Originally Posted by Zbrann
Originally Posted by Pwyse
Originally Posted by Zbrann
I fast Monday Wednesday and Friday. Only coffee and water on those days. Maybe a zero calorie LMNT packet if you are craving sweet or salt.

On Tuesday Thursday and weekend - eat whatever you want. You’ll do better if you keep it to Whole Foods and veggies, but we aren’t strict. My wife and I have also done a couple 2 day fasts during this time.

It’s honestly incredible. Somewhere around the 24 hr mark you switch over to burning fat because insulin is completely down and glycogen stores are expended. Most people never deplete glycogen, so they never burn fat, even when eating at a caloric deficit.

I usually fast 23 hours and eat 1 every day. I do carnivore a few months and then get off of that a few weeks.

So you are fasting from supper on Sunday to breakfast on Tuesday? So around 30-36 hours?

Correct. I usually push it to lunch because I’m not that hungry in the morning. So often 36-42 hr.

I also did keto, carnivore, OMAD, in cycles back from 2019 to pretty recent. I lost some weight and felt better. However, this is a whole new ball game. Something about the 36 hr mark seems to be a big differentiator.
I’m down in pant size lower than I have ever been in my adult life. This is in 3 months.

Edit- Jason Fung really spells out in simple terms why this works for weight loss and type 2 diabetes. It’s all hormonal (insulin primarily) and the calories in/out BS we have been fed for generations is keeping us sick and fat

I’ll have to check that out. I could do a fast like that for a day and a half. I enjoy fasting. I know it sounds weird but I’m competitive so i like to win over my body. But I also like food. 😂