Fasting

Does anyone else here do any find of fasting? Whether it's intermittent fasting, 24-hr or greater fasting, etc.? How often are you fasting and for how long? What have been your results? I'm on my 2nd 24-hour fast and have been happy with my results so far, and plan to sick with it.
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  • Amy8Lyn
    Amy8Lyn Posts: 27 Member
    Due to my work schedule and sleep needs I find that I IF 16:8 without even trying! It has helped with my hunger cues as I don't eat my first meal until I'm hungry. That being said I still have 3 meals and 2 snacks during my eating window, they are just closer together. I think it helps me feel less hungry throughout the day and I don't feel like I have to force myself to eat early in the morning. I don't think I've gone more than 20:4 but that was probably more due to some type of schedule issue or illness.
  • h1udd
    h1udd Posts: 623 Member
    I used to when in a deficit ... really helped me keep to my calorie goal by missing the 1st couple of meals a day then eating normally it was easy to maintain a deficit ... and it taught me that nothing happens when you feel hungry, other than feel hungry

    now I am at maintenance (or teeeeny deficit if I am over goal) ... I eat normally again ... my morning workouts ARE better with a few hundred calories rather than none
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,148 Member
    I only fast for medical reasons and when I'm asleep. I'm not mentally capable of being around food all day and not eating. Water only does so much.
  • Obroom2016
    Obroom2016 Posts: 10 Member
    No worries, not offended...to each their own
  • 1houndgal
    1houndgal Posts: 558 Member
    Obroom2016 wrote: »
    Everyone is entitled to their opinions/beliefs. I don't believe you can "starve yourself" in 24 hours lol. 24-hour fasting has helped me loose 4lbs this week, so I'll continue to do it at twice a week. Whether you're fasting for weight loss or religious beliefs, it still has the same effect. I for one, really like the idea of fasting as an ancient practice. Human scavengers did not has access to food 24/7, and would go without eating for 24 hours or more quite often. I like taking my body back to it's origins. It's responded very well.

    Loss of weight more than 4 pounds a week is usually not a safe idea, with a few exceptions.
  • nicolehorn0114
    nicolehorn0114 Posts: 51 Member
    How can people sleep while doing this? I cannot sleep if I’m overly hungry.
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    edited June 2018
    UncaToddly wrote: »
    NovusDies wrote: »
    I firmly believe you should not do 24 hour fasting for weight loss... ever. That should be reserved for meditation/religious purposes only.

    It is, IMO, not a healthy mindset to starve yourself for weight loss. If you skip a meal or choose to eat a little less one day to make it up on other days is fine because in the end you are still eating all of your calories (or you are supposed to eat all your calories).

    Having read some of your other responses I am not sure if you have really researched this very well or not. That said, you are welcome to have a personal belief of whatever you like. There are plenty of people that believe in a lot of things, such as climate change not being something humans had anything to do with despite what the science shows or that their religion is correct despite any evidence of any deities. Where does the basis for your belief about 24 hour fasting lie?

    People routinely use multiple day fasts for both health reasons as well as part of their weight loss. It is not uncommon for people to do 5:2 fasts (not the 5:2 program) where they eat normal calorie restriction during the week and then fast on the weekend. Your body isn't going to kill itself simply due to a lack of food for a very long time for most people. Heck, the longest recorded fast was a 27 year-old male patient who fasted under supervision for 382 days and went from being 456 to 180 lb. During that entire time he was consuming nothing but vitamins and minerals and non-caloric drinks. Five years after losing the weight and undertaking the fast, he has managed to maintain his weight.

    The benefits of fasting go well beyond weight loss. Countless people have been able to reverse or improve their diabetes, insulin resistance and blood glucose numbers. Fasting, especially in combination with a Keto eating plan, has shown benefits in lowering your body fat and more importantly your insulin levels that make your body work with the insulin much better rather than simply turning everything into fat because the cell receptors have shut off because they are full of all the glucose they can handle.

    I have recently started IF and am doing 20:4 while keeping roughly the same number of calories as I was doing previously, the only difference is that instead of eating 6 small meals/snacks throughout the day and constantly telling my body to produce insulin to store fat it doesn't need, I am eating 1-2 times in a smaller window and making my body use itself and it's stores of glycogen/fat instead for 8-10 hours of the fasting period to get the energy it needs. This coming week I will be getting baseline bloodwork including fasting insulin levels as well as a 3 hour GTIR test and DEXA scan to be able to compare starting point and track overall affects as time goes on.

    How long have you been doing KETO?

    I hope this WOE helps you. Let us know how you progress.
  • stanmann571
    stanmann571 Posts: 5,727 Member
    NovusDies wrote: »
    UncaToddly wrote: »
    Having read some of your other responses I am not sure if you have really researched this very well or not. That said, you are welcome to have a personal belief of whatever you like. There are plenty of people that believe in a lot of things, such as climate change not being something humans had anything to do with despite what the science shows or that their religion is correct despite any evidence of any deities. Where does the basis for your belief about 24 hour fasting lie?

    People routinely use multiple day fasts for both health reasons as well as part of their weight loss. It is not uncommon for people to do 5:2 fasts (not the 5:2 program) where they eat normal calorie restriction during the week and then fast on the weekend. Your body isn't going to kill itself simply due to a lack of food for a very long time for most people. Heck, the longest recorded fast was a 27 year-old male patient who fasted under supervision for 382 days and went from being 456 to 180 lb. During that entire time he was consuming nothing but vitamins and minerals and non-caloric drinks. Five years after losing the weight and undertaking the fast, he has managed to maintain his weight.

    The benefits of fasting go well beyond weight loss. Countless people have been able to reverse or improve their diabetes, insulin resistance and blood glucose numbers. Fasting, especially in combination with a Keto eating plan, has shown benefits in lowering your body fat and more importantly your insulin levels that make your body work with the insulin much better rather than simply turning everything into fat because the cell receptors have shut off because they are full of all the glucose they can handle.

    I have recently started IF and am doing 20:4 while keeping roughly the same number of calories as I was doing previously, the only difference is that instead of eating 6 small meals/snacks throughout the day and constantly telling my body to produce insulin to store fat it doesn't need, I am eating 1-2 times in a smaller window and making my body use itself and it's stores of glycogen/fat instead for 8-10 hours of the fasting period to get the energy it needs. This coming week I will be getting baseline bloodwork including fasting insulin levels as well as a 3 hour GTIR test and DEXA scan to be able to compare starting point and track overall affects as time goes on.

    I wish you good health and good numbers on your upcoming tests.

    The rest of your post is hardly worth my time. I have seen these claims about fasting and Keto too many times. The miracle of better health in any diet almost always coincides completely with weight loss. Plenty of people have reversed bad numbers without doing anything more than just dropping weight. Also, your body does not store fat if you are in a deficit so you can eat 30 meals a day or eat in a 4 hour window it doesn't really matter.

    As far as the kid that fasted for a year. Maybe it happened that way, maybe it didn't. If I recall correctly he was home and unsupervised quite often. It doesn't matter because it was reckless regardless of the variables and hardly "proof" of anything.

    The one I recall was hospitalized the whole time. and got IV vitamins/minerals/hydration as well as regular blood draws to ensure he wasn't being harmed.
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    The one I recall was hospitalized the whole time. and got IV vitamins/minerals/hydration as well as regular blood draws to ensure he wasn't being harmed.


    That might be the case too. It was from 50 some odd years ago so there could be several versions of the story by now. The story I recall had him coming to the hospital for regular checkups being given supplements plus yeast for nutrition/protein.