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A few of us myself, @Chook and @Goonergal were wondering if anyone thinking about fasting for any period of time would like to post about it, find others who may be considering it, find support and record any changes or benefits or difficulties here?
I’ll kick this thread off by telling you about my planned fast for next week. I’ve fasted before over my past 18 months period of keto eating with regular 23 hour fasts with one meal a day. I also did this every day for a month in the beginning very easily as was very overweight at the time - but now do it less frequently as I seem to find it difficult now. I’ve been nervous about doing a longer fast than 23 hours as I am now at the lower end of my ideal weight but have been reading about benefits of fasting for longer periods including autophagy and so want to give it a go. I also feel I’d like to have achieved missing dinner at least once in my life - when not poorly!
So my plans are to undertake my first 48 hour fast I’ll eat an early dinner on Tuesday and then not eat until Thursday early evening. I’ll record starting and finishing weight and how my bgs and ketones go as I normally record these things. I usually only record ketones every Friday - I’ve got a caresensduo ketones meter - which I normally use one day a week but will use more over the fast.
Anyone like to join in for mutual support or does anyone want to log their own fasting plans?
I’ll kick this thread off by telling you about my planned fast for next week. I’ve fasted before over my past 18 months period of keto eating with regular 23 hour fasts with one meal a day. I also did this every day for a month in the beginning very easily as was very overweight at the time - but now do it less frequently as I seem to find it difficult now. I’ve been nervous about doing a longer fast than 23 hours as I am now at the lower end of my ideal weight but have been reading about benefits of fasting for longer periods including autophagy and so want to give it a go. I also feel I’d like to have achieved missing dinner at least once in my life - when not poorly!
So my plans are to undertake my first 48 hour fast I’ll eat an early dinner on Tuesday and then not eat until Thursday early evening. I’ll record starting and finishing weight and how my bgs and ketones go as I normally record these things. I usually only record ketones every Friday - I’ve got a caresensduo ketones meter - which I normally use one day a week but will use more over the fast.
Anyone like to join in for mutual support or does anyone want to log their own fasting plans?
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