I’ve been fasting for 36 hours and then OMAD for a month now and am feeling much better.
My eating habits were/are very poor. I’m at high risk of type 2 diabetes and I’m approx 60lbs overweight.
I recently just broke a 72 hour fast (my longest yet!) for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and decided I’d allow myself whatever I wanted for those days and then go back to my regime.
So today I ate a bunch of crap food and it didn’t even feel good. I almost felt as though I hadn’t really been missing out on much at all. This is coming from someone who used to eat McDonald’s at least 4 times per week as well as other fast foods.
I also feel pretty bored now that I’m not actively working towards any goal (not fasting until Boxing Day)
Does anyone else feel this way? I’ve never been as motivated genuinely to lose weight as I am right now fasting.
Also merry Christmas everyone :-)
Since also doing 72 hour fasts I definitely feel more disgusted when I eat crap, like I did yesterday! That’s a strong response, a physical one more than a self-defeating psychological one. I just feel frustrated, my body is telling me junk isn’t needed, and already today I have an intention to want to pace myself and be a bit wiser. So ultimately it’s positive, I feel fasting is changing my intuition or perhaps I’m learning to listen to my body more, by doing so getting over unhealthy eating habits. Wishing you the best with your journey, and be gentle with yourself as you go