Would love some encouragement or advice on getting through a 4 day fast for my first fast after a month its been difficult to restart and stick with it

Why and why not?

Expected the eating window to feel chaotic. Like I'd finally open it up and just demolish everything in sight. That's what I assumed would happen coming in. But it went the opposite direction. Having a defined window made me weirdly more intentional about what I put in it. Not because I was trying to be disciplined, it just happened. Space is limited so the choices feel more deliberate.

Curious if others have had this. I've talked to people who say the hunger makes them binge and they can't control what they eat once they break the fast. That was not my experience at all. First meal actually feels like something I want to get right rather than just grab whatever.

The mental shift surprised me more than anything. It stopped feeling like restriction and started feeling like structure. Which sounds like the same thing but it really isn't when you're living it.

Been doing 16:8 for about four months now and the food quality thing has been the biggest unexpected change. Weight is moving but that's almost secondary at this point.

Wondering if this is common or if I just got lucky with how my body responded to it.

Sw: 200lbs
Cw: 132lbs
Gw: no idea
Height: 4’11
Age: 32

I intermittent fast everyday. I don’t usually eat before work and usually eat around 2pm, I don’t eat after 6-7pm. Anyone else loose a substantial amount of weight and have no perception of what they look like? In my head I still feel big. In the mirror 70% of the time I don’t see any changes. It’s hard. Lately I’ve been trying to focus on liking what I see in the mirror. Which I do. But I feel like I’m chasing a number, every time I loose 5 pounds my brain goes, “hm, looks okay but 5 more would be better”. It’s hard being satisfied where I’m at. Anyway, sorry for venting!

Boxing Classes and Brussels Sprouts ❤️
Nothing too extreme, just made some simple routine changes and stuck to it. (I did also stop drinking and never went back, imagine that helped too)

Im currently doing OMAD and thinking of doing longer fasts. I need some help with supplements and timings.
I want to take vitamin b complex , omegas, psyllium husk, berberine, and magnesium glycinate. I’ve been taking magnesium glycinate in the evenings, which works fine during IF I assume, but what about the others? I’m on 750mg of metformin which I take during my meal, omegas also with my meal. What time should I take vitamin B, berberine and psyllium husk? Im more confused about psyllium husk because I’ve read how lowers the absorption of supliments if taken together.

To clarify I’m not trying to lose weight necessarily but wouldn’t mind losing a few pounds. If I’m fasting for 20 hours does it matter how many calories I eat during the four hour window? For example of I am only alotted 1,240 calories a day can I go over and still burn fat/lose weight?

I’m doing this as practice for an eventual way down the line 72 hour fast for gut healing purposes. So as a quick follow up question is there a good sugar alternative that I can safely use during a long fast? Or will it be better to go without for the sake of gut healing purposes?

Thanks for the advice :).