Can anyone who started at a relatively healthy weight (someone jsut looking to become more lean) detail their experience with fasting? I heard it’s more difficult to shed those pounds when ur at a lower weight (145-160 lb starting range for women)

Hi all,

I work a full time job on my feet and have to lift heavy things most of the day. Is it safe to fast?

I am 11 hours away from finishing a 7 day water fast. I did take electrolytes. It’s a religious fast and not intended for weight loss. So I want to wait the next 11 hours before breaking it. And I cannot stop thinking about Pasta.

I know I cannot break a fast with pasta. Can I buy soup from local Walmart/Target?

I have a heavy head, head ache, lower back pain and general weakness. This started day late day 5 at the point when wife went down with flu.

If you are interested in knowing how much weight I lost - I am 5’8” male. Starting weight 159lbs. This morning I weighed 151. I’d assume half of that is water weight. I don’t feel well right now. Family has mild flu so it could be that too. I am determined to push thru the final lap

Everyday i try that i will fast for 7 days or 14 days but i actually give in to only 14 or 18 hours . How do i stop this food noise after waking up .

My height: 4ft 11’
Starting weight: 151lbs
Current weight: 149lbs
Goal weight: 110lbs

Weight lost so far making this post: -2lbs

Hey guys, I am F 27 and started a water fasting journey for the next 20 days. I’ve fasted for almost 48 hours up till this point.

Are there any tips for a beginner (at 21 days water fasting) to get rid of the hunger pangs and low mood/fatigue.

For info, ive done the snake juice (electrolytes) and i had researched a lot on to this correctly.

Please let me know if there are some helpful tips to keep going with this fast

I will start my fast again in 2 hours on sunday 1am and finish my fast Wednesday 1am. Hold me accountable. 🤣🤣

I don't know if I'm fasting properly, I've been restricting and no meals. Just coffee or sugar free cola.
When I've felt wobbly I've been eating a small handful of nuts and cranberries (2-4 almonds, 6-10 cashews, 2-3 craisins at a time) and I've been eating 1-2 corn thins at 22cal per slice once a day maximum if I need to chew and swallow something.
No breakfast. No lunch. No dinner.

Once a week I've been having a somewhat "proper" dinner on a Friday night.

On occasion I've allowed myself a "cheat" weekend and have eaten lunch/dinner and sometimes a few snacks... I do try to stay low on the carbs and high on protein. Red meat, chicken, fish, eggs, fruit, brown rice, small servings of pasta or potato based carbs.
But I'll also have the odd desert or ice cream.

I had gained a LOT of weight going into peri-menopause and exercise wasn't touching it. I'm now stable on HRT so I started what I thought was a fasting journey in May.

I've lost a bit over 35lbs (16kg) since the end of May.
I was losing fast at the start, but it's slowed now to approx 3lbs every 1.5-2 weeks.
But I'm not seeing any real gains after a cheat weekend other than a few hundred grams change. Which isn't really too different to what I see change between morning and night quite often.

But my brain is worried what will happen if I go back to my 'normal' eating.... will I gain it all back quickly?

I also wonder though if I want to stop losing weight (which I'm almost at) how do I go about that. I don't know how to maintain.
Would I be better to continue to fast for 2-3 days a week and then eat a balanced diet on the other days?

Does your sleep ever get better? I’ve never gotten more than a 96 hour fast because after 2 days I cannot sleep. I sorta lay in bed in a daze and cannot sleep. Usually two nights of this crap is enough and I break my fast.

I would like to do an extended fast to reset. I think I could make it, if I knew that sleep would eventually be better.

Extended fasters, how is your sleep? How do you deal with a long fast if you can’t sleep?

I take magnesium glycinate, sodium, and potassium.

TIA

So I’m currently on day 6 of an 8 day fast during which I have just been drinking water and, more recently, green tea, and was wondering what others have found is the best way to refuel when you start eating again. I would also like some insight on how long you have to be careful to avoid refeeding syndrome. I’ve heard for at least half as long as you’ve fasted? How long until you can reintroduce carbs?

Has anybody ever fast to cut or does it have the potential to negatively impact muscle weight as well? I have done fasts (up to 80 hours) in the past but that was before I put on a bunch of muscle weight. I don’t want to lose the gains haha.

Hello, I’m on day 6 of a 14 day fast. The thought of doing this for a whole extra week is so daunting.
SW:214; CW 201
Fresh squeeze lemon every morning; Black coffee with creatine powder; herbal tea during the day; 1 or 2 packets of electrolytes afternoon/evening—filtered water 💦
Please help; this is so hard. I don’t have hunger; I have a mild keto rash—nothing too crazy but it’s uncomfortable until I fall asleep. My sleep is 6/7 (lol). I could use some suggestions to keep going. 🙏

Just started fasting again after a pretty long break. I'm currently about 36 hours in, and holy shit, I had one of the angriest dreams I've ever had last night.

I was taking out all this rage on my sister, and there were other parts of the dream where I was just insanely pissed off. The whole thing was ridiculously intense.

I don't normally have dreams like this, so I'm wondering if fasting has something to do with it.

Anyone else experience unusually intense, angry, or aggressive dreams while fasting? What causes this?

Could you share what your experience has been using a continuous glucose monitor on extended fasts?

I am interested in seeing what happens in my own body in the future so I can map the changes on an hourly basis across several fasts.

I don't have type 2 diabetes and the last time I was prediabetic was 2012.

Still, I think it might be interesting to know.

I have so many in my fridge - extras from many orders of sushi. The stuff is crazy salty and may even have one or two other electrolytes in it other than sodium and chloride (does it)?

I suppose though if I used them even just one packet per day, I’d be getting SOME (but not much) caloric intake as well. That may defeat the purpose if I’m going for a zero-calorie fast to precipitate autophagy. What are your thoughts on this matter? Thank you very much for your advice!!! ❤️

Hi,

I started on August 28th doing:

intermediate fasting(19-5 and sometimes omad)

cico

some weight training

what do you think about the progress and what should I do to continue losing weight but gaining muscle?

Any suggestions or anything from people that already achieved best shape can help. I feel like now I don't lose anything and get stuck even with the same routine.

Thanks

So i last ate at 10:02pm last friday. Today at 10:02 marks the completion of 7 days. I have some 🔥 bone broth prepared. Is it ok or should I wait till morning?

I've been fasting on and off for the past couple years, usually intermittent fasting. I have experience with it but have never really broken the 24 hr mark. I want to try a 40 hr fast starting at 8pm tonight, does anyone have any advice before I begin?

I'm a college student and am able to get food whenever and also have it be healthy. Planning to break my fast with servery miso soup :)

I’m currently on the 4th day of a fast, and I’m struggling to determine how I want to approach my fasts moving forward. Right now, my main goal is fat/weight loss. I’m a 5’9 M and at my start I weighed about 240 lbs, so carrying a lot of extra fat and just overall feel large and lethargic. Wanted to make a change but between work and school I had a hard time maintaining a gym routine and procrastinated. This was sort of my compromise to see some results by the new year.

To preface, I’ve actually had some success with fasts in the past, so this isn’t my first time. I think the longest I’ve completed was 8 days, and I’ve completed countless shorter fasts as well. Admittedly, the fasting hasn’t actually been harder for me than maintaining a clean diet when I eat regularly. I understand that will be the more important change need to make, but for now I’m fasting.

I wanted to ask what would be the best way to execute said fast. I have about a 13 day to work with before I’d break it and travel for Thanksgiving. Originally, I wanted to fast the entire 13 days, but now I’m reconsidering. Idk if this is just me bargaining lol but is there any difference between a full 13 day fast and a 4 + 8 day fasts besides the one day I’d lose overall. Is the shorter span considered safer? If I fast the whole 13 days would I lose more fat? On the longer fast do I risk losing a substantial amount of muscle? My main goal is to jumpstart my body transformation before I commit to a routine when I have more time in January. But if pausing tomorrow offers no real difference I may take that break for more endurance, I’m not sure. Open to feedback and insight from you all who know more

TLDR is there a real difference between a two week fast and possibly splitting them with a day break. Is one approach better?

I usually eat breakfast and lunch. My last meal is 12:30pm. I have a few gummy bears before the gym at 4:30 and no food after. Damn, I even have wine some nights. I eat again the next morning. I know I should eat now that I’m now in the gym, but this method helps me lose weight quickly and I really want to get to my goal weight! Any advice on how I can change up my eating to sustain me, and still lose quickly? I keep reading I need to eat before and after gym but that just sounds like too much eating!!

Hi guys. I'm 31F and lost about 115lbs in 11mo. I still want to lose about 40-50 more lbs. This is my first fast in a LONG time. I am in the middle of day 5. My plan was to just do 5 days and eat tomorrow, but I'm feeling pretty good and might keep going through Saturday & eat Sunday instead. I considered going through Sunday as well BUT I have my first gym session with my personal trainer on Monday and I want to have some fuel in my tank for that. I'm down about 10lbs so far from this fast. My question is...how much of this weight is legit and will stay off? Should I expect to gain it all back?

I've been only drinking black coffee and water with the occasional diet soda to stay sane. I've had to drink salt water twice.

Anywayyy, any thoughts/advice appreciated. :)

On 3rd day of my first water fast, which I'm doing mostly as an experiment to try and alleviate fatigue and brain fog. Yesterday measured 4.7 mmol/L ketone levels. Just electrolytes, coffee, tea.

So far it has been OK, and today hunger is much lower. I'm physically weaker than normal, and have some brain fog that seems a bit different and not much worse than what I went in with. I doubt I'll get much done today, but that was true before fasting anyways.

I'm currently leaning towards riding out the 4th day and lightly considering the 5th. Some evidence that autophagy really accelerates in days 4 and 5 which makes me feel like it'd be silly to not just go for 5.

But on the other hand I can always try again later when I'm maybe more keto-adapted and maybe retain more cognitive function during the fast? Curious how folks have experienced mental acuity differences as they've become more experienced with fasting, or dramatic differences in post-fast improvement with 3 vs 5 day fasts

320 to 220. Did OMAD every other week and the results couldn’t have been better. Best decision I’ve ever made for myself 💯💪🏾🔥🙏🏿

I had a 48 hour fast and on day 2 i got a terrible blood sugar drop, i was at school and had to uber myself home urgently to eat
after i ate i felt much, much better
i see people doing week long fasts and to me it literally sounds impossible. How do you guys manage?
[ 22F] + no known health conditions but i am slightly anemic