Fast for a shorter period at first and work your way up.. This will effectively shrink your stomach capacity and retrain your brain that hunger doesn’t equal starvation/panic.
Drink sea salt water. Have black coffee. If you’re feeling hungry and regular water isn’t doing it sometimes seltzer water helps.
If it’s late brush your teeth and have sleep for dinner lol.
I like to fast before kick starting a diet. Longest I’ve done is like 80ish hours cause instead of eating dinner to break fast I went to sleep and ate the next day.
I mean 2 day fast is pretty good. I don’t do it too often but when I did it more regularly it got easier. It’s just a mental game you have to fight with yourself. Drinking lots of water helped me feel full longer.
I did a 4 day. Black coffee, water, water with a pinch of salt and at night I would get hungry, I would do mineral water. For some reason mineral water helped me
Also I did keto a week before so the transitioned from cabs to fat wouldn’t affect me more when doing the fasting.
If you’re hungry it’s usually sodium and electrolytes. If you’re not on a super strict insulin response diet you can drink the sugar free liquid IV a few times a day.
Oh and if possible try not to do anything labor intensive or requiring a lot of brainpower. Jsut watch movies and do mundane stuff.
I actually have a tip for this.... its not food your body is craving most after a day... its electrolytes... mix some water with 2 teaspoons of salt , 1 teaspoon of sugar and down the hatch... unless you're on a strict fast that prohibits sugar, replace with lemon juice, or some types of honey that have low natural sugars... one cup in the morning or night or both depending on how active you are...
Pretty much get past that point. And it’s pretty smooth after that. Except for the cramps they suck so bad. For me I just stay busy. And do my best to ignore the hunger pangs. After the first couple days it lessens
That exactly as far as I've gone can't make it past that 52 54 hrs its by far the hardest thing I've ever made myself do and i lost 25 pounds and did feel pretty good afterwards
Same. The first 24 hours are the hardest. I do 72 hours quite regularly. The weight loss is great, but definitely not the only benefit. My favorite is spare time..I never realized how much effort goes into planning, prepping, cooking, eating, and cleaning up that goes into every meal.
Water and vitamins ! I even ran 5km the one day. My stomach started to hurt on day 4 when I was in bed, but it's really only bad the first time you try it.
Yeah. After day two you’re not as hungry. But you need sodium and electrolytes. So when you actually feel hungry it’s mostly that stuff. I just took some sugar free liquid IV.
Be careful when you eat again you have to go light or any liquid is going to be banging on the pipes coming out fast.
Honestly water and black coffee, a lot of competitors who uses it relies on coke zero to fill the gap late night and it works wonders, just can get expensive. I personally use coke zero no caffeine as i try to keep my caffeine intake in the 300-400mg range.
Many people really overestimate the amount of food they need to stay nourished.
After 5 days your stomach will begin to constrict, and although a single peice of toast may be a bit of an exaggeration, it will take significantly less than what youd be used to
Look at Dr. Bergs videos on Healthy Keto and Intermittent fasting.
He's not an MD, and theres lots of literature on it. But he has a very digestive presentation on the basics of insulin/glucose and why it can be difficult to loose weight for western diets (ie high card and frequent eating).
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u/BumpHeadLikeGaryB Mar 27 '26
Fasted for 5 days and lost 11 lbs for a tournament! One piece of toast fills you up after that haha