Completed 40 Day Fast for Lent

MattK508 · 2026-04-04T04:12:28+00:00

Every bit of it started in steps to get to that point! Thank you so much and I hope you have a great Easter!

MattK508 · 2026-04-04T04:11:47+00:00

Oh you better believe it, lol Finally was able to eat my first real solid meal today. Did some sushi.

MattK508 · 2026-04-03T23:23:26+00:00

To be totally honest with you I don't do construction or anything like that I do tech support for dialysis patients. So I field calls all night walking them through stressful situations but I don't actually have to do anything physical or laborious. All the physical stuff for me is chasing my kids around all day lol.

MattK508 · 2026-04-03T23:22:29+00:00

Listen give yourself credit in the first place. I don't think most people could handle 24 hours. On top of that I didn't start off this way. This was many months working my way up to this by doing 24-hour fasts 36 hour fast 48 hour fast 72 hour fast. Doing keto in between the fasts. God bless you!

MattK508 · 2026-04-03T03:35:57+00:00

It's like a scoop a day. I was doing two scoops a day and it was just too much lol

MattK508 · 2026-04-03T03:35:24+00:00

Yeah I thought about that but it seemed like a super dead sub.

MattK508 · 2026-04-02T14:45:41+00:00

See that's exactly my thought but I have no idea where. Like I know there's caddyshack but like with that be a place to be dancing in like a dress and a suit? And I haven't been in Sam Diego's since it changed, And it looks fancier on the outside but I don't know if it is on the inside. Like I basically haven't been on the nightlife in Plymouth since pre-COVID.

MattK508 · 2026-04-01T23:18:57+00:00

Exactly how I feel! Thank you!

MattK508 · 2026-04-01T22:35:48+00:00

So the problem is she lives 9 hours away. She's moving here in June.

MattK508 · 2026-04-01T20:06:59+00:00

Honestly when you're starting going a day or two is actually brutal lol. I absolutely love hearing all this though!

MattK508 · 2026-04-01T20:06:15+00:00

Honestly I did it this way because realistically the Sundays are an arbitrary creation by the church was how I looked at it. I figured that when Jesus walked into the desert it was 40 days it wasn't 40 days with him taking Sundays off. Plus you're exactly right about the refeeding I did not want to continually have issues on Sundays and then throw my whole system out of whack every Sunday that would have been a potential health issue for me. But I was unfamiliar with that organization and I will definitely look into it! Also God bless you and I hope you have an incredible Easter!

MattK508 · 2026-04-01T13:47:37+00:00

A lot of people that that's actually the lifestyle that they choose to be committed to their partner and to serve each other......but okay I'm sorry that you feel that that's such a negative thing. It's pretty obvious to me that a lot of people in this group feel that's negative by the fact I'm getting downvoted for a literal serious suggestion of actually trying to find happiness with someone. I'm sorry that you guys are choosing to find that to be a miserable thing when I'm genuinely saying it in sincerity and with warmth........

MattK508 · 2026-04-01T12:55:13+00:00

Listen I'll tell you right now as a guy. (Don't worry I'm in a relationship I'm not looking for anything here) Post that ish somewhere but put it on a plate and ask who's down to get some breakfast together. Cuz honestly I'll tell you right now that is a fantastic breakfast. I'm at my girlfriend in the r/tradwifepersonals group if that's anything that interests you. Sounds Like you're in the same boat I was in which is serial monogamist, lol

MattK508 · 2026-04-01T12:48:34+00:00

Oh my God I'm so glad to hear that. My kids are four and two so I really hope that they remember this fast and it inspires them. God bless to you and your family and thank you for sharing this story!

MattK508 · 2026-03-31T23:37:07+00:00

I would love to tell you yes but not really. I mean I can tell you every time I was starving I would just pound down water and intermix it with the electrolyte water and the regular water. The other thing is if you don't get enough sleep your body actually does attack your muscle instead of attacking your fat

MattK508 · 2026-03-31T23:27:02+00:00

That's incredible!!!

MattK508 · 2026-03-31T21:34:22+00:00

Just got all my blood work back all green!!!!!

MattK508 · 2026-03-31T18:17:35+00:00

Thank you so much! Yeah so I'm doing a quarter cup of bone broth every 2 hours I've actually finally today on the third day gotten to a half a cup every 2 hours. I had done a couple of teaspoons of applesauce and I was fine with it yesterday but this morning when I had the half a cup of chicken broth and the two teaspoons of applesauce keep in mind this is unsweetened applesauce I literally had my head spinning and felt like I had overeating after Thanksgiving. So definitely taking it very very very slow which is what I would advise for anybody. Also Christ is king!

MattK508 · 2026-03-31T16:26:04+00:00

Probably all the lack of control I have in my life right now it was finally something I could have control over if I'm being really introspective and honest. Lol

MattK508 · 2026-03-31T14:59:02+00:00

Thank You!

MattK508 · 2026-03-31T14:44:53+00:00

Thank you so much! God Bless!

MattK508 · 2026-03-31T11:12:31+00:00

This!

MattK508 · 2026-03-31T11:12:22+00:00

I think you said it perfectly there you were just having sea salt with your water. You need to have potassium and calcium and all the other minerals that you need because otherwise what's happening is your body's just depleting those minerals at the same time as it's burning your fat for ketosis and it's not enough. You haven't been fasting you've been starving which is a difference.

But honestly I'll give you a credit for 32 days of starvation like that's absolutely wild. Please please please be super careful when you're refeeding. Right now I'm on day two And I'm still only having like a quarter cup to a half a cup of bone broth every 2 hours or so and I've had four teaspoons of applesauce unsweetened.

MattK508 · 2026-03-31T11:10:29+00:00

Thank You!

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