Fasting

[AlabamaMountainMan]

I'm debating on starting my long fast either the 27th or 28th. I'll break fast on the evening of the 3rd so i can slam burgers all day on the 4th.

Ooof, running a 5 or 6 day fast?

 

[doc holiday13]

Ooof, running a 5 or 6 day fast?

heck yes... give the digestion system a break, get a little autophagy to cleanout the body, reset teh food addiction so I'm not eating due to mental addiction. I'll probably take a few longs walks and talk with the creator of the earth and get on the same page him as to where/what he wants for me. Fasting is good for you all around

 

[*zap*]

Intermittent fasting has been good for me. Hormonal benefits are supposed to be high.
I think:
Don't be-become a fat slob.
Don't be soft.
Dump all processed foods.
Eat an adequate amount of protein and healthy fats.
Train aerobic capacity-often with long duration and low intensity. 10% of the total amount of aerobic capacity as high intensity.
Lift for overall strength. Do physically-mentally difficult things and conquer them.
Get very adequate sleep.

IMO, when your on top of all those things you will naturally gravitate to intermittent fasting.

Overall health-fitness should be #1.

Good luck out there.

 

[bozeman]

I am thinking after supper on this Sat (13th), go 72 hours, water with a little sea salt only.

 

[AlabamaMountainMan]

heck yes... give the digestion system a break, get a little autophagy to cleanout the body, reset teh food addiction so I'm not eating due to mental addiction. I'll probably take a few longs walks and talk with the creator of the earth and get on the same page him as to where/what he wants for me. Fasting is good for you all around

Nice, I started a 36 last night. Going to judge how I feel tomorrow morning and may push on to a 48 if I don't start feeling sick like last time. You ever deal with bad nausea? Not just being real hungry as I know that comes and goes. Last time I hit 42 I got real sluggish and just didn't feel right.

 

[ceerdub]

I have done a bit of it all and have landed on a version of the 16/8 (no breakfast) as a way to actually integrate it into my life for the past 3 years. I am not overly strict with it and I have learned that if I am going to go do a big exercise early in the morning that I need to eat something otherwise I will bonk. At the end of the day, like others have said, it is a way to reduce the calories I intake in a day overall. I am like a dog and will eat anything in front of me. Removing breakfast allows me to maintain a calorie input that I don't have to count every meal and allows me to stay within plus or minus 2 lb of my base weight. Good luck on the fast!

 

[doc holiday13]

Nice, I started a 36 last night. Going to judge how I feel tomorrow morning and may push on to a 48 if I don't start feeling sick like last time. You ever deal with bad nausea? Not just being real hungry as I know that comes and goes. Last time I hit 42 I got real sluggish and just didn't feel right.

I quit a fast once. Struggled to get it started and was feeling sick. Not sure what or why , but it happened. It started at the begining of a fast so i never even got 8 hours in.

I did a 4 day fast about 3 months ago and on day 4 I was experiencing a bit of light headedness. I could have toughed it out but called it quits early

 

[AlabamaMountainMan]

I am thinking after supper on this Sat (13th), go 72 hours, water with a little sea salt only.

I’ll do a 72 with you. I got a wedding at 5:00 pm CST on Saturday. I’ll officially start the fast at 8:00 pm. Full disclosure, I drink black coffee when fasting.

 

[bozeman]

10-4, its a deal....will post here a daily 'accountability'.

 

[brca005]

Just finished up my monthly 36 hour fast, next month I'm going to do a 48.

My goal is by the end of the year is to do a 72 hour, so if anyone is up for a 72 hour fast later this year, I'm in.

 

[AlabamaMountainMan]

10-4, its a deal....will post here a daily 'accountability'.

Nice, I got my alarm set and will do the same. Time to set a new personal best.

 

[bozeman]

@AlabamaMountainMan Clock started at 4:40pm for me!

 

[AlabamaMountainMan]

@AlabamaMountainMan Clock started at 4:40pm for me!

Nice, I last ate at 7:00 CST let’s get it

 

[bozeman]

24 hours - DONE
48 hours- To Go

 

[AlabamaMountainMan]

24 hours - DONE
48 hours- To Go

Making progress

 

[AlabamaMountainMan]

Since this is a fasting thread, and I am on a 72 hour fast right now, I figured I could throw up some notes up on the experience at the common benchmarks.

At 18 hours I was the most hungry I got all day and it last a little while. Around hour 19 it went away, and I had some brief hunger pangs that would last a minute or 2 until I went to to bed around the 29 hour mark. I had 2 cups of coffee (black) and a a good bit of water. I added some pink Himalayan salt to 3 glasses yesterday. Only real con is I had the fasting sleep insomnia last night. That hardest part (to me) about the first 24ish hours is getting past the habit of eating. I generally stay on a pretty consistent eating schedule, and I definitely had the strongest hunger pangs at those traditional times.

As of this morning, I am now at the 37 hour mark and really don't have a desire to eat compared to yesterday. Had a glass of water with some salt before I left out for work and feel really alert and clear. I have done quite a few 36's before, and I generally always felt good up to the 36 mark. The only issue I am really dealing with is dry mouth, which for me personally, has always been the most frustrating part of fasting. Water and coffee give some relief, but it never truly goes away for me until I eat again.