First 48 hour fast

(Carl Keller) #1

Just finished my first 48 hour fast and I must say, it was not as hard as I thought it would be, Never in my life have I gone more than 24 hours without eating and the only way I ever imagined it was possible was if I were on Naked and Afraid. :stuck_out_tongue:

All my life, I thought ā€œfastā€ was a dirty word. Something that religious nuts or hunger strikers do but its effect on me was nothing short of physiological magic. I had energy just like I had when I was just doing Keto but this gave me an extra little kick of adrenaline. It was just like my brain was telling me: ā€œHereā€™s some extra energy and adrenaline to motivate you to go out and hunt us something to eat!ā€. So this is what it felt like to be a prehistoric human where a meal every day was not guaranteed.

I felt like I could keep going even longer but my original goal was to do 32 hours and I already pushed it well beyond that. So I ateā€¦ and it surprised me how delicious my steak salad was. I truly enjoyed it and I imagine it tasted just as good as wooly mammoth did after a few days of nothing but of water.

Anyway, what inspired me to try a fast longer than 24 hours was one Dr. Jason Fungā€™s videos about fasting. Everything he said about increased adrenaline levels, increased fat burning and increased energy levels is so true.

(Roman) #2

Right on man! Stoked to hear your thoughts when you try longer ones.

(Carl Keller) #3

Thanks Roman. Might do a 3 day fast next week.

And welcome to Ketoville. Lotā€™s of cool and helpful townsfolk here. Iā€™m sure you will feel welcome.

(Running from stupidity) #4

And thatā€™s the hard bit, just getting to the end of day two. After that, itā€™s generally much easier.

(Carl Keller) #5

Hour 25 was my toughest. My neice was making chocolate chip cookies and the aroma hit me so hard, it was making my mouth water. After I looked at the finished product I was able to say " ewwww" and the idea of eating some quickly went away. Itā€™s amazing how we can train our eyes and stomach, but our nose has no clue about whatā€™s going on. :stuck_out_tongue: