My doctor recommended IF and set the time of 16 hours of not eating just drinking. I just stated and only made it 13 hours the first day before I felt like I was going to be sick. Is this normal? Should I just try to work my way up to the 16 hours? Feeling a little defeated because I couldn’t go the full time fasting.
Update: today was day 2 and I made it 14 hours without feeling sick. Hungry but not sick
Yeah, work up to it. It only works if you can sustain it.
First, are you drinking enough fluids? If you are not doing that, you can indeed feel nauseous.
Drink water, tea, or any other non-caloric drink. Avoid artificially sweetened drinks. I drink several sparkling waters like Bubly that are flavored but are not sweetened.
Try herbal teas. Kind of make ritual out of it and try different flavors.
Good luck!
Are you counting your sleeping hours as fasting hours? You should. Example: if you stop eating at 7 pm, go to bed at 11 pm, wake up at 7 am, you have already fasted for 12 hours. By 11 am you will have fasted for 16 hours.