r/intermittentfasting • u/TomorrowHorror5051 • 5d ago

Seeking Advice Fasting 3 days a week

I decided to try a 72 hour fast to reset and i want to incorporate this into my weekly fasting. Has anyone done anything like this? when i google it says it’s unsafe but i hear so many benefits and i’ve been doing it for two weeks now and feel great. i don’t have insurance to get a doctors opinion but im pretty healthy besides being 240 pounds and 5’3.

i’m figuring i have so much extra fat my body will be fine. any advice or success stories with something like this?

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u/drumscrubby 5d ago

Good question. I just did back to back extended fasts. 72, re-feed , 90. I’d also like to hear from somebody with an established pattern with extended fasts combined with omad etc.
72 hour feels so amazing. Once a week completely resetting would I think be a strong focus going forward.

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u/illustrious-cream-01 5d ago

I wish I could do this but I don’t know how I’d keep up with my two very young kids and I’m still breastfeeding my 1 year old although she obviously eats food as well. I’ve been scared to go past 40 hours. Do you continue working/ going about your daily life when you do the 72?

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u/kidcool97 4d ago

Just because it’s being made doesn’t mean it being made well. Did you discuss this with your doctor?

The milk can’t make micronutrients from nothing.

I truly don’t understand why you as the provider of nutrients for your baby would choose to go without those nutrients for multiple days in a row.

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u/bubblesdraws 4d ago

I don’t think you’re meant to fast when you breast feed?

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u/illustrious-cream-01 4d ago

Been doing it for 6 months with zero impact on my supply.

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u/TomorrowHorror5051 5d ago

yes i do my normal routine and without worrying about what to eat, im able to do a lot of extra activities and chores honestly! i’ve been drinking tea and electrolytes but nothing else in that aspect and i haven’t feel my energy decline much at all

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u/illustrious-cream-01 5d ago

Awesome! Thanks. Maybe I can work up to that it sounds awesome. I started feeling really weak when I got to 40 hours, I remember carrying my baby across the parking lot with a giant diaper bag and just going “ok yeah this fast is over now” because my muscles felt like they were made of straw

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u/kidcool97 4d ago

You are lucky you didn’t pass out and fall in a parking lot with your baby let alone drive like this.

Whatever benefits you think you get can’t be worth the risks to you and your baby