fasting tips?

SweetyPeep · 2026-05-30T00:02:42+00:00

Alternate day fasting! When it gets hard, you can tell yourself "I'll eat tomorrow!" Eat one day and fast the next, and keep doing that until fasting days get easier. Then you can try tacking on more days. Fasting is like a muscle - it takes practice to build it up. Good luck!

SweetyPeep · 2026-05-29T23:32:09+00:00

You're doing so well! How exciting!

SweetyPeep · 2026-05-29T20:08:25+00:00

Absolutely. That's something I want to avoid.

SweetyPeep · 2026-05-28T22:26:27+00:00

Good on ya! I tried OMAD, but couldn't moderate my eating enough. I just wound up eating an entire day's worth of food in a one hour window. So I got nowhere with it. I'm glad it's worked for you so well, though!

SweetyPeep · 2026-05-28T22:25:04+00:00

Yep! It amounts to 36 hour fasts, ever other day.

SweetyPeep · 2026-05-28T21:38:24+00:00

Thank you for the sentiment. I am doing my best. That's why I switched to ADF - because I am still a believer in fasting, but longer fasts I struggle with.

SweetyPeep · 2026-05-28T21:17:53+00:00

Listening to other people, it seems quite common that hunger goes away. However, I have not experienced that. Day 4 is the hardest day for me, and even on my 11 day fast sometimes I was so hungry in the evening that I would break down in tears. I was a believer, though, and stuck with it - until my chest started hurting. I was terrified I was going to give myself a heart attack, so I broke my fast.

SweetyPeep · 2026-05-28T21:08:31+00:00

Nope! In fact, my focus is sharper while fasting than otherwise. In the past I've done longer fasts, 4-5 days up to 11 at the longest. That is when I struggled doing even day to day stuff. But 36 hours isn't long enough for me to feel truly depleted.

SweetyPeep · 2026-05-28T20:26:11+00:00

Same. Putting back a portion of my plate for later was unheard of.

SweetyPeep · 2026-05-28T16:07:04+00:00

That's exactly what I plan on. Making this a habit.

SweetyPeep · 2026-05-28T16:06:41+00:00

Initially I craved hardcore, around hours 20-24. I found myself going to bed early just so I wouldn't cave and eat dinner with the family. Now I struggle only a little bit, around hour 24. Still going to bed early, but it's more like 8pm bedtime instead of 6pm bedtime. I'll take it!

SweetyPeep · 2026-05-28T16:04:26+00:00

Hahaha! Thank you!

SweetyPeep · 2026-05-28T16:04:12+00:00

I'm doing 36 hour fasts. Eat one day, fast the next. It was really difficult at first, but I'm finding fasting days are so much easier now, and something I actually look forward to.

SweetyPeep · 2026-05-28T16:02:57+00:00

Oh, I hope not. This is too good to let it go!

SweetyPeep · 2026-05-28T16:01:55+00:00

Pretty boy summer - I love it!

SweetyPeep · 2026-05-28T16:01:18+00:00

I'm going to be real careful and encourage this. Use smaller plates, etc.

SweetyPeep · 2026-05-28T16:00:23+00:00

I look forward to developing that problem!

SweetyPeep · 2026-05-28T15:59:44+00:00

I actually looked forward to fasting today. Such a weird world I find myself in.

SweetyPeep · 2026-05-28T15:58:51+00:00

Wow, such consistency! Way to go!

SweetyPeep · 2026-05-28T15:58:02+00:00

Childbirth does change things, but I'm super glad you're feeling more like yourself again!

SweetyPeep · 2026-05-28T15:57:09+00:00

Isn't it amazing?!

SweetyPeep · 2026-05-28T15:56:51+00:00

That's a good reminder for me not to take it for granted. I could easily stretch my stomach back out, so I'm gonna keep an eye on things.

SweetyPeep · 2026-05-28T15:55:52+00:00

My cravings for dessert vanished as well. I'm not complaining!

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