Attempting My First Intentional Fast

(KM) #21

Well good for you, congrats on a fast well done. Interesting about the ketosis, I wouldn’t think it would take that long to clear out a little sugar binge if you are ordinarily carnivore.

Did you weigh in? I know, I know, we don’t want to encourage eating disorders, but some weight loss is an admittedly nice perk of fasting. I seem to have reset myself two pounds down after my last one, it was basically how I achieved my weight loss during my losing phase. Stair stepping down a little with each fast. I did lose a bit of hair during that phase but luckily you shouldn’t have that problem. :wink:

(Bob M) #22

When I was fasting, I would “lose” 5 pounds in 24 hours. I think that was just not eating, losing water, etc. I actually gave up weighing myself, at least during the fast, for a while.

(Fiddlestix H. McWhiskers) #23

Yes I did.

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I must say that I’m a bit disappointed with the lack of significant weight loss, but I’m hoping that it was because I didn’t reach ketosis until the last few hours. I’d like to try it again soon while being in full ketosis the entire time.

Refeeding was fine. Two tilapia fillets and 4 eggs. No ill effects or discomfort whatsoever. Everything seemed a bit quieter and a bit more peaceful during the fast; especially after the first day. I was a bit tired and a bit sad for the last few hours and my voice got a bit raspy toward the end too. Overall, I really enjoyed the experience. I’m definitely going to be doing intermittent fasting/OMAD now and different lengths of extended water fasting is going to be a regular addition to my routine.

(Bob M) #24

Refeeding issues might be more related to (1) people (each person is different) and (2) time. For me, 4.5 days (about 108 hours) seemed to have more issues than shorter fasts. Though I can’t totally tell, because once I went from 36 hours to 3 days then to 4.5 days, I mainly did the 4.5 day fasts. I did do a lot of 36 hour fasts, though, and the refeeding there I seem to remember wasn’t too bad.

And maybe carnivore helps too?

Anyway, congrats on the fast!

#25

Congrats, 72 hour fasts are pretty solid in my books, my goal is doing 48-72 hour fasts once in a while when I will be able to do them again…

I can’t imagine why that should matter… But as the human body is very complex, who knows what matters and what not…
I would just be pleased with able to do some extended fast myself :slight_smile: Thanks for your report (or hatever word is best here)!

(mike lisanke) #26

Ghrelin production, which causes the hunger trigger, is significantly reduced after you become Use to a fasting schedule. It’s the indeterminant schedule of eating (fasts of varying length) which trigger our brains to Tell Us we Need to Eat; go find food Or die. Starvation is the reason animals evolved Fat. We can burn fat (and become adapted to burn fat) when we spend some time in low-insulin mode (where fat is released from fat cells and burned). When we have high insulin in the blood, we can’t release fat from fat cells Or burn it. QED