>What is /fast/? Fast is a thread for the discussion of intermittent fasting, fasting, water fasting, and dry fasting.
>WATCH THIS BEFORE ASKING STUPID QUESTIONS [YouTube] Fasting vs. Eating Less: What's the Difference? (Science of Fasting) (embed) While you're at it watch the rest of this guy's videos on nutrition.
>HERES WHY YOU ARENT ACTUALLY HUNGRY IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN 8% BODYFAT [YouTube] Intermittent Fasting & Hunger - What the Science says (embed) >Tumors [YouTube] Dr. Valter Longo - Fasting Cycles Retard Growth of Tumors (embed)
>HOW DO I SAFELY FAST? Google snake juice. Not strictly necessary, especially for short fasts (Sugar is more addictive than coke ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23719144
>WHAT SHOULD MY FASTING ROUTINE LOOK LIKE? If you're lean, 5:2!-- OMAD (one meal a day, 1-2 hour eating window) 5 days a week + 48 hour fast a week. Also look up leangains. If you're a fatass, FAST UNTIL YOU AREN'T.
>WONT I GO INTO STARVATION MODE AND DIE?! You don't have the willpower to fast to death. Now look down. See that large bulbous gut? That's food. Thousands and thousands of calories stored and ready to be consumed by your body.
>WONT I LOSE MUSCLE? This is the coolest part about fasting. Your body remains very MUSCLE SPARING when you fast.
I ate a meal last night of steak, eggs and a bit of salad, around 7pm or so, idk if I should eat another meal today though, I'm still fat as fuck. I might fast for a few more days than refeed again.
Elijah Young
>Doing ADF >First time I've ever had a hard time eating as much as I planned
Ryan Sanders
Just got off the phone with a nutritionist I was seeing before I started fasting, she's worried I'm not getting the right amount of minerals and things. I was eating the standard 3 meals a day before I started fasting and I was overweight but still losing it. I asked her about eating multiple meals a day increases inflammation and she had no idea what I was talking about.
Jaxon Stewart
Guys I'm 25 hours into fasting and I'm suffering from a bad headache and yes I'm already drinking snake juice, wat do ?
Lincoln Bell
Deal with it
Bentley Garcia
>not only a nutritionist >but a WOMAN nutritionist LMAO NGMI
Can I take cucomber and put into a mixer, together with a lemon, turn it into juice, then filter the chunks, only keep the "water" and drink it, without breaking fast + benefits of minerals, anti.oxidants whatever
Gonna water fast for 4 days
Elijah White
Sounds gay as fuck
Jayden Butler
"No."
James Butler
How about I dont.
Kevin Bell
nah chief
Jordan Thompson
Started a 72hrs fast I'll report the progress as much as I can so I can be accountable and that keeps me going well now it's been about 12hrs and I'm about to take an enema for cleansing and preventing possible sharts on the days to come -173cm -85.4kg (before enema)
I'm 6'2", and around 250lbs - If I did 3 day fasts then ate up to 4000 calories on one day, then another 3 day fast (and so on and so forth). Would I still lose weight comfortably?
I only say 4000 as an extremely conservative estimate because I can't be arsed counting calories. I can do 3 day fasts extremely easy and this would fit into my schedule perfectly with whatever I ate.
Juan Ward
yeah look at it as a set 3 days fasting 1 eating day, 4000 / 4 means you are efficiently eating 1000 calories a day which will be pretty solid weight loss.
of course you get the benefit of autophagy that people who eat 1k calories a day dont get
Colton Gray
White bread Mac and cheese >state of ketosis Just stop >carbohydrats Darned right carbs are rats
Juan Martin
I didn't know my mom wrote on quora.
Oliver Phillips
Please help me bros , I’ve noticed while I’m fasting (once i get past the second day ) i start sweating alot more than usual and my hands become slightly shaky(sign of hypoglycemia?).
Math , physics or anything that requires thinking and concentration becomes 10 times as hard even though i genuinely enjoy them . I’m also incredibly fatigued and unable to function , even killing time with video games becomes a chore so i just lay there feeling like shit .
I drink snake juice , but it’s under dosed on purpose . (I don’t know the exact amount of potassium in the salt but it’s definitely alot . I know too much potassium can fuck you up so i have to be careful and just go with 1 teaspoon of potassium salt and one tea spoon of normal salt everyday in a 2l bottle ) >I’m a 20 ish bf, kinda atheltic 19 year old , I don’t lift or even do cardio on fasting days.
For now I’m gonna have to just fast until i feel like shit (third day almost always ) , spend the whole day unable to function then refeed in the morning and hit a fullbody workout .
I really want faster results though , which is why I’m trying to extend my fasts past 4 days .
>I drink snake juice , but it’s under dosed on purpose . And that purpose being? >1 teaspoon of potassium salt and one tea spoon of normal salt everyday Did you even read the recepie? Even if you underdose the potassium, don't get the same amount of sodium, just half as much as potassium-chloride. >I know too much potassium can fuck you up You already sound pretty fucked up to me. Get a tiny amount more of that potassium every hour till you feel better >I’m a 20 ish bf, kinda atheltic 19 year old You are either 20% bodyfat or you are athletic. Not both.
Cooper Mitchell
My hemorrhoids fucking hurt, I had a refeed last night and I'm probably going to have another soon but when I do my hemorrhoids hurt like fuck
William Campbell
Stop eating fibre.
Parker Reyes
I thought fibre softens your stool and stop hemorrhoids
Dylan Walker
I'm doing good so far. It's my first fast. Doing a no food fast. I'm 215lbs and 6'2", and trying to crash down to 185. Im around 36 hours in, and loving it, and snake juice. Also when do the shits end? I dont like pissing out of my ass.
Anthony Rogers
For me that is usually the sign of getting too much salts.
Carter Adams
Nope. Fibre causes haemorrhoids.
I fell for the same myth. When I got haemorrhoids I increased fibre consumption. It got so bad I thought I would need surgery.
>and that purpose being Don t know how much pottasium is in there , and i m scared of drinking too much . >do you even know the recipe Apparently i don t lol ,my logic was atleast get enough sodium if you re gonna be lacking some potassium .Any reasons for getting only half the amount of potassium ? >You already sound pretty fucked up to me. Get a tiny amount more of that potassium every hour till you feel better you re right , i ll do that . >You are either 20% bodyfat or you are athletic. Not both. Not defending fat fucks in anyway but you re definitely wrong here . There are plenty of people competing in elite levels of all kinds of sports (not just lifting related ones , but fighting sports nfl rugby etc ).
Is an elite fighter like daniel cormier for example , winning olympic medals and setting world records in his sport NOT athletic ?
Ryder Peterson
What foods are fibre free then?
Ethan Gonzalez
Meat.
Benjamin Carter
What's a good refeed meal without fibre then? Just a massive steak?
Samuel Sullivan
Thanks. I've been drinking 2 litres of it a day. Its modified because I dont have all the ingredients yet (only bicarbonate and salt). Do I need to put Epsom salts in it as well? That just sounds like salt in a wound imo
Jayden Clark
>Don t know how much pottasium is in there , and i m scared of drinking too much Yeah you have to be careful not to fall on the other side of the horse so to speak. If you are getting watery shits, you definitely went overboard. >Any reasons for getting only half the amount of potassium? Sodium is needed mostly for the transmission of bioelectric signals in the brain and muscles. Potassium is needed in each cell. So you usually need more of it. >Not defending fat fucks in anyway but you re definitely wrong here Okay, maybe I was a bit too harsh. I am just a bit concerned for you.
Nicholas King
I honestly don't know. I only use the sodium and potassium. I also take them raw and drink water instead of mixing it in a snake jucie. Then again I also take Magnesium because somehow I get some cramps on extended fasts. While I never heard of any of such complaints here aside from my experience.
Brody Cox
I like bacon and eggs.
Any fatty animal product is perfect for a refeed.
Jason Miller
>Yeah you have to be careful not to fall on the other side of the horse so to speak. If you are getting watery shits, you definitely went overboard. That s the reason i was underdosing , i ll just carefully and gradually start drinking more and see how i feel , thanks . >Okay, maybe I was a bit too harsh. I am just a bit concerned for you. yeah i get where you re coming from , fatties coping about how they re healthy and athletic because they hit the gym once in a blue moon .
Carson King
Thanks. I don't think I could stomach eating the raw ingredients lol. Anyway enjoy your morning (US)
Carter Hernandez
>(embed) LIES!
Brandon Roberts
first timer here, i've now fasted for 24h. everthing is going well so far, hunger is managable and i feel fine in general
Anyone had experience cutting weight with intermittent fasting while maintaining muscle and strength. People who squat and diddly in excess of 4pl8 I try to intermittently fast on Tuesdays and/or Thursdays, then fast all of Sunday. I'm down 7kg while being very inconsiderate, but still not lean yet and can't tell if I'm losing muscle. I am maintaining Strength
Samuel Cooper
thanks fren.
Isaiah Brooks
Is anyone else pro-ana?
I pray to the Goddess Ana every day for the strength to stop eating.
Kevin Turner
I'm going to cook up a big meal of bacon and eggs and a big steak tomorrow, it's going to be great, I'm salivating already
Easton Hughes
Pro anerexic? Fuck that
Joseph Reed
dont be a bitch pro-mia is the only way to achieve greatness
Hunter Peterson
I honestly cant stand the fucking snake juice, I have no problem with no eating for days but not being able to have a sip of normal water jesus christ, it ends up giving me nausea.
So how about this /fast/, how about a mix of the ketorade and snake juice.
The salts in 2l of water plus lemon juice, apple cider vinegar and half a pack of Stevia.
I am sure the flavor would be much more tolerable, it would be like a weird soda.
>Day 4 of Snake Meme fast My gums start to hurt like crazy No one told me about the 9001 psi water jet wet shits Feeling a bit woozy and weak Barely any hunger Down 3,5-4kg(hard to tell with the amount of water i drink)
I'm going to continue until i have to go to the dentist, or until i look like Calista Flockhart. Fite me.
The truth is you can just water fast. Unless you have kidney failure, you'll be fine.
People like to overcomplicate things. Snake juice is a religious ritual. There's no scientific or logical basis for it.
Asher Cox
Plants crave electrolytes, if you want water go drink out of a toilet lmao.
Christian Richardson
>No one told me about the 9001 psi water jet wet shits LMAO. All these people having problems because of the snake juice meme.
Snake juice is turning out to be one of the most hilarious pranks ever pulled on dieters.
Charles Johnson
I tried fasting with just water before, there is a remarkable difference between that and drinking snake jizz. But i'm guessing since you're this eager to shitpost about it you are either a fatty that failed, or someone who took preliminary classes in biology and want us to know you have a IQ of at least a 100. Calm your mantits.
Isaac Peterson
Sure, bud. Enjoy your fasting equivalent of orlistat.
Meanwhile I'll be enjoying the taste of fresh clean water while not having any gastric distress.
anyone with psoriasis here? did keto or fasting help at all? if it did, what routine exactly?
Evan Cruz
Try raw milk/kefir first
Levi Russell
I drink sugar free energy drinks while fasting and there is nothing you can do to stop me.
Nathan Ross
Alright bros I've been fasting pretty hard, in two weeks I've lost 18lbs (from 255lbs to 237lbs). Started off with keto omad for the first week and now shifting into 48's & 72's. Realistically, how much of those 18lbs is water weight? I usually guess that anything past 5lbs is mostly fat but this is pretty crazy weight to lose, even compared to my other fasts. Although I have been doing a lot of cardio on top of my usual lifting. I like three eggs cooked over easy on top og a can of tuna mixed with 2tbsp mayo. Season eggs with garlic salt and tuna with lemon. Also called Fisherman's eggs.
Isaiah Sullivan
Good job dude
James James
Hard to tell - a rough estimate would be the (number of days * metabolic rate - # of calories eaten)/3500
Aaron Rogers
Well the way I reasoned it is better to trade one second of discomfort for comfortable drinking for the rest of the fast. But each his own, snake juice is just as fine
I know how you feel. I preferred not to drink but then I had all sorts of bad feelings and my stomach acid just went up. I do the ingredients, and lots of water. Prefer to underdose on the salts than over because then I can just add if I feel off. Then after 4 days or so I get sick of the taste water, and add lemon juice to everything.
Leo Harris
Well the way I reasoned it is better to trade one second of discomfort for comfortable drinking for the rest of the fast. But each his own, snake juice is just as fine
I know how you feel. I preferred not to drink but then I had all sorts of bad feelings and my stomach acid just went up. I do the ingredients, and lots of water. Prefer to underdose on the salts than over because then I can just add if I feel off. Then after 4 days or so I get sick of the taste water, and add lemon juice to everything.
I've had the same feeling with my gums. Just the overwhelming desire to chew. Wasn't even hungry. I wash my teeth like two times a day, and chew sugar-free gum. >Down 3,5-4kg(hard to tell with the amount of water i drink) Always measure yourself in the morning after the morning piss, but before you drink anything. That should give you a better idea of your real weight. >No one told me about the 9001 psi water jet wet shits Try a little less slats, and more water see if that fixes the diarrhea.
Owen Ross
Keto helped. Meat only (no eggs or dairy) cured it completely for me.
I'm going to experiment with adding back foods in the future but for now I'm happy and enjoying meat.
Jeremiah Jenkins
You know what side effect I experienced from fasting? My type 2 diabetes went away.
Luke Hall
>dick barely works normally >need viagra to maintain an erection for longer than 2 minutes >fast for 3 days >dick is like a rock >at half mast most of the day
What's the minimum amount of Snake Juice you need per day? 2 Liters seems like a lot to me. I know you don't need it on short fasts.
Adam Gutierrez
You can fast for over two months without potassium supplementation.
>MANY PEOPLE WORRY that fasting may cause malnutrition, but this concern is misplaced. The body’s fat stores are, for most of us, quite ample for our bodies’ needs. Even studies of prolonged fasting have found no evidence of malnutrition or micronutrient deficiency. Potassium levels may decrease slightly, but even two months of continuous fasting did not decrease levels below normal, even without the use of supplements.11
11. Drenick EJ. The effects of acute and prolonged fasting and refeeding on water, electrolyte, and acid-base metabolism. In: Maxwell MH, Kleeman CR, editors. Clinical disorders of fluid and electrolyte metabolism. 3rd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 1979.
based. how much did you fast for? how much fat did you lose? i don't have the beetus, but have a non-alcoholic fatty liver according to an ultrasound, which i'd like to get rid of via fasting, plus the bodyfat that goes with it.
Aiden Thomas
I did intermittent fasting with the occasional 48h and 72h fast for about a year, lost around 50kg. I mostly ate low-carb meals.
Justin Diaz
So you don't really need a daily tsp of potassium to have a healthy dose
Alexander Reed
Not at all. Snake juice is ridiculous.
The only thing you really need is sodium if you sweat. Your kidneys will hold on to it but you can't control loss from sweat.
Spitting also causes sodium loss.
Nolan Ross
>plant based should've guessed
Asher Sanchez
are there any morbidly obese people here fasting ?
whats the longest periods youve gone on for ?
Daniel Bell
I'm on 4 days and 10 hours now, i'll keep posting updates every day, that way if you don't see an update for a day you'll know i died before you. EZ PZ
Nicholas Parker
Don't worry anti fasters will eventually overlook your post and beautifully hard results and promote eating shit and keeping shitdiets
Fat fuck looking to fast. Do I NEED snake juice? It tastes awful and I'd much rather have regular water at that point. I could always have a sugar free Gatorade/Powerade to get some salt and electrolytes.
T. 410lbs @ 6'7"
Carter Edwards
Side effects of keto is the keto flu? Woah
Brody Adams
After what point are you supposed to feel energetic? I'm less than 72 hours in and feel completely tired. My throat hurts too. I haven't been drinking Snake Juice.
Jaxon Williams
No. See: Snake juice is dumb as hell.
Cooper Green
It feels awful saying this, but:
Anorexics are only wrong to the degree that their mentality is a disorder. Like, if they were more flexible with how they did things and were more able to see reality and themselves for what they are, they wouldn't be classified as having a disorder.
The methods and techniques of anorexics often work, especially among those who are resourceful.
IMHO, one of the pillars of the obesity crisis has been the overemphasized fear of anorexia and the desire to classify any anorexic-like behavior (not even mentality, but just behavior) as anorexia itself. So, despite fasting being a thing for centuries, it definitively is looked down upon when done for nonreligious reasons in this age of "you MUST avoid becoming anorexic!!!!!!"
The reason why IF becoming popular is kinda cool is that people are really beginning to see that "not eating" is different than what an anorexic attempts. And, similarly, eating less often actually seems beneficial when monitored, done with realistic goals, and overall is flexible to a person's needs.
Owen Bennett
Try black coffee/caffeine pills
Jack Turner
Keep us posted
Cameron Hall
Fucking this. A rumor started at work that I have an eating disorder because a few people noticed I'm never bringing food or going out to get lunch. It's got to the point where I have to pretend to go get some food
Owen Cook
Alright I'm a fatty (285 lbs) I want to be un fatty I'm planning on doing 16/8 for 4 days, and full day fast for the other 3. Want to do my feeding time for 6pm-2am, so I fill up before bed then fast the whole day.
Couple of questions - what are some good things to stave off the hunger pangs? I personally like green tea a lot, will that work with some lemon juice? Also, are the snake juice mix packets off like amazon legit, or should I just make it at home? Lastly I'm planning on doing a weightlifting routine (stronglifts) would I be better off eating normally on the days I work out or just aim to work out on the days I eat anyway?
Caleb Campbell
i dont understand, why is the snake juice diet a prank?
Matthew Collins
I think i am at 36 hours of fasting. I feel like i was high on meth or something like that. Is normal? I need more electrolites or something like that?
Austin Johnson
but cole said pure water fasting is bad....
Leo Campbell
So fellas i dont have the money to buy the stuff to make snake juice right now, cant i just drink water and salt and be done with it?
Ryder Rodriguez
Sure just don't go any longer than 5 days.
Henry Nelson
And doing his snake juice recipe at face value gave me kidney stones. It's a rational idea base that's gotten out of hand. But that rational base makes it seem reasonable so it gets perpetuated.
Have you ever actually mixed it up yourself? It doesn't all dissolve in the water, it's supersaturated and solidifies some of it out of the mixture. Unless you're drinking loads of pure water with it, ie diluting that shit, or have some body quirk it's not the best idea.
It's a cool idea to reduce body stress when it goes into recycle mode and replenishes things you sweat out, but it's either too much for salts or too little water. And half the shit in the current mix doesn't even get absorbed by the body or is based on some obscure study that showed some promise, but in the grand scheme of things is so small not to matter if the goal is fat weight loss.
At best it's a good excuse to do self-research to understand what fasting is. It's almost like making you invest money into the idea of fasting might make you stick with it longer to see the results, but in the end that investment wasn't necessary.
Owen Rogers
Retard question here. Can I eat brisket? My fast ends tomorrow, and I want to eat some eggs, brisket, and cheese for my recovery. Does the protein fuck me up any?
Hunter Wright
Snake juice is 100% useless other than as a laxative.
Nathaniel King
You mean TWO MONTHS, right?
>MANY PEOPLE WORRY that fasting may cause malnutrition, but this concern is misplaced. The body’s fat stores are, for most of us, quite ample for our bodies’ needs. Even studies of prolonged fasting have found no evidence of malnutrition or micronutrient deficiency. Potassium levels may decrease slightly, but even two months of continuous fasting did not decrease levels below normal, even without the use of supplements.11
11. Drenick EJ. The effects of acute and prolonged fasting and refeeding on water, electrolyte, and acid-base metabolism. In: Maxwell MH, Kleeman CR, editors. Clinical disorders of fluid and electrolyte metabolism. 3rd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 1979.