I finished a 5 day fast on Friday since I was going to visit family over the weekend. I had started that fast at 177 and ended it at 171. I was feeling really proud of my progress, and made...
I know your weight fluctuates but sheesh. I'm just surpassed 72 hours on my fast and was doing great but today I gained weight and it's really just kills your motivation. On day one I was 239, on day two...
Out of curiosity has anyone seen any results from fasting and building muscle? I have used fasting in the past but now I am on a path for gaining muscle.
3lbs up in 2 days after my fast, I did lose 7lbs from my fast though. Is it better to cycle through fast for better weight loss results?
SW: 155 2 days ago: 137.2 (-Lost 17.8 lbs in 12 days) Today… 138.5 (+Gained 1.3 lbs) Only difference is that I started drinking 1 pack of Liquid IV per day for electrolytes (I know it has sugar, my other LMNT ones are on their...
I weighed myself yesterday morning and again today, hours from finishing a 36-hour fast. I put on half a pound. needless to say that was not what I wanted to see... did I do something wrong? will...
Yea well if a person goes back to eating a high carb/sugar diet with tons of sodium in a caloric surplus, no **** they're going to gain it all back. But for people going back to healthy lifestyle it won't...
everytime i fast i just gain the weight back. it’s torture
Hi there fellow fasters! I’m on day 25 of a 30 day, and the past two weeks have been a bit frustrating as I have no been losing as much weight as I thought I would and today I actually...
I also look bloated and swelled? Has this happened to anyone before? I am a long time faster and ive never experienced this. I also started exercising again and I notice I bloated badly after that. Perhaps its...
im 2 days into my 5 days dry fast, will i gain all the weight back after breaking my fast and how do i keep it off ?
I literally lost .4 lbs during three day water fast. I even gained weight from day 1 to day 2. Three days out of that 72 hr fast, I gained 3.6 lbs. I also did two 48...
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So the last day of my fast, I weighed 284 pounds, and after three days of eating a pretty healthy and balanced diet where I only ate 1500 calories a day, I weigh 291. Is this a regular thing, and...
Hey guys! Just a few questions. So I'm on an 18 day water fast and I'm hoping to lose 18 kgs. But I've heard that immediately after you break your fast you gain a bit of weight from the food you...
Hi all, I am considering starting fasting for longevity and general health. At the same time, I am only at 22 BMI (considered skinny by my wife) with 22 % body fat (per DEXA scan), want to continue a lot...
Hi everyone, I like to fast 3 days a week (water only, nothing else) and then on the other days I eat a lot of calories, so I make up for the water fasting. I really enjoy this rhythm, doing...
I'm currently on day 2 of my 3-day water fast and woke up this morning with +0.2kg. My body looks overall slimmer in the mirror and my stomach looks very defined. Is the weight gain just from drinking too much...
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I know that water fasting raises the HGH. Does dry fasting raises it notable higher? I want to use dry fasting to drop body fat and afterwards hit the gym for muscle mass. I was losing motivation for weight lifting...
Hello! I’m new here. I currently weigh 160 at 5”4’ and I would like to be where I was at least 145 which is were I was comfortable with before having both my kids. Thanks to two c sections...
3 days ago I ended a 7-day water fast. I lost 11 lbs over those 7 days and was very happy with the results. Based on my previous fasting experience I estimated about 3-4lbs of that was water weight that...
Has anyone here gained a lot of weight after fasting for a while. I was fasting like crazy a few years ago and got down about 40lbs but found it wasn’t super sustainable for me. When I ate normally again I...
Hey Folks, I completed a 16-day water fast going from a SW 216.8 down to 192.6. BF% started at 34.2%, dropping to 28.5%. Great experience, the first long fast I've done in a few years now. When completing, I decided to switch...
Just some info. I decided to fast this week. Monday evening to Wednesday afternoon (44hrs) then Wednesday evening to Friday afternoon (44hrs). What I ate in between didn’t pass like 1200 cals. That’s bc I have low calorie food in...
So I'm on a 7-day fast and I was just wondering will I put the weight back on after I begin eating again? Don't get me wrong I'm not going to eat like a pig for the first few days...
Hi All, Last week I fasted for 96 hours (Mon-Thur) and then I broke the fast. I then faster for 36 hours. In total I lost 7 lbs but gained 2lbs during my refeeding. This week I wanted to do another 96...
Some of you may have seen my posts a while back last month during my long fast. I lost a total of 68 pounds in seven weeks and three of those weeks I was fasting. However now that I’m back...
I’m back on Zoloft and I sadly really need it. I don’t want to gain weight as I have from Zoloft in the past. Will intermittent fasting help? Anyone with experience?
Hi I have a question about going to the gym and intermittent fasting. Currently I am 96.5 KG at 6 foot 5 and have a belly/man boobs I would like to get rid of so I started fasting 16:8 but...
Hi guys, I am 186 cm and 125 kg. I have wide shoulders, hips and overall big joints but I think i have about 40 kg or excess fat wich i believe is going well away with fasting. Anyway my...
Hey guys! I’m 73 hours into my first 96 hour fast and am beginning to contemplate what my first meal should be. Does anyone have any tips? I want to maintain as much of the weight loss as possible. 28yo(f) 5’6...
So I am looking to add more weight on my body. I have had serious autoimmune and still have a ton of health issues. I had my colon removed and have a jpouch. Using good diet, dry fasting and some...
So I basically gained 2 pounds even though I was fasting as usual. The only difference is that I started doing exercise and cardio to help me burn more fat and I only ate 1000 calories yesterday. I do a...
I've had great success with IF to lose 45 pounds and get to my goal weight, next stage of my journey is to gain lean muscle mass. Is it beneficial to continue fasting for this or would it be better...
Hi all. I started fasting almost three years ago. I eat between 4-9. I eat a big dinner then a dessert. I lost almost 20 pounds doing this. Recently I gained almost all the weight back. It has been a...
Hi, I started fasting last Thursday so on day 8 of it now. Been doing 16:8 and have been following it strictly and usually going over time for fasts. When I’ve been eating it has been clean homemade food and...
As the title asks, I am interested in y'alls personal experience with the amount of weight you gain back after water fasting for 3-5 days. Thanks
Is IF gonna sabotage the process of muscle building if the eating window would include the workout so that there are meals both before and after workout?
For the past 3 years Ive done 16:8 - 20:4 abd even OMAD. All the time I was loosing fat slowly but surely but I couldnt keep my muscles or gain muscles. Im wondering what woukd be the best for an...
First: Sorry for my bad English. I have a problem. I need to lose weight due to high liver enzymes. I thought, IF would be a good, healthy way, because in the fasting time, my liver can regenerate. But it's always...
I’ve been trying intermittent fasting for the last week, and right before I break my fast every day my weight has been consistently 0.2-0.4 higher than last. I’ve been drinking more water than I’ve ever drank in my life and...
Hello, so I’m a female 5’4 195 female and I’m 19 and I’m doing a 7 day fast. Im wondering how to not gain much back after my fast is up? I know there’s keto but I cannot do that...
Long story short, I started doing intermittent fasting in 2021. From Sunday to Friday evening, I ate once a day, from Friday evening to Sunday I ate anything. I lost 16KG in 5 months, I was doing great, then summer...
Im doing a lot of heavy weight excersise, and i want to build muscles but also loose weight. I love fasting because it’s so easy to loose weight and feel my very best at the same time, but im a...
After getting sick with the cold, I took a break from fasting and just ate when I was hungry, still eating foods I would normally eat. But usually, I eat three meals a week, and in one sitting, so OMAD....
Good morning (EST), fellow fork-droppers! Quick bio: 39M sw 330 cw 296 gw 235 So I've been back into prolonged fasting the last couple weeks and have gotten some amazing response from my body. Water with sodium, potassium and magnesium the whole...
Hello all, hopefully I will get a response for this post. I have been fasting for a few years (36 hrs to 110hrs). I am currently on medication that needs protein to work. However, I really want to do a...
Will I make face gains fasting and how do I keep the weight off after?
Given that fasting increases cortisol levels which causes our bodies to store fat, I was wondering what the impact of fasting was on chronically stressed individuals or individuals with anxiety
I am female, 23, 5”2 and and 130lbs. Started at 148lbs in March of this year. I’ve done water fasting in the past and was able to lose about 9lbs in combination with a low calorie diet in roughly a 4...
Update: thank you all for your advice and insight i absolutely appreciate it so much! I reweighed myself ~ as i was doing what i did of course on my period 🙄 and weighed myself the last day of it. Which...
I'm a little over 2 months into IF with the goal of losing weight and have had varying results. My December and January were very good with results exceeding my expectations. February has been mediocre at best, and...
My daughter, who will be a college athlete in the fall and does weightlifting 5 days a week, has weekly appointments with a nutritionist. My daughter says the nutritionist advised her to eat Nutella regularly. I was very surprised by...
Going to keep short and simple. 21M / 6’9” SW: 339 June 2021 / CW: 313 (Today) / GW: (240) by August June 2021 until now doing several water fasts, gaining it back,and trying certain diets I have only lost 20ish pounds. I...
I am just popping in here to see if I can get advice on losing weight, gaining muscle, and balancing it with Intermittent fasting. I'm currently doing the 20/4 short period. I burn about 1000 calories daily and do a...
Im thinking of doing a 72 hour fast to bring in the new year and I’ve been doing a lot of reading on how to break fast (have a protein rich meal and avoid carbs). One thing I have seen...
Hey everyone, been lurking for a long time, but I'm on my first real long term fast and decided to post. I'm not a stranger to OMAD, and have regularly done one to three day fasts and have completed five...
I gained around 5 lbs in 30 days of fasting, but my waist circumference didn't change at all, so that's that. I used to workout allot , stopped for 2 months to recover from surgery in my jaw, came back a...
I was doing great dropped 50 pounds and got off almost all my medications . Then I got COVID , my doctors tell me COVID has severely damaged my pancreas. I need to be on Insulin . I go on...
I am doing a dirty fast as it’s my first time going this long. For me, this means I am having bone broth and the occasional scoop of collagen (maybe once a week). A couple days ago, I had a...
So I have been doing keto for 2 weeks and I'm in ketosis..I started fasting Monday 16:8. I've been going to sleep early all week and getting good sleep. I did start my time of the month Wednesday night so...
Lost 13 lbs on a 6-day dry fast and gained back 11 lbs over 5 days. I was not eating poorly.
Hey guys! I’m currently on my 9th day of my water fast and I’m feeling great. I was thinking about how I will keep the weight that I’ve lost during the fast off and not gain it again when I...
Hi, i want to tell my expérience because intermittent fasting make me gain weigt +15kg . I fast ans binge i just want to know IF somebody can relate . I dont want to starve myself anymore.
I currently am 50kg and want to godown to 45/44kg. I want to loose the 5/6kg very fast so I thought about water fasting for 10 days. Now I’m scared tho that the water fasting will cause an yo-yo effect,...
So I did a 90 hour waterfast and weight myselfe everyday and lost 0,6 kg every single day. Yesterday was my first refeed day and this morning I had lost 0,1 kg. Now I know that you loose waterweight during...
Hi fasters!! I am considering starting a prolonged fast on January 1 (and I assume a lot of other people are in the same boat). The longest I’ve been able to do was 5 1/2 days about a year and...
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Hello, So I’ve been IF for about a year, then in the past 4 months or so started to do extended fasts and have done many 72 hour and 108 hour fasts. I fell into a pattern for a while...
Hi all, I am a 20-year-old (142lbs) male who got diagnosed with a heart arrhythmia a couple of weeks after getting covid 2 years ago. Tried everything, nothing worked. I'd like to start dry fasting immediately based on the results people...
What’s up snakes. I usually do 2MAD or OMAD but right now I just think I need something else. What do you do when you’re lean asf but still looking for strength gains and fasting time?
Hey all, I am attempting my first 48 hour fast mainly to gain the cognitive/ mental clarity benefits and to (as a bonus) hopefully see some fat loss. Unfortunately I without really thinking saw a jar of chicken bone broth...
I'm half way through my 2 weeks fast and I'm scared I'll gain the weight back. I've done a week fast before and all the weight came back in 3 days. I'm worried that this will be all for nothing....
I'm not specifically trying to gain or lose weight, I'm just trying to find a comfortable pattern of eating when I want and need to without restricting myself or binging. Intuitive eating as it were. Despite this I do still...
I recently lost weight through intermittent fasting and skipping, now I want to build muscle. I was wondering how to integrate intermittent fasting, weight training and running, in order to achieve increased muscle and also able to run the distance I...
I plan on working out while doing a 24 hour fast. Will this kill any muscle gain I could get? My main goal is to lose weight while also gaining muscle, as I've been training for about 6 months now....
Hey, i know fasting nornally is done by people who are trying to be skinnier. The thing is: fasting have a lot of health benefits. Theres any way i could get fasting benefits at the same time i gain weight? Any...
Hello beautiful fasters, I have been practicing fasting for a bit now. I went from intermittent fasting daily to 2 day fasts and last week I progressed to a 3 day fast. My problem is that I keep gaining all the...
hey yall! apologies for any formatting issues, i'm on mobile. i'm mostly into fasting for the toning benefits and breaking weight plateaus, in addition to mental clarity and other health benefits. stats are 18F, hw 220 lbs, cw 144 lbs....
I am a body builder and I’m looking to go on a fast for 4-5 days. If I don’t work out at all will the muscle that I lose come back after the fast when I work out again? How...
can you gain or lose weight when you in intermittent fasting and positive energy balance if you lose weight how
Just want to share my story. So, I started fasting in 2019, I went from 106kg to 76kg (about 200 pounds to 140 pounds I guess) in the span of 6 months. I could easily handle consecutive 2-3 day fasts. I...
I read all of the threads here and I absolutely agree that fasting is a great way to lose weight, get other benefits dependent on fasting length, gain energy throughout the day and everything else. But to me, the absolute...
I’ve decided to dedicate 2023 to getting healthy after being overweight most of my life (and obese since I graduated from law school). Both my parents have died in the last few years, and I want to get healthy to...
I hit a BMI of 29.9 today. So stoked to finally be in the overweight range. I started at a BMI of 34.4 (194 pounds, 5 feet 3 inches female). I weigh 169 pounds now. Having lost a total of...
I’ve done some limited fasting (72hr was my longest) in the past, and now I’m going to see how a 48hr fast will go to determine if it may be something beneficial to do every week. So I’m wondering for those...
I am the type to not need weight loss and if anything I need to maintain or gain. How can I fast without losing weight. I also do want autophagy. The thing is if the advice is to just “eat...
After I gain about 12-15 lbs I do a 3 day fast, really 86+ hour fasts since I go for 3 full sleeps. I am really good at fasting now, but I feel like a fast every 30-45 days or so...
I finished a 5 day fast on Thursday. I lost 14 lbs during the fast. I was not in ketosis pre-fast and eating crap. Post fast I am staying keto and 16:8. I've gained almost a pound a day post...
I am 25f. 4 years ago with all my mental disorders, I started to have issues with my weight and have an unhealthy relationship with food. My peak was 209lbs. Then I started seeing a dietitian and lost 66lbs and...
finished a 4 day dry fast then did a 3 day refeed and rehydrated, completed another 3 day dry fast. My initial weight was 205lbs 6'0 with 15.7 bf% trying to get to 181. is this attainable if I repeat...
Hello all, long time Snaker, started following Cole back in january of 2018, have been experienced with all kinds of fasts, dry, OMAD, rolling 48's, rolling 72's etc etc. I'm probably watched almost every single one of Cole's videos...
I m going to start water fasting today. Im gonna do it for 7 days(i hope so). I have few questions Will the fasting cause any hair loss?(most important question for me) Can u take i any fruit juices? During refeeding do...
Hello fasting-peeps! 🌻 I gained around 20 lbs from binge eating after I stopped smoking and now I wanna lose this annoying extra pounds as fast as possible 🙏 But I'm lost which fasting style would be best: 14 day, ADF,...
125lbs and 5’7 so I only did a 4 day fast. Been trying to gain weight by drinking cream with my meals recently. And I HAVE OVER 40 PIMPLES ON MY HEAD. SOMEBODY SAVE ME 😭😭😭😭