r/fasting

Did this two months ago. Felt great. Vacationed. Gained back what i lost and now feel bloated. Anyone else starting?

I'm on day 4 of 7. I have a big but relatively easy house I'm cleaning on day 6 and a small but somewhat difficult house on day 7. I really really wanna reach my 7 day goal but I'm worried I might be pushing it and should start refeeding day 5. I really don't want to end early though. What would you do?

Google states that the Bible, says to use soap/ water and deodorant. (while I dont know if the "deodorants uses during ancient times were full of hormone disrupting chemicals, last time I checked, most are not good) Thats why, (although I do own a deodorant stick... I hardly use it) (I'd prefer to never use it eventually).

What google also says is this "Jesus instructs His followers not to look somber or disfigure their faces when fasting. The biblical practice was to wash your face and anoint your head with oil."

This is basically to keep a secret that you are fasting. But "anointing your head with oil" is way different than using the soap and deodorant that everyone usually uses...

This has me confused. While I am fasting for mostly physical health benefits, I would, also like the Bible, prefer to look "normal" and not smell awful... What happens if you dont try and "hide it"... Do you just look like a sweating/ dying malnourished person?... Do I need to put oil on my head? What type of oil? (I know I'm being slightly neurotic about this, but I don't see many people leaving tips to staying fresh and unnoticeable when talking about fasting, and in ancient times, it seems like they took steps to prevent from being noticed)

I have done multiple 24hr fasts before and I could easily do that so I decided to do a 3 day fast to workup to a 5 day fast which went fine.

During the 5 day fast which I went into without much preperation, I felt great on day 1 and 2. Days 3, 4 & 5 were really hard because I felt very hungry and fatigued. I took my electrolytes since day 1 but I didn't slowly ease into the fast by switching to a ketogenic diet. All I could think about was food and I also couldn't stop myself from watching food videos.

This time I'm planning to do a 7 day water fast and I switched to OMAD for 3 days prior to beginning the prolonged fast.

I started the prolonged fast but I couldn't control my hunger again so I ended up eating chicken steak for dinner (still on OMAD) and postponing the prolonged fast to start today.

I've completed my first day and today the hunger was much lesser compared to yesterday. I also feel very calm, peaceful, music sounds so much better, brain fog is gone.

This is my first 7 day water fast attempt which I will extend to 14 days if everything goes well. I am excited. Will things be easier from here onwards?

I'm a 27 year old woman, started at 149 last week and today I am 140. I am 5'6 and I have struggled with crash dieting, extreme restriction and binge cycles, but this has been the most consistent and easy natural weight loss I have had. I will fast about 24-35 hours or so and eat a good meal the next day. And repeat the cycle. Any other more curvy women who hold onto weight this is a game changer.

Does your body absorb them in time or do they all get flushed out?

i had lost 10 kgs earlier last month 83 to 73.

70 is not my goal, my goal is to be around 60-65.

i overate today:(.

my water fast will start from tomorrow.

starting weight: 75 kgs

goal weight: 65 kgs

WISH ME LUCKK!!!🍀☺️

I read posts where people do 40 days to 70 days or more of water fasting. How are you able to function? Is it literally NOT Eating for 40 days or more? like legit NOT eating?

Hello!! I started fasting late last year, And unfortunately it caused me to lose my period. Are there any women in this group that have lost it as well? Can I ever fast again?? I felt great while fasting and it genuinely gave me so much mental clarity, but I don’t want to run the risk of getting osteoporosis.

I been wanting to do a long fast for a while. Right now I’m trying to go for 10 days. My longest fast currently is 5 days and that was 3yrs ago now? Also I didn’t consider electrolytes that time… so I know I could go further. I’m doing this to jump start weight loss again and clear my mind of this awful year.

Fasting in itself is not an issue for me? Occasionally I’d unintentionally go 15-18hrs when life gets busy. Sometimes I’d do 24/48hr fast to reset. And it’s not a challenge really. However starting a long fast for some reason changes everything. It’s like my brain stops me and I don’t even reach 24hrs. And worst part is I know if I go past 24hrs, I will get it done as I know how hard it is to get through the first day.

So yeah 24hrs stand alone - easy. First 24hrs of a long fast - the hardest thing on Earth!

Does anyone else relate to this? Or have any advice on how to get over it? Or honestly any advice to keep headstrong in the first few days of fasting.

I start tomorrow and it’d be great to hear from others :)

26F

I've finally built up my fasting muscles. I'm easily hitting 24 hours repeatedly. I've lost 5 lbs. I'm practicing OMAD (I need to eat for a medication in the am). And I'm no longer scared of my sugar or hunger cravings!

Hello everyone, I wonder how "safe" it is for a obese woman to do extended water fast? I have previously done 7, 12, 14 and 18 days of water fast. I am healthy "overall" besides being 'fat'. But no other underlying illness and I don't take any medications. I am thinking of trying to go for a 40 day water fast and I wonder if it would be safe for me to do so? I don't really struggle with the hunger feeling at all - but I am more afraid of actually dying out of no where 😵‍💫 See my stats below:

• Age: mid 20s

• Height: 156 cm / 5'1

• Weight: 76 kgs / 167 lbs

• BMI 31.2

• Visceral Fat: 8

• Body fat percentage: 44%

Guys will i be fine with two weeks water fast without electrolytes, ai scared ts out of me i don't wanna get a heart attack lol

Guys, so i did my 1st water fast for 3 days and broke the fast yesterday with chicken clear soup.

The thing is i felt great the first 2 days on the 3rd day i felt very dizzy in the morning and later i was feeling a bit better but weak and the next day before breaking my fast i almost felt like I'm about to pass out.

I did drink plenty of water about 3L per day and did take one sachet of electrolytes daily. And didn't do much workout or anything just day to day activities.

I did lose about 3.3kg.

1. Is it normal to feel dizzy? Will it get better over time?

2. How to avoid feeling dizzy/ passing out?

3. When can i do the next fasting?

( planning on doing a 5-7 days fast next)

4. Is taking 1 sachet of electrolytes enough?

I started IF 5 yrs ago after I had my 3rd child. Loss a ton of weight with 20:4. I had my son in 23' and decided to do what I knew worked. I already knew that the first few days are the hardest and got over it and was back in the groove. I went from 228 to 218 in a week. I'm 5"9 and wanted to get to 175 as goal weight. Then I decided to take a cheat day/ period cave-in break and order a BK whopper lol after that I just lost all motivation on continuing. I didn't really eat bad per-say but my fasting hours would end later than 7pm which is usually my cutoff from 3-7pm. Next thing I know I'm back to just eating nearly all my prep meals and have gained back 8 of the 10Lbs . If any of you have any advice on how to get back on track , plz lmk how to do so . Thank you

I finished a 44-hour fast yesterday, and during that time, I experienced headaches and dizziness, which coincided with the caffeine withdrawal period. I usually drink green tea all the time, so that might be the cause. By the way, I didn't drink green tea during the fast, and I was taking electrolytes.

So, I want to start my next fast, but I've already drunk nearly 2L of green tea since yesterday. Should I switch to water for a couple of days to get rid of caffeine before starting the fast?