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Basically as the title states. I started off 18:6 and swapped to OMAD several weeks ago. Almost down a total of 50 pounds. But the last week, every time I eat my one meal, I end up very sick, and...
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If you happen to get sick with normal stuff like a sinus infection or chest cold is fasting going to hinder your body from fighting infection? I have been doing pretty good with my 16:8 but I have come down...
I was just thinking, hey, bonus of having a really bad cold and sore throat means I haven’t eaten anything since 4pm tonight, only had water and tea, and will likely end up with a much longer than usual fast...
I use to be able to fast without issue. Now, if I attempt to fast I begin to feel nauseous. If I don’t eat, or if I wait too long, I will end up throwing up. I would like to be...
I am currently 11 hours into a dry fast. I have slight aches in my body Has anyone ever benefited from doing this while sick ? I feel like im listening to my body but its hard to tell. What...
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Good morning everyone, I'm currently sick I get my COVID test results back today hope it's not that. But my question is those of you that have been sick while doing IF do you keep going with it or do...
I just want a decent looking, no account needed, no subscription app to track the amount of time I've fasted with a nice display. Is that really too much to ask? Why the hell does a fasting app need an account. Rant...
My wife and I have been fasting since mid-October and we haven’t had as much as a sniffle. I’m on OMAD. I typically eat in the evenings during the week and only have black tea/black coffee and water during the...
Hi I have been 11-7 fasting for four weeks. I broke my fast a few days ago by eating late at night, then have continued drinking black coffee in the morning and doing excersise before 11 for the past two...
So best I've done is 24 hours, i usually do intermittent fasting, but these days I've been sick and i don't really follow any order, not like i eat in a messy and overeating way i just don't have an...
I have my first common cold since I started IF a year ago. I’ve just been fasting 18:6 like I normally do, but after this particularly tough day of chills, congestion, sore throat, and all that loveliness I was wondering...
Now what I mean by my title is that so far I'm on day 8 of my water fast and yesterday my stomach started to feel pretty upset so I decided to sleep it off. When I woke up I...
Hey if-ers- I’ve been doing intermittent fasting for a little over 2 months. Usually 18 hour fasts sometimes more. This weekend my best friend came up and I decided to just not fast this weekend. Today I feel terrible. My stomach...
I’m currently fasting my stopwatch tells me it’s been 42 hours I plan to get as close to 72 hours! I’m not doing this to loose weight I have some unrelated-health issues I’m trying to see if fasting helps. I’m...
Doing 18:6 fasting with calorie count of 1300 (set by my fitness pal usin my measurements) so I'm eating lower Carb than before to stay within calories but having some e.g a tbsp rice not half a plateful. On day five....
So for the past few weeks I’ve been sticking to a fasting schedule that involves a 72hr fast from Friday-Sunday. I’ve actually found it quite enjoyable and I’ve gotten used to it. However, today (Thursday) I woke up feeling like...
I read that breaking a fast with eggs makes some people still feel sick. Have you broken a fast with eggs? Did you feel sick or not? Just wanting to get some real feedback!
Hi, I (F28) have done IF before and it's done wonders for my relationship with food and helped me exercise regularly. What worked best was fasting 20:00 - 12:59, eating 13:00-19:59. I felt it was easy and motivating. Then I...
Went to a super bowl party yesterday and ate quite a bit more than I usually do. In the old days, I could have eaten twice as much and been fine, but last night (after fasting for about a...
I’m pretty sure I have a sinus infection or a really bad cold, symptoms are: sore throat, coughing a lot, congestion. Is it safe to fast? I was planning a 5 day fast but I don’t know anymore..
The day before yesterday I started a 38h liquid fast and finished it today at 10AM. Yesterday the whole day I felt great, was very energetic and not even hungry. This morning, however, I suddenly got very sick and felt...
I’m 4 days into my fast. Last night I started getting sick. It’s not keto flu or related to the fast. Over the weekend my boyfriend and I visited his grandma in the hospital, so I’m sure I picked something...
Background: I'm relatively new to fasting, though I've done my fair share of IF and OMAD. I planned a short 48 fast to end tomorrow evening. Over the weekend, I was exposed to Covid and have come down with a...
So I’ve done the snake diet before with some success but then I eventually end up failing. I’m so sick of coming up with excuses to eat. So I’ve decided to really commit this time. I’m going...
Hey redditors, I just tried water fasting from the 17th to the 21st, but had to break the fast today after I started getting weak. I previously did my first fast from the June 3rd to June 6th, and it was great,...
Hi everyone! I'm so excited to try this. I'm new to this concept. I've had success with atkins in the past but this go around nothing seems to work for me. I'm 39 and weigh the most I've ever...
We've been on and off sick since September. I was doing a Thursday night to Saturday morning fast before but stopped for the last few months. In general I feel hungrier and more tired so it seemed sensible to stop. However...
Hi all, I’m still very new to this; just over two weeks. I’ve been doing rolling 48s since mid March and one 72. I’m currently 37 hours into what I planned to be a 15 day fast. But, I’ve woken...
GD! I mean, in general, I feel fine but the illness has made me a bit tired. These symptoms don't feel like my past fasts, and then today I started my period. Normally when I start my period I will...
Lately I've been having upset stomach pains, causing me to feel sick. Bad bowl movements is another side effect. Anyone have tips on how to avoid this? I do the 20/4 plan. Anything I can take to ease the pain?...
I’m 34 years old and female. I am 5’1” and weigh about 150 pounds. I my goal is to get to about 120 pounds. I haven’t weighed that little since high school but I believe it is...
I’m a year postpartum & I wanted to try intermittent fasting to gain control of my health as I’ve been dealing with autoimmune flares since giving birth. I don’t know if this is related to the fact I had gestational...
My mom is in her early 60s. She has type 2 diabetes, heart issue, gallbladder polyps, uterus pain, kidney pain and dark urine. We're poor as hell, have no relatives, and our only options are fasting, drinking baking soda and...
On my 3.5/10day and I’m absolutely disgusted by the flavor. There is just not other way is there…
I was visiting my mom and i told her how i was fasting until 6pm cuz i was doing IF. And she told me it was stupid cuz my glucose levels could go up and something about protein. Im so...
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Needing some motivation today, any tips or tricks that help?
Does it matter when you have ACV...first thing in the morning, before meals, after meals, before sleeping etc?
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1) Are they as healthy as i heard they were? 2) Why is it after eating them i throw up a few hours later? lol.
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Hey I'm 3 days into a 15 day fast and I've never fasted this long before but I've read that people need to take special fasting supplements for potassium, electrolyte, and sodium. Do I have to buy a special zero...
I started the year with a snake juice fast, just a 48. Now as I'm going into my third rolling 48 I do have to say doing 4miles of cardio on the first day is just amazing. Keep at it! Last...
This past week I was awful sick. I spent 3 days throwing up. I have no idea what messed me up that bad. But, now that I'm better I'm worried I've undone everything I've worked for. I do the 18:6...
I’ve been fasting for one day but I’m starting to feel the common cold coming on. I was wondering if drinking Body Armor Lyte will kick me out of Ketosis? I can get enough rest to help with the cold...
I’m on day 3 of a 5-7 day fast. Problem is that there is a bug in my house that caught me. Phlegm, fever, body-aches et cetera. Has anyone else ever had a similar situation? Should I stop fasting?
In my [series of short rants](https://www.reddit.com/r/intermittentfasting/comments/vj7r5x/its_funny), welcome to my next installation: **"What, you're not eating breakfast? That's unhealthy! Breakfast is the most important meal of the day!"** Coming from the mid-40s aged guy at the office, who has a massive...
I was all set to do a 24 hour today, but during the night I came down with something. My normal sickness protocol is to take vitamin c every few hours and eat soup, just wondering who’s experimented with fasting...
Not sure if it’s an IF issue because it’s only happened a couple of times, but sometimes during an intense (fasted) workout I feel nauseous and actually have to pause the workout to catch my breath and stop feeling sick....
Anyone experience a reduction in symptoms or an expedited improvement from COVID via dryfasting?
Hi! Just wondering, how do you guys manage to maintain your fast when feeling sick? Personally, I don't like to take medication unless I've had something to eat.. I've been drinking teas to get me through until meal times and...
I'm looking to answer the question as to how the body responds to food after a fast. If its a small amount of food, does the body reenter a fasted state quickly? Is there any quantitative research on this?
I have been trying to do a clean 16:8 fast for a few weeks. I am doing well in terms of not eating outside of my eating window. However, my family keeps passing around these little colds (we have one daughter...
I try to donate blood a few times a year and am trying to schedule my fasting window around it. Anyone read any scientific research around whether there is any effect on autophagy when donating blood? It would seem...
If i cooked rotten chicken breasts will it maintain or lose the protein in it?
Can't have artificial sweeteners, can't have sweets, what do I do? Ugh.
I feel so great! And keeping to it all week adds pride!! First three days I got to 20:4 so I’m going to aim for that again today. Definitely going to implement this for all of my weekdays.
Title says it all. Where I live everyone I know is getting covid. We test for it at work and every day I see the high number of positive cases. I was super pumped to start this...
Hello folks, newbie here. My GP recommended intermittent fasting and I have lost almost 10kg in 2 months. 😬It’s been amazing, but now my house is sick with flu and the eye gunk monster. Would you pause intermittent fasting while...
At restaurants we get to choose the level of cook-ness of the steak, rare to well and everything in between. But why is it said that we have to cook chicken fully? Edit: got the answer that chicken has more bacteria...
I'm doing water fasting/intermittent fasting for autophagy purpose
I’ve seen many posts saying that you shouldn’t break a fast with heavy or high carb meals. I’m currently doing a weekly 24 hour fast and not eating keto (mostly plant based and I do eat breads, pasta a few...
So I’ve been intermittent fasting for a little over a week now (8 hours on, 16 hours off). I’ve also been upping my veggie intake during the day and going on an hour/hour and a half hike 2-3 times a...
I fast for weight loss reasons. I have a cold and was tired and dehydrated this morning so I drank a can of Coconut water and realized what I had done after. I know to restart tomorrow but for today...
Hi! I am 180lbs female that is struggling with a sugar addiction. I have high cholesterol. I’ve always wanted to try intermittent fasting but have no idea how to start. All of the progress photos in this sub are very inspirational....
Obviously fasting is great for accelerating the body’s healing processes. What stories have you heard/experienced yourself about the healing potential of fasting? Doesn’t have to be empirical evidence, just looking for anecdotal evidence. Thanks ✌️
I feel a cold coming should dry fast the cold away. Has anyone ever fought their food like this?
Cooked the burger both sides for 6 mins wondering is it ok if it’s pink in the middle I didn’t have a temperature stick to check the temperature
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I have read on another fasting sub that you should not fast after getting a vaccine since it will reduce it's effects. So if I have to get one, but I still want to dry fast -...
Female 5’2 SW 290 CW 274 So I started water fasting 1/2/19 and ate relatively good the days leading up to it. In the beginning I lost around 15 pounds. Now day 10 I’m actually gaining weight and for the last...
Any tips ? ;)
I'm an 19 year old male 100 Kg and I was Invited to go to my childhood friend's wedding as a best man so I decided to Loose weight as fast as possible via doing Dryfasting , It was pretty...
Lost 6 lbs in my first week of fasting but have maintained the second week (minus one more lb so far). Are the 6 lbs considered lost at this point and not water weight?
I've been IF for over 6 weeks now with CICO, and lost over 10lbs already. After a good couple of years of dodging and ducking I finally caught covid with temps almost 103°F. While the flu itself atleast now seems...
I've been doing prolonged fasts for the past few days (usually anything from 20-30 hours, so pretty much omad), but I made a terrible error on Tuesday: I broke a fast with cookies. Work brought them in for everyone to thank...
Anyone ever accidentally fast for extended amounts of time? I am in a really stressful situation with having to move in less than a week, and didn't sleep two nights in a row, and haven't eaten since Tuesday night so I...
Hi, I am very newly pregnant (almost 5 weeks) with my second child. As soon as I found out a few days ago, I stopped my intermittent fasting schedule (16:8 with a 24 hour fast on Mondays). Every day, I've...
* **Type** of fast (water, juice, smoking, etc.) * **Context** of fast (start, end, day x of y, etc.) * **Length** of fast (8 hours, 3 days, etc.) * **Why?** What you hope to accomplish with your fast * **Notes** How is it going...
All the milks that I can find on the Internet that are sold in the US have added Vitamin D. Is this done by law? Edit: Thanks for all your answers so far! I'm interested in knowing also, is there a specific...
I was wondering if there's a change in the way our body react to "fat foods" after we start IF? I have a very strong stomach, I can eat almost anything without throwing up or being stomach sick, so yesterday...
So i have the cold rn , and i was wondering if he's ever said anything about beating it, other than fasting? Maybe u know any tips that will speed up the process. Thank u in advance ☺️
Has anyone here done extended fasting to put their auto immune disease into remission? I just finished a 7 day fast and my anklosing spondylitis pain decreased but didn’t go away by any means. Curious to hear anyone else’s experience
have anyone tried eating 5 days +\- maintenance and then dryfast 2 days after? 90% carnivore meals with added fruit before physical practices.
Any tip or advice is welcomed. Thank you.
I've done a lot of fasts in the 3-5 day range and am quite comfortable with fasting protocols. I'm in day 4 and was planning to break fast on morning of day 6. My wife had a long lasting cold that...
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My wife, 1 yo son and myself got covid unfortunately. My son's symptoms started on Saturday, ours on Sunday. I've been doing 16-8 intermittent fasting since last October. To support recovery from covid I switched to 18-6 and eat only...