Intermittent and longer fasting
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@scribe said in Intermittent and longer fasting:
Haven’t read the whole thread but an old pro cycling trick is to drink sparkling rather than still water as it helps curb hunger pangs.
Yeah, I had read similar from various fasting sites and there was frequent recommendations to drink a good quality mineral water which, unsurprisingly, contain minerals. And those minerals include potassium and magnesium, both highly recommended during fasting.
So I did a quick check and found that it just so happens that San Pellegrino mineral water is on sale at Woolies, down to $1.60 a litre bottle so I just went and purchased 4 litres.
Also went to the local chemist and picked up some multi vitamins that have all that I need plus no calories so it won't interfere with the fast.
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@voodoo said in Intermittent and longer fasting:
@RoninWC Very impressive mate. "Only" 57 hours to go, yikes!
Haha, thanks @voodoo
I should now say, only 52 hrs 30 mins left. 67:30 elapsed!
However, just found out that there is a bit of a fly in the ointment with my plans.
A good mate, the captain of my GO's rugby team, is taking the plunge a second time and getting married at the end of Feb. He wanted it all to be very low key but some of the guys from the footy team have insisted we go out for drinks which is from 4 pm this Saturday.
The tough thing is, it is highly recommended that after such a prolonged fast, I should take the first 2 to 3 days really easy in terms of food and especially alcohol.
So the drinks start less than 24 hours after I first break my fast and I don't want to miss this and I don't trust myself to not drink.
So, do I stick to the 120 plan and risk it, or do I break the fast earlier, say 7 or 8 am on Friday morning or even 5 pm on Thursday afternoon to give myself more time for my system to get back to normal.
Bloody hell, I really wanted to complete this 5 day fast but I also really want to celebrate with my good mate.
Decisions, decisions!
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@Kirwan said in Intermittent and longer fasting:
Break your fast, enjoy life and plan to do the full five again another time. IMO will make it easier to maintain long term.
Just my five cents.
Yeah I think I'm going to have to do that. Talked it over with the wife and given the recent health issues, I don't want to take any risks by ending a 5 day fast and then be on a bucks night out less than 24 hours later.
So the plan is to finish the fast tomorrow evening, a 5 pm finish to make 4 days or 96 hours. Or, I may even go for a 9 pm finish and that's 100 hours fasted.
100 hours fasted sounds like a cool, nice round number.
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@RoninWC said in Intermittent and longer fasting:
100 hours fasted sounds like a cool, nice round number.
yeah, if you are insane...
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After 60 odd hours of only consuming 4 daily liters of water I would expect the only thing to be of amazing clarity is my piss.
I really want to try fasting but I have 2 issues:
- Marathon training requires a lot of nutrition
- I love food. Far far too much.
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@voodoo said in Intermittent and longer fasting:
@RoninWC I'd play it super safe and end the fast immediately. I'd then double down on the caution, by easing myself into the Saturday drinking by having a beer immediately and steadily increasing consumption from there.
warming up is essential
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@voodoo said in Intermittent and longer fasting:
@RoninWC I'd play it super safe and end the fast immediately. I'd then double down on the caution, by easing myself into the Saturday drinking by having a beer immediately and steadily increasing consumption from there.
@voodoo ... That, dear Sir sounds, like a plan.
And yeah, I've decided to kill the fast tomorrow morning at 7 am and will ease back into food and yeah, I do fancy a beer now so will have to do that tomorrow afternoon to start "warming up" for Saturday.
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Ended the fast at 0700 hrs this morning. 86 hours done!
Edit: Jumped on the scales and was 100.1. Damn, I really really wanted to break that tonne barrier and I know I would have if I had done the full 120 hour fast but oh well.
Will do a walk home from work, weather permitting and lift the exercise to compensate.
Post fast, I do feel great, just had a smoothie to break the fast with:
Coconut water, natural yoghurt, blueberries, raspberries and half a banana.I need to eat some protein soon so will have a couple of boiled eggs. Lunch will be some veggies, a small amount of rice and chicken.
Dinner will be similar.
Tomorrow will follow a similar pattern with larger but smaller than normal quantities. I'll also swap out the smoothie for my usual muesli and bran with fruit.
And yes @voodoo I'll be having a beer this afternoon and definitely a few on Friday. Got to do that warm up right
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Thanks @voodoo and @Kirwan and all others who have contributed and commented and encouraged here.
BTW, didn't know where else to put this so I thought I'd add it here:
Next week, I'm off to NZ for a boys weekend away with my son who turned 18 in August last year but had his HSC so I've hardly seen him. In fact, other than Xmas, I've only seen him just the one time and that was to take him out for his first pub lunch as an adult to celebrate his HSC result of 99.05.
So this trip to NZ is to take him to celebrate his 18th, his HSC score and to have some quality Father and Son time. And since he's half Kiwi, I'm keen to show him some good old Kiwi male culture.
Given his Mom is Singaporean Chinese and his step-Dad is Brazilian and spends most of his time with them he hasn't had a lot of NZ influence. It got to the point where he and his Mum were learning Brazilian Portugese. All this has really bothered me (except for the fact that hey may be able to use it to pick up a hot Brazilian chick) so I really want him to embrace his Kiwi heritage more!
On of my cousins has an amazing batch at Rings Beach, Kuaotunu on Corromandel. He has a decent boat and we plan on getting out fishing Saturday and Sunday targeting Snapper of course, but we also want to try for Kingfish and Tuna which my cousin has previously had some success fishing for.
But the trip to Kuaotunu will be just as good. The plan is to do a bit of a pub crawl once we get out of Auckland. Also planned stops are the Coromandel Oyster company and the smoke house. We'll also stop by my Grandmothers grave site as I try to do every time I make it home to NZ.
So any suggestions in terms of good craft beer and gin/whisky options to stop on the way to Coromandel?
It was quite funny, when the two other cousins (three brothers) - one who lives in Wellington and the other works in Christchurch but he and his wife, who works in Auckland, have a house in Remuera and another in Christchurch and they split there weekends alternating between both locations - heard what was planned, they both went hell yeah, we are in!
So they are joining us for a real boys weekend fishing and eating and drinking.So next Friday, the 14th (yes it's Valentines Day), we'll be in Auckland taking my son around the Harbour and the Viaduct Basin and some other places for the morning and early afternoon. One thing I'm really keen to see where the America's Cup are getting set up and hopefully a peak at the boat(s).
Was planning to take the boy for a lunch at the The Brewers Co-Operative - NZ Craft Beer and Fish and Chips Auckland.
So, to @Kirwan and any others, if you happen to be in and around Auckland at that time, drop by for a beer or other beverage.
Send me a PM and we can swap numbers as I'll have global roaming turned on.
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thought I'd try black coffee this morning...
dropped under 97kg for the first time in years this morning.