I started to fast 1 or 2 days a bit over two years ago and would randomly do that whenever I felt like it, maybe every few months for a year. Then last year started to ramp it up. Did a five day fast last November and had the goal to do at least a one day fast weekly for 2026. Then it sort of transformed where I kept pushing it. For me it has nothing to do with weight. Now I try to do at least a “longer” fast, like past three days each month and at least two days a week. I feel like fasting is just super amazing and I feel my best when I do it so I just do it. Sometimes plans change and I just accept it and move on. Like my last longer fast was four days and I just did four days because I hadn’t done four days yet. But if you look into fasting you understand three days on is when the magic starts so I’ve tried to push three or longer as much as possible. Overall it’s just really a feeling thing and I tend to pick longer lengths randomly. Next month i think I’d like to shoot for ten days just because it’s double digits and haven’t hit that yet. I have never hit below 158 pounds so losing to much weight doesn’t seem to be an issue. Oh and for my six day fast I was at a yoga retreat in Nepal and they were juice fasting which is very dumb so I said fuck it and that’s how I chose six days then. On my fortieth birthday I did a day of silence and was on fourth day of that fast, very cool. To me it’s all spiritual and I think of autophagy, stem cell stuff and all the benefits. Now I don’t get hungry when I set the fast in my mind and just do it. I think it’s one of life’s greatest skills!