And now I’m struggling and can’t even go for more than 2 days … I wanna do it again and I’m sure I need it allot , I need it for my mood for my better brain function and everything , I tried few times to go for 7 days and non worked please give me motivation video or speech about fasting or help me here.
That’s interesting because I have found that fasting gets harder the longer you do it (I have fasted in some form for 5 years from OMAD, some 3 day dry fasts up to a 17 day water fast).
OMAD is never really a problem but skipping that meal to start a longer fast has been getting harder snd harder. Often I break and end up eating.
I am about to break through day three of a “no expectations” duration fast but I started this one off the back of a month of eating multiple stupidly huge meals a day (I was on an intensive training and wanted to lock in every gram of gains i could… hard when I have been battling fatigue!)
I think maybe we could have some type of circuit breaker in us that prevents us from fasting too much?
My brother experienced the same thing after building up to a 15 day fast he has found it really hard to go over 3 days.
You don’t want to do it because it’s hard. It won’t get easier - you need strong discipline all the time. It can only be easier if you build a ROUTINE but with one-off prolonged fasts, it ain’t gonna be easier.
You can do it. Make sure you are in a good head space first. You don’t want to force anything. Could also help to prepare a couple days going into it by doing master cleanse or juicing for 2-3 days first. That should help your body prepare and will also help you mentally prepare and take the fast more serious.
Reading about fasting is also very motivating. The Phoenix Protocol is very good. It stresses that the most important part is the refeeding. Introduce food slowly. Starting with broths seems perfect. Eat whole real foods only for at least as many days as you fasted as that’s where most of the healing takes place.
To good health!
Fasting is 90% mental. You can’t just jump into it. You have to build yourself up to the when you are ready. It’s like going into a boxing fight. Never force a fast, you will know when you are ready. I start mentally planning a longfast one month ahead.