Coming off a longer fast

Lately I've been experimenting with slightly longer fasts, my longest being 70 hours now. Today I just finished a 63-hour one, which was actually meant to be 60 hours but the breaking part got delayed! These longer fasts have been an interesting experience so far. I've found that the hunger comes and goes, that the worst part is always from about 24-30 hours, and after that it's significantly easier. It's important to stay hydrated and busy!

I wrote a post about hunger recently (it's over here!) where I talked about how it comes and goes in waves, and if you can remember that hunger has very little to do with how full or empty your stomach is, that helps. It's true: it's just the hormone ghrelin prompting you to eat, but your body will be just fine if you ignore it.

Of course there are a few exceptions in terms of people who should not fast. They would be: children and teens, pregnant people, people who are breastfeeding, and people with a history of disordered eating, specifically anorexia. That's it: everybody else can fast. Atheletes, elderly people, and everything in between. 

Now I'm taking a day or two of "regular" (the new regular, aka keto/low carb) eating, and then I'll start another shorter fast. This was dinner tonight: spinach salad with spiralized cucumber, strawberries, and a Meyer lemon & white balsamic vinaigrette, and scrambled eggs with grilled broccoli, garlic, and cheddar cheese, drizzled with sriracha. :)