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I lost zero noticeable lean muscle mass on my 60 day fast, at least no more than I would have sitting on the couch doing nothing. There's just not a metabolic
by TimSchumann 4y ago
I lost zero noticeable lean muscle mass on my 60 day fast, at least no more than I would have sitting on the couch doing nothing.
There's just not a metabolic pathway for breaking down muscle/organ tissue for energy when you have adequate fat stores. We would have died off as a species a long time ago if that were the case.
In the grand scheme of things, if you have the body fat, 7 days is nothing for a fast.
Edit: To those asking, yes. I fasted for 60 days, water and electrolytes, no calories.
- CamelRocketFish 4y agoWhen you say 60 day fast, are you saying you didn’t eat for 60 days and just drank water?
- brodouevencode 4y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27619297 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27619297 I remember his post from a few months back - found it rather inspiring.
- CamelRocketFish 4y agoThanks a lot for linking that @brodouevencode
- pid-1 4y agoDid you exercise or work during this period?
- TimSchumann 4y agoOnce-ish a week there was Light lifting, think moving a whole trees worth of firewood or a light day on a family farm. Quite frequently I hit over 10k steps/day on my step tracker, sometimes double that. I live in the middle of a major city and walk everywhere, and this was before work from home. If you’re looking for exercise/fasting advice check out my fat per unit time post elsewhere in this thread.