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As weird as this sounds, fasting is easier for me than “dieting.” If I’m focused on a restriction of some sort, it consumes my mind and I start making compromises. With fasting, there is no compromise. You either do it or you don’t. Something about that actually makes it MORE sustainable.

I did a 40 day water fast last May. Dropped 55 pounds during that time. I have been hitting the gym and eating properly ever since that. I used the water fast as a “jump start” to get my health back on track.

Also eating nothing is easier than eating less. For some waterfasting is easier than diet

Beginning of this year I water fasted for 51 days and lost 50lbs. I just now finished a 23 day October fast… it’s life changing

Just completed day 1 of water fast. Aiming for 40 days to get rid of joint pain, obesity and low self-esteem. 🎉.

Most I ever fasted was 3 and a half days. By that third day I was looking at coworkers and thinking about how easy it would be to eat them.

Currently on day nine of a 40 day water fast. Hunger is finally starting to subside. Have already lost a good chunk of weight. And the inflammation from years of manual labor is at it's lowest point in a long time. It’s working wonders! Good luck to everyone else on the journey!

If you were overweight your whole life and struggled with losing weight. Waterfast is giving so much hope and joy its unbelievable. You see your body, mind and of course scale changing. Incredible!

I am 6ft 3. 245lbs. I fast for 4 days every month. I also only eat every other day. Been doing it for years and I feel fantastic. I am 53, get told I look 30.

8 days into my water fast I went for a physical and the doctor said my urine was full of ketones but that I was one of the healthiest patients that walked in. The doctor was completely surprised because my size. At that time I was about 480lb. I told him I was water fasting and he was blown away.

I did an unsupervised 40 day fast and lost 36 pounds! All my blood test and markers was super healthy and survived!

I am water fasting for the 4th time now 30 days ,20 days, 30 and 30 days respectively. For first time i just started fasting after a heavy carb meal, it was brutal and I had quite a sedentary life style and I lost alot of muscles. I was getting dizzy and feeling weak, ended up in hospital for 3 days all the vitamins were depleted and I was low on electrolytes. The 3 times after that I was totally fine. The mistake I did was that I didn't take multivitamins and elec salts. I took a higher dosage of multivitamin and it helped out alot. I lift every single day, and just walk instead of heavy cardio. If you are planning to do this, cut carbs a week before starting the fast , stay hydrated cut caffeine, increase multivitamin dosage, take you elec salts.I am mainly doing it for my depression and anxiety. I was prescribed every kind of medication imaginable for depression. It just got worse. Now I am on my 2nd year without taking any anti-depressants . My headaches are gone. Blood pressure is normal, mood swings disappeared. My cravings are gone, I hate the junk food I used to eat, more mindful of my eating. I keep my diet low carb in-between the fasting intervals. Stay safe and do it the right way.

I'm on day 32 of my water fast, daily electro lights are so important. I have plenty of fat to keep going, maybe even to day 60. Stay safe everyone.

I'm on day 6 of what I planned on being a 7 day fast. As great as I feel I'm going to go 14 days. At that point I'll reevaluate and may go to 30 days or longer. This is life changing!

I did a 40-day water fast and lost 39 lbs in 2011. I had the fat on my body to go longer and was still not hungry when I broke my fast. I can say I never felt better than after that water fast!

I’ve always been an 80KG guy measuring 6”0 so after someone posted a group pic in 2016, me included, on FB. I was horrified, fat gut and 99KG, so decided to try a 5 day water fast, felt great so continued 6 weeks of 5 days water and 2 days Fed. End of week 6 and hit my target weight of 80kg. Soon after I was on a business trip in Hong Kong and had 3 suits and a bunch of shirts made for me by a Tailor. Felt great, looked great. Then Covid came along and recently couldn’t get a suit on, weighed 91KG so 2 weeks ago, did a 10 day water fast. Turns out I enjoy fasting, got to 83kg, been feeding for the past 4 days ( Eating sensibly, no sugar, no carbs) tomorrow I’ll start again for 5 days and I know by Saturday I’ll be able to get back into those amazing suits. Good luck everyone !

This teaches self control and discipline at the same time. It really helps you physically and mentally. I personally don’t want to lose any more weight as I’m sitting at 180 lbs, but doing occasional 3-8 day water fasts help in fat loss journies and dieting/exercising

Fasting is definitely life changing. Takes discipline and patience sticking to this lifestyle. Good luck to anyone considering this.

The fatter you are the more you lose. I was 500lbs and I did a 32 day water fast and lost 73lbs.

Looking forward to this series as I'm currently doing a 5 day water fast. It really helps not looking at food related content on KZfaq 😅.. Keep up the great work my friend!

I’m 54yr old female on disability do to a car Accident. I did a water fast for 27 days and 3 days on bone broth. Then I started Carnivore diet. My weight was 192 to start Ending at 161. I also had very high BP and joint cramping along with Candida over growth that Was so bad it was around my nose, my head, my ear and scalp. Now my weight is still 161, BP 122/88 With no Candida, or joint cramping. Just got and update On my weight I’m at 155lbs as of 11/23

Fantastic!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Really looking forward to this series.

Just completed my yearly 21 water fast

I did a 5 day fast but not water. My water had electrolytes and I took a vitamin once in a while. I lost like 20 pounds. I was not hungry at all. Trick is to walk about an hour a day as well to keep the muscles strong. As long as you have fat tissues to burn through, drink fluids, walk about 1 hour a day, you are not starving. Starvation sits in when you actually have no fats to burn through.

Lost 56 pounds on OMAD! Eating whole foods. I just added beef liver to my diet, very hesitantly. 213 pounds to 155 in three months! Height 5,7 age 37.

I did a 47 day water fast two years ago. I went from 303lbs down to 218lbs. Right now I’m around 245lbs

54 days? absolute madlad, much respect.

I look forward to hearing the rest in this series. Thank you for all you do to inform the masses :-)

I’ve had the same exact thing happen to me. I broke my right ankle and left arm and gained a lot of weight and have been fighting to burn off the fat for a long time now. At most I was at 300 and I’m down to 265 now. Passively I lost 35 lbs by cutting out sugar and carbs. I eat fresh veggies and fruit and upped my protein intake. I’m not losing weight fast like fasting but it is slowly coming off.

Started on Sunday the 17th weight was at 304. Weigh in this morning is 297. Goal is 88 day fast, taking only vitamins and water.

Your illustrations are great. I've seldom seen as good to accompany the explanations - Thanks!

This was excellent! Most inspiring!

I did a 19 day fast and a lot of my bloodwork markers improved. I made the mistake of telling my dr, he yelled at me..

I have successfully done a 9 day fast in the past and planning to do a 56 day fast. For your own well being it is very important to consume the recommended daily water intake. First 3 days are tough but from there onwards, you’re in a state of bliss.. it’s mind over matter, love & humility was the only ever currency.

Great video! Way to be adaptive and pull in a real life example. Congrats, Ron.

This was great info I am at day 9 Going for 14 days so far so good!

Almost 1300 hours! This dude is amazing! I did it and got to 60 hours before I broke it for energy to weightlift. I was surprised at the health effects from it. Fasting kind of sucks but benifits are worth it. But 54 days though, geez, I'm blown away by that willpower.

I did the same thing after a 21 day fast. I did some blood work and my doctor praised my test results. I never told him I was doing an extended water fast ;p

I'm in day 4 of my planned 30 days water fast, this video and Ron's testimony in particular has helped strengthen my resolve.

You’re so underrated, I have no doubt your channel will be at 100k subs soon

Anyone that can do a pure water fast for more that 10 days is an absolute machine I do not have the strength in mentality to do it any longer than that, I’ve tried and tried

I'm on day six of my attempt at a 30-day water fast. I'm 5'7 and started at 280 lb. I'm down to 267.5 as of today, though I know a good chunk of that is water weight. I'm managing a total of about 3-4 miles a day as well, The only about one mile of that a day is intentional walking at the gym or outside for exercise, as the rest I get just generally in the course of my day through work and letting the dog out. That said, the biggest thing I found is that specifically days two three and part of day four were absolute hell as far as the hunger pains go. But after that, it really is like magic.... 70%-80 percent of hunger pains completely disappear, and I'm starting to feel more alert and more energetic. I'm already noticing the difference in the mirror and in my clothes which makes me feel great. I do just water, tea, coffee, and 1/2 cup of hot water with a cube of beef bouillon in the evening as a vessel for salt and have just a small something on my stomach so I can take my daily multivitamin and let it settle okay. I don't use sugar and my tea or coffee, but I do use artificial sweetener. I figured out through all of this that the main reason why our culture and the United States does not honor fasting as much as other cultures is simply because there's no money generally speaking that companies can milk out of someone just not eating. It's the cheapest way to lose weight. I did a lot of research prior and the biggest thing that made me want to do it was the Stark realization that for 99% of human history, mankind did not have constant access to food like we do now. Most cultures had heaviest access to food during the summer and fall, and depending on what part of the world you are in, some of the spring. During winter, it was not uncommon to have little to no food around, and what food was around was generally going to be the same one or two items everyday. Our bodies really are made to have a few weeks to a few months at a time on limited calories when we aren't doing much physical exercise due to the weather. This realization has really helped keep me sane despite all of the criticism of people around me. I see a lot of worry about heart failure and death, but to put it bluntly, there's a reason why we don't hear about 300 lb people dying of starvation from not eating for a couple of days... They die from all of the serious diseases that are a direct result of the weight and the toll it takes on our bodies.

I’m 340 and starting my journey in doing alternate day and then I’m gonna ease into trying fasting for a long period your channel and vibe is dope

Your timestamps greatly accentuate your nice videos! 👍

I do alternative day fasting, and run 10 miles every other day. Have lost 10 kg, down from 101kg to 91 in three weeks. Aiming to reach 78kg by the end of April 2023.

Longest fast I’ve done is 10 days. Got really healthy doing a lot of fasting in 2017-2021 but fell off and have packed on 30 lbs in two years. Ready to get reacquainted with Ketosis this year.

Great interview!

Good job!! Hugs from Poland 🇵🇱

starting my extreme water fast and just finished my complete day. 260 lb and 6’2 feet. Not taking any supplements will update everybody when I crack 🎉

just did my first ever choice fast... motivated by need for a gastroscopy. 3 day fast and after that i ate some hospital sandwiches... then i fasted another 3 days. Its the furst fhree days were really hard but after that i found it easy. I only started to eat again because i couldnt sleep properly i started having very light sleep and very vivid dreams. im going to keep doing it. This man is a great role model.

This is motivating me to fast. I did a 7 day in October, a 4 day end of January, and then screwed up going back to sad diet eating too much. Thank you!!

I water fasted over Thanksgiving break. My goal was 21 days (I have about 30 lbs of excess fat to lose), but I ended up only doing 6 days. I had done a 10 day water fast before some years back in summer time. I found it fairly easy after the 4th day or so--hunger went away and mostly stayed away. Not so much this time. I think those of us of northern Euro descent have an internal sensor and urge to "fatten up" at least a bit for the coming winter as it gets colder and the days get shorter. A kind of built in self protective mechanism, as winter and early spring was primarily the time/season of most prolonged potential hunger for those especially living further away from the equator. Whatever the case, it was way harder for me to water fast in late fall than it was in summer. (I was also colder than usual towards the end of the fast). So if I don't hit my target weight/BMI by summer, I plan to do another, longer water fast. My spouse also goes on at least a couple week (often longer) vacation in the summer. It will be easier to do it then as well, because she won't be constantly cooking and eating in front of me. Definitely makes it easier. Plus, I won't have to hear complaints about smelly, keto breath or lack of energy etc. And more quiet time to meditate, rest, and relax. I might also go backpacking and do some very light/slow hiking (I'll bring electrolytes and back up, emergency food as well). According to Alan Goldhamer, you want to minimize physical activity and muscle exertion to keep muscle loss down during a water fast. Basically you can only do light walking.

I’m on day 20 I feel amazing it’s been easier than ‘healthy clean eating’ worrying about what to eat and when is stressful just water fasting is easier by far 20 days 23lbs down

For those of you who would love to do this but just can’t/won’t/don’t have the ability whether for health reasons or lack of will power I just want to encourage you. Fasting doesn’t have to be long periods of time, great if you can, but you can also get great results from different forms of fasting and many of the benefits that you hear about. I’ve tried intermittent fasting, didn’t like it. I watched some vids and decided to just do a few 36hour fasts, I started by doing two a week. The first wasn’t to bad, i fasted on a Monday and I comforted myself that I would get breakfast the following morning, the next one was on Thursday, a bit harder for some reason but got through ok, I did this for maybe a month or so and felt great, got very good results and it’s something that I have decided to make a permanent lifestyle practice, much easier than dieting imo. I’m not saying this is for everyone, only saying there’s plenty of variations to use and relieve the benefits of fasting👍

He did a great job.I seriously couldn't do it and I'm afraid I would have a medical incident from it but I admire people who can do it.

I’ll try to answer any questions anyone may have as best as I can. It was a funny interview, and, as Physionic states, it wasn't the best of ideas to go into this long fast without supervision. Still, my life experiences growing up and my prior military service compounded that mentality. Also, during the time, I was attending college for physics and had the forethought to see the reaction of a doctor without any intricate details. I think it is one of the best ways to get the true meaning of things, as your biases can often lead you to conclusions that under normal circumstances do not make much sense, i.e., my own bias regarding this fast. P.S. - I still regularly fast since I broke my 54-day one. I just completed a 4-day water fast last week, and I only eat once a day, typically.

I keep coming back here for inspiration and encouragement

I’m on day 29 of a 40 day water fast. I started at 321 and am currently at 259.5 so am down 61.5 lbs. I did heavy weight training for a few months before and am using the sauna 4x a week and taking cold showers and I think those are causing me to burn more than a pound of fat a day even a month into the fast. Cold showers promote brown fat which has more mitochondria than regular fat, increasing metabolism. Sauna extends the effects of a workout or mimics cardio and burns more energy. And building muscle before increased my metabolism as well. I’m sure I have lost some muscle too but look much gunner especially at the belly so am confident I am mainly losing visceral fat.

Reading the comments is encouraging, I am gearing up for a 21 day fast, hoping to extend to 40 if I feel like I can. I did a 7 day water fast several years ago and remember how amazing it helped me. Doing it for my health because as many people have said I just can't seem to do "dieting" without immediately looking for ways to compromise or cheat.

I am on day 7. My only issue is that I feel weak when I do any simple activity such as walking around the yard. I feel fine laying in bed and my heart is not beating like crazy this time because of the supplements I take. I take potassium, sodium and also a spoonful of apple cider vinegar. So far, I am down 15 lbs.

I lost 22 kg doing water fast for 40 days and I never gain it again

Great job with the 54 day fast. I've fasted for 10 days and felt amazing. Sure, the first 3 days were horrific, but after 5 days I barely thought of food. It felt like i had more energy at day 5 and onwards compared to a normal daily diet. Clothes became bigger due to fat loss. Just make sure that you have someone around to keep an eye on you in case the worst happens.

Brilliant Video, well explained. I am on water fasting right now, and I will go into a Lamondetox after a week of fasting; then, I may go for 60 days in total fasting. I need a reseat, not only the loose of wait. When I fast I really appreciate the amount of food that we need for life

Great video thx

I did a 21 day water fast - and I lost 20 lbs and I felt great I didn’t have any issues during the process.

I too have water fasted, the longes was 20 days. Once you get past the 1st 3 days it's easy. Being fat fed by your own body is great and I find that when I'm pure carnivore I feel the same as water fasting.

Interesting stuff.

Wow, now I’m very curious phasing in next steps in short to long water fasting, thanks for your video! I just started carnivore with daily videos to help hold me accountable…. I’ve enjoyed my first week! 🤗 Thanks again!

I absolutely love these kind of interviews. I myself did 20 days, it was the healthiest I have ever felt. Can't wait to do it again but, this time I'm opting for supervision

I've done a few 8 day water fasts at clinics in California and Germany. I was one of many pateints in the Buchinger fasting study done a few years ago.

Very interesting!

I m 22 years old .. i m on day 5 of water Fast i just weighed before the very first day of my fast nd’ll not weigh again for 50 days i’ll meet u at 51st day and post my Actual weight differences from initial to finals.. And will post the variance accordingly Wish me luck folks! 😊

Not only are the benefits truly amazing on the physical and mental health, but it sure does help financially as well! Haha 🙏 Much love all

Have you always had the jazz outro? Either way I dig it!

i water fasted 10 years ago for 40 days. best thing I ever did. lost 45 lbs and fixed a lot of acne skin and dandruff issues i had as well as my chronic shoulde pains. I wanted to do it again but its hard when you arent as motivated as before. I was obese then but now Im not.

I'm excited to watch all 3 parts of this series! I've spent the past year building muscle at the gym & made significant gains, although I'm still morbidly obese 6' 270 age 57. I'm tempted to try a 40-day water fast but could I see results almost as rapidly without losing muscle, with carnivore?

I did a 33 day water fast a few years ago and lost about 40 lbs. I didn’t have a plan for after the fast, though, and gained it all back over the next year or so. It’s so much easier for me to just refrain from something than managing it. My hair fell out in clumps a month after my fast ended but it all grew back (maybe better?).

I think the best way to water fast is to drink spring water and have natural herbs tea with it like Mullen leaf,nettle tea,cloves and much more

Hi am 23 am on my day 1 water fast am planning on doing it for 50 days wish me luck. I will be weighing myself after every 7 days to see my progress so I will be back with my updates after 7 days . My starting weight is 190 pounds see you'll next week

Currently on day 5 of 40! Kind of need to understand the balance of water consumption to not upset the kidneys, but apart from that, I feel great and already lost 14 Ibs!

The most ive done was 18days, but i was in Mongolia so not surrounded by constant food marketing in my face. I finally cracked after one morning craving flavour and texture in my mouth. I heard of people having cravings but never really experienced them. These cravings were utterly intoxicating, i couldnt get the thought, the want out of my head. Im not sure how much actual weight i lost but i know i went down 3 belt sizes and my jacket because loose fitting quickly and people started commenting regulatly that face was becoming slimmer around day 8 or 9. By day 10 my sleeping was insane although the first 5 or so nights i was wide awake im guessing to the ketosis adaptation. I havent tried an extended fast since but keen to in the right environment.

Great video thank you! P/S: Your voice reminds me of James Holden from The Expanse. And you look kinda similar too!

Don’t know how people do this, I can’t go a few hours without eating. I lost about 40kg just eating a lot of protein and working out everyday

I did a diet i lost 45 pounds in 25 days. It was about 600- 800 calories a day the hardest part was reducing exercise...no carbs but you ate a different meat every meal and not on conservative days. And you you had a list of vegetables you could eat. Can you fast and excersize?

Love ❤️ this video Am waiting for more markers ! Especially blood pressure was it measured? Can you please 🙏 what is his group age I am so proud of you by doing this interview

I was 440 and dropped to 220 with a 6 pack and size 32 pants. I find water fasting to be much easier than dieting a day of fasting is like equal to a whole miserable week of dieting. It’s like plucking your leg hairs instead of waxing them. However I eased into it 1 day fast then a 500 cal high protein and fiber meal then 2 day fast with the 500 cal meal rinse and repeat until day 7 when I get diarrhea and cramps if I eat anything so I just pushed to about 2 weeks my job is physical long days in the sun so I got tapped out of all energy and couldn’t work and was almost passing out through the day when I would stand up After obtained a top 1% physique I injured my back badly and have rapidly gained to 315 again while losing at least 30 lbs of muscle so a very huge bf % change my clothes don’t fit I feel terrible and out of breath all the time Today is day 2 of my water fast after trying to diet failed day after day for months

I lost weight naturally by getting rid of all fast food and soda…from 290 to 260 and now back to 270…so I haven’t outright put out all the weight back on but I need a big boost to get to 200…a 50 day water fast might be exactly what I need…

Dr Jason Fung is the GOAT

Awesome thanks

tell me more, also starting fasting from Jan on and off , but do you take vitamins as well with the water , or water only

On day four 😢 wish me lucky Today is very hard but ill keep on pushing

On my 3. Day of fasting now. Hopefully i will be strong enough to endure for 3-4 more weeks

I'm on day 4 of a 28-30 day water fast in which i took blood exams to measure most of my levels and then i will do it again when next to refeeding in order to compare when going to a nutritionist.

I'm a naturally skinny fellow and find that as long as I get into keto prior, I lose no muscle during a fast. I've done something like 16 seven day dirty fasts over the last few years. My bloodwork looks much better and I have several pounds of muscle I didn't have prior- stem cell activation? I'm on one now, feel fine and am losing fat like a fiend. I tend to do a 7 day fast every 2 months. Note: I do focus on weight training and gaining muscle between fasts.

I wonder what his biomarkers were like in the refeed? Much of the magic of fasting seems to come from the quality of the diet during the post fasting period

I water fasted for nearly 30 days and lost 48 pounds. I was 17 at the time😄

Currently been cutting my eating down and now I’m ready to water fast. My highest weight was 367lbs, in 2013-2014 I got down to 285lbs. I’ve always been a big kid all of my life and now at 31 years of age I want to get my life back in control. Recently weighed 339lbs (2024) and have gotten down to 309lbs the last two months by not eating after 6pm. So now for the water fast I would like to do it for 30 days. My goal is to get down to 250lbs. Hopefully I am able to achieve my goal by the end of the year. This is the year I get my life back. Mentally I’m ready for the challenge as I’ve been controlling my hunger by dry fasting. At 6ft 3 I just want to look normal and get rid of this stomach.

Is there any data on what fasts do to hair health? Would it inhibit healthy hair growth or not factor into it?

This man is insane for that I could never