Just wondering what the breakdown of current readers of r/fasting is – please respond to the poll!
I do 20:4 on Monday, Thursday and Friday, 16:8 on the weekends and don’t eat at all on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Not sure what I do once I hit my goal weight. Hoping to be able to go to 16:8 all days with a 40 hour fast mixed in a couple of times a month.
variety.
most days i do 23h fasts and 18:6 so that i can have more calories in a given meal and to lean toward fat adaptation.
much less often, i do 2 - 5 day fasts just as a fat control measure. in the last couple years i fasted this way to take breaks from calorie counting, but dips in energy make me limit them to fall/winter. i might break that pattern and do them spring/summer but only if i can keep my energy up. i cant squander great summer weather by lulling in relatively low energy for 5 days, only to break it and spend 3-4 more days dragging my feet with postprandial fatigue.
much more rarely, 3.5 week and 4 week continuous water fasts, but only these two. im too lean to do these kinds of fasts ever again. i dont think i will attempt another even if i fattened up, as they are more novelty, bucket list types of fasts.