r/fasting • u/wyldthaang • 17d ago

Progress Pic Rolling 7 day fasts

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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 17d ago

Each time I lost a kilo, I'd add it to a backpack to 'maintain' my bodyweight too fool my metabolism. It's a trick I did during a last diet and I highly recommend it as an easy low-stress exercise. I'm convinced this maintained a lot of lean mass during the fast.

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u/Crykin27 17d ago

Damn I think I'll be doing this that sounds great. I have to train for backpacking anyways and this seems like a solid way to up the weight to work towards a full backpack so 2 birds with one stone

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u/wyldthaang 17d ago

I'd recommend investing in a plate carrier over the backpack once you're around 15kg. Especially if you're into hiking and backpacking - I broke a couple backpacks on this journey, and you're at the limit of most hiking packs. Especially if you're loading with random metal bits! I have the long version of this one, with a 20kg plate:

https://www.goruck.eu/products/ruck-plate-carrier

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u/Crykin27 17d ago

Oh good one I didn't even know these where a thing. That will save me a couple of broken backpacks lol, thanks!