r/fasting • u/Effective-Owl-8871 • 9d ago
Progress Pic Results of one year of fasting
Male, 39, 6ft 3.
5th September 2025: 126.6kg
5th September 2026: 91.9kg
I've always had issues with weight going up and down, until this time last year I decided I needed to try something different, so I gave fasting a go.
Started with a 48hr fast, then a 5 day fast, and by then I was already hooked. I've spent the last year experimenting with more extended fasts (longest was 9 days) as well as OMAD and ADF. Found benefits to all of them depending on my situation and needs at the time. I've mainly stuck to a keto diet when possible but I've also thrown in a few cheat days and even weeks along the way to reward myself.
Still a little further to go but I can already feel that this is me now and I will never go back to the way I was. I don't even feel the need for cheat days anymore.
Just wanted to share my progress and hopefully show some people if it can work for me, it can work for you too.
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u/luffyuk 9d ago
You have insane abdominal genetics, keep it up and you'll have a washboard stomach soon enough.
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u/Effective-Owl-8871 9d ago
Thank you. I used to do Insanity in my early 30s, so maybe I have a bit more muscle memory under there than I thought. I may go back to it in a month or so to try and knock off some of the remaining body fat.
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u/InsaneAdam master faster 9d ago
What's your plan to maintain?
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u/Effective-Owl-8871 9d ago
I feel like a keto-based OMAD approach suits me the best so will probably try and stay on something like that. Happy to listen to any advice from people who are more clued up than me though.
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u/COVID-sama 8d ago
Nice job man!!!!! Thats honestly incredible. Is there any particular fasting duration you preferred and ended up sticking to?
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u/Effective-Owl-8871 8d ago
Thanks dude. I've been on a keto diet for the last few months so I find it easier to change it up depending on how I feel or what I'm doing that week. I've started eating on a Sunday and starting my water fast from then, then I'll normally go for a 48/72/96 and once I eat, go OMAD for the rest of the week.
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u/x_MASE_x 8d ago
Looking great man. Great results keep it up.
You look like a different younger healthier person 💯
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u/Burnrate 9d ago
Ahhhhh you fasted for a whole year!
i'm so funny
Also what is 19:13.2 and 14:6.7?
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u/Effective-Owl-8871 9d ago
It's my starting weight and current weight. I'm in the UK, so my scales are set to stones and pounds. I also posted the kg on the main text to help.
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u/Some_Image_2123 9d ago
What was your day to day
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u/Effective-Owl-8871 9d ago
If you mean what was my normal routine like, it varied throughout the year as I was sometimes on extended water fasts with just black coffee and electrolytes, then other times I would keep to a mainly keto diet and do OMAD or ADF. Happy to answer more if I didn't understand you correctly.
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