My mental health has been in the dumps all last week, and it’s not shaping up to be any better this week.
I had scheduled this week to be the start of a 5 day fast. These can be rough, as fasting is already a battle of willpower, and put on top of that a rough mental state.
How do folks handle fasting when you’re mentally in the garbage can?
Never tried fasting when I’m depressed but I’ve tried working out.I can tell you that doing just mild cardio on a regular basis really helps in uplifting your mood and getting out of depression.
I tried doing just 20 mins of cross trainer every morning before I start my day and it really helped me get out of depression. You can really feel the happy hormones once you’re done with the work out. I did this about 4 times a week and ate lesser carbs and more lean protein, within 2 weeks I was feeling substantially better.
I started a 5 day fast last night and one of my main goals is to improve mood. I think eating carbs while I had pms last week really made me tired and depressed. I’m looking at this fast as a way to starve out the bad gut microbiota and let the healthy bacteria repopulate ( after my fast ends Saturday) with protein and green veggies. I know by like 36 hours my mood will have improved significantly. Good luck with your fast, you will be 100 percent better for sticking with this.
it’s tough, when I fast, I’m freezing all the time, think about food, more fatigue than my regular depressed fatigue, like I feel so drain that moving my arms around is exhausting, headaches sometimes
>How do folks handle fasting when you’re mentally in the garbage can?
I had to because i have a lot of Visceral Fat, fatty liver and fatty heart. i could feel my body struggling and I was dealing with serious issues with my body. Honestly, after this fast I don’t think I can do it again. high cholesterol, fatty heart, diebtes 2 and stroke runs in my family. After this, I’m just going to eat and let nature take it’s course. I just can’t do this anymore, tired of being starving all the time, tired of fatigue, the cold and the freaking smell. once my body switch to fat reserves it smells so bad, my entire apartment reek!