People seem to have different favorites, but a few constants are to break it
slowly,
cautiously, and
near a bathroom if possible.
Have something small - some nuts or olives seem to work best for most people - and let that settle for a while (an hour or so?) before you try a meal, and probably a small meal for your first one.
Eggs as a fast-breaker seem to work for some folks and are a disaster for others.
Congratulations on your fast! How do you feel?
One thing Iāve just started is intermittent fasting. Itās been pretty easy for me and I think itās going to work pretty well. Basically you donāt eat after a specific time at night and then donāt eat again until a specific time the next day. Iāve chosen 6pm at night to 10 am in the morning. I guess thereās lots of health benefits and it allows your body to produce ketones and get into fat burning mode because your insulin isnāt constantly going up and down. Iāve heard this method works well too: Eat - STOP - Eat (http://bit.ly/eatstopeat34)
Havenāt posted in a long while. Using IF pretty regularly and my weight loss of approx 25-27 lbs has stayed steady. Donāt count carbs- just avoid the SAD stuff and when scale is up 3-5 lbs (weigh once per week) I fast for 1-3 days. Have never made it beyond 3 days for some reason. I feel great- the hunger comes and goes and is more gone than present but T 3 days I seem to have social/marital reasons to eat and since my weight is not motivating me to continue I donāt. But the mental explorer aspect of me would love to experience 5-10 days- what if anything changes psyche-wise have people noticed or reported? Maybe someone reading this can post a link to a report or share their experience. Thanks in advance.
Hi Pug. Iāve just finished a five day fast. Iāve never fasted before. The first three days were easy so I thought I would carry on. The forth day was harder really felt the hunger. My head that had been fuzzy through the three days got to nearing a headache. On the fifth day I didnāt feel good at all. Stayed in bed most of the day. I was hoping to do a seven day fast, but gave in after the five days. I will stick to a three day fast for a while. Then try to add on days. I wish you all the best if you go for it. Weāre all different. You might breeze through it.
Longer fasts are ok for some but yield diminishing returns. How about just a 3 day Zorn fast once a month.
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Iām very slow on the response time here. Is the zoom fast a specific 3 days- the first 3 days of the month? It would be awesome just knowing others are fasting.
Zorn fast is the third weekend of each month- so the next one isnāt for another three weeks or so- but there are other fasting threads on here.
If you do a search for āAugust 2018 EF/IF chatā (thereās probably even a link below) youāll find lots of folks who are checking in frequently with various lengths of fasts.
What is your longest fast? Iāve been doing intermittent fasting and feel very good with that, but I get scared to try a longer fastā¦scared my family will insinuate that I have an eating disorder; scared that I will eat everything in site, when I stop the fast. I live a keto lifestyle 90%/10% and feel AMAZING, but really want to feel more energy & focus on my workouts. Struggling to get up at 04:00am to get in a workout, as evenings are full of cooking dinner for my family; watching TV (uggghh) and then going to bed. Anyway - Iām thinking that starting some longer fasts may add more energy for those early morning workouts. Any thoughts?
Me too - I mentioned it to my dentist who was on her FIRST day of IF and so excited to hear about it from someone else. Recommended a bunch of books to her. So itās not always a bad idea 
