Fasting has been great for me. Mostly 16/8 but recently did a 36 hour and felt great. The 16-18 hour mark is by far the most hungry for me personally. I started at 282 and am now at 263. That is the good. The bad is that I get discouraged on how far I have to go. I am 6’2” and probably need to be around 225 to be considered normal weight. I am happy with my progress but impatient with the need for more results. Anyone else relate?
Great work so far young sir
It’s a journey you’ll be on for the rest of your life!I spent 43 years wrecking my body, and so it’s taken me time to put it back to ‘normal’
There’s no real quick fix I’m afraid.
Over time you’ll start extending your fasting window and the weight will drop faster.
I went from 16/8 to 20/4 to OMAD over a period of 3 months.Then I started doing 48 and 72hr fasts.I then dropped 30kg in 8 months.Now I’m working on body composition. It’s a process
I’ll probably be on OMAD for the rest of my days. It works for me.
Good luck on your journey
Take it a day at a time, and focus on changing your relationship with food and eating habits because frankly those things are the most important. If you view fasting as a “quick fix” and go right back to eating the way you were, you’ll regain the weight you lost, whereas changing the way you treat food and your eating habits will allow you to make a sustainable lifestyle change and continue losing weight.
Earlier this year I started my journey with a 50 day water fast, no food, just salts and 0 calorie drinks for 50 days and went from almost 260-197. Coming off that fast, I rebounded to about 215, and it has taken me the last several months to figure out how to live my life in a way where I could continue losing weight. I got stuck at 215 for at least a month or so, but have finally incorporated a couple multi-day fasts each week which has allowed me to finally break through the plateau and reach my lowest weight since ending my fast - 196lbs this morning.
Long story short, if you don’t make it a new way of life, it will be extremely difficult to transform and maintain those losses. You’ve got this.
Hey man, you’re doing great! Go pick up a 20 pound dumbbell, they’re heavy and you’ve lost that much weight already!
With regards to how much you have to go, as another commenter said, you didn’t put on the weight overnight. Each day you spend fasting and working toward your goal is another day to teach you what healthy habits look like. That built up knowledge will help you maintain your goal weight once you’ve reached it.
FWIW, try extending your fasting window over time and the results will come faster! I’m coming up on 35 pounds in 2 months doing rolling 48/48/72 fasting schedule. Once you’re accustomed to it, it’s easy and you don’t have to fuss with electrolytes.
I personally built out an excel sheet and have graphed my progress and projected trends down to my goal. Then recently, I revised my goal down an additional 8 pounds - I’ve already come this far, may as well give myself abs when I reach my target.