Fast February: Day 4 \ stacker news ~HealthAndFitness

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278 sats \ 15 comments \ @Undisciplined 4 Feb HealthAndFitness

My best day yet: it's been 17 hours since I ate or drank anything.

I'm about to have my coffee and I'll probably eat soon after that.

I would have gone longer without food yesterday, but we had cookies in the house and I wanted to eat some before I finished my morning coffee.

Fast February Data Day 1: 14 hours (13 dry) Day 2: 15 hours (14 dry) Day 3: 17 hours (16 dry) Day 4: TBD (17 dry)

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30 sats \ 14 replies \ @Satosora 4 Feb

Its so easy to break a fast. I dont know how you can do a dry fast. I drink a lot of water when l fast.

10 sats \ 13 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 4 Feb

Try it once without.

My experience was that I hit the point of thirstiness where I would normally drink something, but I never got any thirstier than that afterwards.

I think our bodies basically send us signals before they switch metabolic states. If you don't eat when your body first tells you that it's hungry, you'll just go into ketosis and stop feeling so hungry.

Similarly, if you don't drink when your body first tells you it's thirsty, it starts producing endogenous water.

Our bodies are lazy and they try to take the path of least resistance, but they're very resilient, too.

38 sats \ 12 replies \ @Satosora 4 Feb

I always weighed myself in the morning and night because of my water intake. It kind of told me where l was weight wise during a fast. I started another fast yesterday, l am wondering when l will start ketosis? Last time it took 3 days before l felt like it started.

46 sats \ 3 replies \ @Bell_curve 4 Feb

my weight readings are off because of water intake

no way my weight can fluctuate by 4 pounds in 2 days

9 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 4 Feb

@realBitcoinDog dropped four pounds since yesterday.

25 sats \ 0 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 9h

Congrats!

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9 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 4 Feb

You should try to take your weight consistently. I try to take it right after l wake up. Usually it is a pretty good dry weight.

19 sats \ 7 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 4 Feb

Really?

What signal do you go off of, to gauge when you're into ketosis?

30 sats \ 6 replies \ @Satosora 4 Feb

Start losing weight, and a metallic taste in your mouth when you wake up? Are there better signals?

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Bell_curve 4 Feb

metallic taste can't be a good sign?

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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 4 Feb

I don't know. I had just been relying on what I've heard about timing.

The taste thing is interesting. I'll pay more attention to that. There's a taste difference I've noticed with dry fasting that might be the same thing.

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