First Somewhat Extended Fast

(Jeff Davis) #1

I have been Keto for almost five months and have been intermittent fasting for the past two months, with some success. I’m down almost 40 lbs. since I started, and have about 10 more that I would like to lose.

I haven’t done any fasting more than 24 hours, mostly just because I didn’t think I could handle it psychologically/mentally. But today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, and I am going to try to kick off Lent with a three day fast. I plan to have some HWC in my coffee and tea, but nothing more than that if I can help it. I know many of you have done much longer fasts, so I’m sure I can make it through with your support!

#2

Sounds great - looking forward to hearing how you go. :+1:

(Kathy Meyer) #3

You might want to have a glass of water with some salt (I like the sodium/potassium light salt blend). And flavored sparkling water (no sweetener) is good also. Hang in there.

(chris.coote) #4

You can do it!

(Jeff Davis) #5

Feeling pretty good into day two. Just passed the 36 hour mark. I’m going to cut back a bit on HWC and keep going!

(Jeff Davis) #6

Day three. Feeling fine. I felt a little tired yesterday, but nothing debilitating. A bit hungry at times, but fine now. I had a very restless night of sleep, but that could easily be work-related stress and unrelated to the fast. I plan to break either tonight after 72 hours, or tomorrow morning.

I’m down between five and six pounds after 55 hours of fasting, and I know that some of that will come back on when I start eating again.

I think this is definitely something that I can incorporate into my regular intermittent fasting, maybe doing a three-day fast once or twice a month.