In an extended fast, which day do you find the most challenging to get through? For example day one, or day two, or day three?
And for those who have done a week long fast, at what interval did you feel most challenged? I have heard some people report that after day three had passed, they didn’t feel hungry any more and it felt easier.
Day one is always the hardest with hunger pangs. Day two is a breeze, I don’t think about food at all. Day three, I want to eat because I miss the activity. I have not gone further than 72 hours as a result.
Absolutely. The first time I did an extended fast, days 3 and 5 were absolute hell with the flu like symptoms from the ketosis. I was allowing myself to drink bullion and I no longer do that. I make myself electrolyte water and have added a potassium supplement as well. REALLY helps. And I take powdered magnesium in water at night to help with sleep.
Day 1 is my worst, I have to keep myself really distracted and I hate going to bed hungry. Day two is better and I don’t want to loose the momentum of day 1 so I persevere, day 3 is always better, my ketone strip and scale give the impression I accomplished something/passed the first milestone, I’m not hangry anymore and it’s fairly smooth sailing from here.
Day 2 afternoon kills me, especially if I was eating/drinking garbage before I started. I usually start feeling bad again afternoon of Day 4, so I rarely push past that. I figure I hit the HGH, autophagy, etc. benefits, why suffer?
Mentally day 1 is always hardest for me because I “haven’t started” so really easy to tell myself to have one last pig out and start tomorrow..But once I’m through that day 2 is usually pretty easy, it was yesterday for me (after a few weeks of failed starts), and I went for a light jog and then a sports training.Day 3, today, I usually find hard and sat 4, ketos are going up up up and have little energy.Normally day 5 and 6 are when I’m at my best