Dear fasting redditors, please excuse my bad English.
Me, 31 years old M, struggling with major depression and self-control issues, after several years of trying to fast unsuccessfully, I finally found the resolve to start a 7 day fast for autophagy, as treatment for IBS and bad eating habits.
I’ve been drinking only water, tea and my electrolyte pills for the past 44 hours, and I was very proud of overcoming the desire to eat, specially these two evenings so far (Central Europe Time).
I’m trying to adhere very strictly to my fast. I even opted for a toothpaste without xylitol nor sorbitol to avoid rising my insulin levels. And then I just realized that my three medications are stuffed with corn starch and sucrose.
I weighed them and it’s “only” 0.8 grams. I think it sounds exaggerated, but I suddenly realized that I might have been not fasting at all after ingesting those sugars from the pills every morning.
After talking to my physician, It’s totally safe to suspend two of the medications, but not the other one.
I tend to have an all-or-nothing attitude about fasting, and now I have serious doubts about this. I think I’ll get a Ketone meter device and try to determine to what extent those sugars are inhibiting the ketosis.
I’m on day two and it’s hard. I feel fine physically but I just had to have a clear conversation with myself about what my goal is and then keep myself distracted. Then popping on this subreddit for motivation.
