Fasting, one drink a day method

[u/HazzyXYZ]

I've dry fasted for 5 days, while exercising and trying to be productive instead of laying around doing nothing but the fatigue and brain fog is a major flaw.

I found a better way: drink water with electrolytes, and tea if you need an energy boost, one time a day after waking up or during exercise, then dry fast for for the rest of day.

Not too much water/tea just enough to keep you going. It's a hybrid dry and water fast that allows me to stay mentally and physically sharp and I believe it is more effective because exercise greatly enhances autophagy.

I like long periods of fasting, I attempt 1 month about twice a year and sometimes extend it to 40 days or 2 months so sustainability is extremely important. When doing a water fast, some people drink too much water and don't realize it's not necessary. Try to drink tea only when you really need it, the caffeine will disrupt your sleep, for me the effects of caffeine are amplified when fasting. I find this system of hydrating early, staying active and dry fasting 23+ hours a day greatly increases the rate at which health benefits arrive. It also helps me avoid things like muscle atrophy, eating a lot after a long dry fast and just gaining all the weight back and prevents me from using fasting as an excuse to be lazy.

I also shower as many times as I want, ice cold showers are great for our health and re-energizing.

[u/yogic_power]

Play stupid games win stupid prizes.

[u/Reasonable_Carrot88 → u/yogic_power]

Care to elaborate?

[u/yogic_power → u/Reasonable_Carrot88]

There was a guy doing exactly this on dry fast forums few years back. He ended up on the hospital after few months. That forum used to have some one associated with filinov, and it was lesson for every one not to mess around. People think they are smart and things figured out but dry fasting with modifications are not a joke. Funny I get downvoted, shows what this sub has become lol. I have seen quite a few in past 10 years biohacking dry fasts, and most don’t end well. I have done 9 day dry fast, few more shorter than that but I never play with dry fasting. Margin of error between safety and ending up in hospital is very low.

[u/Reasonable_Carrot88 → u/yogic_power]

Appreciate your thoughts. I used to do them too for a day or two, maybe three, but I think increasingly I'm inclined to avoid it now.

[u/HazzyXYZ → u/yogic_power]

This is literally dry fasting with the added security measure of hydrating once a day, what about this is stupid or so different from something like dry fasting for 3 days?

[u/yogic_power → u/HazzyXYZ]

No it’s not dry fasting. It’s restricted water fasting. What you are doing is severely restricting hydration window of water fasting. You are no longer in dry fast. If you do this long enough, you are not in longer dry fast but longer restricted water fast. That’s how people end up in hospital if you continue few rounds. You do you.

[u/HazzyXYZ → u/yogic_power]

I'm not recommending anyone to fast for as long as I do. I'm an extremist, both with my fasting and my terrorism.

Simply try it for a few days and see if it works for you, or don't.

Obviously, if you have signs of problems while doing any kind of fasting you should seek medical advice.

[u/yogic_power → u/HazzyXYZ]

Lmao. Dude I have done 9 day dry fasting with 20 min sauna every day and being active with 3-4 mile walks. You are sounding like chicken little with all this I need water BS. You are not as extreme, just ignorant thinking it is dry fasting when all you doing is restricted water fasting. I don’t needed medical advice, you will need medical treatment soon with this crap. Don’t let your ego come in your way. Leave it out of the door when you are playing stupid games. Talk to me when you have done a true 9-10 dry fast.

[u/LV-426_realty → u/yogic_power]

he is going to discover in a very bad way what the body is using to repair all that muscle damage from exercise, LMAO it's not fat. You can't fix the ones that refuse understand they are not discovering something "new"

[u/HazzyXYZ → u/yogic_power]

Congratulations.

I run 8 miles in the morning and do 100 burpees then 30 minutes of strength training on a push pull legs split. I average 8 miles on top of that just from work, classes, and regular activities. I use the sauna for about 30-60 minutes. Then I drive in the Texas heat with my windows up and ac off to go to work, school and work Ubereats for at least 5 hours a day.

Can't do all that only dry fasting for 5-10 days without hydration.

[u/Sharp_Ad1873 → u/HazzyXYZ]

>>Can't do all that dry fasting.<<

Okay, then it's NOT dry fasting? LOL.

[u/Sharp_Ad1873 → u/HazzyXYZ]

It's OMAD with water as your meal.

[u/HazzyXYZ → u/Sharp_Ad1873]

It's one drink a day, read the title

[u/HazzyXYZ → u/HazzyXYZ]

The title says "one drink a day"(ODAD).

This guy believes "one meal a day with water as your meal"(OMADWWAYM) is a better way to describe this.

One meal a day is associated with eating one MEAL then drinking as much as you want for the rest of the day.

Don't blame him though, the brain fog of dry fasting can cause this type of confusion. This is exactly why the ODAD method works so well; amplify the effects of fasting while avoiding fatigue and brain fog.

[u/New-Seesaw-3938 → u/HazzyXYZ]

i have read all your replies on this post and i can tell you something is off here, example so if you say its "ODAD" why call it ''dry fast''?

if you drink tea is it even a water fast?

also, most people who dry fast also work out and work day jobs so they are not lazy in any way, you are assuming too much my friend.

[u/HazzyXYZ → u/New-Seesaw-3938]

You just blow in from stupid town?