Questions:
- I've had multiple small bowel movements the past few days, wtf is that?
- After day 10, what are the benefits? People say you don't get the full benefit until after day 10, but what exactly happens?
- What's the best way to intermittent fast now? One meal a day? Fast every other day? Fast 1-2 days/week?

Damn, sounds amazing OP. Well done on sticking with it and even surpassing your initial time frame. I know that it can be extra difficult to exceed a limit when you already expect it to be reached.

Can you go into any further detail about the body feeling like it is 'healing itself'?

Also, how were you sleeping before the vast (on average)? What has your sleep been like the past 3-4 days?

Do you notice any changes in the way your body looks? I lasted for three days and caved in.

Mirin OP, gjdm. Is this possible for me to do if im already low BF (7-8%)? Or will i have serious complications

We made it boys. Fukkin did it. 12 days no food. Had to do a couple extra reps for the corps. Long story short, I'm super stoked with how it went and am already planning on a 21 day fast in the future. Today I'm starting with a little greek yogurt and kampachoochoo tea and will build from there. Plan is to eat minimally for a few days at least.



Negatives:
- Days 1-4 sucked when my body freaked out, especially since I did zero prep or really even researched it much beforehand
- Bad stomach pain and headaches early on, flu-like symptoms on day 4
- Never realized how much of my social life revolves around eating and drinking, brb staying in every night alone for the most part
- Not a crazy amount of weight loss, went from 220 to almost 200 on the dot, but I'm sure some was water
- Sleep pattern is disturbed, though mine was less severe than some
- You will lose a tiny amount of lean body mass, but I think this is largely overblown
- Energy level down, less so once you break through the wall, but still down overall
- Best way to extended fast is to rest as much as possible, obviously hard to do for most of us
- When you tell people you haven't eaten for x days, they flip out and call you stupid

Positives:
- I am open to the possibility that this may be placebo and the mental stuff is hard to describe (hence why I did it in the first place), but I feel like I can literally feel my body healing itself
- Less pain and inflammation (I am a chronic pain patient)
- Skin looking tighter (two people commented who didn't know I was fasting), though didn't notice a visual change in scar tissue
- Normal "brain fog" I get in the afternoon is gone
- Broke caffeine and food dependence, that hunger hormone spike you get at every normal meal time is gone
- Normally wake up with mucous in my eyes and a box of tissues close by, but nothing the past 4 days
- My vision seems slightly clearer?? I especially noticed this when playing tennis.
- Daily stomach pain went away, interested to see if that lasts
- Natural high, almost euphoric feeling.
- Completely "reset" taste buds, I crave simple clean foods more than greasy stuff right now
- Last half of fast was in super deep ketosis, body is a pure fat burning machine at this point. Feels good, mang.
- Practically FREE. Just drink water. Nothing to buy.
- Confidence boost, breaking through a big mental barrier. I'm much more optimistic about reaching my goals now. A great base to build on if you're stuck in a rut like I was.

Questions:
- I've had multiple small bowel movements the past few days, wtf is that?
- After day 10, what are the benefits? People say you don't get the full benefit until after day 10, but what exactly happens?
- What's the best way to intermittent fast now? One meal a day? Fast every other day? Fast 1-2 days/week?

Last meal was a 10 PM 7/24 PST. Going to go 36 hours and go from there. Maybe I could go farther, who knows?

No I took zero pics since this was on a whim and I've since learned this is still just a baby fast. Real fasts start at 21 days, which I absolutely plan on doing next time. I'll do a dexa scan before and after that one and post it up.

Fast for 2-3 days then eat a zero carb meal. Repeat until lean.

Have you ever done keto / psmf ? I havent fasted more than 48 hours but have done psmf and a lot of the benefits seem similar (no brain fog, no hunger ect)


Were you able to do any kind of exercise? I found I could do low pace steady state cardio and low pace weight lifting on keto but any kind of HITT workout would really kick my ass and I couldnt perform very well due to the lack of energy/glocogen.

Repeat until no strength and muscle mass and until you are skinny fat - yes

We've had no warm showers, no pillow case, no shampoo and now no food. Excited to see what the misc will come up with next.

We made it boys. Fukkin did it. 12 days no food. Had to do a couple extra reps for the corps. Long story short, I'm super stoked with how it went and am already planning on a 21 day fast in the future. Today I'm starting with a little greek yogurt and kampachoochoo tea and will build from there. Plan is to eat minimally for a few days at least.
Negatives:
- Days 1-4 sucked when my body freaked out, especially since I did zero prep or really even researched it much beforehand
- Bad stomach pain and headaches early on, flu-like symptoms on day 4
- Never realized how much of my social life revolves around eating and drinking, brb staying in every night alone for the most part
- Not a crazy amount of weight loss, went from 220 to almost 200 on the dot, but I'm sure some was water
- Sleep pattern is disturbed, though mine was less severe than some
- You will lose a tiny amount of lean body mass, but I think this is largely overblown
- Energy level down, less so once you break through the wall, but still down overall
- Best way to extended fast is to rest as much as possible, obviously hard to do for most of us
- When you tell people you haven't eaten for x days, they flip out and call you stupid

Positives:
- I am open to the possibility that this may be placebo and the mental stuff is hard to describe (hence why I did it in the first place), but I feel like I can literally feel my body healing itself
- Less pain and inflammation (I am a chronic pain patient)
- Skin looking tighter (two people commented who didn't know I was fasting), though didn't notice a visual change in scar tissue
- Normal "brain fog" I get in the afternoon is gone
- Broke caffeine and food dependence, that hunger hormone spike you get at every normal meal time is gone
- Normally wake up with mucous in my eyes and a box of tissues close by, but nothing the past 4 days
- My vision seems slightly clearer?? I especially noticed this when playing tennis.
- Daily stomach pain went away, interested to see if that lasts
- Natural high, almost euphoric feeling.
- Completely "reset" taste buds, I crave simple clean foods more than greasy stuff right now
- Last half of fast was in super deep ketosis, body is a pure fat burning machine at this point. Feels good, mang.
- Practically FREE. Just drink water. Nothing to buy.
- Confidence boost, breaking through a big mental barrier. I'm much more optimistic about reaching my goals now. A great base to build on if you're stuck in a rut like I was.

Report back when you have experience fasting, otherwise no one cares about some **** uninformed opinion by some pleb on the internet.

congrats op proud of you. this thread really inspired me to try it myself maybe just like 3 days tho. is there anything proven that it takes time to "heal" your body or is it all broscience? I don't have any issues with my body tho so I'm not even sure what it would change

How much muscle did you lose OP ?

Any progress photos OP??