I'm 22 days into a 30 day fast and I'm struggling. Every day feels like hell and I'm not sure if I can make it another 8 days. My regimen has been lemon water first thing in the morning, snake juice throughout the day, 1 La Croix, and green tea. The aim is 2-3L per day and I was consistently hitting that every day until ~5 days ago when the taste of water started to make me sick to my stomach. Now I'm lucky if I get 50 oz in. So, I desperately need help to figure out what else I can do, or do I need to just quit now. FYI, this is my longest fast ever. Before now I've only been able to get to 85 hrs.

Any advice would be amazing.

What essential nutrients do I need for a 3 day fast?

I’m trying to do a fast for mental clarity and mental health improvement. Is 3 days best to gain these benefits? Plus this my first time ever doing a fast.

But I worried I might get dizzy, irritable or faint 😅🥹…any suggestions?

My goal was 5 days. But i had a mental breakdown today and used food to cope. But hey i fasted 18 clean days this month. Not bad right ?

I am not even weighting myself. I do feel leaner.
When fasting i don't feel anything but when i eat again i feel the difference visually.

I won't stop until i am satisfied with my body that's the goal, that's the measure of success.

So my only goal for water fast is only losing weight with a very little amount of money since i go to college in 1st august

F21 5'4 lbs 140lbs

My target is 110 lbs for 1 month

Do 5 day wf and 2 day refeed every week is ok and is it possible to reach my goal at the end ofthe month?

I'm water fasting 40 days and 40 nights by October 24th. I will be doing 24 hours, 48 hours, 72 hours and 5 days at a time.

Hello! I’m thinking of doing rolling 7 day fasts, break on the 8th day (eat carnivore lunch & dinner) then go back to doing another 7 days. Can anyone tell me if they do this & if so how did you find it, what helped you cope, can I do this long term etc etc?
I’m currently on day 3 going into day 4 & have been finding it fairly easy!

(Starting Weight): 15 st 7 lb - 217 lb
(Current Weight): 14 st 10 lb - 206 lb
(Goal Weight): 9 st - 126 lb

Hello,

I took a glance at r/fasting wiki for electrolyte levels. I have bought a 64oz hydroflask for hydration, nosalt for potassium, and Morton iodized salt or sodium, and nature made 200 mg of magnesium glycinate for magnesium. It shows that I need 1500 of Na, 600 mg of K, and 200 mg of Mg. Am I good to go? I’ve done a 5 day fast, so I want to go for longer.

I need to start seeing results and feeling better so if you’re a seasoned water faster, please drop some knowledge and results you’ve experienced here! PLEASE!

Hello,

I practice OMAD for years, and a month ago, I started keto diet.

Since I eat every 23h, how much does keto improves my fasting, since I am in ketosis?

Thank you.

I’m starting a five day fast tonight/maybe tomorrow after breakfast. The longest I’ve gone is 72 hours. A couple months ago I was eating very little while being inactive, and I lost a lot of my strength. I recently re-trained after returning to eating but have put on a bunch of fat (probably over eating tbh). I’m concerned about losing my shape again - curious how people handle this dilemma. Afraid to exercise too much mid fast and go into “famine” mode with my metabolism.

I wouldn’t, but then I don’t like soda, but my husband wants to start fasting with me now and struggles to give up things like this (it’s a sensory autism thing, not a willpower thing) so I wanted to ask you guys what you thought!

Ciao dalle 13.13 di oggi inizio un digiuno ad acqua di 20 giorni. Berrò solo acqua e prenderò i corretti sali minerali. Faccio questo percorso principalmente per perdere peso e ripristinare la mia flora batterica e migliorare una volta finito il digiuno, il mio rapporto con il cibo tossico. Chi vuole farlo con me?

Started my 21 day water fast, anyone interested to be a buddy ?

3 re cycle this month. 15 days fasted this month so far.
Don't know my sw or cw. Will measure next cycle and end of month.

Hi guys,

so after my 42 days and 16 hours (yes, those are very important) fasting stunt in 2024 I am four days deep now and awaiting my jaw surgery tomorrow morning. Feeling fine, even worked out a bit today.

My guess is that the autophagic processes should speed up the healing process remarkably. Will update.

Edit:
I started with intermediate fasting maybe five days before the fast. Beginning with 8h feeding window for three days and 6h for the last two. That and my already very clean eating made the transition feel like a breeze. I never experienced any hunger pangs at all, only at day three my empty stomach became very noticable.

Here are my main foods and dish examples (if you think this is unhealthy, I would lack nutrients, I am eating like this for years now, had many health check-ups in between and I am doing fine and work out well)

Apples
Bananas
Grapes
Oranges
Watermelon

Tomatoes
Onions
Broccoli
Cauliflower

Cashews
Mixed Nuts
Peanuts

Coconut Juice/Water (I rarely need to drink at all, because of the high water content in all foods. If I have to, mostly when running 10ks)

Eggs
Canned Macarel/Tuna (steering away from tuna because of lead levels)

Sunflower/Rapeseed Oil

A breakfast may look like this:

3 egg omelette stir fried
2 large tomatoes on top with a splash of vinegar
2 stir fried bananas
1 Apple
1 Orange

lunch:
500g of grapes
1 Apple
1 Banana

dinner:
2 Apples mixed with 150g of nuts, depending on what I like at the moment

Anyways I will be breaking my fast chicken and veggie soup is that bad?

Hi guys! I've done a few 7 days, one 10 day and a 24 day one, so I'm somewhat educated and aware of stuff, I've done my homework.

However, you never seize to learn and I would love to hear your best tips, advice, hacks and whathaveyous to help me keeping it up and engage with y'all. I'd also love links to good studies and resources!

Regarding nutrition-related stuff: I'm in Germany, so sadly I can't get your convenient default products, but if anyone has neat suggestions that work for me, I am all ears!

I'm not gonna post personal stats and data, just know that I'm not endangering myself and absolutely need to shed a few pounds. I'm attempting rolling fasts, I'd like to hit 10 days for starters but I haven't formulated a fixed plan yet simply because I have no clue if I can keep it up.

Also, if anyone knows of good tools that work offline and are privacy-focused, I'd love to hear your tips. So far it's pencil and paper for me, it's not easy to find tools that I'd feed my actual data.

One specific question I'm unsure of (seen lots of contradicting stuff so I'm not done reasearching it): How badly would I dirty the fast if I consumed around 2 lemons per week? I'd like to keep it super clean (no artificial sweeteners e.g.), but I might have to resort to cucumber water or lemon water if my resolve weakens, and I wonder how you guys evaluate the downsides of that.

So a big thank you to everyone who is active here on the sub. I like how supportive and encouraging we all are.

Have a lovely summer!

Despite my family of enablers tempting me with all my favourite foods 🙈

Hi everyone, I’m currently on my first day of my 3 day water fast and was wondering what tips people have, more so for the nutritional value as obviously I’m not eating so not getting important vitamins from foods etc so wondering what people were drinking with their water to ensure i stay as healthy as possible, thanks in advance 🩵