I’m considering breaking my fasts with a keto diet for a couple of days to keep more ‘gains’ I’ve realised after breaking my past fasts properly, I just end up binging and probably losing any of my gains / ‘rewarding’...
I'm trying to combine as many healthy routines to maximize my gains. Wondering if I can keep the benefits going I get from prolonged fasting if I only eat low carb foods once I eat? Are the benefits the same from...
I recently came across a YT channel by Dr. Eric ~~Burg~~ Berg that got me started with a game plan related to intermittent fasting and a diet change. However, I have read that he is a Scientology donor and generally...
HI, I'm A Dietitian (RD), who's been experimenting with fasting for many years. I have been on a plant-based diet for the past 8 years, but recently reintroduced fish and meat into my diet for a 3-month trip to Peru...
I ate a keto diet for a long time and now I do Weight Watchers; my trainer thought I needed something more sustainable because I had some hinges on keto. I do a 60 hour fast once a week and...
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...
[Before](https://imgur.com/o2XpWQx) [After](https://imgur.com/bUioDDS) So I did a thing. A big thing. Motivation came from my granddaughters. I wanted to be able to keep up with these wonderful beings for a long time! I want to be around and be the crazy Mimi for them! Getting...
Hey quick back story, I've tried a few diets I was 180kgs now I'm 120kgs I'm currently on a calorie deficit but the last 40kgs are getting harder to lose my friend told me me fasting worked really well for...
What is more benefitial in your opinion? I’m comparing two situations: 1-you eat moderate amounts of carbs/fat/proteins and fast occasionally for 24-36 hours. 2-you are on a strict keto diet but you never fast, so maybe sometimes intermittently like 12-16 hours but...
Last year I experimented with Keto and I loved it. I was able to control my hunger and I felt satiated a lot of the time. I was doing this as a means of controling my diabetes. Then I got...
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...
I just finished my first 72 hour fast. Towards the end of it I was able to smell cheese and donuts and all stuff I used to eat. I've been able to walk past all of that. I'm down to approximately 3...
Hi, I've been doing keto for the past 5 days (don't plan on stopping any time soon, I've done keto a lot in the past). What difference will it make starting a fast whilst already doing keto? Will I lose...
Thought I’d share my stats and notes from my journey thus far (which I just collected from some scattered scribblings and text messages I’d sent) also which include some fluctuations, in case someone can benefit from seeing them. I’m...
So, for some context, I’ve been following a ketogenic diet for almost two months now. I’m kind of in a rut and want to do an extended water fast to break it up and facilitate weight loss. I...
I’ve been on keto for 4 months now and I’m feeling great and just love how much energy I have on this diet. Since a week or two I’ve added intermittent fasting, 16/8, to see what it would do to...
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...
I used to do extended fasts (7+ days) a lot but haven't in a while. I don't eat a crazy amount of carbs normally but definitely not in ketosis.. should I ease into it by eating keto for a few...
I lost 100 lb from a strict keto diet back in 2014, but I didn't specifically try fasting in conjunction with that until now. I'm 22 lb over where I was when I originally lost weight and I want to...
I’m just over halfway through a 7-day water fast and woke up with what I have to assume is keto rash all over my chest and back. Is it safe for me to continue fasting?
I recently just stumbled into it somehow. During work week I already did intermittent fasting but I was still eating plenty of sugar and bread and stuff, so it clearly started to show weight wise. So I started walking regularly, doing...
Hi friends! I have a question for those who follow rolling 48s or 72s instead of doing prolonged fasts because of keto rash. I was so excited to complete my first three-day water fast a couple weeks ago. I then...
Title correction: extend *ketosis. I wanted to do a 7 day water fast, but I have a very hard time getting past the 40ish mark. I feel very sick and end up throwing up non stop even with electrolytes and...
Hello fellow fasters, i’ve been following Cole since 2019 and have always found him fascinating; i like how he shares with us all of his approaches, i remember him promoting fruit and meat for the most part, now he...
I’m female, 22, 169cm, 67kg I was doing omad and keto last month, then I got my period and stopped the diet cuz I wasn’t feeling well. I felt dizzy especially when I’m laying down. The condition continued after my period...
I'd like to try a 24h fasting once per week for a while to lose weight, but I'm hesitating to go keto. From my previous experiences I've found keto to be very efficient for short term weight loss, but every...
Currently 42 hours into my fasting and yet the keto straps claim that I am not in ketosis. Any idea why that could be?
Basically the title but I’ve been more or less doing keto with lower fat meats and staying under my calories that I need for the day on my refeed days. Does keto improve weight loss while fasting or does it...
I recently did my first 5 day water fast. After breaking I was absolutely ravenous and in the 2 weeks that followed put all the weight back on plus a couple of pounds extra. Not too long ago I experimented...
It seems like most people here advise keto when not fasting, I'm sure that works for them. But curious if anyone doesn't restrict carbs at all? My story: I was ~slightly~ overweight by about 40lbs. Was 190/6'0.5/ in 2019 with...
Just finished my third rolling 100hr fast and thought I would share my results including hitting the big milestone of reaching 100lb lost. I have been doing keto and fasting(short and extended no longer than 5-7 days) since the start of...
Hi everyone, I am looking to lose 30 pounds of postpartum weight and trying to combine keto diet with prolonged fasts (36- 76 hours). I found the fasts to be ok but the keto carbs is what I really struggle with....
Winding down a 5 day fast today. I've lost 10 lbs and I know a lot of it will return. But will jumping right into either a keto or no carb diet help to maintain most of the weightloss?
Last week I fasted Sunday night until Friday Morning and then ate Keto during the weekend. I thought that would give me some sort of benefit during this week where I plan to do the same regimen. However I’m unsure...
Hi everyone. I need some gentle honest advice. I started fasting on the 13th December. I decided to do rolling 72s with half a day of eating in between. It is now the 2nd February. My starting weight was 236lb....
I feel ticked. I'm hungry, annoyed and generally apathetic. A cold bowl of honey bunches of oats sounds like heaven at this moment. I can almost feel that *crunch*. I suspected this type of feeling would happen but i wasn't prepared...
Doing a 7 day dry fast and wondering if I can refeed with a keto meal? I will start the 7 day dry fast again after my one day break and repeat the process. Don't want to gain any weight...
I've been fasting all week and with the finish line approaching (2 hrs 39 mins...) I'm obsessing about food. I'm traditionally bad about refeeding, I always overeat. Today the options are: Bacon and eggs Crumpets Bolognaise with pasta and cheese. I...
I’ve noticed some folks saying that after their 5 or 7 day fast, they will do an OMAD and eat keto. This will allow them to keep off majority of the weight that they lost during their fast. Is there...
F/5'3/SW:158/CW:143/GW:125 I'm about to start my period and I look bloated so what I'm seeing in the mirror is probably not the best way to interpret what progress I am currently making. I'm also into my second month of this lifestyle...
Hi, I have been Fasting in the past and i hate the first 3-4 days but I really need to lose around 8-11 kilo’s so i’ve been postponing fasting for about 2 months now since I am changing jobs but...
Can you fast with Keto? I was going to do >1000 lbs for 3 weeks with Keto. It’s awful, I’m not denying that, but I have some urgent life callings I need to attend do, making this necessary. Need to...
I’ve had success losing weight in the past with IF, OMAD, 24-36 hour fasts, CICO etc. During those periods of weight loss I was in ketosis at least according to the keto strips. Based on that I do think my body...
Hi everyone! I just recently started to do IF. Since im only eating 2 meals a day,im planning to switch to Keto diet which is mostly fat 70% and some protien. The ones who did Fasting + Keto how was your experience?
I am planning on starting with a 3 day fast to kick into keto. I am mainly doing this to decrease body fat percentage, reset my body and for my own metal health. I am relatively healthy and workout 5x...
How is it working for you?
Hi all, I've been doing intermittent fasting for a couple of years now. Both during keto and with carbs. I do OMAD and it benefits my lifestyle and schedule. The difference I noticed with fasting on Keto and on carbs...
I have been “fasting” for 72hrs then one keto meal at 8pm then another 72hrs of no food. I do however drink keto coffee(butter, collagen,mct oil) every am. About 200kcal. Then water and keto electrolyte water throughout the day....
Hey babes, I'm very new to the work of fasting and I'm so excited that this sub was created the week I decided to investigate more! From my reading so far, it seems like the first 24-72 hours of a long...
I’ve been doing ADF and sometimes it’s easy, other times it’s not. Is there any drawback to having just protein/fat say, omad on what has been my fasting days? I’m finding my energy levels for intense weightlifting isn’t...
Just found out I have a fairly rare ocular cancer: Chordial melanoma. Definitely malignant, will be metastatic if not already (testing upcoming to see my status). Since I'm just now hitting 67 and semi-retired, there will be no expensive heroics, but...
Hi, sorry if this post contains TMI but I am on day 2 of a water fast & I'm still having some bowel movements. I am noticing small white chunks in my stool. Don't know how to describe them other...
Like the title says.. those of you who've tried just full-time keto before (as in, eating regularly, even if its just OMAD), do you lose more weight fasting than you do just on keto? I know for some people it's...
Since November 28, I have started IF 18:6 and Keto, I lost about 7 lbs and got down to 160. I would limit my carbs to 20g a day and tracked it with Carb Manager but only ate 700-800 because...
I'm not getting the answer I'm looking for when trying to research this. Most fasting articles tell you ramp up, start with an 8-12 hour fast, then 16 and so on. After a few weeks, you can do longer fasts...
I am 6’ 2”, male, and currently 178 lbs on day 5 of water fast. I started at around 186 lbs. The only thing I am alarmed about is that I was keto before starting the fast so I shouldn’t have...
I'm doing a 23/1 and reading sites and watching videos. I'm confused about two recommendations. In a 23/1 where you only eat one meal, make it a big meal. Thanksgiving dinner is an example of a big...
So it was in 2020 I was 5'10 and heaviest 270 pounds. I went over to my friend's house and they made fun of he and how I need a bra. I laughed about it but went home and cried...
I just bought a product that is mixed erythritol with stevia to use on my coffee and i wonder if its breaks fasting
Is there anyone here who successfully reversed chronic conditions like type 2 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, Prostatitis, epididymitis ect which are as per current medical beliefs not curable only manageable? I am not asking for clinical trials ( if you have then...
I’ve been thinking about this for a while now… The building blocks of muscle are protein so we need protein to grow muscle after hypertrophy. Fasting creates accelerated GH which promotes growth while also switching to ketones as fuel so...
Hi guys! I'm 5'9 F SW 280, CW 250, GW 180. I am doing alternate day fasting and keto and am having a SUPER hard time eating enough calories. I chose keto because it makes a big difference in the...
It turns out my body doesn’t like extended water fasting (keto rash) so I’m embarking on rolling 48s and 72s heading into the week. I plan to break my fasts with a high protein, moderate fat, and moderate carb meal....
I still eat carbs, like potatoes, bread, chips, rice, pasta. Yet I’m noticing my breath is getting worse, especially right now where I haven’t ate for 18 hours. I floss twice a day and brush for two minutes. Is this...
Hello everyone, any tips on what helped you on breaking your fast with Keto? What foods did you eat and how much and when? For how long did you eat smaller amounts or adapt to a normal meal? I’m on...
A few years ago, when trying to find a weight loss lifestyle that works for me, I ended up trying keto, I really didn't enjoy it, so I stopped. However, I was in ketosis, and my general cravings were minimized,...
I've seen Jason Fung say that keeping the refeeds in between rolling are best kept keto. I'm a vegan. Does this mean I should just eat a lot of avocados and then go back out into the next rolling fast?
Just curious what the positive and negative is of this and if its intermittent fasting? I do nutritional ketosis... I guess 7 days a week and generally eat 3pm-9pm 2000ish calories. I started doing it once just to...
So im 18 Years old and my weight is about 285lbs (128kg) and i finally want to change something. My Goal is it to get under 220lbs (100 kg) I want to lose as much as possible in the next ~9 weeks....
Broke my previous fast about 37 hours in. I felt great but I wanted to eat a bit before loading airplanes for 8 hours. Don’t feel bad about breaking the fast at all because it was on my...
A while ago I \[F36\] was diagnosed with a very rare and very aggressive form of thyroid cancer called Hurthle Cell Carcinoma. I've had two surgeries since, and am waiting for the holidays to blow over so I can get...
I'd been lurking on this sub for many months and tried my hand at intermittent fasting + keto with lots of success in the past, but my insulin resistance made it so that what little progress I made I would...
I just wrapped up a 42 day water fast and have been using water fasting, intermittent fasting, keto, OMAD, etc on the way down. I'm documenting my journey on my youtube channel at if you want to subscribe and/or...
Disclaimer. I ask this here because in my country it takes quiet a lot of time before I get a doctor appointment. I know that I can not get any medical advice from Reddit. I don’t seek that and rather...
Some background: I've been doing some combination of IF and OMAD for probably around a year now. Extended fasting (24h+) is relatively new to me; I probably started incorporating them around 5 or so months ago. I don't remember what...
I'm facing a ton of sleep issues due to fasting. I have done tons of fasts and came to this conclusion. I have been on Keto for 22 months now. Keto and fasting are reasons for poor sleep in my...
I started at about 275lbs and weighed in at 240 today on day 14. That cant be all fat loss so I suspect That I have shed many pounds of water. Admittedly my diet was the worst...
Hi! So I found this thread and study: https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1152dnv/insulin_resistance_after_a_3day_fast_is/ that seems to say 3 days fasting+ have a negative effect on insulin, reduces insulin sensitivity and increases insulin resistance . First time I heard that, any insights? Not seeking medical advice,...
Hello lovely fasting ladies, I've seen other women post this in other fasting subreddits, but I wanted to contribute my experience as well. I started keto one month ago. I've had some carby meals when my hormones politely demanded it of me....
I did an extended fast from Jan 1 to Jan 6, starting at 119,5 kgs, and ending at 110 kgs. I've done this the last couple of years, but I was 10 kgs heavier than usual for Jan 1st this year....
I’m new to fasting. I’m use to eating pizza n pasta n all that everyday. A lot of ppl fast but go on keto also. Is it okay to fast but break it with carb heavy meals like pasta or...
Hi! I have been on a fasting journey for a couple of years now, which started with the keto diet. From keto, I learned of Dr Fung and through rolling water fasts with keto based refeeds, I’ve been able to...
I've seen Jason Fung say that keeping the refeeds in between rolling are best kept keto. I'm a vegan. Does this mean I should just eat a lot of avocados and then go back out into the next rolling fast?
Now what? Do you continue to fast to maintain? Keto diet? Intermittent fasting? I’m scared of hitting my goal weight and celebrating by just eating normal and then gaining everything back.
I've tried watching some informational videos but wanted to get some personal experiences. I'm 41 years old. I've had some success with keto and fasting 18:6 in the past but the pandemic has kicked my butt and I need to...
Forgot to mention my issues with focusing are gone after carnivore diet and now i fast with keto refeeds for psoriasis. I used to take adderall daily I no longer feel the need to take it/ school has been...
I was trying keto but I'm low on money and food right now, so I had to break keto until my next paycheck. While figuring out what to do and not binge *too* much on carbs, I decided to purposely...
There are many different forms of fasting. There is the 16/8 diet, alternate day fasting, and more. One of the more extreme versions is called one-meal-a-day (OMAD for short). This diet consists of individuals eating one very calorie-dense meal daily....
So I have been fasting 24 hours every 2 days for the past month but am trying to go for a full 5 days this week. Going on 38 hours now. I love my coffee in the morning and...
It’s end of day 3 of 7 day soft dry fasting and so far I’ve only lost 2.3 kg. Honestly I was expecting more since I’m overweight. Most people lose more and and aren’t even overweight. I’m really frustrated 😩I...
I hear advocates of keto and fasting say that over time your body can become "fat adapted" and get more used to burning fat over carbs, even if you return to your previous diet. Is there truth to this? And...
I am planning to do 48 hour fast followed by 24 hour of feasting My understanding being most people eat low carb or keto in the fasting period. I was going through different forums and read that KETO increases...
Would love to have a partner through this. I'm looking to do a 14 day fast, but this being my first extended fast I plan to listen to my body to see how far I can go. F/21/5'3" CW: 148lbs GW:...
I’ve been fasting, mostly rolling 40-48s, for about 6 weeks. I realized yesterday morning that I had gotten out of bed and walked almost normally, instead of hobbling like a very old lady because my feet are so stiff. I...
I'm pretty sure I've lost about 10lbs. Is that normal? I was at 312 and now I'm around 298. I was strict keto omad with 23 hour fast prior to 72 hour fast. I'm about to break my fast with...
Hey all, So Ive got some international travel coming up with wife in about 5 months and I want to look/feel and mentally prepare my best for it. The longest I have fasted is a week in several goes. I...
Have specifically been doing 20:4/OMAD/ADF for last 2 months, and love it. I finished a 72-hr fast and remembered I have a bunch of ketosis urine straps in the cupboard just sitting around, so I used one -- and my...
Just wanted to get a temp check from some people who know a lot more about this stuff than I do. I have a weird work schedule. I generally get 7 days off in a row once...