Hi everyone! Long time lurker making my first post - hoping to keep updating and at some point possibly post progress photos!
In the summer I did my first fast, 72 hours non pure water fast and it honestly felt incredible. Once I got over the initial bump of lethargy, hunger and compulsions to eat I felt a lot more productive and happy! I struggle a lot staying focused and I felt more inclined to do so when food wasn’t in the equation. The discipline really really helped.
What I wanted to query that i’ve not seen brought up too much is indefinite fasting until a goal is reached? With the pandemic and giving in to a sense of working constantly my physical fitness has declined and my weight has increased. It’s definitely in the overweight category of the BMI scale.
I was hoping to use an indefinite fast to kickstart the lifestyle I used to have with regular exercise and being more conscious of my body and how i’m maintaining it.
Unfortunately I don’t come from a scientific background, but if I do this fast with the necessary electrolytes, vitamins and water intake, is it feasible? In my mind the fat is there for my body to break down so as I see it with discipline I could continue until my goal is met.
Any and all experience or advice greatly appreciated!
so from what I have read, after like 14 days the rate of weight loss slows down anyway. So that is a good time to refeed and reset for the next one. I have planned rolling fasts, refeeding is a massive part of all of it.
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in terms of fasting til you reach the weight, life can get in the way, some meals might come up, longer fasts may not suit you. Listen to your body a bit on it to, I feel like the body speaks more clearly to us when were fasting anyway.