Down 50 pounds over 2 years doing IF and keto (mostly carnivore). Very successful.
I keep seeing people doing long fasts every once in a while and wanted to try it..
I finished dinner by 6pm one night, then broke the fast at 10am two mornings later. 40 hours total.
Honestly, while I felt proud initially, it ended up being a net negative experience.
I couldn’t control myself, and ended up binge eating that day. Despite jumping back on my normal IF scheduled, I ended up putting on weight consistently for over a week straight. I couldn’t control urges, I ate massive meals, and I gave in to snacking temptations.
Still struggling to get back on track. Anyone else have an experience like this?
I know this was a net negative experience for you, but bravo for knowing yourself and your usual eating habits, and being able to spot a serious issue and the cause of it.
Also, congratulations for trying something new just in case it was the one thing in the world that you were missing. Obviously, it’s not. But that’s a brave move and I applaud you.
I haven’t been extended fast, but I’m pretty sure I would have the same experience you did. maybe it’s all psychological, but I just don’t want to go without food for more than 24 hours. That doesn’t feel sustainable to me at all. Other people love it, but I just don’t think it’s for me. From what I can tell, though, you can get the same results from time-restricted IF, especially if you can do OMAD. this is from reading people’s results here, and things like Gin Stephens’ book “Fast. Feast. Repeat.” Sure, weight loss will be slower if you’re eating every day versus fasting for multiple days, but the end results are the same.
What did you break your fast with? Even if you don’t eat keto, when breaking an extended fast definitely try eating low carb that following day or you’ll spike your glucose. Whenever my glucose gets spiked quickly I struggle sticking to my diet for a couple days
>Anyone else have an experience like this?
Yes, I found the more I tried to push certain aspects the more inconsistent I was. Treats were a little more indulgent, tracking got a little sloppier. And that was just trying to get up to OMAD consistently.
I just make better overall progress with a structure that doesn’t include longer fasting.
Something I’ve soapboxed on a bit lately in this sub is that for many folks longer fasting is a great, healthy, and balanced part of their process and structure, but all too often it seems more like a ‘everything looks like a nail’ problem where the solution is just always more and longer fasting.