This is my first ever long fast, before that I have been doing Omad for over a month feeling amazingly, I wanted to achieve autophagy so I decided to fast.
In night I was not able to sleep properly, I woke up at 5am, feeling so empty, my heart beat was like it’s on loudspeaker. Next day my eyes were very heavy and hurting. I didn’t go poop. My brain was working amazingly, I was faster than usual but that eyes hurt, sleeplessness, and empty feeling I didn’t like it. So in noon after 40 hours I took my meal but throughout the day I felt the same. Then I continued my Omad and felt fine. I took diluted apple cider vinegar with Himalayan salts during fast. I would like to try again, this time with melatonin tablet in order to sleep fully. Maybe it’s coz of lack of sleep I didn’t feel fine next day.
Sorry but your really not gonna feel okay untill after the 2-3 day. Because your going from eating somewhat normal, to not at all, it’s a pretty big change for your body. Unless you’ve fasted in the past or done a carb restricting diet, you will probably have a very hard time mentally getting past the first couple days. But once you do, you’ll feel bliss. I urge you to try it again, look I to the keto flu, and also, salts and electrolytes won’t save you all the time from the side effects in the beginning. They definitely help in the late game, but I think early on, it’s always a pain (at least for me)
Sorry you didn’t make it you were so close to a breakthrough. Keep trying. Some people don’t make it through SEAL training the first time or into space on the first countdown but they try again and succeed. Pain suffering lack of sleep etc. is the price we pay on our path to success.
When i started 48 hour fasts, i was the same way.
The first night on the day of no eating i was wide awake and full of energy. It was like my body had no idea how to burn fat and was overburning for energy or over producing something. I think it was the fact i had never ever gone more than 30 hours without eating in my entire life. I had a terrible sleep.
By the 2nd and 3rd week (i did every sunday to tuesday for 2 months.) i was sleeping completely fine, the body adapts very quickly.
Just thought id share if you ever had wanted to take another shot, it does get easier.