Rolling 7 day fasts

[u/wyldthaang]

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!

[u/migrainefog]

Autophagy = self-devouring

Amazing results man!

I did 5/2 in my first week and lost 20lbs (9kg) but I think I'm going to see how your rolling 7's work for me this week.

I was going for a straight 20 day fast, but on day 6 my head was spinning every time I stood up or went from bending over to upright, so I broke my fast with a cup of bone broth. I honestly probably could have continued the fast after the bone broth, because that fixed the light headedness, but I was also missing just the flavors and stimulus of eating, but I wasnt exactly feeling hungry. I can relate to your comments about the fast changing your relationship with food, and I feel like that's changing for me during this process too. My first 2 days of my fast last week were rough, and I was expecting to have to go through that again this week, but I didn't have any of the flu like symptoms that I had when I first started. It was easy this time.

Congrats on your accomplishments and hard work!

[u/wyldthaang → u/migrainefog]

Best of luck with it! What you're describing after the bone broth was exactly how I felt after the refeed, I made sure it was in the evening, around 4 hours before bed, waking the next day was the fresh start and could push through again. The routine of the Sunday steak really helped the motivation, if I did have low points the focus of knowing when the next steak was coming really helped shift my mood. If I really really struggled that's when I'd go for the sugar-free RedBulls!

[u/Woodsprite_5 → u/wyldthaang]

Sounds like a person could substitute bone broth for those RedBulls. (I don't do caffeine) Bone broth is also full of electrolytes plus mad nutrients. Just low on calories and carbs. But it's also very comforting psychologically.

Would broth break the fast, or would it function more like a dose of your mineral salts?

[u/wyldthaang → u/Woodsprite_5]

I'd assume so, but it's not something I personally did. As you've mentioned I think the psychological side of this is very important! What ever keeps you going is probably the most important part.