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You may be underestimating the snacking then. Your body starts missing a lot of nutrients after going without food for so long

• lqet 8y ago
  You might have misunderstood me: 48 hours without food were 48 hours without food. I ate the snacks on days when there was food in the house. Or do you already consider 1 meal a day + snacks fasting?
  • draxofavalon 8y ago
    Most people find that hard to believe. IMHO I think we eat mostly out of habit. I found out what hunger really is after fasting a lot.
    • lqet 8y ago
      Is it really that hard to believe that a CS student in his mid-twenties is too lazy to shower, put on clothes and leave the house? :)
      • supercanuck 8y ago
        nope.
    • fargo 8y ago
      I have been there (literally), I agree that eat mostly of habit and hunger can be easily replaced by water/coffee. My blood sugar would drop significantly though after 24h-36h and I would feel dizzy. Were you drinking sweetened drinks?
      • lqet 8y ago
        No, water and coffee.
        • fargo 8y ago
          that's very interesting and quite impressive.
        • takee 8y ago
          Coffee with milk or cream, or black coffee?
      • GordonS 8y ago
        Your blood sugar really shouldn't drop while fasting, unless you do aerobic exercise, have a genetic mutation that prevents you from producing glycogen, or have some other kind of glycemic disease.