1st extended fast

(Nicholas Elder) #1

I have been on Keto since November 1st, and last month I started intermittent fasting everyday for 16 hours. I wanted to see how I would feel doing a extended fast. I am 36 hours in and feel fine, I been drinking mineral water and took 1 tsp of sea salt so far. The goal is 72 hours, any recommendation on how to break the fast. I usually have eggs, bacon and spinach as my first meal of the day, would that be okay to end the fast with?

(Liz ) #2

Congrats! Don’t skimp on the salt is my first suggestion. Second, I usually break a fast gently with like, 4 olives, some macadamias, maybe an ounce of cheese. Then I wait an hour & have a small regular meal. If I don’t do it this way I end up with what Richard refers to as “Disaster pants” :scream:

#3

At 3 days you could just eat a meal as normal. Could always do a actual “break” with a handful of nuts, an egg (which people have mixed results with apparently) I do that a lot or just anything to get the system back up and running, but even when I do a week I just eat again. Now if I were going to hit beyond a week, I’d break it slowly in stages. But I really wouldn’t worry about breaking a 3 day fast.

(Dan Dan) #4

Since this is your first EF I suggest staying close to a bathroom sometimes you get the woosh effect :open_mouth:

#5

Yeah, don’t make the mistake I did once of eating a large salad. It didn’t digest.

When I break my current fast, it’s going to be with an avocado or some beef.

(Nicholas Elder) #6

Thanks for the suggestions, I am off work Monday so if there is any distress I should be fine.

(Candy Lind) #7

WOW I guess that’s really good info disguised as TMI! :rofl:

(Kenny Embry) #8

For some reason, whenever I have eggs as my first meal after a fast, I feel a little woozy. Just eggs do this to me. Almost everything else is fine.