December 2019 - IF/EF Chat Thread (All Welcome)

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(KCKO, KCFO 🥥) #1

Ready for Dec.? Cause here it comes.

I’m going to try ADF for a week starting Dec. 1 . Going to do just coffee/water no HWC, etc. and see how that goes.

November 2019 - IF/EF Chat Thread (All Welcome)
(back and doublin' down) #2

Thanks for the new thread!
I’m going to do the 3x42 hr fasts this week, maybe next week too. Didn’t feel well today. Maybe it’s cabin fever since I’ve been home now for three days straight. Hoping roads clear tomorrow for a bit of activity.

(Full Metal KETO AF) #3

I’ve been having s heck of a time getting back to my usual 19/5 TMAD thing after the fast I just finished which was a lot for my first try, 144/24. I feel like I need to eat normal again for a little bit. I had lost 9 lbs and regained four now. I think I am stable again since I didn’t get a post Thanksgiving weight bump. My problem is just timing. I do best stopping eating about 3pm. Breakfast is usually about at 10am. That’s all pushed back now later in the day. I haven’t been hungry as early and I end up eating both meals later. I guess I’ll have to force an earlier breakfast to get back. I plan some EF too a bit later after I continue to let my body fully recover from the Zorn Fast week I did. :cowboy_hat_face:

#4

Hello fasting friends !

Started a 5 day fast after dinner last night, together with my husband. Currently 19 hours in. Physically everythin is normal so far - since we normally mostly eat OMAD - but mentally I am struggling a bit, 5 days feels like an eternity :joy:

Longest water fast we have done so far was 3 days (a few months ago), which went surprisingly easy back. I hope this 5 day fast will be the same :slight_smile:

(Susan) #5

Well, I broke my fast at 26 hours last night because I had to work overtime. I took a lunch so I wouldn’t eat any carbage. I guess I will try again next Sunday when my vacation starts. 11 days on, 1 day off 6 days on then maybe some more OT before vacation. I used to be able to fast at work, but I can no longer count on my willpower. Too many “help yourself” notes.

(Mame) #6

I love how different we all are. I can fast so much easier when I am not at home near my kitchen! Work food doesn’t tempt me.

Short 24h fast sunday afternoon to monday afternoon to kick the month off. May need to be flexible due to travel for work with a colleague. good luck all!

(MyLove MyLife) #7

Thanks for the Dec Thread, Started 20 Hours Fasting. Yesterday I broken my fast at 20 hours. I take only water in fasting hours and just a Green Tea once in the morning. I just loving this fasting life. My longest is 72 hours, recent fasts are 28 hrs & 26 hrs long I did.

(Bob M) #8

I find the second day is (usually) the hardest.

I’m also trying a 4.5 day fast. We’ll see what happens. The good is that my fat reserves should be “topped off” due to the holiday; the bad is that what caused my fat reserves to be topped off also causes hunger.

#9

45 hours on the clock, about 1/3 done :partying_face:

today was not too hard so far. Started the day with an hour of a bootcamp workout, no significant difference from previous sessions. And spent the rest of the day doing some work stuff, laundry and house cleaning…

It’s getting close to dinner time so am feeling the hunger getting closer :unamused:

(back and doublin' down) #10

Good morning ~ into my first 42hr fast for the week. Like @ctviggen I let my “I’m going to fast tomorrow anyway” brain write a carb check that could make today difficult. Thankful for a busy work day and a ton of stuff to do this evening.

Seeing lots of hot tea in my day today.

Happy Fasting, Everyone!

(Lisa Enns) #11

Lol - I love the way you worded that! I wrote that same carb cheque yesterday, which I hadn’t done for months! Stress combined with the holiday foods sitting around everywhere at work makes it so hard in December! But today is a new day. Doing a 42 until tomorrow lunch. Glad I’m busy! Green tea will be my go-to. Good luck!!

(back and doublin' down) #12

To you as well! And Welcome! this is great place to get a “little extra” to help with the focus. Enjoy the green tea!

So thankful my work colleagues don’t bring in baked goods. (They may be intentionally kind since they know my wellness goals.) I think I’m going to be able to cruise the day ok, and planning to sew tonight to fill up that time. Got the kitchen all cleaned up, so will focus on completing some craft projects rather than putting them off until the week before they go in the mail!

(Mame) #13

I am at 19 hours and I am waiting on my flight. I made it through my weird, ‘I am through TSA, I need to eat to celebrate’ thing without eating anything.

Does that happen to anyone else? I think it’s because I am a bit anxious getting through security in time for my flight. There is always a feeling of relief when I am through and I then want to eat… no matter what! It’s interesting. At least to me. :rofl:

And who knows, I may have an upset tummy post flight and be able to extend my fast past 24 hours…

(back and doublin' down) #14

replace “eat” with “adult alcoholic beverage” and that could be me!

So sewing didn’t happen tonight. Instead, I took time to figure out how to use my local library card to access an online reading thing on my Kindle Fire and now I can ditch the monthly “KIndle Unlimited” fee! There’s another 2 lbs of bacon in that savings!

(Mame) #15

yes the beverage thing makes sense!

So I went to 26 hours, bg=90 bk=2.4 gki=2.08

I was queasy in the shuttle to the car rental and then I needed to get to my hotel. On a whim I googled-searched for keto options and scored big time. I will detail how I broke my fast in my accountability thread as there will be food discussion and I don’t want to go blur crazy.

Not sure what tomorrow will look like fast-wise. I am in training all day so that’s good distraction but there will probably be boatloads of stuff offered that I won’t want…

#16

Hi all,

Currently at 60 hrs fasting. I’m feeling great, but my husband has some issues with nausea and vomiting bile. All we had was plain water, black coffee, and some water with himalayan salt. We had the last salty water about 6 hours before the nausea started. Asked for some more advice here: Nausea / throwing up day 3

No fun :frowning:

(Eric - The patient needs to be patient!) #17

Hello all,

@Brenda mentions in this podcast that coffee has a small amount of protein and so she recommends water and salt or electrolytes for autophagy. Argggggg!

So I searched Dr google and got this:

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I’m not fasting for a couple of weeks because of targeted healing of a tendon but I may have to cut out coffee. My loose skin is building with recent fat loss.

(Bob M) #18

I do not think autophagy is a “it’s there or its not”. Anyone who does, I think is wrong. As with anything else, there’s a range. I think coffee MIGHT cause less autophagy, but I drink both coffee and tea (usually green) during fasting. Fasting 4.5 days is so difficult that the last thing I want to do is take 1-2 weeks to wean myself from coffee and tea and then fast.

I’d post my ketones and blood sugar, but my ketones after 6 years of low carb are very, very low. Got 0.7 last night (24 hours fasting), 0.2 this morning (32 hours fasting), and I’ll be lucky to make it to 2 by the end of 4.5 days.

I’ve re-injured my two shoulders. So, after this fast, I’m going to start drinking a ton of bone broth/stock. I listed to Kate Shanahan, and she really likes bone broth for recovery from injuries.

#19

Coffee is my only guilty pleasure during fasting… not sure if I would want to leave it put for 0.3gr of protein…

(Eric - The patient needs to be patient!) #20

Bob,

I don’t know and don’t have an opinion. I just don’t have enough information. So I presented this so people are better informed.

I’ve got so much loose skin now I might give up coffee post-holiday for a few months and get to some serious fasting. Just in case. Till then I’m in a healing and growth phase with resistance training (now that I have it figured out and am seeing lean muscle mass growth) and working on a seriously sore tibial tendon.

I’m drinking homemade bone broth every couple of days, taking collagen peptides with Vit C daily, using the hot tub 6 days out of 7 for heat to stimulate blood flow and dry heat sauna when I can get it in. Also 2 physical therapy sessions/wk. It seems to be improving but I can’t be sure which of the above actions are working or not.

Good luck to you and your shoulders.