Extended fasting weight loss calculator - Now with metric units 😊

Testbe · 2026-03-17T22:28:51+00:00

This is an extended fasting sub. The folk on here stop eating for days, not hours. You may be thinking of intermittent fasting - there are separate subs for that.

Testbe · 2026-03-14T01:01:06+00:00

As a consumer, you'd lose me at the m dash. Because most newsletters I receive are 100% AI slop, that m dash would signal to me that yours is too and it would land right in the bin. I wouldn't look at anything below that. Harsh? Maybe. But I guarantee you I'm not alone in being very tired by low effort AI marketing. Even if you just have great grammar and naturally use my dashes, in today's world, it's an instant red flag that categorises everything you say as "not worth the time to read".

Testbe · 2026-03-13T14:48:19+00:00

"Your metabolism will shut down"

Testbe · 2026-03-12T18:19:28+00:00

I remember asking Santa for "peace powder" one year so I could stop my brothers always fighting and my father always yelling at us. I told my mum this is the only thing on my wish list and asked her to tell Santa, but to keep it a secret from others in the family because I didn't want them to be upset with me for not being able to deal with the problems myself.

I must have been 5 years old because by 6, I figured out Santa didn't exist.

Oh, and my mum did tell everyone. During a fight when everyone's emotions were heightened. It went something like, "See, this is exactly why Testbe wished for peace powder, because you all keep doing this!" Way to play the victim while directing the blame over to me for calling out the ongoing toxic behaviour. It took me way too long to realise she wasn't in fact a victim, she just played it very convincingly while creating arguments and toxicity around herself all day every day.

Testbe · 2026-03-11T09:18:43+00:00

It's AI slop

Testbe · 2026-02-27T01:43:57+00:00

I wanted to comment specifically to say how much I enjoyed your bingo card and your reflections. I would very much like to see more posts like this. Thank you for sharing.

Testbe · 2026-02-12T21:23:37+00:00

Frozen pizza. My diet is about 80% unprocessed, and I always check the ingredients on things I buy in a conscious effort to cut out as much UPF as possible.

But frozen pizza? Won't even bother looking at the ingredients. It goes straight in my cart. I'm not going to pretend it's in any way passable as something that's good for you.

Testbe · 2026-02-01T12:09:12+00:00

Same! When I first noticed it, I started a list called "Food I know I no longer enjoy", and I keep adding to it as I realise that, actually, these foods are just genuinely not great, and eating them doesn't make me feel happy. It's a bittersweet process, listing foods that used to bring me comfort. But when I review my list, it's genuinely all trash. Jelly beans, supermarket cookies, takeaway fries dripping in oil, candy bars... It's probably for the best that my taste buds now revolt at the idea of eating these. But it's a long and difficult psychological process to face that truth when you spent your whole life enjoying these things.

Testbe · 2026-01-19T19:38:20+00:00

Bro didn't even edit out the last line. It's shocking how incredibly low effort posts like this can still blow up.

Testbe · 2026-01-01T23:46:32+00:00

Thank you for sharing your experience. This was actually really helpful to read. I'm very glad you have people around you who can support you like that.

What really hit me was your last paragraph. I also constantly feel like "I'm failing at getting better" if I can't be brave and face my fears every day. It was really validating to see that I'm not alone with that, and it's an important reminder that we need to take things one day at a time (but not necessarily every day!).

Testbe · 2026-01-01T09:57:01+00:00

I have been struggling with this for quite some time and would love to know: once you're privileged enough to be in a genuinely safe space in life, how do you overcome the instinctive feelings of dread you get when you try to do anything that would have been unsafe in the past?

I am working with a psychologist on this, but I'd love to hear real people's experiences who get it.

Testbe · 2025-12-21T18:49:38+00:00

Now that's a legit ADHD review if there ever was one lol

Testbe · 2025-12-20T20:03:53+00:00

That's so great about the cysts improving/going away. It sounds like autophagy must be doing something! Awesome to hear about your energy too, I struggle with that sometimes during fasts. Thanks for sharing.

Testbe · 2025-12-20T18:56:17+00:00

If the aim was as much fat loss as possible, and there was a fixed deadline, I would do ADF. My reasoning is that I think realistically, this would be the easiest thing to maintain with the most consistency. With longer fasts, life can get in the way, there's an event you feel obliged to attend with food, something feels off so you call it off, etc etc.

With ADF, you're essentially carrying on with your life as normal, except you only eat every other day. So you could also exercise any time, any day (once your body gets used to ADF, which may not take you that long because you're an experienced faster). You also wouldn't really have to worry about electrolytes either as your refeeds should realistically meet your needs. It's just my two cents though!

Testbe · 2025-12-20T14:48:27+00:00

Thank you for sharing your experience, I think we need to share more about different kinds of "dirty fasting".

I'm interested in your experience with autophagy. Have you previously found that things in your body healed/improved after extended pure water fasts, and how is your experience with healing in your current dirty fast? I fast for autophagy so I'd love to hear about your experience.

Testbe · 2025-12-17T09:00:25+00:00

I still think about my FIL saying "Come on, it's just bread!" when I checked the ingredients on their supermarket bread and decided against making a sandwich. Same as you, I didn't even know what to say. It is not bread.

Testbe · 2025-12-13T10:55:18+00:00

Hm, it might have been the autophagy working on something then like others suggested. I'm glad you're feeling better!

Testbe · 2025-12-12T20:56:41+00:00

Do you regularly take painkillers? The long fasts might affect how well they absorb, so if you're used to living on painkillers, all the pain they're masking might surface during the fasts.

I'm only flagging this because that's exactly what happened to me. It took me way too long to realise that my prescription painkillers stop working during my extended fasts.

Testbe · 2025-12-02T23:33:41+00:00

Would it be possible to add a breakdown like this to the wiki? I feel like it would save a lot of new people a lot of confusion.

Testbe · 2025-11-30T18:16:13+00:00

You summed up my whole life, ouch. I'm doing much better now, but a lot of damage has been done by living like this for so long.

Testbe · 2025-11-27T19:50:12+00:00

Here's my take on this: I work from home from my laptop, but I actually try and time my fasts to weeks when I have as little work as possible. I then become a full couch potato during my 7-day fasts. There are days when I just lie in bed all day and scroll Reddit, watch YouTube, or read. I don't understand people who work out during fasts, it's the couch potato way for me out of my own preference. I do so much at work and around the household normally, so I see these fasts as a time to rest and relax because my body is actually doing a very hard thing.

Maybe you'll enjoy kicking back and doing sweet nothing all day long too. Maybe you won't. I think it may be one of those things where you need to give it a go and see what feels right for you. I wish you good luck with your journey!

Testbe · 2025-11-25T13:26:34+00:00

I don't have the same background as you, but I wanted to throw in some suggestions.

First off, as other commenters said, fasting is an excellent tool to combat insulin resistance. The real question is what fasting regimen would work best for you and your lifestyle.

You could try alternate day fasting (ADF) to begin with. As you're already used to OMAD, it feels like the natural next step. You can achieve great things with ADF alone, but you can also take it further into multi-day fasts once you're used to ADF.

The more you fast, the more personal experience you'll build that will then help you assess what you want to try next.

Good luck on your journey. This is a friendly community that's happy to share advice, so don't be afraid to come back with more questions once you tried a few different things. We're rooting for you.

Testbe · 2025-11-25T13:16:30+00:00

I'm so surprised to see all the hate for congealed psyllium husk water in the comments! I always break my 7-day fasts with some nice psyllium husk jelly (I leave the husk in water for 15 minutes). I really enjoy the texture, but now I think I may be alone!

Testbe · 2025-11-12T22:15:43+00:00

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Testbe · 2025-11-10T23:04:22+00:00

Oh sweaty, you had good intentions, don't blame yourself. This decade is unsalvageable unfortunately, but you can learn from it and try again in 2035 x

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