Fasting Friends
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If you take drugs and feel good while taking them then obviously they're good for you.
That's what hiking for 3 hours after a 60 hour fast sounds like to me.
You're flying high baby!
And **kitten**💩 on the "burning fat" thing-just shows that you don't understand Caloric balance.
The fact that you survived does not mean that it is good for you.
When I was five I started using the outside of the seventh floor apartment balcony as a jungle gym till my dad spotted me dangling out there... I survived, but I would probably not recommend it as a sane thing to do.
You're already changing your brain and falling into ED patterns that will take you years to sort out.5 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DghrZNUP5vo
40 minute video, but very informative about water fasts. This youtuber has several more regarding fasting, citing scientific studies. I would watch the one on muscle loss to learn about how fasting will affect your muscles.0 -
I thought this site was meant to be supportive. How wrong I was.1
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purplebobkat wrote: »I thought this site was meant to be supportive. How wrong I was.
Being supportive does not mean that any and every idea that a person submits as a way to lose weight or gain muscle or anything will be supported... many of the ways that people come up with to achieve their goals are silly at best and some are down right dangerous. Do you honestly believe that all ideas (regardless of merit) should simply be met with a 'YOU GO!!!!' attitude and response??? Sometimes the best support that anyone can give you is to tell you that you are doing it wrong (whatever 'it' may be).9 -
purplebobkat wrote: »I thought this site was meant to be supportive. How wrong I was.
Telling someone who is damaging their health that they are damaging their health is a **kitten** lot more supportive than telling them: "there there now now, you're doing fine dear, you're doing fine, pat, pat"
At least I know which one I would prefer...6 -
While watching you-tube, you may also want to research the appropriate RE-FEADING protocols subsequent to your fast that you may want to follow in order to minimize potential adverse side effects.2
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While watching you-tube, you may also want to research the appropriate RE-FEADING protocols subsequent to your fast that you may want to follow in order to minimize potential adverse side effects.
https://youtu.be/h3L_118IIgE
Great informative video on how to safely refeed.0 -
If you want to fast, fast. Ultimately you need to do what works for you. I have fasted for a week each January for the last three years and I find during the week of fasting, I am alert and still able to lift 4 days a week and cardio box the other two. Try an extended one and see how it goes. The human body is amazing and can adapt to many things. The constant dogma of "you shouldn't go below a certain number of calories (short term) or you are going to be malnourished" is WAY overblown. for example, if you eat 2000 calories a day to maintain and you fast for 5 days and then eat 7000 calories (of the same nutrient content) the next 2 then according to Calories in/Calories out you shouldn't lose or gain weight long-term (or is there really more to thermodynamics in a non closed system?) If 5 -10 days of fasting is going to cause you to lose hair from being malnourished then you were already malnourished. If you are lucky enough to have a good doctor, by all means, check in with them. But my experience is that most doctors just push a pill your way (high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high sugar) rather than ask what you are eating. Do your own research as some of those "Harvard Experts" have skewed results in the past based on funding from certain industries.
Most of all...good luck on what is always a very personal journey!5 -
Most people here aren't informed on intermittent fasting or extended fasts, let alone actually read a book or research article about it. There is a lot of valid research out there that diets fail and intermittent fasting has a ton of benefits, but not eating doesn't sell gym memberships and weight loss crap. The same people who criticize fasting are the ones who think eating fake food (aka diet food, protein shakes, meal replacement shakes) are healthy. Constant calorie restriction kills metabolism, but that's somehow okay. I don't do extended fasts so I'm not interested in joining a group, but you might have more luck plugging into a non-MFP group because this site is based on calories in/calories out, which doesn't really work (thus all the threads about yo-yo dieting, restarting, or the number of pals that disappear and show up again, over and over again.) Good luck!3
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Most people here aren't informed on intermittent fasting or extended fasts, let alone actually read a book or research article about it. There is a lot of valid research out there that diets fail and intermittent fasting has a ton of benefits, but not eating doesn't sell gym memberships and weight loss crap. The same people who criticize fasting are the ones who think eating fake food (aka diet food, protein shakes, meal replacement shakes) are healthy. Constant calorie restriction kills metabolism, but that's somehow okay. I don't do extended fasts so I'm not interested in joining a group, but you might have more luck plugging into a non-MFP group because this site is based on calories in/calories out, which doesn't really work (thus all the threads about yo-yo dieting, restarting, or the number of pals that disappear and show up again, over and over again.) Good luck!
Just no to all of this...
Calories in/Calories out is the ONLY thing that works when it comes to weight (losing, maintaining or gaining). All that other stuff - IF, Paleo, Keto, WFPB, etc is just fluff and a way of reducing calories to lose the weight in the first place.
Diets fail because people set a goal, lose the weight and then go back to the exact same eating patterns that got them fat in the first place. Yes, that too is a function of CICO - when you lose weight, you need fewer calories to maintain at the new weight and CANNOT go back to old eating patterns and amounts without gaining weight - it's simple math and physics.2 -
Hello!! I’m trying to get a small group of people together for support while doing extended fasts. Anyone interested? What are your experiences with fasting?
I do 84 hr fast every other month. It helps me in many ways. I still need to learn better about refeeding. Would love to connect.
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