CW: 218 GW: 168
I want to lose around 45-50 pounds and have about 10 weeks to achieve it in (going on holiday).
I know people have achieved astounding results doing a 30 day fast but I’m a beginner and I’m not 100% sure it would be a good idea, also I play sports on a Thursday and again in not sure a big fast could facilitate that.
So would doing maybe a 5/2 split be a good idea? Break my fast on a Wed and start again on a Fri?
Or should I put sports on the back foot and go for something longer like a 14-30 day fast? I’m gonna miss a few weeks with a back injury I suffered this week anyway, so I do have an excuse.
Any advice or insights would be greatly appreciated, like I say I’m a complete beginner and want to take this seriously and as best I can, thanks!
A bit about my experience diving into water fasting.
I started with a weekly ramp up. I’ve done feeding windows in the past but found I was just voracious with my eating during the window. My current schedule is as follows.
DISCLAIMER: My goals are different than yours losing weight is a side effect for me, my goal was purely mental to see if i could do it, however I have seen weight loss results.
First week was 2 days to see how it felt
Second week 3 days
Third week 4 days
Each week helped me prep for the following week.
For example week 1 taught me that I needed to drink WAY more water than I thought and also started preparing me for how people react socially to the activity.
Week 2 taught me I needed to actively prepare some broth I made a miso broth which was delicious and that I didn’t really need coffee.
Week 3 has taught me that I need to REALLY think about how to get more potassium and magnesium to help with sleep and keto flu.
I want to stress, what’s nice about this schedule is you start to expect your bodies reaction for a given day/time. This REALLY helps prepare your self mentally as one of the most difficult parts for me is mentally over coming fight or flight response.
I don’t want to post my weight results because your results for the same schedule will be different. I’ll say for my weight the results are very noticeable, but I enjoy the “clarity” effect as well as how much I enjoy the taste of food after I’m done with a fast. Food tastes FUCKING INCREDIBLE, lastly it certainly helps with the wallet.
I hope this post helps good luck with your goals.
Edit: I structured my fasts around things that were important to me. I love hosting dinner/cocktail parties on the weekends.