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Please give me motivation!

I want to do a 5 days fast(120 hours), I am currently at just 45 hours, but I have an issue. I don t feel tired, I don t feel real hunger, but I feel empty, dead inside. My only motivation is that i already did that 2 times before, but It ain t enough. All I think is chocolate and anything sweet. I don t have issues with any food except this. I am not a big fan of junk food, chips, soda, juice in general, it is only the sweet like chocolate, cakes. How to stop thinking about it? I try to keep myself active…I do 20k steps a day, 10 minutes light cardio for arms with 1kg weight for each and some wannabe pilates. Day to day, I go in week time for 20h fasting(easily) and in weekends for 18. Thank you!

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For me these are the things that help fight emotional hunger:

- cooking for someone else or planing next months meals and groceries shopping

- watching TikTok videos about body transformation, healthy girl influencers,… (anything that will make not eating look fun and desirable)

- shopping

- projects (sewing, woodworking, reorganizing,…)

- planing a trip

- meeting a friend

Hope something helps!

Keep going, I admire your strength! I could never go as long without food… You got this.

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I’ve found that when I fast and walk 20k+/- steps my body thinks that food should be incoming, and I get food cravings and become cranky. You might have success in reducing your steps per day on a 5 day fast, or pivot to shorter rolling fasts with a single meal in between. I can take long walks on an OMAD or 48 hr fast, but if I walk long distances with longer fasts I become a lot less comfortable.

Good luck!

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Listen to your body and break the fast. I’ve experienced that strange feeling of emptiness- it’s a sign you’ve gone too far. I don’t know if your female- but see this happen most when I’m at a specific time of my cycle when my body is trying to generate specific hormones. Ultimately you need to work w your body, not against it.

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