Anon fasts

Because you are starving yourself anon

Of course your senses gonna be enthusiastic when they see a single gram of external energy

During the hundreds of thousands of years we were nomadic persistence hunters, do you think we ate daily? Three square meals?
A rough rule of thumb is humans can go 3 days without water, 3 weeks without food and 3 minutes without oxygen.
Humans have literally evolved to fast for long periods and then have a huge feast once the prey is caught.
So no, he's not "starving" himself by avoiding stuffing his face for a few days.
- starving
  Calorie deficit that causes weight loss is starving. It's the definition of the word.
- Water fasting means you only intake water.

I started fasting thanks to my childhood hero’s unintended advice. I’d seen him around all the time but never managed to talk to him as a kid. Even after he’d improved, he was still frequently blue but became elated at the mere mention of fasting. He could go on about it for ages, bragging and joking.

All the friends in the world couldn’t break his unhealthy lifestyle, but they certainly tried. His best friend Miles in particular tried everything to get him to eat well, but concern can't overcome inertia, only aid you in doing so.

The 90s were a rough time for him and I sincerely believe that fasting saved his life. I caught a glimpse of him back then standing on the sidewalk with a hotdog in each hand, chili dripping off his face, belly distended and groaning like a ship losing rivets, surrounded by worried faces. His eyes shot open as he finally overcame inertia. He said to no one in particular the words that changed my paunchy little life. “Gotta go fast.”

I did try to spoiler this to not spoil the other comment, but I couldn't get it to work. Can you spoiler images?
- You can... well... link to it instead

Fasting has changed my life.

Fast for 20 hours, eat for 4, then do whatever I want 1 day a week. I've lost 50 pounds and kept it off for 8 years. Any time I start to creep back up, I'll start fasting again. Magic.

The "do whatever you want one day a week" implies that you do the 20/4 six days a week?
- Correct
What do you mean "eat for 4"?
- What OP is referring to is intermittent fasting. In a 24 hour day, you don't eat or fast for x # hours and then allow yourself a time window of y # hours where you are allowed to eat. In OP's case, they are fasting for 20 hours and allow themselves a 4 hour time period per day where they can eat. It helps with a calorie deficit by limiting when you can eat, rather than mindless eating throughout the day. It can be a helpful tool for some.
- Eat for 4 hours.
  So in one day, do not eat during 20h period, then eat during a 4h period.

You shouldn't do this kind of stuff without talking to your doctor and have a blood panel done.

For water only and 3 days in a row yes, but fasting once a week is harmless and has benefits
- And you should still consult a doctor first. If I did that I would likely die.
A non-underweight and otherwise healthy adult can forego food for a week without issue, it's not that big a deal. We would never have survived evolution if we couldn't do that.
- It's exactly why we store energy as fat in the first place, so when the getting is good it prepares us for when it isn't.
- surviving and healthy are two different things.
  It puts stress on your body. Not a problem for most people, but can still put people in danger if preexisting conditions exist
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No kidding. I've been malnourished before. There's a moment after taking vitamins and having a meal when it feels like the best drug ever. Better than dilaudid. Better than cocaine. Better than an orgasm. Apparently, according to my previous sexual partners and what I I've seen in pornos, I tend to have way more intense and longer lasting orgasms than most males. Still, the feeling of getting nutrients in my bloodstream after starving felt better than that...for about 20-30 mins! I was seriously just rubbing my skin and stretching my muscles, looking like I was in pure ecstasy. Imagine the peak of orgasm for 20-30 mins long. If that feeling could be turned into a drug, it would be the most addictive drug ever known.

I do intermittent fasting (apparently, wasn't aware of the concept until a friend of mine was describing it as there new diet plan and I was like "Damn, I've been doing that for years") and usually feel like shit after I eat. Not sure they're related though it might be that I just have a shitty digestive system.
I think it's called heroin.

I tried water fasting and felt great until around day 3 when insomnia kicked in

That would be about the point where your body runs out of natural electrolyte stores. Eating is more than calories, we constantly consume small amounts of electrolytes, vitamins, minerals, etc, all calorie-neutral things that are exceptionally vital to your body functioning right. Once those levels get wack, weird shit starts to happen.
It's why dieting is less about "stop eating" and more about "eat less but choose small amounts of very nutrient dense (NOT calorie dense) foods".
- So what I am hearing is I need to drink Gatorade around day 3. Got it.
- Glycogen might have run out, or ran out of amino acids/protein and consequently neurotransmitters until muscle wasting accelerates

Sorry Anon, everything you say is true, but you're sentencing yourself to thinking about food all day every day.

Fasting may be not healthy, unless your doctor say it is good for you. I've tried fasting and now I am a classic yo-yo problem example.

You've tried fasting, yes, but have you tried slowing?
Yoyo is more of a consistency issue imo. Calories in calories out is all of it. If you are yo yoing weight you are changing something at each end. I have always had that issue on diets until IF because life happens and you lose routine. With if I just dont eat unless I know its time, and my stomach is small so I fill up quicker. I bounced 230-270 for a decade. Now maintaining 190-200 and thats mostly water weight bouncing.
What does this yoyo mean?
- Going fat after being slim, then losing weight, again going fat, etc.
- I think they're saying they're on a pendulum swinging between comfort/ discomfort. Low blood sugar sucks man. I don't know how they do it. I have a fast metabolism, and hypoglycemic. I'm a little jealous these guys can even DO this.
- At the root, it means reverting to unhealthy habits/unhealthy eating. People would rather "blame the diet" but it's 100% a behavioral issue. Understandable that some people have trouble facing this fact.
- A yoyo is a toy on a string that goes up and down.
The way I see it, it's a good path to being able to move with less consequences to your joints. A bit like sugar free fizzy drinks? Are they good for you? No but if you can get to a healthier weight and then work from there they are a means to an end.

What's water fasting? Not drinking enough water for multiple days?

Only drinking water and not eating.
Probably just only drinking water. AKA a normal fast.
Though to be fair most fasts still allow for other zero calorie drinks, like tea or coffee.
- Obviously without milk or sugar or other calorie rich additives to be precise.
- I decided to fast for Ramadan one year. I'm not religious, I just wondered what it was like. I knew it was dawn to dusk fasting, but didn't know that you can't drink anything either. I did an obstacle race with my son on weekend in 25 degree Celsius weather and it was very, very tough.
  Anyway, I'm not sure there is such a thing as "normal" fasting. 😄
Stupid fad where people cycle consuming nothing but water for three days. Intermittent fasting (eg 14hr/day) is a far better approach
- It sounds so dangerous. Not eating breakfast or lunch and having a big dinner is one thing, but literally eating nothing for 3 days? Talk to a doctor first.

Ramadan isn't that far away from now, maybe you should try that. Or don't, it's just a suggestion.

Ramadan is fucked.
At first I was like idgf what people do. But then my mate told me every Ramadan doctors and nurses collapse while on the job due to Ramadan.
Just imagine telling some kid "sorry your mum died, but the nurse fucked up the medicine because she was incredibly dehydrated because some guy that lived in a tent 2000 years ago commanded it".
They should have to use their holiday days. Or just do their fucking job.
- Yeah they're not supposed to be fasting. Anyone who has even the slightest physical reason is excused. The poor, the ill, the old, the young, the pregnant, the required workers like doctors, police, fire, power line guys, etc ...
  If doctors and nurses are fasting it's because they want to and if they're passing out then they should be taking immediate steps to rectify that because they now fall into the ill category.
- While people who are ill and nurses/doctors are excluded from fasting, I have no doubt some of them still do.
- Good point.
In boarding school one of my best friends was from Turkey, and I joined him for Ramadan. I actually had a lot of fun, we’d hoard food from the cafeteria throughout the day in his room, then hang out all night.
I’d never do it on my own, especially because I have no connection to the religion, but I’m still glad I participated.
- Cool story.
What difference is the hotel you stay at going to make for your weight loss?
- I don't get what you mean by "the hotel I stay at".
I personally think it's the worst way to fast. In the end, you can still eat a lot of unhealthy stuff in the morning and in the evening (timing differs, easier in winter) while you can't drink any water during the day. Especially the latter part should just be a no go criteria for most people. Especially if you exercise physically in summer. Just completely whack in my opinion.
If the Christian way of fasting makes sense can be debated. But at least it raises no health concerns.
- Anyone who has to do outside work is absolutely allowed to eat and drink water during the day. You wouldn't go work in your garden, but construction workers are not fasting.

I do a short fast 1-2 times a year and this isn't far off. Hunger day 1 and 2 but by day 3 you're full of energy. I wouldn't break it with a juice box though, I like to do an Apple. Stick to whole foods and healthy fats.

He's not exaggerating.

Can attest. I feel a little high after 24 hours or so on a water fast too, tingly and spaced, it's an enjoyable way to safely lose weight.

Still plenty of energy of I have anything to do, but I can zone out watching tv all day and lose another half pound, or go for a long walk and goodbye a pound that day.

Sounds like a good way to lose money if you're in the UK
- We don’t all have a bunch of stones laying around to use as a weight metric

People say the darndest things on 4chan.

I went for three consecutive weeks without eating last year. The food I got after was horrible, but it felt so good to eat.

Why three weeks?
- I'm assuming a surgery of some kind.
  So unlike OP, this person constantly got nutrition.
  As someone who's been on IV-feed after a surgery and someone who's fasted just for fun, there's a huge difference.
  I mean eating the first time after both was good, but after fasting it was just so much better.

i do it regularly, and its great for living a balanced life.