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Did a quick search and didn't find any discussions on fasting. Life has come at me fast (pun unintended) recently, and I felt I needed to make a few changes to better my health and outlook on life. I fasted for five days - Monday through Friday - taking in nothing but lots of water and a half cup of coffee with honey and cinnamon.

 

It was surprisingly easy, I lost a few lbs, and felt a sense of accomplishment afterward and increased focus later in the week. I highly recommend it, assuming you're in reasonably good health beforehand. Anyone else fast recently?

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We planned a 5 day a couple of weeks ago. Made it a full 72 hours and my wife was getting lightheaded and I was feeling quite funky, so we cut it off. We drank nothing but black coffee, in sweet tea and water. Now we’re planning to start doing every other day. It’s interesting for sure, but I’m not sure I’ll ever do more than 3 days unless it’s out of necessity.

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> @bigred90gt said:

> We planned a 5 day a couple of weeks ago. Made it a full 72 hours and my wife was getting lightheaded and I was feeling quite funky, so we cut it off. We drank nothing but black coffee, in sweet tea and water. Now we’re planning to start doing every other day. It’s interesting for sure, but I’m not sure I’ll ever do more than 3 days unless it’s out of necessity.

 

If your going to do it longer you definitely should add some vitamins and minerals. You'll burn fat for energy but you still need the vitamins to keep your body running normally.

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I intermittent fast and cycle off every other month. I do a 16 on 8 off. It can be a mentally tough adjustment at first, you just have to make sure you follow it. Little to no calories while on. Lots of water during the fast to feel full. For the 8hrs that you are off make sure you eat enough proteins and carbs. That at least what I do. I stay pretty active. Gym, golf and softball.



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When I want to get my weight down, I would initially fast for three days, ingesting only water and/or soup broth (no solids). I found that after three days, my stomach acclimated and the hunger pangs were minimal. After that, I could resume eating and feel "full" easily and quickly. The key to losing weight from that point on was to resist raising food portion size and wise food choices. Dinner on a dessert-size plate and not going back for seconds. Eventually, I blow it; Thanksgiving, Christmas, event dinners, etc.

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I have practiced fasting for the last ten years. Initially I did it to lose weight and it worked. I haven't done anything more than 7 day water fasts, but even those seem to cleanse me, reset my energy levels and give me stronger will power. I try to do a 3+ water fast every few months. In addition, i try to intermittent fast each day - 16 hours of fasting and 8 hours for eating each day.

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I love intermittent fasting, but need to have a schedule in place to keep it going... unemployment has been bad for my diet.

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didn't mickelson do something like this before the british/open championship, but with the addition of grass-fed butter* and MCT/coconut oil?

 

*not sure how one feeds grass to butter... :D

 

edit: yep. scroll to "What's in this special coffee?" for the recipe: https://www.sbnation.com/golf/2019/7/16/20694641/phil-mickelson-coffee-diet-british-open-2019-fasting

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> @"Crazy About Golf" said:

> I've done several water fasts in the past........the most I've ever done was 7 days. After another bad, bad, bad weekend of eating and drinking.....I'm gonna jump back into a fast so I can cleanse/detox my body.

Do you drink anything in particular to detox? Like an apple cider vinegar concoction?

 

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> @"Birdie Mac" said:

> > @"Crazy About Golf" said:

> > I've done several water fasts in the past........the most I've ever done was 7 days. After another bad, bad, bad weekend of eating and drinking.....I'm gonna jump back into a fast so I can cleanse/detox my body.

> Do you drink anything in particular to detox? Like an apple cider vinegar concoction?

>

 

Nope.....you certainly can, but you don't really need it. Drinking just water will flush your body pretty quickly.

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