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 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 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...
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?
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...
everytime i fast i just gain the weight back. it’s torture
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...
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...
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'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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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?
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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
Just wanted to say hi. I’ve been lurking for a while. I’m female 5’6 tall and 167lbs. The heaviest I’ve been in over 10 years (not counting when I was pregnant. I’ve been gaining weight fast for the last 6...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
If you are doing 24hr, 36hr or 48hr fasts (short term) you still need to track calories... When you break your fast and for a couple of days later, you may feel enough hunger to over-eat what you need to...
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...
Pretty much as it says in the title. I also track macros and mostly focus on protein and Fats. I limit carbs esp refined carbs because of PCOS. I work out 3 days a week and the days I don’t...
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...
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...
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...
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 😭😭😭😭
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...
Completed a 36 hour fast & I lost 2.1 lbs & BMI was down...I ate a meal with very little carbs then began a 20 hour fast ( OMAD) I get on the scale the next morning & my Weight...
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TLDR: bad accident=wheelchair =weight gain, can you recommend fasting tips to lose weight while I’m unable to exercise regularly? I was hit by a car almost a year ago now which resulted in a stroke, leaving me wheelchair bound for around...
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...
I have started following this sub lately and noticed most posts (if not all?) are about using IF to lose excessive weight. I admit, that it's part of IF's appeal for me as well thought I have normal BMI...
Hi all! I used to do 16:8 years ago and liked it quite a bit; trying it again now! The only thing I'm noticing this time around is I'm actually slightly gaining despite being at a caloric deficit and exercising...
Welcome to the weekly [r/Nutrition](https://www.reddit.com/r/Nutrition/) feature post for questions related to your personal diet and circumstances. Wondering if you are eating too much of something, not enough of something, or if what you regularly eat has the nutritional content you...
Started at 302, got down to 280. I'm doing the elliptical every single day for 30-60 minutes and lifting weights. I'm eating really clean and drinking plenty of water. But my weight went up to 286 in the last week....
My friend's father is at the ICU, and I've been staying with my friend last 4 days, so to make him eat I would buy fast food for both of us and of course most food was too much calories...
I did a few long term fasts l but the weight loss was temporary. I completed a 28 day, and two 15 day fasts (6-12 months apart). I am therefore skeptical a long term fast really works for me for...
Tomorrow will be the end of my 5 day water fast. I’ve been drinking at least 64 oz (2 full nalgene bottles) of water per day with electrolytes. I’m 5’7, 232 lbs. A total of 5 lbs lost. How can...
Hello! I started fasting (18/6) about 3 months ago and I am actually gaining weight. Usually (even before fasting) I eat around 1000 calories a day. I am 25f with a very sedentary lifestyle (medical student). Before fasting I did...
Hey! I’m new to fasting and I’m about to finish my 3 day fast tomorrow. I’ve been drinking plenty of water and I plan to break my fast with some eggs; but my question is how often do you all...
Every time I tell anybody who isn’t familiar with fasting that I fast I get the same response. “Your body will go into starvation mode and you’ll actually retain body fat and gain weight!!” Then when I politely explain that that’s...
so I wanna start fasting so I can lose some weight and gain some muscle/get in better shape however I don't think it's something I can do for the rest of my life. if I cheat on fasting or go...
So I wanted to start IF, and now I am not sure anymore, because of the following: Is it true that I have to go low carb? I actually thought it's about not eating too much calories, but I heard somewhere...
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...
If I fast for 7 days and refeed for 2 days before starting my next one, how much should I expect to gain back in refeed weight? M 23 6'4 370 lb.
I’m reading and hearing mixed things about fasting and metabolism. Some say it slows your metabolism down and you’ll just gain back all the weight that you lost in the fast even if you just eat normally …. some say...
Female 5’2 SW 290 CW 274 So I started water fasting 1/2/19 and ate relatively good the days leading up to it. In the beginning I lost around 15 pounds. Now day 10 I’m actually gaining weight and for the last...
I usually eat one main meal a day, and get all of my calories in with that meal. Yes, I realize “OMAD” is the name for that. However, I don’t purposely do intermittent fasting, but I find that I always...
I have done intermittent fasting for years and it has been great for me to maintain my weight. Recently though, I find myself eating more after my fast to the point where I’m too full. It has caused me to...
can you gain or lose weight when you in intermittent fasting and positive energy balance if you lose weight how
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...
Does the actual quality of calories matter moreso the quantity? Should we care more about things like fat percentage in foods, or focus more on calories? For example, if one was to eat a maintenance of 2500 calories a day,...
#Share your daily fast story thread! 📃 ⏳ **Length** of fast (*start/end/total*) ❓ **Why are you fasting?** (ex: *weight loss, other health benefits, spiritual/religious reasons*) 📝 **Notes** (*How is it going so far? Any concerns? Insights to share?*)...
Thank you in advance to anyone that responds. I’m on hour 60 of my fast. I’ve lost about 10 pounds so far. I’m going to break my fast after hour 72. Is there a rule of thumb...
I’ve gained 5lb the past 4 months even though I consistently do IF for 18 hours daily. I eat during the same 6 hour time window, 2 meals daily. Started IF a year ago. Lost 13lb the first 8 months of...
A bit of info about me: Female 29 5'6 SW 222lb cw165 Started keto in April and starting fasting in august in conjunction with keto. Started with 24, 48, and worked my way up to 5 days. Lost a ton...
Honestly, I feel embarrassed posting this but I know that I need the support. I (F29 5’1” 140lbs) have tried IF on and off for the past 2 years now. Every time I start, I begin seeing results fast so...
Anyone here lost a significant amount of weight last year, or even in the past. Then gained it all back? I’m in this boat and feel like such a loser. I lost 35 pounds in 3.5 months and it was...
I list 50lbs in 2021 with intermittent fasting. I was sooo proud. And looked so great. Then, with changing my diet or eating habits, the weight all flew back on in 2021! I’m still intermittent fasting, but it’s stopped working....
So I used to fast in the past and lost 100 pounds in 6 months and recently started fasting again February 1st Went from 340 to 330 in 2 days but since February 5 I’ve been fluctuating between 335 and...
Ive fasted before.I was overweight in 2020 and came across fasting+low carb and it was the first thing that worked for me AMAZINGLY primarily because as time went on during the fasted period I felt more and more amazing and...
I have always had high at rest metaolic rate due to which I typically dont gain weight with normal diet. As I have aged I have put on some weight, my cholesterol level has been off the chart. I am...
Hi. I tried my first ever fast with a target of 72hrs but ended up caving at 50hrs (figured 50 aint a bad start). Unfortunately i was so hungry i broke my fast with the nearest stuff i could...
I'm a huge eater. To make a long story short, I used to train 6x a week 4-6 hours a day. I averaged 8000 calories a day for over 12 years. Now that I'm older and have stopped my training...
Currently, I complete between 1-3 24 hour fast weekly ( the amount depends on if I am I attempting to lose for the week or maintain. ) I contribute this method of intermittent fasting to helping me lose almost 100...