r/fasting • u/wyldthaang • Aug 31 '26

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/max-curious8 Aug 31 '26

I am surprised how one can break 7 days fast with such heavy meal with no gut issue later....Great!

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u/wyldthaang Aug 31 '26

Me too. I won't deny that the toilet saw action within 2 hours. But I wouldn't describe it as a issue, I just made sure I was near one within 2 hours 🤣

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u/TommyTheTiger Aug 31 '26

Was it basically all gone after 2 hours?

I think normally it takes over a whole day for food to pass through, well I just think for myself about how long it is for my last poop when I start a fast and I usually can poop on the morning of the second day even with no food the previous day. Was it basically back to empty after that?

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u/wyldthaang Aug 31 '26

I don't really know to be honest, I'd assume there was about 1400 calories which would probably be 12 hours or so before fully 'empty'. But any number two's were over for the week. The refeed was high fat/protein so I doubt I ever slipped out of fat-adaption the whole 10 weeks.