I’ve been trying 24 hour fasts, but by 20 hours my glucose goes down to 65, i’m nauseous, shaky, and confused, and my lips and hands are tingly. I don’t have diabetes that I know of. Why does this happen to me? I want to be a faster!
Are you coming from a typical high-carb way of eating? Then what you’re experiencing may simply be carb-flu. Try switching to a more lowcarb way of eating for a while first. Also, read up on electrolytes.
20 hours is a great fast!
Depending on several factors (like the food you eat when you are not fasting, how long you have been fasting overall, and how long you’ve been trying to reach 24) - your body could be telling you that 20 hours is the longest for you, but also if you’re kind of new, and if you do eat a lot of carbohydrates during your eating windows you may need to push through it slowly to help your body get adapted to using fat for fuel instead of relying on sugar.
No shame in aiming for a 20 hours & 15 minute fast tomorrow!
This does sound like a good time to call your doctor. Low bloodsugar can happen without it being a problem, but ut MIGHT be an indicator that you need some kind of help, especially when it gives you all these bodily signals of something being wrong. I would strongly recommend talking to your doc before fasting again. Hope it’s passing and that you’ll be fasting with us again in no time.