Hi everyone. 25 m here. 5 ft 9 120KG/265lbs (aka very fat)
I have done some prolonged fasting in the past (72 hours) and I did them back to back. I lost nearly all of my excess weight and got in great shape. Was feeling great. I had gotten down to 88KG/194lbs
I didn’t have much of a plan after I was finished with fasting. So after some time I began to eat poorly again and gain some weight back,but not much because I was training in marital arts. After a few months I got injured and turned to food for comfort and gained a ton of weight back. All of it. Which is where I’m at now.
My injuries are gone and I have been eating clean, daily tracking calories etc. But I am still incredibly overweight and barely fit my clothes. I know I need to be patient but I really want to do some long fasts again, not to lose all the weight but at least just to speed up this initial bit of weight so I can fit in my clothes and not have this low self esteem.
I know this time around after a few long fasts, I will make sure to settle straight into eating healthy and tracking daily calories like I have been doing, so that I don’t balloon up again. Basically i have a post fasting plan this time.
CRUCKS OF THE MATTER: I have been trying to do some long fasts again in order to speed up the initial part of my weight loss, but I get nauseous just at the thought of it? I seem to have some sort of mental block. When I go to my fasting app and click “begin fast” I get nauseous all of a sudden, it happens instantly. Even if I haven’t began a fast but start thinking about starting one I get nauseous. it’s so strange and frustrating. And the moment I give in and decide I’m not gonna fast because of the nauseousness - the nauseousness goes away.
Has anyone ever experienced this or have any advice? Thank you
That’s obviously a mental block. Try doing a few fast lengths just a bit out of your comfort zone. If you’re comfortable with OMAD do a couple 36s. You’ll get thru them and realize they’re not that hard and you’ll be able to start doing more prolonged fasts.
It’s the “Crux” of the matter. I’m in your exact boat. I went from 250 to 180, lost half of my family due to cancer and heart attacks within one year (mom, dad, sister) and started binging for comfort.
The other folks are right. Ease back into it. Make it simple. The spam and pickles diet is a dead easy way to do refeeds.
My suggestion is to watch a shit ton of motivational videos on YouTube. Get fired up. Get determined. Figure out a reason why - health. To get the girl etc to do it. Eventually if will be for you.
Good luck and hit me up if you need a fasting friend.
Ur 5’9 265. there is a chance ur craving food constantly. The more out of shaper I am the harder it is to fast. You said you were 194 when you did back to back fasts. Or whatever weight you were, it was far from 265.
Basically it’s harder. I have gotten that same nauseous feeling. You gotta just push through man. Or your not ready, work up to it. Intermittent fast for a couple days, eliminate a few things from ur diet, try again.
Attempting a 72hour fast a 265lbs seems really hard. But possible
You can use cold showers to improve your resolve, use breathing exercises like wim hoff to imrpove your resolve.Nobody mentioned it but its likely you get nausea because your body detoxes during a fast, keep trying longer and longer every time and eventually youre body will get used to it