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⏳ Length of fast
Started last night, going to do my longest fast yet. 6 days, possibly 7. Previous longest is 3.

❓ Why are you fasting?
Weight loss. Same reason as you.

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📝 Notes
So far I’ve done three 3-day fasts. Due to my brother visiting on vacation last week, I missed my usual 3-day fast, so I’m going to make it up by doing a 6-day this week. Done a lot of reading on refeeding and excited to get a new milestone knocked out.
On day 6, if I feel like it, I might push it to 7 just to say I’ve done a full week. But as long as I make it 144 hours, that is a success.

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I want to lose weight so I feel better all around - I feel sluggish and big and tired all the time, and I don’t like the way I look so my confidence is low. Ironically I didn’t put on that much weight during pregnancy! My partner and I would also like to try for another baby this year and so I don’t want to be starting off too heavy as I know I can’t do this while pregnant.

I’ve got some experience fasting and have done fasts of up to five days in the past with really great results, but obviously with a baby I’m not expecting to be able to have the energy to do extended fasting. My goal at the moment is to try and find a rhythm that works for me, so that might be OMAD, ADF, or perhaps just a restricted eating window throughout the day. I would LOVE to go all out and do a long extended fast but that’s not realistic for me right now!

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I’m starting a 14-day water fast today. My last one was two years ago this month. These usually help me get a handle on stress, and they seem to ground me by resetting my perspective on a lot of things, not just what I eat and drink. I’m also using this as a sort of calm before the storm of building up training volume this spring.