![]() Lower on carbohydrates to help with entering ketosis over the next couple of days. I'd read online you generally want to have a low carbohydrate meal, or even spend a few days prior eating a low carbohydrate diet before kicking off a fast. So from the time I stopped eating to the time I broke the fast I was looking forward to eating once again with family and friends. Often in life I've found the anticipation of event to almost if not as good as the actual event itself. During the afternoon walk of the second day, my senses were turned up, waves sounded crisper, bird songs filled my ears, greens got greener, the salt air tickled my nose. Since I had plenty of spare time due to not eating, I went for long walks each day. Maybe your body eating itself ( autophagy) is a form of psychedelic. But by 36 hours or so in, I began to relax, I feel like my body may have started releasing hormones to make me feel high, a way of dealing with the situation. ![]() What was the best part of the fast?īeing in tune with nature. So missing out on that for any given period of time is always a challenge.įasting gives you a refreshed respect for family mealtime. ![]() I look forward to eating dinner with my family every day. My favourite activity in life is to eat food with people I love. In my past fasts, I've found once I'm into nutritional ketosis or fasting ketosis, where the body starts to use fats (ketones) for fuel rather than carbohydrates (glucose) and are blood ketone levels are 0.5 to 3.0 millimoles per litre (mmol/L) things become smooth sailing.įor me, the hardest part wasn't a lack of food more so a lack of the activities you'd do around food. Throughout the whole 3 days, I never really felt hungry. After 12, 16, 18 or so hours, your body begins to realise the state you're in and it starts to help you. What was the hardest part of the fast?Ĭontrary to what you might think, hunger wasn't the hardest part. Let me add sparkling water if you're feeling fancy. My guess is because you're not eating food, you're not getting electrolytes and because most water from taps is filtered, you're missing the natural minerals you'd find in water. Water and salt is okay because (for scientific reasons unknown) you do start to get muscle cramps the further you go on. What is a 3 day fast? What happens?įor me, a 3 day fast means no food at all. There's a video version of this article available on YouTube. I'll do rapid fire question style to begin then a day by day journal to finish. Realise how much you value food and meal time with others. How: Have dinner on day zero (a smaller meal), go for a long walk the next morning (to speed up your body entering ketosis), chill out when it's supposed to be mealtime, relax, drink plenty of water, pinches of salt in water and magnesium tablets here and there to prevent cramping. ![]() We had a group chat going and it was fun to share experiences. Plus, a group of friends were doing it so I joined in. What I did: A 3 day (dinner to dinner 3 days later) water-only fast, no coffee, no tea, no food, water and salt only.I'm not going to rattle off all of the benefits of fasting (weight loss, gut healing, feeling in-tune with nature, tapping out of the normal way of doing things etc). You're smart enough to take your health in your own hands. Although this documents what happened to me during 3 day water-only fast, you shouldn't take it as medical advice. I write articles about and make videos of things I do. This article completes the trifecta.ĭisclaimer: I'm not a doctor. Last year I did 5 days, the year before that, 4 days. Three days for me, I've got a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competition coming up I'm training for. My friend Michael messaged me asking if I was interested in doing an extended fast.
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