Everyone’s who’s fasted any number of days so far, is that straight or do you break it at some point in between?
Someone said I’d been going about this all wrong and I can’t do a 25 day fast straight with one day break on the 26th and continue for another 25 days. Why not?
Btw it’s purely water fasting, no food, no electrolytes, nothing at all.
My longest fast was 12 days and right now I’m on day 6 of 7 for another fasting set. But I want to do 25 days straight, is that okay?
If you have a sufficient amount of body fat, fasting for 25 days is fine, though if your goal is 50 days, why not just go for 50 days? Granted, that’s an intense stretch for anyone, but probably especially for anyone with the body fat to accommodate it. You’d be better off doing rolling 72’s to avoid refeeding syndrome.
Depending on your starting weight, you need electrolytes for anything more than 48 or so hours. You absolutely cannot survive without electrolytes. You need them for virtually every organ and body system to function normally, and without them, you’ll experience all sorts of not so fun issues like cramping, extreme fatigue, nausea, headaches, and an irregular heartbeat. Go too long without them, and your body will shut down, killing you and giving water fasters all over the world a bad name.
If you are only consuming water, even if it’s mineral water, you will not be consuming a sufficient amount of electrolytes and you’ll make it significantly more difficult AND dangerous.
Electrolytes don’t contain any macros or calories and will not break a fast, so there is absolutely no reason you can’t take them during an extended fast, but not consuming electrolytes for 25 days straight will land you in the hospital.
Electrolytes may briefly halt ur progress bc they may contain sodium but you will still see weight stalls during an extended fast. Not having electrolytes makes fasting way more difficult. I’ve done 14, 21 and 30 day fasts straight through wo taking a break but I did work my way up.
If this is for weight loss, rolling 72’s are better. Refeed w protein and lift weights, not cardio. Protein 30g x3 meals, feeds the lean muscle and weights helps maintain the muscle you have. Muscle makes you look thinner, you burn more calories and helps w glucose disposal. This way helps you maintain the weight loss. If you don’t have an exit strategy you WILL gain all of the weight back. Have a meal plan or fasting plan. The rolling 72 hours helps you develop that as you go.