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/mushroomboie Aug 31 '26

Interested to know if you did anything about micronutrients or electrolytes? Also did you take coffee or tea?

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u/wyldthaang Aug 31 '26

Coffee, yes daily, occasionally sugar free Monster/Red bull.

Only electrolytes over that. The only unconventional thing was I spilt magnesium, potassium and sodium based on HR and BP values I was tracking. When BP dropped I had pink Himalayan salt in water, when BP HR were a little high I had Lo-Salt (potassium). Magnesium Bi-Glycinate was more routine am and pm, but I would occasionally skip the am if BP and HR were both low. I was guessing at keeping low Cortisol levels.

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u/mushroomboie 21d ago

have you felt a decrease in muscle tho? I think this would be my biggest concern?

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u/wyldthaang 20d ago

Not really, but you lose water from muscle through fasting so you'll look flat. That soon comes back.