Hi fellow fasters, we are halfway thru the first week of our challenge, yayyy!!! How are you feeling? Any challenges you’d like to share? Are you struggling or are you feeling great and fasting is the best thing ever? This is your place to express your fasting emotions, get/offer support and be a little bitch ;)
I found out that I definitely eat as a reaction to stress, so I need to figure out some new ways to handle stress that’s not food. Anybody have any good stress management practices I can do during my now empty lunch hour?
I got sick af walking too much while fasted, drank electrolytes, went to bed, and wanted to upchuck all over in the morning. Felt completely exhausted, felt too tired to breathe. 🥴
Slowly ate food throughout the next day until I felt better. Probably ate 3K calories, but then I felt normal and pretty energetic.
Lesson learned and I have no regrets!! Actually feel more motivated to continue with better self-knowledge. :)
Also, my rosacea diminished before my refeed… so that’s neat, too. I’ll have to see if I can figure out which food is causing me issues as I go along.
I’m down around 4 lbs still, despite my enormous refeed haha. 😊
Thanks for starting this! I was thinking about starting a post this morning.
I finished my first 72 hour fast last night. Had a good start to the refeed, and then binged on sugary snacks after. I am back on a 48 as Im going to try to keep the fasts rolling. Maybe after a 48, Ill have a little more control on the refeed and not binge. We will see how the next refeed goes in 36 hours.
Currently down 4 pounds and change after the refeed. Feeling pretty good so far for this fast.
I’ve been doing 16:8 and occasional omad but I definitely do get cravings every day, but I’ve been doing a very good job ignoring them. I know a few weeks into the diet and these cravings/urges will go away naturally. Been cooking at home, mostly meats, and I’m not eating out and not buying snacks like chips or candies anymore :)