I’ll try to keep it as short as possible. I struggle with binge eating, always have. Keto definitely helps control this, but sometimes I go on a keto binge. This happened today. Ive been averaging 1300 cals a day, with 23:1 IF, and I try to work out 5 to 6 days a week (a workout either means light strength training, cardio with 400ish burned calories according to the elliptical, OR long walks (10k steps). Today, I binged on a good deal of meat, veggies and eggs. I probably ate 4000 calories in two meals.
Ive done fasts up to 60 hours long, although I usually stick to IF. Question: Could I simply fast as long as I can, kinda to balance out my calorie intake? My idea is that if I spent the next 2 days without eating, the calories eaten today would average my normal 1300 /day intake.
BUT, my stats are as follows: 5’7, 155 lbs, 24 years old, female. Im at 25% body fat. Doing this for the fat loss, hoping for a 10lb loss (have been doing keto for months, have lost plenty more before this)
This means, I can only pull out a certain amount of calories from body fat a day, right? SO if that amount is actually less than how much I need to “survive”, does that mean I can’t do an extended fast without supplementing with fat (which would technically break tge fast)?
Another option I thought of is to eat 1 very small meal a day the next 2 or 3 days, with the minimum amount of fat/protein I need to do this without killing my metabolism. I dont want to do an extended fast if its going to slow down my metabolism and therefore hinder fat loss!
So please, some good advice/information would be great. Is it, or is it not, a good idea for me to do an extended fast?