Fast Report - first time extended fast

I wanted to share my experience and ask a few questions.

I regularly do 16:8 (or more accurately 17:7) IF. Last week with a 4-day long weekend, I decided on Thursday morning to try and extend my fast from the previous night to dinner time, making it 24hrs.

My primary and only goal really was autophagy.

Come 24hrs, I reconciled to try for 48hrs, and then on the second day, was like, “ok, let’s see what I can achieve!”

In the end, I stopped at 64hrs, as I wanted to ease back in for family dinner later that night.

My helpers along the way were black coffee, black tea, and water with salt added, sodium volumes as guided in the links from here!

What I found was:

Day 1 was the toughest, although my underlying hunger/hollow feeling never really relented except for short periods, mainly helped by black coffee and salt intake.

I had no notable energy level boosts or drops throughout.

I was able to function pretty normally, going to appointments, shops etc, which although probably means nothing to most here, really surprised me.

Also, I never really found any stage of particular mental clarity or alertness throughout. Just normal.

Further, I didn’t achieve any of the blissful-like state which I’ve heard mentioned by some.

Do these effects generally only really appear beyond 72hrs? Are these findings typical?

My intention is to probably do a 60-70hr fast every 6 months or so in future.

Overall, was happy with what I achieved and appreciated the resources and info on here!