So last time I checked in I had written about my journey from my typical Low Carb Keto lifestyle, which I have been “more or less” practicing for over 3+ years to my recent decision to kick it up a notch and add in a new practice, something known to the fasting community as Extended Fasting.
When I first read about extended fasting what I first thought was this is “a means to an end” and a diet challenge/add on, not necessarily a lifestyle or something to do more than once if you did not need to do it, you know a quit lose 3-4 lbs kinda thing, but I was wrong.
The information and details I have found out since I began my research on fasting has proven to me there is so much more to this fasting thing than just a one off try it challenge. Fasting is not only an age old practice (which of course I knew about the religious practices of fasting) but what I didn’t know much about was how trendy and very scientific the practice had become in the health and fitness community. There is so much information about this “lifestyle” that I am astounded with the information I have learned from a health perspective and how it can help with so many other ways to improve health, not to mention to anti-aging properties!!
I HAVE FINALLY HIT DA JACKPOT! or so I told myself.
It turns out many people use extended fasting in combination with various diets such as keto and low carb to further increase results in their weight loss journey and to break stalls and plateaus, but the practice of fasting goes much deeper than how much fat you may wish to lose, there are so many health benefits I am shocked, who knew!
As someone who loves a challenge I wanted to see if I could in fact go 42 hrs without food, and of course to do it for three cycles in a week, so Fasting essentially from Sunday at 7pm-till Tuesday at 1pm, then Tues at 7pm- till Thurs at 1pm and lastly Thurs from 7pm to Sat at 1pm, whoo….I think I can, I think I can!
Yeh it seemed like a crazy plan and not eating has always been such a taboo even for those like me who are regular dieters, but I wanted to see how I felt and what kind of results would be offered on the almighty scale for my once a month weigh in after a full month of weekly fasts.
SCALE ADDICTION UPDATE: I am still happy to say I am managing not to hop off & on the scale as I have done all my life and have kept with the challenge of a once a month weight in, so far so good).
As posted previously, that first extended fast was at the end of my August keto challenge and for the first time in months I saw the scale drop by 8.4lbs ( WOWZERS).
At that point, more than a month ago, it was hard for me to know if I had just followed my diet in such a way that I was finally seeing a change or if it was because of the fasting, so I decided to FAST ON.
And to continue on with finding out the true knowing of my weight loss for August I again continued the same 3 x 42hr fast each week for the full month of September.
Hopping on the scales at the beginning of September was exciting as I could tell my clothes were getting looser and yup, more weight lose was definitely in my future. I really didn’t care if it was 1lb or 3lbs, however it turned out to be another
8.7lbs loss and I was astounded!! YAZOOOOOO~~~
So in total over 8 weeks that was
17.1 lbs loss….yeahhhhhhhhh..yahooooooooo...yipppeeeeee.
So to answer that question does extended fasting work, YES, can you keep doing it and feel good, YES, YES!!
Needless to say I have decided to continue on my fasting journey in October and have also continued to add in other goals as well, such as taking the stairs every Mon Wed & Friday at work in Sept to now increasing the stairs to every day since last week, so thats 3-4 flights of stairs depending on the parking level I get at work, and yeah its hard…ugh..I don like it….but IM doing IT!
Also about a month or so I began to practice yoga on Mondays and also added in 60 squats 3 x a week due to the deflating of my ass which is concerning to my guy..lol.. I lift low weights (5.5lb each) at least 3 times a week to increase muscle mass and to hopefully tone up those bingo wings and also to assist with autophagy (a new special word and process I have also learned about recently) which I intend on accessing more often.
In truth I cant believe how much energy I have while fasting and TRUST ME I FEEL AMAZING, most of the time, although I do get “h-angry“ at least once or twice a week 😦 , but I am trying hard not to focus on that, good luck to my family though…hehe :).
I believe in myself and I will see my goal weight in the next 6months or less…THIS IS A FACT!
Story to be continued;
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