Would this help with weight control? I’m trying to drop 150 pounds, and I want to lose more than 2 pounds per week. Also, would this be long enough to trigger autophagy? I’m interested in reading Dr. Fung’s Obesity Code for more information.
Personally doing it over the weekend is much harder for me. I have a home based desk job, but it’s super distracting and I am able to not eat very easily until 4/5pm every weekday.
Much harder on the weekend, and much more likely to have social plans that involve food that j don’t want to miss.
I’m doing something similar. Just started my second 72 hour fast, doing it on the weekends.
I’m aiming for a half calorie day the day after then full maintenance in the following days.
I’m only planning to lose about 20 lbs. I’ve done a range of other fasting approaches so far but had mixed success as I tended to not count calories in the off days, thinking my body would hopefully adapt. Didn’t work though. I just ate whatever I wanted and didn’t lose weight.
So, this time it’s calorie counting and low carb, no sweet things beyond fruit.