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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.