Fasting - Anyone here tried it?
 

Pros/cons? Your experience?

I read fisting, never mind.

You can start a thread about that too :thumbsup

You have to relax your hand and curl in you fingers.
It helps if she is lubed up, too.

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some nice deep breaths will help as well.

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Maybe by page 3 we'll get the right answer

I'm 6 hours into my first fast

I recommend fasting before fisting, always.

that said, I fast daily 14-16 hours ~every day.

there are no cons.

Make sure you have no other health issues before attempting a long fast.

Fasting in part was how I found out I was a diabetic a few years ago.

What made you start?

Did you pass out?

health. I'm diabetic. best way to control blood sugar is to control sugar going into the sytem. so 16 hours a day my glucose is much easier to moderate. fewer meals in a smaller feeding window is healthier all around.

+ more health reasons, the eating 5-6x a day to lose weight, be healthy, etc, is BS. eating more isn't the answer, eating less is. less food, less frequency, every thing.

I use the iintermittent fasting protocols.

I would not recommend fisting for six hours.
Too much friction burn. :D

Fasting is a great way to cleanse your system just be careful as vitamins and nutrients are leeced out of your system while fasting. Maybe drink some juice every once ina while. :)

Good luck!!

cleansing your system is a myth.

I do it about 5 days a week.

I stop at eating at around 6pm and wait until around 12 to eat the next day, so my average is about 18 hours. Sometimes I go a full 24 hours.

The theory is that if there's no glycogen stored for energy, you'll go straight to the fat for fuel. If this is true, then eating before doing cardio makes no sense.

Anyway, I noticed a marked difference in my fat loss rate when I started about 9 months ago. One thing I like is how fasting changes your relationship with food when your eating window shrinks. You get acquainted with hunger, and start you realize you're not going to die if you go a long time without eating. I love that period of the morning after I wake up until my first meal --- I have great mental focus and energy, and do an intense workout usually before my meal. ...and that first bite is always extra delicious.

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I think it was Dyna Mo who originally told me about intermittent fasting come to think of it.. I've been doing it almost exclusively for the last 3 years now without issues. It may take a day or two to get used to if you normally eat breakfasts, especially high sugar ones but you get used to it fast. A cup of coffee with coconut oil in the mornings helps I find as well. The oil doesn't raise insulin levels and is a healthy fat.

I love breakfast food so I often eat that for lunch or dinner instead.

There is absolutely no need to fast, unless you eat constantly right now, and then the solution is to get healthy eating habits, not fasting.

If you want to lose weight, it is much better to eat, but less than your body uses. That way your digestive channel doesn't get any crisis, that would be the result from days fast, and you don't faint because of the lack of eating, etc.

Not eating for prolonged time period would lead to a loss of important microorganisms living in your digestive channel. Thus reducing your immune system and the ability to process food.

Supposedly fasting for a few days is good for you. I haven't tried it yet

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...udy-finds.html

Not really, it is called going to shit or to piss. :)

No it isn't, it depends on your system. :)

You obviously have very little compacted fecal matter in your bowels due to your workouts and constant fasting. But for me (and others), when I went to the chiro a number of years back and had x-rays taken we could see about 35 lbs of compacted fecal matter that had plastered itself against the walls of my colon, bowels, etc. No wonder my back hurt so bad!

A two week cleaning diet cleaned out that shit (literally) and I have had no issues since.

I would love to give IF a try but eating 4.2k cal in a 6 hour window is not doable. Any guys with experience with this?

‘Detoxing is nonsense,’ says BDA spokesperson Rick Miller. ‘It’s a complete fallacy that the body needs to detox. Removal of waste products and toxins is a continuous process and we don’t need to periodically flush them out. The body does a perfectly good job of eliminating any substances on its own.’

Miller says detoxing has its origins in the early 20th century, with autointoxication theory – the idea that disease was caused by waste products building up in the body. ‘This was debunked in the 1930s but the term seems to have prevailed and it keeps cropping up,’ he says. ‘In a medical sense, the term detoxing describes treatments administered to patients to minimise withdrawal from drug or alcohol addiction.’



http://metro.co.uk/2014/03/24/the-de...uices-4675501/


But the idea that your body needs help getting rid of toxins has "no basis in human biology," says Frank Sacks, MD, of the Harvard School of Public Health. Your organs and immune system handle those duties, no matter what you eat.

http://www.webmd.com/diet/detox-diets

martin over at IF crams that # of cals into 1 meal sometimes.

but also split it up, 2 2100 cal meals very doable, IMO. Especially coordinating them with your workouts. gorge after a heavy leg session for instance. then pass out for a 2 hour nap.

How about healthy eating, like eating food containing enough fibers, etc.? And won't shitting that compacted shit hurt in the first place, telling something is wrong?

It was a 2 day fast.

I became very weak and confused, almost passed out, and tried to compensate with stuff like Gatorade, fruit juice, and then ate a meal. After normal eating for several days my blood sugar spiked to over 700 mg/l, it was unmeasurable by the ER portables. I had gone from a low blood sugar event that nearly caused me to pass out/become comatose, less then ~60mg/l to diabetic ketoacidosis, >700mg/l. My A1C was in the low 15 high 14 range.

My diet before fasting was fairly good at controlling my sugar according to the doctors. They believe I stopped producing natural insulin to break down sugars a few years earlier.

I do not go to doctors unless I am really ill and had been healthy since 2006.

When you start any type of fast or drastically reduced intake diet/event it is best to consult a doctor and/or monitor certain critical life functions.

Age is a factor also, keep in mind I was over 50 when it was discovered.

I was told my case is not uncommon.

I would add that if you're going to do it, don't jump into the deep end first.

Add an hour to your fasting period each week. My friend tried it and couldn't stick with it because he went straight to 18 hours, and couldn't handle the hunger. You'll know you're good when being hungry doesn't bother you anymore.

In college I would go on a bender and fast for 3 days or so. Does that count? Good Times those were. I did it to pay my respects to the beautiful gods of Columbia. I had to convert eventually but the memories were worth it.

for me, mental clarity goes after about 5 days.... can't focus enough to even drive a car .. feel great physically though...

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Fasting is awsome. If you a noobie i suggest you fast on natural coconut water first.

Amen with the coconut water. Electrolytes galore.

Fasting puts your body back in line. Its basically re-establishing the mind's authority above everything else.

I did it,lost 25 kg that way.

Well I was not a healthy eater when I was young but I am now. I feel no need for such a cleansing these days.

What I used was the half a lemon with cayenne pepper cleanse, which seemd to break up the compacted problem area. LOL

I realize some MDs say cleansing is not necessary but some peolpe take it too far, and cleanse constantly. That is wrong, I think. But if x-rays and other blood tests indicate something is 'backed up' then I think it's a good thing. Hey, worked for me is all I know. LOL

Why does every discussion here sooner or later turn to "crap"? lol

We go from fasting and health risks (not expected on an adult webmasters forum) to Impacted Feces! LMFAO