Fasting?

@GreenAppleKing Said

Anyone else have experience fasting?

I'm nearing my third day without food and only water intake. Has anyone else seen benefits?

@Cpat92 Said

Are you doing it for any specific purpose?

@GreenAppleKing Said

Anyone else have experience fasting?

I'm nearing my third day without food and only water intake. Has anyone else seen benefits?

@GreenAppleKing Said

cleansing ---- but will switch to intermittent fasting today

@GreenAppleKing Said

A confession:

So, on March 7th, we did a height and weight test at the work center. I weighed in at 198. I knew this wasn’t going to fly because I don’t have a thick enough neck to pass getting taped. I’m 5’8” so I have to weigh less than 181. So starting that afternoon, I limited my fluid intake to water and unsweetened teas and coffees. No juice no milk no sodas. I ate only leafy green vegetables and unprocessed meats and hard cheeses like provolone. I use my travel for my civilian job as an excuse to not workout as much as I could, so I relied more heavily on diet. Even then, I found my way to the treadmill at the hotel fitness centers about twice a week.

Around March 31st, I was still about seven pounds shy of my goal, so I started to work out a little more and I skipped a few meals. April 2nd I weighed 183. I stopped eating food and drank just a little water. At noon April 3rd, I drank a bottle of magnesium citrate and got the “party” going. By 0700hours April 5th I was down to 178lbs. I felt like I was sick. After the weigh-in I drank a gallon of water and had some sandwiches and fruit. Even a day later I still wasn’t 100% recovered.

@jonnythan Said

I will say that there's nothing inherently wrong with intermittent fasting. However:

1) Intermittent fasting is something of an advanced technique, best approached well after you've already gotten your eating in order. Your eating is most definitely not in order in any way, shape, or form. If you don't know what you're doing or don't pay close attention and exercise a great deal of control over your food and portion choices, it can and will go very wrong.

2) OP isn't intermittent fasting. He's more adopted anorexia and laxatives in a desperate attempt to shed pounds, and in the process he is destroying his body and dropping muscle mass like a mofo. At his age, it would probably take 1-2 years of heavy exercise in combination with gaining weight just to get back the muscle mass he has already lost.

@jonnythan Said

Stop for a moment.

You're resorted to chugging laxatives in order to lose weight.

This is a bad idea.

@GreenAppleKing Said

A confession:

So, on March 7th, we did a height and weight test at the work center. I weighed in at 198. I knew this wasn’t going to fly because I don’t have a thick enough neck to pass getting taped. I’m 5’8” so I have to weigh less than 181. So starting that afternoon, I limited my fluid intake to water and unsweetened teas and coffees. No juice no milk no sodas. I ate only leafy green vegetables and unprocessed meats and hard cheeses like provolone. I use my travel for my civilian job as an excuse to not workout as much as I could, so I relied more heavily on diet. Even then, I found my way to the treadmill at the hotel fitness centers about twice a week.

Around March 31st, I was still about seven pounds shy of my goal, so I started to work out a little more and I skipped a few meals. April 2nd I weighed 183. I stopped eating food and drank just a little water. At noon April 3rd, I drank a bottle of magnesium citrate and got the “party” going. By 0700hours April 5th I was down to 178lbs. I felt like I was sick. After the weigh-in I drank a gallon of water and had some sandwiches and fruit. Even a day later I still wasn’t 100% recovered.

@jonnythan Said

Stop for a moment.

You're resorted to chugging laxatives in order to lose weight.

This is a bad idea.

@GreenAppleKing Said

You're right.

I really don't want to go that route again.