Hey guys, I’m not technically new to fasting, but I have recently rediscovered my love for extended fasts. I don’t normally eat at work, which puts me in a good position to practice IF.
Last Sunday (Nov 21st) I ate around 6pm, planning on not eating until Monday afternoon. Totally forgot that I had a tooth extraction booked for Monday right after work, so my fasting window of one day became a full 7 day fast! The salt water was a huge benefit to my healing of the extraction site, and pain management for the tooth and the detox symptoms.
Weight loss is a big reason for my fasting lifestyle, and my response to the 7 day fast was incredible. I weighed in at 332lbs on Sunday Nov 21st, and on Sunday Nov 28th I weighed in at 299lbs! First day in over 4 years I weighed less than 300lbs! I had lots of extra water weight, but I’ll take the weight loss whether it was fat or not!
After a day of light eating, I’m back into another fast. 42 hours in, and feeling determined to keep up this lifestyle that goes against the current of society.
If you’ve read this far, I thank you, and ask: are there any fasting podcasts, or meditation that you follow? Would love to either zone out to some good meditation that targets addiction or listen to some encouraging podcast. Thanks!
Day three, hour 64. Water only with a one-a-day men’s and one fish oil pill to help with fat soluble vitamin absorption. Starting weight 450 lbs. Life is shameful and unnecessarily difficult and painful at this size, so I’m taking drastic measures.
It’s been hard. Yesterday was an especially difficult climb with a caffeine headache starting at 3:30 pm on Monday and all through yesterday. I added a couple grinds of salt in case it was sodium related and not just a caffeine headache. Today I am feeling okay and the hunger itself is surprisingly manageable but the cravings are very nearly breaking me. I have an almost untouched box of cheezit snack bags, which are my favorite snack, and it’s all I can think about. I have been strong so far though, not even allowing myself to smell anything.
I promised myself I would go 7 days water only and then see how far I can take this with the addition of one cup of coffee in the morning and one cup of broth in the evening. Then I’m considering keto + intermittent. I want so badly to add some small snack of something to eat but I feel like I would let myself down and set a precedent that would result in failure.
We’ll see how the rest of the day goes but even if I stumble tonight I’ll be very proud I made it three days. But I’m going to do my best to resist and hope the hunger passes soon.