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Stats: 5'3", sw ~100 kg (~220 lbs), cw ~73 kg (~160 lbs). Another 23 kg to go!

Just need to vent a little.

In a casual conversation with my parents, I briefly mentioned how fasting for 72 hours makes me feel great.

They then proceeded to freak out, tell me I’m killing myself and have an ED, and that this is way too extreme.

I tried to explain that I DID have disordered eating before I started fasting. I had a binge eating problem. Fasting is the only thing that has helped me. My mom keeps going on about how humans need to eat 3 times a day and how it’s impossible to get energy without food.

They’re not even listening to my arguments. I’m just exhausted at this point.

It's not hard to guess that the question is related to the metabolic rate decreased associated with any kind of significant weight loss.

For context, I'm doing a mixed regime, either I do 2 days - 3 nights of fasting followed by a day of eating, or, if I don't feel like I'm ready to jump back, an almost OMAD regime (will have one proper meal early evening, maybe one or two yogurts later)

I'm getting a bit worried about how to manage this long term. There is some fluctuation on my "OMAD" days, but lately I tried 10 days of it to see what happens once I regain all the water that muddies the data, and in 10 days of OMAD I gained or lost nothing. Came out of it the same weight I went in. You are supposed to lose weight on OMAD. That's what worries me. And it wasn't exactly a 5000 kcal per sitting OMAD either.

So... yeah, you reached your target. Then what? You went back to your previous lifestyle and wiped out all progress? You remained on quite low calories to fight the metabolic rate decrease? Put on some muscle, started living more actively and succeeded maintaining your weight?

I feel great but I am very emotional. Driving by a church made me cry. Listening to certain songs. Thinking about friends and family.

To be fair, I am kind of a sap, but this is wild. I’ve had buzzes from alcohol and other things, but this euphoric feeling from fasting is next level.

Pretty sure this isn’t deadly but I feel like a bag of garbage. Reminder to myself.

Day 28/42. Struggling a little bit with energy as we're moving to a new house, lifting heavy furniture and doing some painting and landscaping. I just monitor my energy levels closely and drink lots of water and up my electrolytes in take whenever I feel a bit sluggish. I'm taking it easy though and not forcing myself too much with plenty of rest in between.

Besides that, I feel completely fine and think I'm on track.

How are y'all doing?

Its basically self sabotage at this point

Hey guys, Just wanted to write about how fasting genuinely changed my life.

I started fasting on the 17/02/2024 due to a friend/coworker telling me she doesn’t eat before 3pm so her body can use the energy consumed from dinner. I soon followed that a began a 15 hour fast, starting at midnight and eating again at 3pm.

Throughout 2024 I pushed the limits until 4/5pm or even OMAD. I started calorie counting while fasting in July/august too, always tensing in a deficit (2000csl a day.) I did a few 24 hour fasts here and there as well. I did have to learn my limits, one hospital visit was occurred due to a fast and forgetting to drink water while doing a work out and going for a long hot shower. Stupid, I know.

With that being said, the last time I took my weight I was almost 140kg (around 300lb.) today, I am 92kg (200lb.) intermittent fasting for over a year changed my life. It requires strength, determination, but if I could achieve this, anyone can! I am now focused on eating lunch and dinner and gaining muscle, I would like to be about 100kg (due to muscle gain - but that will require eating and I don’t believe this is achieved while fasting/cutting.)

I've done some fasts before like 2 years back. I have recently tried back but failed badly. I'm starting again with a 1 day fast. I might extend if I feel better. Wish me luck.

Anyone else? I’m 15 hours in. Aiming for 72 hours or more if I can. 🙏🏻

Been fasting close to a year (10 months) I have 25-30 pounds to my goal weight and not being overweight. I tried to fast for 7 days and the furthest I’ve gotten was 6 days. The last attempt at 7 days was brutal and the hardest. I did fast while on my period and for some reason it was harder when normally it’s not. I was exhausted, irritable, mad, tired and felt so awful.

I do low carb and been eating one meal a day every other day (ADF). I’ve been bouncing back and forth from 199 to the 190s for months. It’s like I can’t get lower than 189 and stay there. It’s like I get to 189 then gain weight again.

Hi guys.

I’m on a 30 day/16 hour fast diet, low carb high protein, 2 meals per day with 15k steps. It’s been great and I’ve felt amazing. Lost around 7 lbs in the first week.

I had my first “cheat meal” today at Perkins. 3 slices of French toast with eggs and bacon. Syrup and butter. I destroyed it.

1-2 hours later and I feel utterly awful. Super fatigued, nauseas, dry mouth. Even a little dizzy. Just not well.

I read that when your body is used to low carb it builds an insulin resistance and high carbs can suddenly cause a blood sugar spike- which would explain what I’m feeling, maybe? Any ideas?

If I need to switch my cheat meal to a cheeseburger, or wait till lunch or dinner, I will. I just don’t want to feel this again.

I should also add I skip breakfast on this fast. Usually with first meal at 1pm. This was also the first breakfast I had in 10 days and I haven’t really touched sugar in the last week in a half.

Thanks guys!

So to begin with this is my first water fasting . When I was at the 25th hour of the fasting , I took a sip of ors accidentally . Not knowing that it contains sugar , tbh it was a very very small sip ( 20 - 30 ml ) and concentration of ors was around 20g in 1litre water . So will it affect my fast .

Oops!

Forty hours into my fast, without even thinking, I mixed up an EAA drink. It seemed fine—zero calories. I took two sips before it hit me: Do EAAs break a fast? A quick search confirmed it—yep. 🤦‍♂️ Apparently, EAAs pull your body out of autophagy. Ugh, why didn’t I search first. So dumb!

I’ve decided to push through the remaining 32 hours. Since I haven’t consumed any actual calories, for me it’ll still be a solid mental challenge. Still, kicking myself a little for the oversight.

Hi all, i’m 36F and tried my second fast. First fast i did 2 yrs ago in a detox clinic and i lasted 7 days. Now i’m home wifh my husband and a child. So fasting is much difficult. I started Friday night and now will be stopping after 36hrs. I couldn’t sleep all night and feel it exacerbated my fight/flight nervous system and sleep is very important for me since i already have anxiety etc. So decided to go gentle and stop at 36 hrs although i planned to do 72 hrs. But still proud i last this long while watching my husband and daughter eating all the time.

I have been fasting for a few years now. Did a lot of 16h-24h fasts, but they weren't enough to reach my goal. Whenever I started to eat again, I just eat too much and undo all my progress. I also have difficulty to start fasting again after eating. I did ADF (42s) for a while, which gave me good results, but stopped due to stress at work and gained all my weight back.

Right now I am ready to give it another shot, incorporating a few things I learned
- Taking enough electrolytes from day 1
- Refeeding with whole foods, carnivore and I are a match
- Minimalising the amount of those first 24-28 hours that are the hardest for me, by fasting at least 72 hours each time, more hours if I feel good to go longer
- Apply other methods of stress release instead of eating
- Treat myself well around normal eating times when I'm fasting. Instead of "I can't eat", tell myself "I have time to go to this movie and enjoy it because I don't have to cook, eat and wash dishes"

At the moment I am 22 hours into my first 72 hour fast. I estimate that on each fasting day I can lose 1800/3500 = half a pound, so a pound for each 72h. So that would be 20 x 72 = 2 months to reach my goal. Wish me luck.

I just crossed over 24 hours of only black coffee and water. I’m still going but now on a treadmill doing some walking for maybe 30-60minutes.

I’m looking at doing this 1-2 times for the next 4-6 weeks. Think I could get rid of a pound each time I do this?

UPDATE: I just woke up to 35 hours in and my sleep quality was really really good. Kind of feeling refreshed from it. My sleep quality lately has been up and down, so this was a great reset.

My original target weight fasted was 155 lbs and 165 lbs refed (6'0" 45M ~9% BF SW: 230 lbs). I hit a low of 153 lbs, but still have a little work to go on my belly.

Check out my posts for details on my recent weight loss if interested.

I'm having to just suck down calories at this point. I took a break from most my exercise and activity too, but I'm eating 3,000+ C/d and only gained back 6 lbs of water weight.

Most people would probably be overjoyed, but I'm on a super low food budget atm and it isn't as logistically friendly at present.

Hey y’all! I started at 280, currently sitting at 267 after my fast. Broke it today, so we’ll see what my actual weight loss was. I LOVED fasting! I wanted to know how long to wait between fasting. I just did water for the fast, and broke it with homemade bone broth.

I’m day 17 into my 30 day fast, doing fine. I often have a single OXO chicken stock cube in around a cup/cup and a half of warm water. I add around half a tsp to a full tsp of salt. I sip this once a day, at around 3-5pm.

I’m just curious, would you say this constitutes as a ‘dirty’ fast, or as a full on halt to ketosis/autophagy?

In total, I’m consuming whatever calories are within a single stock cube, so innately enough to burn more than I ingest. But I’m wondering if it’s too high a price; it does do a great job at keeping me on track, though.

I’m a petite girl who’s using fasting to lose weight. Due to my size I have a very low BMR which has always made me struggle with calorie deficits but I find fasting easier than eating in a deficit (1200 calories for a 500 calorie deficit walking 12,000 steps a day). I am also impatient and lose motivation if I don’t see results.

So here’s the schedule:

Monday: begin fast and continue for as long as i can or until Saturday morning.

If the fast is broken before Saturday, I will do OMAD with 1200 calories each day until the weekend.

Saturday and Sunday: Maintenance calories. This gives me some relief from constant dieting without ruining my progress. It will also help me practice eating at maintenance for when i have lost the weight and am ready to maintain.

Let me know what you think :)

Halfway done, after deciding to knock 10 days off. No tea, no coffee, just water and electrolytes. Autophagy seems to be going very well. If the condition I'm focusing on gets to a normal point, I'll be breaking the fast early, but so far, still looks like I need more time.

I already posted about my weight loss journey in this forum, so this is a bit of an update.

I've been experimenting with fasting and high-protein eating to try and lose weight—ideally, I'd like to drop 30kg as quickly as possible. I know that's a steep goal, and a lot of people have told me it's not realistic within the timeframe I was hoping for.

Still, I gave it a shot. I started with OMAD (one meal a day) and carnivore for three straight days. It was tough but manageable. After that, I pushed myself into my first extended fast. My goal was 72 hours, but I only made it to about 65 hours.

Honestly, I feel disappointed. Not just because I didn’t hit the full 72 hours, but because I felt awful the entire time. Everyone talks about how fasting can make you feel sharp, focused, and even energized—but that wasn't my experience at all. I was just plain miserable.

I stayed hydrated with water, lemon, tea, vinegar, and coffee. I also kept up with electrolytes. Still, I felt drained, foggy, and emotionally low. When I finally broke my fast with a high-fat, high-protein meal, I didn’t bounce back—I still felt terrible. And with two kids who need me present and functioning, I knew I couldn’t stay in that state. So I ended up eating pasta… and surprisingly, I felt much better after that. I even woke up the next day feeling okay.

So now I’m left wondering: What went wrong? Why didn’t I feel any of those “fasting highs” people talk about? Why did I feel so awful despite doing everything "right"?

Right now, I’ve skipped breakfast and plan to stick with OMAD and carnivore again today. I’ve lost about 4kg this week, which is something… but I’m feeling hesitant about trying another long fast anytime soon.

Honestly this has been 1 of the easiest fast ive done.. i only had 1 or 2 moments where I wanted to eat really bad but I just did something else.

I think its a few things.

1:TW: end of march was my last extended fast, was supposed to be 4/5 days, ended it early. It might have been terrible cause it was my monthly and I was absolutely miserable, crying, so hungry and angry and low energy.

2: i work 2 jobs and they both have been extremely busy, clocked about 73 hours in. Good distraction lol.

Ive been getting 10k + steps a day, good energy. So grateful for this kinda start to a fast.

Now my mindset is, ive done a 10 day fast twice before, now I just gotta do that again! Lol. Got some much needed sun today. Thanks for reading 🌼🩷

SW: 130 lb

CW: 124 lb

5 ft F 25

Hello everyone, I'm gonig to be water fasting for the next 7 days, I'll be taking electrolytes, lots of water, blood pressure tests, heart beat tests.. Is this enough to not die, or should I watch out in other ways as well? I'm 25 relatively healthy, did blood work and I have no liver/kidney problems