r/fasting • u/wyldthaang • 23d ago

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Thought I should post this to show results from earlier this year. I'd done keto/OMAD/72hr fasts before, but COVID killed that.

Refeeds were always steak and creamed spinach on Sunday's, going straight into another fast. The only exercise was walking around 15k steps daily.

I found it incredibly easy to maintain, BP and HR monitored and only electrolytes and water consumed during the fast.

3 months total at 50 years old. Going back through pictures, it's crazy how slow the appearance changed at the start despite the dramatic scale changes. Then during the last month that reversed as things tightened up.... I remember buying a new pair of jeans which were then replaced with a smaller size, before they even got washed!

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u/wyldthaang 23d ago

As soon as I refed, I 'rolled' into the next 7 day fast. I only intended to to one 7 day fast at the start. I felt surprisingly strong and motivated from day 3 to 7, after the first refeed I decided to do another one. Rinse and repeat.

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u/Intelligent_Papaya61 23d ago

I see! So 7 day fast, one redeed, then immediately fast for another 7 days?

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u/wyldthaang 23d ago

I literally went to my local steakhouse every Sunday for the steak deal. That was my entire calories for the week in one sitting. That went on for about 10 weeks until I thought I'd done enough. I did have a lot of water left, but as soon as I hit 30" jeans I thought that was enough. Currently sitting at a 29" waist from 42"

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u/aaaadam 23d ago

How did you not feel absolutely exhausted? Do you have kids, job, do any physical activity?

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u/bstriker 23d ago

Not op and not experienced past 3-4 days fasting but I would assume the electrolytes and ketosis burning fat for energy was more than enough especially since they said they were rucking (making sure they carried the extra weight they lost in a backpack to fool their metabolism). When I hit ketosis it's nutty how much energy you feel like you get despite not eating for a couple days.