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Your idea of 'fun' and my idea of 'fun' are wildly different.

jvagner 7y ago
The idea of fasting and the reality of fasting are different. The idea is more painful than a committed effort. Once you accept and embrace the fast, it’s freeing. Like running every day.... once you know you’re going to do it, the resistance withers.
- 4ntonius8lock 7y ago
  I run and I fast. I enjoy the benefit. The actual act of doing these things are antithetical of fun for me. I do them because they work. If I lose motivation in life, it's the first thing I stop and the hardest to start up again (been many years that I've worked on self improvement) Good on you that it feels that way to you. No, I will never feel that way. People are different.
- pmiller2 7y ago
  As someone who's gone multiple days in a row without eating non-voluntarily, you're never going to convince me that fasting for extended periods is fun.
  - username90 7y ago
    That is like judging sex after only having experienced rape, consent matters a lot in how enjoyable things are.
    - luckylion 7y ago
      I've done both alternate day fasting and longer fasts (voluntarily) and I'm also in the same boat. It's not fun. If it didn't provide a health value to me, I wouldn't do it.
- badestrand 7y ago
  After doing intermittant fasting for half a year I think you shouldn't generalize too much from your own experience. Yes, it gets easier but it stays painful and requires a lot of willpower ime.
  - yhoneycomb 7y ago
    I’ve been doing it for about a year and a half, just skipping breakfast each day and lunch one or two workdays a week. At this point, most days it’s not even hard. When I’m hungry I just realize that the hunger is temporary, and it’s honestly unrelated to the degree to which I need food. And tbh nowadays I can tell when my body actually feels weak and needs food, and when it’s just whining. I think of it like getting sleepy. Just because I feel sleepy doesn’t mean I should just take a nap right there and then.
    - AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y ago
      > I’ve been doing it for about a year and a half, just skipping breakfast each day and lunch one or two workdays a week. You call that a fast? As someone who's lost and kept off about half their body weight, I feel qualified to tell you that skipping a meal here and there is not fasting. In fact, if you're eating every day you're not fasting. Fuck, I mean, I only eat about 1.5 meals a day as a requirement of merely maintaining my current weight (and even that doesn't always work).
      - qnsi 7y ago
        this is just different definition of what fasting is. What he's doing is time-restricted eating but it is a form of fasting. You are just doing longer fasts. No need to gatekeep
        AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y ago
        So is it a fast just whenever you're not eating?
all2 7y ago
There are facets. Yes, you feel hungry. But, once you're there you are also laser focused (at least I am). My morning productivity and ability to sink into problems lasts all day, instead. I haven't got the other part, the ketogenic diet, yet.
jokowueu 7y ago
Oh man you have to feel that fasting euphoria hitting you in waves before you say that
mayankkaizen 7y ago
There was a time I wouldn't wake up early. I enjoyed sleeping till late morning. At that time I was kind of unable to feel why people who wake up early insist that it is more enjoyable than sleeping till 9 AM. Then I develop this habit of waking up early. Initially I wasn't very comfortable but now I too can say it is more enjoyable. I guess you get the point.
- balfirevic 7y ago
  Damn, I had to do a double take on this. 9 AM is super early for me, noon is normal and 2-3 PM is sleeping late. What is appealing and tolerable will not be the same for everyone and sometimes it's not just a matter of getting used to something. It's hard to say in advance.
  - tempest345 7y ago
    Exactly the same hours for me. Parent confused me!
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y ago
  When does that kick in? I've been waking up at 6:00am every morning for the past decade and still hate it.
  - Wowfunhappy 7y ago
    You may not be able to force it. For years, I slept as late as possible, and hated waking up early. Something changed this summer, wherein I suddenly began waking up super early of my own accord, and then going to bed early to compensate. And I enjoy waking up early now. I'm still unsure if this will be the new normal, or if it's a phase that will go away as suddenly as it began...

The idea of fasting and the reality of fasting are different. The idea is more painful than a committed effort. Once you accept and embrace the fast, it’s freeing. Like running every day.... once you know you’re going to do it, the resistance withers.

4ntonius8lock 7y ago
I run and I fast. I enjoy the benefit. The actual act of doing these things are antithetical of fun for me. I do them because they work. If I lose motivation in life, it's the first thing I stop and the hardest to start up again (been many years that I've worked on self improvement) Good on you that it feels that way to you. No, I will never feel that way. People are different.
pmiller2 7y ago
As someone who's gone multiple days in a row without eating non-voluntarily, you're never going to convince me that fasting for extended periods is fun.
- username90 7y ago
  That is like judging sex after only having experienced rape, consent matters a lot in how enjoyable things are.
  - luckylion 7y ago
    I've done both alternate day fasting and longer fasts (voluntarily) and I'm also in the same boat. It's not fun. If it didn't provide a health value to me, I wouldn't do it.
badestrand 7y ago
After doing intermittant fasting for half a year I think you shouldn't generalize too much from your own experience. Yes, it gets easier but it stays painful and requires a lot of willpower ime.
- yhoneycomb 7y ago
  I’ve been doing it for about a year and a half, just skipping breakfast each day and lunch one or two workdays a week. At this point, most days it’s not even hard. When I’m hungry I just realize that the hunger is temporary, and it’s honestly unrelated to the degree to which I need food. And tbh nowadays I can tell when my body actually feels weak and needs food, and when it’s just whining. I think of it like getting sleepy. Just because I feel sleepy doesn’t mean I should just take a nap right there and then.
  - AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y ago
    > I’ve been doing it for about a year and a half, just skipping breakfast each day and lunch one or two workdays a week. You call that a fast? As someone who's lost and kept off about half their body weight, I feel qualified to tell you that skipping a meal here and there is not fasting. In fact, if you're eating every day you're not fasting. Fuck, I mean, I only eat about 1.5 meals a day as a requirement of merely maintaining my current weight (and even that doesn't always work).
    - qnsi 7y ago
      this is just different definition of what fasting is. What he's doing is time-restricted eating but it is a form of fasting. You are just doing longer fasts. No need to gatekeep
      - AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y ago
        So is it a fast just whenever you're not eating?

all2 7y ago

There are facets. Yes, you feel hungry. But, once you're there you are also laser focused (at least I am). My morning productivity and ability to sink into problems lasts all day, instead. I haven't got the other part, the ketogenic diet, yet.

jokowueu 7y ago

Oh man you have to feel that fasting euphoria hitting you in waves before you say that

mayankkaizen 7y ago

There was a time I wouldn't wake up early. I enjoyed sleeping till late morning. At that time I was kind of unable to feel why people who wake up early insist that it is more enjoyable than sleeping till 9 AM. Then I develop this habit of waking up early. Initially I wasn't very comfortable but now I too can say it is more enjoyable. I guess you get the point.

balfirevic 7y ago
Damn, I had to do a double take on this. 9 AM is super early for me, noon is normal and 2-3 PM is sleeping late. What is appealing and tolerable will not be the same for everyone and sometimes it's not just a matter of getting used to something. It's hard to say in advance.
- tempest345 7y ago
  Exactly the same hours for me. Parent confused me!
AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y ago
When does that kick in? I've been waking up at 6:00am every morning for the past decade and still hate it.
- Wowfunhappy 7y ago
  You may not be able to force it. For years, I slept as late as possible, and hated waking up early. Something changed this summer, wherein I suddenly began waking up super early of my own accord, and then going to bed early to compensate. And I enjoy waking up early now. I'm still unsure if this will be the new normal, or if it's a phase that will go away as suddenly as it began...