Fasting.....

kat24_8
kat24_8 Posts: 3 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
1st day and I am about to die...... any advice

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  • Marx_MI
    Marx_MI Posts: 82 Member
    Let me know what works. I want to try. I hear broth helps
  • kat24_8
    kat24_8 Posts: 3 Member
    I started new fasting 16 hours only eat 8.... only thing you can have during intermittent fasting is water, unsweetened tea or black coffee. I workout in mornings before work and thought I was going to die before lunch.
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    I once fasted for 5 days. I pretended I was sick, stayed in bed and took gravol to sleep
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    The intermittent fasting is what I do naturally. I never want to eat breakfast and then am so busy at work, or just get interrupted too often to eat and enjoy it.

    No help at all I realize, but what I can say is if you can get past the intermittent hunger, it makes me appreciate my meals a lot more
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  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    I do the 8:16 fasting method. I fast for about 8 hours then I have a 16 hour eating window. It's pretty sweet.
  • Beastchewy15
    Beastchewy15 Posts: 27 Member
    My 1st 16 hour fast ends in 37 minutes.
  • Pour_Decisions
    Pour_Decisions Posts: 1,053 Member
    edited January 2019
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    I used to attempt fasting a lot, even went as long as 22 days. Its a mental game for sure. Things that helped me get through it:

    1. Read fasting info. It helps to know what your body is going through
    2. Smell other people’s foods. It sounds weird but it helps. Just get in there, smells are free
    3. Chug water
    4. Loathe self
    5. Avoid tv- everything is about food.
    Also 5. Watch cooking shows like an addict.
    6. Keep a journal of the foods you’ll eat afterwards
    7. Draw pictures of juicy steaks with butter melting on top
    8. Slap face
    9. Remind yourself of all the benefits
    10. Drive to Taco Bell, order two chicken baja chalupas with no tomatoes, vow to resume fasting tomorrow
    11. Repeat steps 1-10 ad nauseum
    12. Give up fasting for good

    7 and 8 :joy::joy:...I'm dead.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    kat24_8 wrote: »
    1st day and I am about to die...... any advice

    advice?

    ...... eat a cheeseburger ?
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    kat24_8 wrote: »
    I started new fasting 16 hours only eat 8.... only thing you can have during intermittent fasting is water, unsweetened tea or black coffee. I workout in mornings before work and thought I was going to die before lunch.

    Are you still alive?

    We all fast when we sleep up until 'break fast'. Spread it out slower, so if you eat breakfast at 8, push it to 9 and so on. I was doing 16:8 for years, didn't know there was a name for it till I came to MFP. The more you know.
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  • manowarrule2003
    manowarrule2003 Posts: 118 Member
    ^^ :)
    Go to bed, cant feel hungry if youre asleep. What time frame you doing? Im eating from 10 till 6.
  • kat24_8
    kat24_8 Posts: 3 Member
    sardelsa wrote: »
    I do the 8:16 fasting method. I fast for about 8 hours then I have a 16 hour eating window. It's pretty sweet.
    sardelsa wrote: »
    I do the 8:16 fasting method. I fast for about 8 hours then I have a 16 hour eating window. It's pretty sweet.

    I survived the 1st day I hope it gets easier 😒 I’m eating between 12-8. I appreciate everyone’s advice and opinions 👍🏻😊
  • Tankiscool
    Tankiscool Posts: 11,105 Member
    I have been doing it before it was a thing. It comes natural to me so I don't know what to tell you.

    Just a suggestion. Continue to try it and see if you like it but if not, intermittent fasting isn't for you and that's perfectly fine. Yes there are benefits but its not a cure all as some people advertise it as, and if you struggle to do it and hate every minute of it, that's no way to live.
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