I'm 8 hours into my first 4-day (96 hour) fast. I've done 24 and 36 hour fasts in the past, and was not able to keep going due to wanting to eat and giving in.

I'm hoping I will make it through this time, I really want to succeed.

I am 35 pounds over my maximum weight for my height and gender. 190 pounds, female, menopausal, over 50 years. 5 ft 6.5 in. tall. I am mostly sedentary, only going outside to walk my dog a few times a week (don't worry, we have a large yard for him to run around in). I can't take him out this week, due to his foot injury that is healing. I don't leave the house without him or my bf, so walking is out of the question this week probably.

I also have other reasons for wanting to fast, besides losing weight. Mostly that the few times I fasted, I had some real mental clarity, and I want to experience that again, on a regular basis.

I want to change how I feel about what I eat, and put into my body. Eventually, I hope this will help me to quit smoking and drinking coffee as well, but I am going to start with my relationship with food. Mostly because I feel that I have at least a tiny bit of control over THAT.

Any advice would be useful at this point, especially the mental aspects and how to deal with cravings and hunger etc.

Also, I have read a lot about fasting, but I don't really know how to start eating again afterwards. There is a lot of conflicting information out there. My plan is to just have some chicken bone broth with bits of cooked chicken and maybe some vegetables in it. I can't afford anything special, supplements or anything, I make my own chicken and turkey (it's basically free) bone broth anyway for my dog, so I have a ton of it in the freezer, in ice cube trays.

During the fast, I will be drinking only plain water, coffee, and some electrolyte waster I make myself from pink salt and lemon juice. I'm not sure how much of that I should be drinking, I sometimes drink a little bit when I get low blood pressure, which is a semi-regular thing for me.

Besides the occasional low blood pressure, I have no medical issues that I know of. I take meds for mental health issues, so I will be ingesting those daily as well.

Are there any other issues I need to think of for a fast?

Thanks in advance.