Breaking a fast

I’ve only once gone as far as 48 hours fasting and was fine eating a normal sized meal. Can’t remember what it was though!

Thinking back into pre-history to when I did my one and only week long fast, I knew I had to stop it when I started being repulsed by food and the head games started... it was also v difficult to start eating again.

no fantasies of roast beef and curries for me. A couple of mouthfuls was more than enough.

I suggest you start with a small, light meal. Give it a couple of hours and then decide whether you want more.

Roggg said:

I know the advice to break a "longer" fast gently, and am prepared to do so if needed. The background here is I have done a variety of fasts over the last few months ranging between 16 hours (barely fasting at all) up to about 36 hours (skip a day). I have never given a second thought to how to break it and have never suffered any negative effects.

Today I'm at 40 hours fasting, and I feel pretty good so I'm considering just rolling with it until I feel like breaking it. My real question is, at what point is a fast long enough to need to be broken gently?

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Roggg said:

I know the advice to break a "longer" fast gently, and am prepared to do so if needed. The background here is I have done a variety of fasts over the last few months ranging between 16 hours (barely fasting at all) up to about 36 hours (skip a day). I have never given a second thought to how to break it and have never suffered any negative effects.

Today I'm at 40 hours fasting, and I feel pretty good so I'm considering just rolling with it until I feel like breaking it. My real question is, at what point is a fast long enough to need to be broken gently?

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How long were you thinking of going?
Definitely restart eating with something small.. I once broke a 7 day fast with a keto Sunday roast and suffered for it!
Maybe a slice of ham or a small piece of cheese or even a rasher or two of bacon.

I am on day 6 of a 7day waterfast and I am feeling fine, perhaps a little tired. I am wondering if I should continue the fast for another 7 days or stop for 2/3 days and then do another shorter fast?

Actually, I am currently on another 8 day water fast and am on day 4 with no ill effects so far, but previously I continued that fast for 8 days and now I feel that 8 days is a comfortable length for me. I try to do it every 2months or so, but it is surprisingly difficult as I am the family cook. So far, I just have some soup at the end of the fast and ease back into low carb. I eat once or twice a day, with my last meal around 5.30/6 o' clock. It is working so far in keeping BGL and HbA1c within non diabetic limits, but I am certain that if I ate in the way that I tried 2 years ago, I would be in a very bad way.

I dont remember where I read but the advise stuck with me and I follow it. Works well for me.

I do 36 hours fast normally but i do throw in 48 hours, 60 hours, 72 hours, 84 hours, 96 hours, 108 hours and 120 hours fasts fairly regularly.

Irrespective of length, I always break my fast with 40gms of Extra mature cheddar cheese and then after 30 minutes I eat Flaxseed Porridge.

Extra mature cheddar cheese from what I read has prebiotic (not to be confused with probiotic) which helps ease body into digestion phase and fibre of flaxseed helps the gut fauna or so the theory goes if my memory serves me right.

Anyway it works well for me so hopefully it may work for others too.