How often do you fast or do intermtten fasting? What do you usually do differently during that time? Does it affect your work? What advice would you give to someone who has just started and is getting acquainted with it?
Ask HN: Are You Fasting?
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#2I do the "stop eating 3 hours before bedtime" version when I can, which seems fine.
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#3For 24h fasts, I recently learned that fasting from breakfast to breakfast, instead of, say, dinner to dinner, doesn't mess up my day night cycle, like the other alternative does. The breakfast seems to strengthen the body's feeling of it being a new day.
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#4I do 16hrs fasting from 8 pm-12 noon the next day. I keep it after work, starting with an early dinner.
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#6"Wait till you are actually hungry" seems to work fine. It is extended version of @Jack's "I eat only once a day", except there is no rules.
Interestingly first thing they teached to American Injuns, was "warm meals thrice a day" and the result can be seen in the Indian population even today.
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#7I have tried multi-day fasting several times. Painful to start, but it feels OK in the middle of it, and it feels great after it's finished (works best when immediately followed up by a keto diet, I recommend a vegan keto one, to avoid nasty things).
Below 48h of fasting, you don't enter ketosis, so you miss out on many benefits.
But never stop drinking water througout any type of fasting.
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#8I do 16hrs fasting from 8 pm-12 noon the next day. I keep it after work, starting with an early dinner.
Wow! I do exactly the same thing. Keeps you lean and mean
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#9I have tried multi-day fasting several times. Painful to start, but it feels OK in the middle of it, and it feels great after it's finished (works best when immediately followed up by a keto diet, I recommend a vegan keto one, to avoid nasty things). Below 48h of fasting, you don't enter ketosis, so you miss out on many benefits. But never stop drinking water througout any type of fasting.
> Below 48h of fasting, you don't enter ketosis, so you miss out on many benefits.
We are all different, but I am pretty sure you can enter ketosis after 18-20 hrs fasting
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#10I've been practicing daily 16:8 fasting, and on top of that, I incorporate a weekly 36-hour fast from Sunday evening till Tuesday morning. Over time, it no longer hampers my productivity, but I remember experiencing occasional fatigue and hunger the first weeks when I started. Consistency is key during the initial phase, allowing your body ample time to adapt to the routine. So keep going!