How to properly record a fast ?

brooksdra7329

I'm doing 2-36 hour fasts a week. Entering nothing but water into MFP, just shows a scary warning.

Is there a way to tell it my water only was is intentional?

AnnPT77

No. But you don't have to close your diary for the day. There are no consequences from not closing your diary, other than that it doesn't publish "was under calorie goal" to your timeline, and doesn't give you an "in 5 weeks" weight prediction that won't be accurate anyway. If you don't close your diary for the day, you won't see the warning.

Please don't take this suggestion as an endorsement of doing 2 36 hour fasts every week, because I'm a skeptic.

springlering62

I’m sorry, but I have to ask, with much love and concern.

What’s the benefit of eating only four days a week? What are you eating the other four days? If you’re eating at a deficit on those days, too, heck, even if you’re eating well above maintenance, you are headed for a train wreck.

That’s a lot of calories to make up over the next four days.

Unless medically advised- by a real doctor, not some fraud in a sketchy weight loss clinic- there’s no benefit to fasting, especially not at these extremes.

Here’s a cautionary tale that explains it much better than I can by wagging my internet finger:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10761904/under-1200-for-weight-loss/p1

You might find these threads helpful:

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10183824/things-i-had-to-unlearn-about-losing-weight/p1




http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10499571/fad-diets-and-general-recommendations#latest

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10202381/weight-loss-scams-and-how-to-spot-them#latest

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10569458/why-eating-too-little-calories-is-a-bad-idea/p1


I sincerely hope you’ll come back here and ask questions. There’s no embarrassment. I asked some whoppers when I started, too, and was certain I just wasn’t drinking “enough” apple cider vinegar to “lose”, cuz it wasn’t working for me.

It was weighing and logging my food that taught me the correlation between what went in my mouth versus what my body could burn or had to store by default. You’d think at age 56 (at the time) I’d have figured all that out, but no. It was all new, interesting and frankly so wonderous getting to know the body I had treated as a vehicle rather than a friend.

Hugs to you, ma’am, and much success. Just, please, do it without harming your own wondrous body, ok?!

Xellercin

OP, this is not a fasting app and there is no way to make it behave like a fasting app, but it doesn't matter. The app doesn't really do anything except store whatever data you put in it.

Also, this is not a very pro-fasting forum, so it's not really a great place to see support for anything IF.

I personally do IF, and have done many 36hr fasts myself. I just don't talk about it too much here.

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