amflautist wrote: »

What? 3rd day of fasting? I admire this no end.

Today is my fourth day.
This is my third extended fast. I did a 14 day fast last October and a 4 day fast in January.

I have a theory that periodic extended fasts are helpful for someone like me who is trying to lose a lot of weight that has been carried for years, in addition to the IF type of fasting with OMAD. I think that to reach that decades old waste-fat as Joe calls it, you need to penetrate deeper into the fasted state. In other words to force your body to utilize it. I'm thinking that a 24 hour fast is good for a nice consistent long term weight reduction, but that it isn't enough time in the fasted state to get to the really old stuff.
Just my theory of course, I really don't know for sure. I just know I'm going in the right direction and feeling good.

amflautist wrote: »

Just to clarify. Fourth day means 4th day of water only? So a 4-day water-only fast might have Monday and Saturday as the bookend days where one actually ate food?

Yes, the last time I ate was Friday night, so today is the fourth day on water.

blambo61 wrote: »

Have never tried this. Don't know if I will. Longest I've gone is 36 hours as a young skinny guy and that was difficult. If I took a break from exercising I could try it but don't think I could do both.

I second that, you cannot combine a rigorous exercise routine with an extended fast. It would not be good.

NoMoreAfatChick wrote: »

jvcinv wrote: »

amflautist wrote: »

Just to clarify. Fourth day means 4th day of water only? So a 4-day water-only fast might have Monday and Saturday as the bookend days where one actually ate food?

Yes, the last time I ate was Friday night, so today is the fourth day on water.

Wow... Just water.. i mean you don't even take fruit juice or fruits or anything like that?
or may be coffee??

No juice, but I do have a small coffee.

Day.........WT.......Change.......Total
..1..........236.........-3...............-3
..2..........234.........-2...............-5
..3..........232.........-2...............-7
..4..........230.........-2...............-9
..5..........227.5......-2.5............-11.5

Honestly this is going better than expected. I can feel now that I'm fully into the ketosis process. I'm in day 6 now and frankly I've felt better each day.
I thought maybe this time the weight loss would be less rapid than prior fasts.
But that's not the case, its coming off rapidly and I feel I'm at a peak right now.
People wonder how you can not eat for so long, but you have to remember that the hunger hormone comes in waves, if you ignore it it just goes away. Each successive day of fasting it is less and less apparent. At this point in my fast hunger is basically non existent.

So I've accomplished my goal of breaking the plateau but I'd like to ride this out until I break the 220 pound barrier. Ideally I'd like to get to 216 or 217 by next Wednesday, or sooner perhaps. At that point I'll ease back into my OMAD routine.