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Uh, do you mean two weeks of only water? Do you do this for weight loss? Do you work out? I would be very afraid to mess-up my metabosm. How do you prevent that

by kharak 7y ago

Uh, do you mean two weeks of only water? Do you do this for weight loss? Do you work out? I would be very afraid to mess-up my metabosm. How do you prevent that?

arcticbull 7y ago
I've done up to a week before, it doesn't really change much IME, but I'm no doctor.
nikkwong 7y ago
Long term or repeated fasting should actually decrease your body's metabolism rate; which is a good thing if you want to age slower. (I.e. think about species who have slow metabolisms, turtles, for one, who live very long lives). I do alternate day fasting (48 hour fasts, every other day) and realized I now need far fewer calories to get by than I used to. Obviously anecdotal but I feel great!
- ianai 7y ago
  How did you work up to fasting?
  - all2 7y ago
    I typically get back into it by skipping breakfast for a week. Then I also start skipping lunch some days. Right now I do a 24 hour fast (dinner to dinner) about once a week.
  - nikkwong 7y ago
    It’s just another challenge in life like all the other ones. Once you’ve started dipping your toes in you slowly realize the state of homeostasis starts to feel a bit perverse. Obviously it feels good to be fed, but, like in other areas of life, if we never chose to find what our next frontier is and push our limits we won’t grow personally. Some people are fine with that obviously, but I’ve always been one to push my limits. Concretely though, I started with 16/8 then narrowed it down to like a 3 hour eating window then just decided I could go all out alternate day fasting. Now I do something like a 45 hour fast with 3 hour eating window, perpetually; and a 72 hour fast once a month.
- mikekchar 7y ago
  Not to be argumentative, but I do not fast and I need far fewer calories to get by than I used to. It's because I'm in my 50's ;-). I don't think I'm aging slower than I used to. I think probably I'm healing slower. It's pretty easy to make an observation and derive conclusions that fit your pre-conceived ideas. It's one of the dangers of doing these kinds of self experiments.
- hutzlibu 7y ago
  Wanting to lower metabolism rate, sounds to me like wanting to exist longer, not live longer.

by kharak 7y ago

Uh, do you mean two weeks of only water? Do you do this for weight loss? Do you work out? I would be very afraid to mess-up my metabosm. How do you prevent that?

arcticbull 7y ago

I've done up to a week before, it doesn't really change much IME, but I'm no doctor.

nikkwong 7y ago

Long term or repeated fasting should actually decrease your body's metabolism rate; which is a good thing if you want to age slower. (I.e. think about species who have slow metabolisms, turtles, for one, who live very long lives). I do alternate day fasting (48 hour fasts, every other day) and realized I now need far fewer calories to get by than I used to. Obviously anecdotal but I feel great!

ianai 7y ago
How did you work up to fasting?
- all2 7y ago
  I typically get back into it by skipping breakfast for a week. Then I also start skipping lunch some days. Right now I do a 24 hour fast (dinner to dinner) about once a week.
- nikkwong 7y ago
  It’s just another challenge in life like all the other ones. Once you’ve started dipping your toes in you slowly realize the state of homeostasis starts to feel a bit perverse. Obviously it feels good to be fed, but, like in other areas of life, if we never chose to find what our next frontier is and push our limits we won’t grow personally. Some people are fine with that obviously, but I’ve always been one to push my limits. Concretely though, I started with 16/8 then narrowed it down to like a 3 hour eating window then just decided I could go all out alternate day fasting. Now I do something like a 45 hour fast with 3 hour eating window, perpetually; and a 72 hour fast once a month.
mikekchar 7y ago
Not to be argumentative, but I do not fast and I need far fewer calories to get by than I used to. It's because I'm in my 50's ;-). I don't think I'm aging slower than I used to. I think probably I'm healing slower. It's pretty easy to make an observation and derive conclusions that fit your pre-conceived ideas. It's one of the dangers of doing these kinds of self experiments.
hutzlibu 7y ago
Wanting to lower metabolism rate, sounds to me like wanting to exist longer, not live longer.