37 hours into a 120 hour fast.
Honestly, I feel fine. I was anticipating it being much harder to get back into the swing of things, but staying on top of electrolytes and vitamins will hopefully make this week a win :)
I’m an experienced faster and am currently on day 7 of what started as a 2 day fast.
I feel amazing, have felt no hunger at all since day 3. I’m keeping up on my electrolytes. I’m burping a lot, which just makes me giggle. Surprisingly I’m sleeping well, which is often a problem on extended fasts.
I’m doing this for two primary reasons… Weight loss and joint recovery. I’ve lost 13 lbs just during this fast, weigh I know I’ll gain some back when I refeed.
I also have some chronic joint problems as a long term effect of a disease I had some years ago. The pain and stiffness completely disappears when I fast, even when I fast only a day or two.
I hope you’re all well - happy fasting!
Started about 6 hours ago and I want to fast until my next lunch appointment on 7th Jan 12 noon so that’s about a 66 hour fast! I have bone broths to help me if I need it and I have electrolytes too. My longest was a 43 hour fast so fingers crossed !
Purpose is to control my cravings! I feel better when I eat one meal a day but all the social activities over December threw me off! I can do better!
I started off December OMAD and low carb. My energy was insane and the cravings and hunger were non existent. I truly had never felt better.
Though I didn’t gain during the holidays, it was hard to stick to the routine of OMAD with all the celebrations and festivities.
I am starting small today- a 36 hour fast (from 11:30 pm Monday to 11:30 am Wednesday).
84 hours into a 7 day fast. We last ate Dec 31 @10 pm and is starting 2022 with a fast.
After one month feast it’s time to fast, get back on strict keto and 8/16 combined with no eat Mondays. This has worked great earlier and here on the 4th day of fasting we are just riding the wave until Friday morning.
We have no intentions of overdoing it, every fast is different and so far it’s going real easy.
Just completed a 24 hour fast for the first time. Was not near as bad as I thought it would be. Started for religious reasons but after doing some digging think I’ll do it once a week with IF throughout the rest of the week. I could definitely afford to lose 25 pounds and this will help control my alcohol/carb intake.
I am 62 hours into a 111 hour fast, which is basically 4 1/2 days. I am doing rotating fasts to lose weight. I have been doing these rotating fasts for about two months now and they are going great, I have lost 53 pounds so far. I am morbidly obese, so I still have a very long way to go. I feel pretty good. I am using YouTube to track my progress, and hold myself accountable.
I’m on day attempt 3, successful attempt 0, of trying a standard 18 hour fast. I thought it would be an absolute breeze since I often skip breakfast, but I’m finding my food addiction issues are worse than I thought. I’ve been cutting out sugars and flours but it hasn’t yet stopped my mind from being obsessed with food.
I’ll be trying again after eating a healthy, normal dinner in a couple hours.
I’m posting this largely to remind other new folks though that this isn’t as easy and it sometimes gets made out to be. There are so many posts saying “it’s not as hard as I thought,” but I’m having the opposite problem.