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post 1693720693 11-21-2023, 11:59 AM
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Fasting one day a week is a secret weapon

If you can do it, if you have the willpower and can delay gratification for 48 hrs, fasting 1 day (48 hrs a week) will change your life.

- Stay lean
- Have mind clarity and focus like never before.
- Repair liver and other cells continually.
- Probably avoid cancer
- Eat more on the other days w/out gaining weight
- Promote self confidence - you are doing something most people cannot do.

Anyone else do this? If not, try it.
post 1693720733 11-21-2023, 12:00 PM
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post 1693720813 11-21-2023, 12:02 PM
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24 hours is one day tho
post 1693720893 11-21-2023, 12:04 PM
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If you have the willpower you can eat every day and still stay lean.
There is but one path....we kill them all.
post 1693720943 11-21-2023, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted By BalognaNbeans⏩
24 hours is one day tho
Technically, yes but..

Monday 5pm - have dinner
Tuesday - Fast
Wednesday 5pm - have dinner (and eat the rest of the week 1 meal a day in my case)

Repeat each week
post 1693721003 11-21-2023, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted By Tuga88⏩
If you have the willpower you can eat every day and still stay lean.
True but you don't get the other benefits, such as cell repair, autoph agy, clarity and focus...
post 1693721073 11-21-2023, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted By explosiveMidget⏩
Nah I like eating too much.
Then you'll love this because you get to eat more the other days without weight gain.
post 1693721693 11-21-2023, 12:17 PM
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I can probably manage 12 hours not sure about 24 hours.
post 1693721873 11-21-2023, 12:19 PM
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tried it once, felt like chit the 2nd half of the day and felt super depleted the following day even after eating
money, cars, clothes and hoes is all a miscer knows
post 1693721933 11-21-2023, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted By messomi⏩
I can probably manage 12 hours not sure about 24 hours.
You work up to it.

And it's actually 48 hrs, but I tell myself it's one day because you eat dinner on Monday, eat nothing Tuesday, then eat dinner on Wednesday...then the rest of the week normal until after dinner on Monday... repeat the cycle. It seems like only one day of fasting but it's really 48 hrs.
post 1693722083 11-21-2023, 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted By redmelly⏩
You work up to it.

And it's actually 48 hrs, but I tell myself it's one day because you eat dinner on Monday, eat nothing Tuesday, then eat dinner on Wednesday...then the rest of the week normal until after dinner on Monday... repeat the cycle. It seems like only one day of fasting but it's really 48 hrs.
yeah I don't know woman I don't just eat dinner lol.

that's a lot of meal skipping and I assume you do drink water.
post 1693722143 11-21-2023, 12:23 PM
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U know in Islam, it's Sunnah (the way of our Prophet) to fast on Mondays and Thursdays.
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Say, ˹O believers,˺ We believe in Allah and what has been revealed to us; and what was revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and his descendants; what was given to Moses, Jesus, and other prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them. And to Allah we all submit.
post 1693722213 11-21-2023, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted By viccruise420⏩
tried it once, felt like chit the 2nd half of the day and felt super depleted the following day even after eating
You need to take in salt that day. Eat some salt, a 0 calorie electrolyte drink, drink some pickle juice -- electrolytes. Our ancestors used to hunt during a fast and they were very efficient due to the HGH fasting releases + adrenaline.
post 1693722263 11-21-2023, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted By miscerForLulz⏩
U know in Islam, it's Sunnah (the way of our Prophet) to fast on Mondays and Thursdays.
Yes -- many religions have incorporated fasting into their lifestyles throughout history.
post 1693722373 11-21-2023, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted By messomi⏩
yeah I don't know woman I don't just eat dinner lol.

that's a lot of meal skipping and I assume you do drink water.
Oh yes lots of water. No need to eat only 1 meal a day the rest of the time. I like to do that because I like to eat big meals, not micro meals. And if I go out to dinner I don't like to worry about the calories.
post 1693722943 11-21-2023, 12:37 PM
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I'd imagine it works the same way it does for substance abusers. The substances themselves don't cause you to lose weight, it's the fact that they forget to eat or just aren't hungry at all SRS
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post 1693735183 11-21-2023, 04:33 PM
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I do a 5 day fast every 3-4 months. Rest of the time during the work week I do one meal a day. Im due for another 5 day.
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post 1693735243 11-21-2023, 04:34 PM
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****** I have ab veins and I stay eating, just fukin lift and stop coping
post 1693735333 11-21-2023, 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted By redmelly⏩
Yes -- many religions have incorporated fasting into their lifestyles throughout history.
According to Islamic narrations, King David (‘alayhi salam) used to fast every other day and he never turned his back on the enemy on the battlefield

There’s a connection there. If you can resist food and drink, you gain power over your lower self and can even face the enemy though your lower self wants to run away
post 1693735363 11-21-2023, 04:36 PM
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I prefer fasting 1 day a week for 72 hours
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post 1693735403 11-21-2023, 04:37 PM
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Been doing OMAD and sometimes skipping a meal one day for the past while and have never felt better. Energy levels through the roof


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I do a fast roughly that often, but I do have to say that my workouts (swimming or lifting) during that fasted period turn to ****, even with my hydration taken care of.

Doubt it's purely psychological, but I continue testing.
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Originally Posted By Legz422⏩
I do a 5 day fast every 3-4 months. Rest of the time during the work week I do one meal a day. Im due for another 5 day.
You still miscin lol

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post 1693735963 11-21-2023, 04:47 PM
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Fasting is the only health topic I will evangelize to people. Probably the best thing you can do for your body and it costs $0.
post 1693737043 11-21-2023, 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted By Dreyth⏩
According to Islamic narrations, King David (‘alayhi salam) used to fast every other day and he never turned his back on the enemy on the battlefield

There’s a connection there. If you can resist food and drink, you gain power over your lower self and can even face the enemy though your lower self wants to run away
In the book of Matthew Jesus was led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness to fast for forty days and nights. During that time of fasting, Jesus was repeatedly tempted by the devil. This testing time prepared him for his three-year ministry that would change the world.
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fasting too much causes continual appetite shrinkage and a slow downward spiral in caloric intake, which leads to a major decline in testosterone levels.

periodically fasting is good. a 3-5 day fast twice a year is great.
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I just go with the flow, stopped doing full day fasts. But spacing out eating a few days a week to get 16 - 20 hour fasts definitely makes me feel better overall.
Was recording it one point and would hit 200 - 300 fasted hours a month or more.
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Originally Posted By WWWWWWWQWWWWWWW⏩
I prefer fasting 1 day a week for 72 hours
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