I’m giving 16:8 fasting a go, using MyFitnessPal to calorie count in the 8 hour window too
I’m 8 days in, and noticed that I’m significantly more thirsty than usual, especially in the morning and later at night.
Is this a thing, or am I just being more aware of what I’m putting in my body?
If you’re clean fasting, you’re urinating a LOT & require more fluids than normal. Since you don’t have as much insulin in your body when fasting, your cells aren’t hanging into the water as much, thus, lots of urination. You’ll need to increase your water intake. Also check there is a not a health reason for the thirst, such as undiagnosed Diabetes (etc.)
People get a lot of their daily water content from food, so when you’re not eating, you need to be drinking to get that water. So yeah, it’s not unexpected that you would be thirsty. Drink lots of water and depending on how long you’re fasting, you may want to supplement with some electrolytes.