Good morning everyone, I'm currently sick I get my COVID test results back today hope it's not that. But my question is those of you that have been sick while doing IF do you keep going with it or do...
I got sick and have not been fasting for the past 6 days of which I was sick. Unfortunately, I was not only sick with a cold, but also had my cycle for that same week! So, I decided to...
I’m 4 days into my fast. Last night I started getting sick. It’s not keto flu or related to the fast. Over the weekend my boyfriend and I visited his grandma in the hospital, so I’m sure I picked something...
I’m pretty sure I have a sinus infection or a really bad cold, symptoms are: sore throat, coughing a lot, congestion. Is it safe to fast? I was planning a 5 day fast but I don’t know anymore..
So best I've done is 24 hours, i usually do intermittent fasting, but these days I've been sick and i don't really follow any order, not like i eat in a messy and overeating way i just don't have an...
I was always into fitness/bodybuilding and a low-carb diet is the best way to lose some fat. I did it a few times, but around 2000 it was mainly low-carb, low-fat, high-protein. Do you remember those negative articles about low-carbing,...
Hi, I (F28) have done IF before and it's done wonders for my relationship with food and helped me exercise regularly. What worked best was fasting 20:00 - 12:59, eating 13:00-19:59. I felt it was easy and motivating. Then I...
We've been on and off sick since September. I was doing a Thursday night to Saturday morning fast before but stopped for the last few months. In general I feel hungrier and more tired so it seemed sensible to stop. However...
I am currently 11 hours into a dry fast. I have slight aches in my body Has anyone ever benefited from doing this while sick ? I feel like im listening to my body but its hard to tell. What...
I read that breaking a fast with eggs makes some people still feel sick. Have you broken a fast with eggs? Did you feel sick or not? Just wanting to get some real feedback!
My wife and I have been fasting since mid-October and we haven’t had as much as a sniffle. I’m on OMAD. I typically eat in the evenings during the week and only have black tea/black coffee and water during the...
This past week I was awful sick. I spent 3 days throwing up. I have no idea what messed me up that bad. But, now that I'm better I'm worried I've undone everything I've worked for. I do the 18:6...
Basically as the title states. I started off 18:6 and swapped to OMAD several weeks ago. Almost down a total of 50 pounds. But the last week, every time I eat my one meal, I end up very sick, and...
So I’ve been intermittent fasting for a little over a week now (8 hours on, 16 hours off). I’ve also been upping my veggie intake during the day and going on an hour/hour and a half hike 2-3 times a...
If you happen to get sick with normal stuff like a sinus infection or chest cold is fasting going to hinder your body from fighting infection? I have been doing pretty good with my 16:8 but I have come down...
I’m a year postpartum & I wanted to try intermittent fasting to gain control of my health as I’ve been dealing with autoimmune flares since giving birth. I don’t know if this is related to the fact I had gestational...
So I’ve done OMAD over 3.5 years, losing 50 lbs and keeping it off. It’s amazing for weight loss, but this is something people don’t realize. This lifestyle has a very positive impact on health and avoidance / recovery of...
I've been sick now for 8 weeks, and after 3 weeks i underwent a round of antibiotics as i showed signs of a bad sinus infection. During the week of flushing my system with the antibiotics, the effects moved into my...
GD! I mean, in general, I feel fine but the illness has made me a bit tired. These symptoms don't feel like my past fasts, and then today I started my period. Normally when I start my period I will...
So I’ve done the snake diet before with some success but then I eventually end up failing. I’m so sick of coming up with excuses to eat. So I’ve decided to really commit this time. I’m going...
Lately I've been having upset stomach pains, causing me to feel sick. Bad bowl movements is another side effect. Anyone have tips on how to avoid this? I do the 20/4 plan. Anything I can take to ease the pain?...
So for the past few weeks I’ve been sticking to a fasting schedule that involves a 72hr fast from Friday-Sunday. I’ve actually found it quite enjoyable and I’ve gotten used to it. However, today (Thursday) I woke up feeling like...
Recently I came across [this](https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/should-you-refrigerate-eggs) article which fascinated me because I have never refrigerated my eggs. Growing up my family had chickens and we usually didn’t refrigerate their eggs. Occasionally we bought store eggs and refrigerated those but nobody ever...
Hi all, I’m still very new to this; just over two weeks. I’ve been doing rolling 48s since mid March and one 72. I’m currently 37 hours into what I planned to be a 15 day fast. But, I’ve woken...
I’m currently fasting my stopwatch tells me it’s been 42 hours I plan to get as close to 72 hours! I’m not doing this to loose weight I have some unrelated-health issues I’m trying to see if fasting helps. I’m...
The day before yesterday I started a 38h liquid fast and finished it today at 10AM. Yesterday the whole day I felt great, was very energetic and not even hungry. This morning, however, I suddenly got very sick and felt...
I use to be able to fast without issue. Now, if I attempt to fast I begin to feel nauseous. If I don’t eat, or if I wait too long, I will end up throwing up. I would like to be...
Hi guys, just sharing some experiences: **TL;TR:** Fasted for 60 hours, felt great but sickness returned. 1. If I am eating low-carb/keto I am not getting sick almost at all, only when I switch back to carbs, I sometimes get ill (usually...
My doctor recommended IF and set the time of 16 hours of not eating just drinking. I just stated and only made it 13 hours the first day before I felt like I was going to be sick. Is this...
My cycle came back after 8 years without one when I went low carb. But it comes irregularly every 35-50 days. I usually have to eat a ton of fat to make it come. To the point where it makes...
I have my first common cold since I started IF a year ago. I’ve just been fasting 18:6 like I normally do, but after this particularly tough day of chills, congestion, sore throat, and all that loveliness I was wondering...
Went to a super bowl party yesterday and ate quite a bit more than I usually do. In the old days, I could have eaten twice as much and been fine, but last night (after fasting for about a...
Edit - gonna hold off on OMAD for now and do more research on it in terms of my diet to avoid any issues or feeling sick. Got in over my head. Lol. Thanks for the replies and for giving...
I was just thinking, hey, bonus of having a really bad cold and sore throat means I haven’t eaten anything since 4pm tonight, only had water and tea, and will likely end up with a much longer than usual fast...
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I just want a decent looking, no account needed, no subscription app to track the amount of time I've fasted with a nice display. Is that really too much to ask? Why the hell does a fasting app need an account. Rant...
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I have been doing intermittent fasting for about 2 weeks. During this time my partner got pneumonia. I tend to get bronchitis or pneumonia myself once a year or every other year so I was worried I was next inline...
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I lost some weight after getting covid thanks to the lack of energy, but for some reason i still craved food even when I'm not hungry after a week of eating less. I'm a stay at home wife and mom...
I've been IF for over 6 weeks now with CICO, and lost over 10lbs already. After a good couple of years of dodging and ducking I finally caught covid with temps almost 103°F. While the flu itself atleast now seems...
Hey redditors, I just tried water fasting from the 17th to the 21st, but had to break the fast today after I started getting weak. I previously did my first fast from the June 3rd to June 6th, and it was great,...
I was visiting my mom and i told her how i was fasting until 6pm cuz i was doing IF. And she told me it was stupid cuz my glucose levels could go up and something about protein. Im so...
Background: I'm relatively new to fasting, though I've done my fair share of IF and OMAD. I planned a short 48 fast to end tomorrow evening. Over the weekend, I was exposed to Covid and have come down with a...
Hi everyone! I'm so excited to try this. I'm new to this concept. I've had success with atkins in the past but this go around nothing seems to work for me. I'm 39 and weigh the most I've ever...
I’m 34 years old and female. I am 5’1” and weigh about 150 pounds. I my goal is to get to about 120 pounds. I haven’t weighed that little since high school but I believe it is...
Doing 18:6 fasting with calorie count of 1300 (set by my fitness pal usin my measurements) so I'm eating lower Carb than before to stay within calories but having some e.g a tbsp rice not half a plateful. On day five....
What do you if you feel unwell or become sick while you're fasting? Do you still stick with whatever fasting plans you had or do you give yourself a short break until you're well enough to carry on? I think I've...
Now what I mean by my title is that so far I'm on day 8 of my water fast and yesterday my stomach started to feel pretty upset so I decided to sleep it off. When I woke up I...
On my 3.5/10day and I’m absolutely disgusted by the flavor. There is just not other way is there…
I was wondering if there's a change in the way our body react to "fat foods" after we start IF? I have a very strong stomach, I can eat almost anything without throwing up or being stomach sick, so yesterday...
I was all set to do a 24 hour today, but during the night I came down with something. My normal sickness protocol is to take vitamin c every few hours and eat soup, just wondering who’s experimented with fasting...
My mom is in her early 60s. She has type 2 diabetes, heart issue, gallbladder polyps, uterus pain, kidney pain and dark urine. We're poor as hell, have no relatives, and our only options are fasting, drinking baking soda and...
Hey if-ers- I’ve been doing intermittent fasting for a little over 2 months. Usually 18 hour fasts sometimes more. This weekend my best friend came up and I decided to just not fast this weekend. Today I feel terrible. My stomach...
Received this email today from Dr Fung: Fasting and COVID-19 A lot of people are worried about how fasting affects the risk of COVID-19 virus infection. The truth is there is no good information on this subject at all, so everything is...
Does everyone do a specific diet while engaging in intermittent fasting or do you eat what you want just at the eating periods? I successfully lost 70 pounds on keto 3 years ago after I had my first child. All...
Does eating meat when your body has never consumed meat make your body feel like it's a foreign food substance or does nothing. Would meat take longer to digest in a vegetarian's alimentary canal or no? what's the exact biology that...
Hello, i am planning to do a FULL straight 7 day soft dry fasting and want to know what to expect. I have zero experience whatsoever. Zero preparations and doing this for weight loss. Been on SAD - standard american diet all...
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....
When I fast but still drink water (this has happened over and over), it seems to be about the 2nd day into it I feel this sense of what I would call "impending doom." I thought it was anxiety in...
At restaurants we get to choose the level of cook-ness of the steak, rare to well and everything in between. But why is it said that we have to cook chicken fully? Edit: got the answer that chicken has more bacteria...
I'm out sick today and I usually do IF until 6pm but not feeling good enough to think I'll make it. So I'm thinking I might make this a cheat day since I'm already breaking IF. I'm going to make...
I just decided enough is enough. I am so obese... I have no excuse for the weight gain. I have struggled for about 10 years trying to lose weight. My whole body hurts, irregular menstrual cycle, inflammation, sick constantly, high...
In my [series of short rants](https://www.reddit.com/r/intermittentfasting/comments/vj7r5x/its_funny), welcome to my next installation: **"What, you're not eating breakfast? That's unhealthy! Breakfast is the most important meal of the day!"** Coming from the mid-40s aged guy at the office, who has a massive...
I’m getting testing for covid tomorrow so I’ll be home doing nothing for the next couple days. I’m fully aware this page is not for medical advice but I would love to hear people’s thoughts on fasting while sick for...
SW152 CW138 GW110 i've been doing 14:10 16:8 and sometimes 18:6 if i feel like it for 3 months consistently while also calorie tracking and it has been great, i lost 14 pounds already but i've suddenly began feeling sick,...
I’m ready to get down to a healthy weight! I started last month but I got sick and couldn’t really stick with it while being sick. but now I’m ready to start over! I’m 1.67m and 86kg my goal weight will be...
Now this may be an unpopular opinion, or not, but either way; I hate working out whilst in a fast. I tend to do 18/6 and workout just before I eat ( typically around 4pm) I'm used to doing longer fast,...
I am SICK n TIRED of being sick n tired of my yo-yo dieting.. this stronghold food has over my life has got to end. I am becoming anti-social.. always feeling down.. constantly angry at myself. Just all around becoming...
I have been trying to do a clean 16:8 fast for a few weeks. I am doing well in terms of not eating outside of my eating window. However, my family keeps passing around these little colds (we have one daughter...
Hey guys. Just skip to the TLDR if you'd like I've spent the last hour researching electrolytes but am having a hard time finding out like "why should I have sodium bicarbonate?" And what I got essentially was "it's good for...
I personally don’t buy into ‘organic’ foods. I think that if you eat healthy you’ll be healthy. Having said that, I’m wondering if there are some organic foods that are ‘worth it’ in that make a difference what you’re consuming...
I used to do OMAD several months ago but I had to stop due to work-related reasons. Now I gained a bit of weight and so I decided to do several days ago and I felt a bit sick and...
This is an extract from Dr Filonov's book '20 Questions and Answers about Dry Fasting' This book has a wealth of information and I highly recommend purchasing it from [https://dryfasting.info/](https://dryfasting.info/) ​ What are the advantages of dry fasting compared to water fasting? In a...
So I started my first water fast and I'm 24 hours through and I cannot stomach water I don't know what is wrong but when I drank my first glass of water I felt my tummy cramping badly and felt...
For context, I'm a trans man (ftm) and am planning on getting top surgery soon. The surgen I want does operate on larger bodies, but he will offer a surgery date further away if you are to "give you a...
Hi All, I’ve been intermittent fasting and every time I have my first and meal break my fast, I notice that an hour later I have to use the restroom. Which is fine, but, my stool is somewhat loose and slightly...
Hey everyone, I see lots of comments and posts about trying to get past say 48 or 72 hours. I want to remind you all that it is not about being perfect, but being consistent. Even if you break a...
Hello folks, newbie here. My GP recommended intermittent fasting and I have lost almost 10kg in 2 months. 😬It’s been amazing, but now my house is sick with flu and the eye gunk monster. Would you pause intermittent fasting while...
32F, 135 lbs - IF off and on for 3 years. I am ALWAYS tired. Like, always. I can nap at basically anytime. Caffeine doesn’t touch it. No trouble sleeping but it’s pretty tough to get out of bed. For...
From 1 Feb til 5 Feb i was doing a dryfast, after 4 days my body felt kinda sick but i know that feeling (it's healing crisis) Little did i know that breaking a fast with carbs in the middle of...
I started the year with a snake juice fast, just a 48. Now as I'm going into my third rolling 48 I do have to say doing 4miles of cardio on the first day is just amazing. Keep at it! Last...
So I love this community and have lost about 30lbs every year, down over 100lbs. Each winter I’m colder than the next. What a problem to have, I know, but nobody talks about this. I’ll take healthier...
I’ve seen many posts saying that you shouldn’t break a fast with heavy or high carb meals. I’m currently doing a weekly 24 hour fast and not eating keto (mostly plant based and I do eat breads, pasta a few...
Hello, firstly let me begin with, “I am not seeking medical advice, my conditions are managed by medication and frequent blood panels to monitor function”. However, my chronic conditions do affect both my ability to lose weight and how I...
I'm just curious what people think of fasting during a cold/flu. My daughter has had the flu for 2 days now. I have been around her and been coughed on alot. I would like to try a 2-3 day...
So I have about 70-100 lbs to lose (I have lost 20 lbs so far) and currently I don't workout, but I'd like to be lean and reasonably muscular in the future. ​ When is the right time to start strength training?...
Before discovering fasting I got sick and couldn't eat anything for 2 day with no hunger feeling. I was shocked how was I still able to walk after 2 day no food I was just fine just too damn fine,...
I got my third shot earlier this year and made a big mistake afterwards which involved taking 20mg of adderall and exercising. I believe it really damaged my heart (but I don’t have proof). There’s an odd feeling of “distension”...
Hi! Just wondering, how do you guys manage to maintain your fast when feeling sick? Personally, I don't like to take medication unless I've had something to eat.. I've been drinking teas to get me through until meal times and...
My wife, 1 yo son and myself got covid unfortunately. My son's symptoms started on Saturday, ours on Sunday. I've been doing 16-8 intermittent fasting since last October. To support recovery from covid I switched to 18-6 and eat only...
* **Type** of fast (water, juice, smoking, etc.) * **Context** of fast (start, end, day x of y, etc.) * **Length** of fast (8 hours, 3 days, etc.) * **Why?** What you hope to accomplish with your fast * **Notes** How is it going...
Hello, im just need little help. I’ve been sick almost 8 months and my symptons are so annoying vertigo dizziness and hearing loss in right ear. So im just read one sadghuru post where guru said fasting help so many...
Are you starting a new fast this week? We'll be posting this thread every Sunday, at the beginning of every calendar week, so you can check in and tell us about your plans for a fasting this week!