Seriously, I may start a 3 day fast starting Monday.
If at least a couple of others want to take this journey, that'll help encourage me further to try it out.
Here's his original post: https://rdrama.net/post/79714/i-hit-72-hrs-fasted-water
Here's some tips if you do go ahead: https://www.ryanandalex.com/3-day-fast/
Namely, be careful after the 3 days (reintroduce food slowly for 1.5 days, especially when it comes to carbs), and before fasting, don’t be tempted to eat a final carb-heavy meal - just eat normally.
Here's what I thought was the most interesting part of that article:
At hour 56, just before 4 AM, I woke up. I couldn’t figure out why I woke up until I realized that my heart was racing.
My whole body reverberated with each beat and I checked my Apple Watch to see that my heart rate was at 95 bpm (beats per minute).
Just minutes before when I was sleeping, it was at my typical 55 bpm. My metabolic flip had switched. Ketosis had been reached. My mind felt sharp, clear, and wide awake.
I was no longer hungry. The glucose in my bloodstream must have run out, and my body switched from burning glucose to burning fat. My brain was running on ketones, and adrenaline kicked in.
This is what should happen when you know how to fast for 3 days and you follow the rules.
When reaching a fasted state, insulin plummets while adrenaline (for focus) and human growth hormone (to maintain muscle) skyrocket.
This happened so that our ancestors would be on their top game to hunt and find food. I had finally reaped the rewards of my fasting.
Nice little graph too:
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There’s something badass feeling about doing the long fast, I feel much more in control of my appetite now.
Even after eating I didn’t like gorge (steak+ eggs, lil fruit) and I have like no sugar cravings.
Just some new benefits cus I tried the 18/6 for a while too.
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Did you feel like that you had got that special "switch" described in the main post at around hour 56? :
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I felt those effects by day two, but he’s being a bit dramatic lol. And I didn’t feel a magical “switch” either. Just the like “hey haven’t felt hunger pangs in a while and I’m feeling kinda sharp fr fr”
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Right, I'll be doing 4 days starting Monday/Tuesday. I might make it 5 depending on how I feel on the 4th day.
Wish me luck.
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Personally im not sure if thats safe if you havnt done 2 or 3 before so definitely good luck
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Maybe I'll just stop at 3 days if I feel terrible or something. I'm not in ill health or obese or anything so should be fine
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True, good plan. I was low key worried about driving on the last day
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Good point, I'll avoid driving on day 3 or even 2 onwards.
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You got this
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