Does anyone here practice fasting? Intermittent or extended? I’ve been doing IF regularly but just started introducing 36hr fast and it’s been a bit rough! Just looking for advice on how other people handle their extended fasts!
I’ve done two 36 hour ones this week (on edge waiting for the next 15 minutes to pass so I can finally break this one). They’ve both been hard but I had such a tough time falling asleep and staying asleep last night which has only made getting through the day harder.
I do usually make water fasting 36 straight hours every week
Be careful if you are prone to gallstones. It’s something no one tells you about fasting. When you go too long without eating, bile accumulates in the gallbladder and can cause these problems. It also depends on the diet.
Maybe stick with just one 36 hr fast for now until it’s easy. If it’s this hard, counting down the seconds until it’s over, doing that multiple times a week may be too much.
Depends on your goals. Is it religious, spiritual, for a health condition, for weight, for mental fortitude?
I’ve been doing a 16-20 hr “fasted” and 4-8 feeding window for years. There’s benefits for sure, but I’ve become not so strict with it in the last year or so. It depends on the goal. Some weekends I eat a good early breakfast, or I just let calories fluctuate from day to day and week to week. If I think about eating on a longer schedule, not just about one day, I can eat less one day if I feel like it and more another day if it’s a time to feast. I think the key with long-term fasting and other diets is the flexibility. I can run fairly well on low calories, but I can run phenomenally well on more, depending on the task and situation. I wouldn’t even call it fasting anymore. Anything less than 24 hrs, for me, not fasting at all.
The science seems to be trending more towards calorie fluctuation, for health and weight management, not so much not eating for a period and then eating a ton. Depends on diet and lifestyle, too. Outside of religious and spiritual fasting, totally strict “fasting” may not be all it’s been made to be in recent times. Same goes for all diets, eating styles, etc. There is no one perfect way, it’s a negotiation of forces.
I think there’s probably nothing wrong with one totally fasted 24 hrs per week and one totally feasting 24 hrs, with food as needed the rest of the time. Too many 24hr+ fasting in too short a time frame really does put you at greater risk of gallstones, from what I’ve gathered.
Just to finish, I’ll say fasting and feasting are equally important. Man cannot live by bread alone, but he does need a sandwich once in a while.
Balance.
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advanced pranayama (on youtube)
and nerve inflammation if you need to recover
Sometimes I do just green drink fast , but mainly intermittent fasting
Wouldn’t workout fields, metabolism boost, etc, shorten the time needed to get benefits? Just speculating. But maybe with fields we can get the same benefits with 24h fasts.
I like to do heavy detox during the fasting, and drink and piss a lot😅
Makes me feel reborn the day after
I use the Gastrointestinal Specialist to practice fasting.
I’m doing it for a mixture of weight loss, general health, and mental fortitude I suppose. Curious how far I can push myself if I work my way up and interested in the potential benefits that can come from fasting for different periods of time. Let’s say it’s for science! I’ve read some really interesting experiences from those who’ve done extended fasts.
I generally have no issues with 18:6 / 20:4. I haven’t done much intentional OMAD but I’m no stranger to it.
I’ve also been pushing myself to maintain some level of physical activity and listen to my health/fitness and other stacks during this so I think everything together is a strain on my untrained body 
I initially planned to stop at one 36 a week for now but then Tuesday night came and I had nothing big planned Wednesday so I figured I could go for another one which I’m sure would’ve been an okay experience if I was able to sleep.
Hmm I’ll have to read up on calorie fluctuation. It makes sense that it would work as I feel fasting is just the extreme version of that and realistically so long as you CICO is balanced properly
Can I ask why?
I just play Superhuman Mutant x3 in the morning of every fasting day, and do Qigong as I usually would. Love doing some breathwork during the day too when guided
Look at the sub reddit DryFastingSuper
theres some very interesting stuff on it and on how it relates to manifestation and spiritual realizations
i wish i could do an extended dry fast but still live with my parents ha
I did my first 48 hour dry fast 2 months ago and the cognition boost was really good , i felt so clear headed and light and i just felt so peaceful. fields were more powerful aswell
I do a 24-hour water fast on the 11th day of every lunar cycle (twice a month). Twice a year, during the festival of Navratri, do an 8-day water fast.
Also, do all the eating in an 8-hour window on any given day and fast the rest of the day (intermittent fasting).
24h, 36h or even 8 days?!!!
You guys are Too Much!
Going Anywhere above 3h without food or at least a snack, I’ll have a panic attack lol.
Now, recently I’ve tried to fast, but I’ve concluded that it is not good for me. 
After you go tru pain of fear that you missing food and that food is very important happen inside mind like Click and some form of liberation …
I’ll check it out! And congrats on your first fast!
I’m sure there are spiritual benefits for the timing of your 24 hour fast and I’d love to hear them!
I can’t even imagine 8 days right now but I hope to build up to it one day!
This makes me very sad. :( I hope that your situation improves.
Dunno if that counts, but I eat all of my calories at once and then nothing for entire day