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Fasting has messed up my body. I DO NOT recommend doing this. Please consult a doctor first.

• ljk 10y ago
  what kind of fasting did you do?
  • ryanlm 10y ago
    Just not eating for 2 days. It would throw of my "rhythm" and I would overeat for days until it balanced out again. Maybe my appetite is larger than most people.
    • pacala 10y ago
      Not a doctor and sample size of one. What worked for me was resetting the rhythm itself, by under-eating over long periods of time, 2 weeks at least, up to 1-2 months. I keep telling myself hungry is the new normal, and in the long run it becomes the new normal. Under-eating is not even that hard if one goes mostly veggie, that is eat fruits / veggies / eggs / cheese / yoghurt / fish and skip sugar / meat / pasta / bread / rice / deep fried *. Few more tricks: always have a bottle of water nearby, take time to have a meal [15 minutes latency for full signal to propagate to the brain], snack lightly on fresh fruits, veggies and yoghurt along the day [never go crazy hungry].
      • ryanlm 10y ago
        I can do that during the day. How do you prevent yourself from having midnight snacks? I sometimes "sleep eat" -- Very bad habit that I NEED to spare.
        • Jtsummers 10y ago
          Minimize (if you can) the amount of food you keep in your home. Ensure that what food you keep is healthy.
          • ljk 10y ago
            interesting point, this would also make mindless snacking more difficult
            • Jtsummers 10y ago
              It's not entirely deliberate, more a consequence of my somewhat minimalist approach to life, but I do this and it works. In don't have chips or crackers or sweets or whatever in my home often. Typically specifically for a party or small servings for me. The worst is after a party of it didn't get eaten. But that's not terrible, a day or two of overeating quickly offset by my normal exercise routine and getting back to normal (low) levels of food at home.
        • erikpukinskis 10y ago
          If I'm fiending for late night snacks, it means I should have eaten a proper healthy meal hours before. It's easier to start from 3 proper meals, with fiber and vegetables, and cutting out sugar, and then go from there to skipping meals. If you are still on sugar, low-fiber carbs, and high calorie meals, then it's just going to be really hard to transition to fasting. To me the transition order is: Sugar + Simple carbs + High calorie meals -> No sugar + Complex carbs + Fiber + High calorie meals -> Smaller meals + letting yourself get hungry for an hour before you eat -> Skip a meal -> Skip multiple meals
    • blakes 10y ago
      That's very interesting. I have done 3 day fasts and never had that problem, I essentially went right back into my normal eating habits. The first meals after the fast were usually much smaller than the usual meals I would eat.
• beambot 10y ago
  Messed up your body how...?
  • andrepd 10y ago
    I imagine not eating for long periods of time may have some negative health consequences, potentially even very serious ones.
• esalazar 10y ago
  In what way has it messed up your body?