I’m trying my first 5 day fast.
I have done a “4.5 day” before a couple times. Not recently. I would eat a meal Sunday night. Then Friday, I would eat breakfast or lunch. It would end up being 4*24 + 12 hours roughly.
This one — well I suppose it will be 5*24 plus 6 hours maybe.
I intend to water + coffee fast Monday thru Friday, and very carefully eat on Saturday. This will be tough but necessary. My weight is trending high – I’m probably about 20 pounds overweight and 30 pounds over where I’d like to be. And my GERD/ reflux definitely acts up when I’m in my heavy range.
I will definitely need distractions and motivations this week, but it’s go time. I will be more liberal with the electrolytes this go-around; maybe it’ll make things easier, maybe not.
I will do some minor exercise today (2-3 miles on the treadmill) to hasten the depletion of my glycogen reserves, which are more than overflowing from the weekend “Standard American Diet.”
For me personally, the hardest day is usually Day 2 (Tuesday) - particularly in the evening. Day 1 is usually the easiest of course. I’ll log my experience as I go.
Intended: 48h, currently at 40h, maybe I can do 72?
Fasting for autophagy (health issue(s))
Reason: Possible inadvertent Covid transmission scared me (woman coughed in my face) + toxic varnish fumes in my apartment made me pass out for 2 days.
In summary… I fasted in a panic due to possible Covid, then due to toxic constant varnish fumes, and after 40 hours, my mood was better, and when the varnish fumes died down, I felt like I had escaped Covid and possible medical issues from chronic toxic inhalation. My appetite also re-set and no longer craved carbs and chips (not that I ate them but I wanted to).
I decided to do this every week and this is my 3rd week. My usual routine is OMAD, then one day a week I don’t eat at all (48h fast?). Feeling good, should I go for 72? (I’m asking myself, not expect answers)
Edit: I’d be lying if I said saving money wasn’t a huge part of the motivation for continuing it every week…
I’ve previously done two months worth of rolling 72 hour fasts with one small low carb meal on refeeds. Lost quite a bit of weight and the worth of all 50% of my hair on my head. I want to fast again, but TERRIFIED to lose what hair I have left.
Day 13 of OMAD with water (and a black coffee in the morning) during the day.
I am having an incredibly productive day! Not sure what it is but I’m powering through some shitty tasks I’ve been putting off.
5.6 days down, 15.4 days to go (27%). Longest fast I’ve done before was 3 days, but a year and a half of OMAD seems to have prepped me for this.
Feeling pretty good. Some lightheadedness when getting up from laying down due to low blood pressure - trying to correct by being more aggressive with the electrolytes.