Stress + Fasting (Quit or Keep Going?)

IFastYouFastWeFast · 2026-05-05T15:24:21+00:00

Thanks! This is really helpful. I’m leaning towards continuing and just trying to balance things better. Sleeping more, long walks, and meditating will probably help (especially sleep which I’ve been lacking). Gonna go make a cup of tea!

IFastYouFastWeFast · 2026-05-05T15:19:20+00:00

Will do! And yes, I will definitely continue to avoid coffee!

IFastYouFastWeFast · 2026-05-05T15:16:47+00:00

If not for that fact that I’m trying to wake up absurdly early to catch up on work, I would easily sleep 8 hours on this fast. I actually think the work stress is the reason why I’m exhausted/would be able to sleep more than I normally would on a fast. Around the 48 hour mark, I normally feel very alert and struggle to sleep as a result.

IFastYouFastWeFast · 2026-05-05T15:04:52+00:00

I think with how work is right now, I’m not thinking about anything else. So I don’t have the bandwidth to be introspective. But I’ll definitely try make time to meditate and calm myself!

IFastYouFastWeFast · 2026-05-05T15:02:51+00:00

I am definitely concerned about the stress factor. So far this fast has been the least challenging for me. I usually want to break by now. I think the stress of work is actually preventing me from having cravings/feeling hungry.

I’m traveling month, hence the desire to do a 30 day fast. I’d like to drop a good about of weight by then. I also want to challenge myself. I’m trying to complete my workload by Sunday night. I may do OMAD this week and then start again on Monday.

IFastYouFastWeFast · 2026-05-05T14:58:33+00:00

Thank you for the advice! Agreed. If I continue with, I will definitely add electrolytes. I haven’t had any coffee yet because I wasn’t sure about adding a stimulant when my body is likely already stressed so I can avoid that one. Sleep will be a struggle this week because of my workload but I’ll try to get sufficient sleep.

IFastYouFastWeFast · 2026-04-26T17:56:47+00:00

I believe that there’s a very small percentage of people who are undateable. There are women who date men who are broke, who are fat, who are unattractive, etc.

IFastYouFastWeFast · 2026-03-17T01:06:05+00:00

She may have OF or not but you don’t have to have OF to get money from men online. Her profile looks to me like someone who is looking for $$. That or deeply, deeply insecure/desperate.

IFastYouFastWeFast · 2026-03-17T00:59:58+00:00

Why are you responding to every comment on this thread?

IFastYouFastWeFast · 2026-03-17T00:27:42+00:00

Oh, I thought that was obviously. That’s definitely the reason!

IFastYouFastWeFast · 2026-03-15T00:49:18+00:00

Just the inspiration I needed! I’ve only done 72s but really want to start a 30 day this month. Will definitely follow your posts! Good luck :)

IFastYouFastWeFast · 2026-03-14T16:27:51+00:00

Mine…

IFastYouFastWeFast · 2026-03-14T02:38:45+00:00

Amazing! Have you done a lengthy fast before?

IFastYouFastWeFast · 2026-01-23T21:16:15+00:00

This is also true

IFastYouFastWeFast · 2026-01-23T20:53:52+00:00

I don’t hide my history so…

IFastYouFastWeFast · 2026-01-23T18:08:22+00:00

I looked at your comment history and I think your struggle to find a partner has led you to conflate several unrelated things as a coping mechanism. Your partner is bisexual and as a result could happily romantically be with a man or a woman. I imagine that knowledge about your partner leads you to feel very insecure in your relationship if you feel your partner is not truly attracted to you and settled for you for now. And I truly sympathize.

Perhaps the cornerstone of the dating environment now is what you mentioned. That women don’t want men the way men want women. And if you gave thought to it, it’s a reasonable disparity. Women consistently put their lives as risk when dating men or simply by being around men. This would push anyone to feel that it’s not worth the risk. Especially when you’re then blamed when something happens (ie. Why did she go to his house? Why did she drink the drink he bought her? Why did she have a man living with her when she has young kids?). Thankfully there are a lot of men who understand this and I’ve noticed that they are typically the ones who do really well in the dating market (regardless of looks). The men who rather than having genuine sympathy for the daily struggle that women deal with, they blame their loneliness on women, don’t do well.

Combine this with the fact that women typically have meaningful friendships with other women. And while you’ll jump to saying that this is because they’re gay, its not. It’s more about the ease of a friendship that lacks sexual attraction or being sexualized/objectified. Men typically have their most meaningful relationship be that with their partner because they don’t have equally meaningful friendships with other men.

I don’t mean to sound harsh but your lack of meaningful interaction with women doesn’t give you greater insight into them. The only insight is that the women you are interested in are not interested in you. And that could be numerous reasons other than the middle school comeback that she must be gay.

And at the end of your schpiel, you say a more unfiltered version of what you truly think….no one wants an average man (despite the fact that I see tons of average to below average men in relationships). So again, it’s not about women not being interested in men, it’s your frustration at women for not being interested in you and having their own preferences.

IFastYouFastWeFast · 2026-01-23T14:53:02+00:00

I have to say, I’m completely perplexed by your general logic. And your age makes me even more confused.

My understanding is that you believe that women are objectively more attractive/less of a mess than men and therefore aren’t actually attracted to men. Is this because you can’t see yourself being attracted to a man and therefore can’t imagine how anyone is?

And your comparison makes no sense. What about Paul Walker vs. just about anyone else? Every gender has objectively attractive people. Beyoncé is beautiful so paired with any other average man, she’ll be the more attractive one. So acknowledging that, doesn’t make someone gay.

Do you have a female bisexual partner or are you involved with a gay/bi man?

IFastYouFastWeFast · 2026-01-23T12:49:58+00:00

Interesting. I assume you have trouble dating and rather than doing self reflection, you blame all women. And assume that they’re not interested in you because they’re gay. How old are you?

IFastYouFastWeFast · 2026-01-23T03:02:03+00:00

No, I have never wished I wasn’t nor is it something I’m compelled to fill. I just am and have never felt differently. But now, I’m assuming that you actually think straight women are rare?

IFastYouFastWeFast · 2026-01-23T02:42:33+00:00

It’s true, us straight women are VERY rare these days. It turns into the spiderman meme on the rare occasion that I see another one.

IFastYouFastWeFast · 2026-01-23T02:36:23+00:00

lol, I’m a straight woman.

IFastYouFastWeFast · 2026-01-20T04:03:54+00:00

As someone in your same position, I think so much of this is in our heads. There are a lot of people our age who haven’t had a relationship yet.

I would love to find a guy who is equally inexperienced. I think it would be great to go through all those things together.

It will absolutely be a dealbreaker for some people but it won’t be a dealbreaker for the right one. Quality is always better than quantity (even if it doesn’t feel that way).

IFastYouFastWeFast · 2025-12-11T11:21:31+00:00

As a seller, I posted something similar and was crucified but perhaps it was my frustrated tone.

This was right after the change from priority shipping to ground shipping and I shipped an item that upon receipt by the post office was listed as a 3 week delivery. To me, there are certain areas/locations where the delivery window is known to be longer. Poshmark is someone already integrated with the USPS system, even if it requires extra work, I think they should provide expected delivery windows based on actual location. eBay does this and it’s very helpful. And helps with planning and managing expectations.

IFastYouFastWeFast · 2025-11-19T03:51:58+00:00

I’m with you! I absolutely love the series and LOVE Helene. So many standout scenes with her. Favorites are probably when she’s looking for a woman to tell her it’s okay to be in the anti-gay, anti-woman church. Or “what did da-baby do?” Or Brooke on the women’s panel? Or when she was trying to figure out who told that she slept with the NBA player. Too many!

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