actually hasn’t been that bad. The biggest struggle is that I’m still waiting on my electrolytes to come in. I went too far on the lazy spectrum and Amazon Prime’d them instead of picking some up from Walgreens or whatever. This has ultimately been a mistake, but the Magnesium should arrive later today, and everyone owns table salt.
15 days and counting. No issues in site, and it’s helped me focus on goals that need to be done (packing for a move! - 100% inventory Yuck!) *That’s 15 days of water…salt, no-salt, and magnesium pills.*
While reading these post there are a lot of acronyms I don’t understand, was curious if there’s a guide to them?
0MAD?20:2?
Etc.
Other thing, I used to chew gum, daily while in middle school high school - I’m tempted to start again, just need to read and learn more other than “Sugar free” and “ADA endorsed”.
I started my fasting journey 3 days ago, first day was 18hrs, yesterday 16, and today 20hrs. Today was a really good day and I finally feel like it clicked with me. I’m having one big, beautiful meal in the evening, a cup of tea with milk and fruit and honestly it’s been a liberating discovery - I no longer feel like I’m fighting myself, or feeling guilty about calories and snacking. It’s been really freeing. I have about 25kgs to lose and I feel like I can really do it this time! I look forward to eating now instead of just mindlessly filling in time with snacking, lack of control, and very negative thoughts.
One question though, should I have a day a week where I eat 3 meals? Or can I continue this way for sometime? I’m trying to eat 1100 cals and the last few days I’ve been slightly under as I just can’t handle the volume, I’m aiming for a pretty equal macro split (33,33,33) as I seem to get results that way and I don’t feel as though I’m cutting anything out.
Hope everyone finds success and has a great journey too!
⏳ >66 hrs.
❓ Weight loss.
📝 I used to fast, then fell off the wagon. Currently at my heaviest ever (185 lbs at 5’9”). Took a pic today that made me come to grips with how much of a fat POS I am right now. My fasting PR is 66 hrs, so I’m going to try breaking that. Plus, I’ve heard the 3rd day is the hardest anyway. I want to push past it and then see if I can keep going further. Goal weight would be 150-155, but for now I’ve been above 180 for so long that I would be so happy just to finally see 17x on the scale.
39f 5’2”/SW: 260 / CW: 217 / GW: 97 / Fasting for: health, weight loss, body dysphoria
Past 2 weeks have been OMAD (23:1) with two 16:8, and one 36h extended fast. Was not counting calories at all and hit my TDEE on several days, but that resulted in fat loss despite not changing weight, so that was nice! It definitely shows too, those 6lbs lost since the last post resulted in dropping a pant size and bra/cup size. Very very happy about that - something that’s never happened with weight loss before! I am guessing it has to do with the predominant fasting this time, vs dieting but still eating throughout the day.
Started feeling better when shark week hit on Monday, which knocked me in the gut. The last few years, I’ve been unable to stop eating before and during shark week just from overwhelming hunger, but since starting the ADHD meds in Nov last year combined with 18:6/23:1 fasting, the whole gut area is too tender to even consider eating. Thankfully the dinner my family planned for the worst of shark week was unappealing, so I skipped and that was the 36 hour fast. The next day was a 23:1 but still couldn’t eat much.
Dropped most of the weight during shark week for some reason. Did get bloated at one point, but it was gone by morning.
Not sure when I’ll remember to post again, but I’m spreadsheeting everything so I don’t lose track :)