I’ve been putting off a long-ish fast (more than my 16-21 hour intermittent fasts) for months now. It’s mostly mental, but sometimes I just gave in to “I’m a bit hungry.” I’ve stalled out with weight loss, and while eating Keto makes me feel good and I see a lot less in the way of bad sleep, bloating, joint pain, mental fogginess, etc, I know that I feel even better when I incorporate extended fasts into my routine. I’ve gone 96 hours before and I know I CAN but I just haven’t WANTED to lately.
All that to say, I ate at a brazillian steak house yesterday for lunch (work sponsored event, so free keto paradise! HOLLA!!) and decided I’m going to ride this into a longer fast. I stopped eating yesterday at 12:30pm.
I was thinking about food around 10am, but just had some salt and water and kept going. It’s now 30 minutes past my 24 hour mark, and I didn’t need to look at a clock to know I made it to 24 hours. It’s like a switch was flipped. I just realized I wasn’t hungry, or thinking about food, or needing another cup of coffee even though I haven’t gotten enough sleep all week…I just KNEW before I looked at my phone that I was past hour 24, and sure enough it was 10 minutes past the mark.
What I’m saying is, if you’re toying with the idea of going past 24 hours, do it. It’s magic. I know now that I’ll be able to make it 48 hours without much trouble and we’ll see how long we go before my body decides it needs food or before it becomes inconvenient. It’s currently -7 degrees here right now so that might play into it.
I just wanted to proclaim the magic of hour 24. KCKO and fast when you can!
