Goal Met: 60 hour fast

I’ve gone in and out with IF (intermittent fasting) over the last 4-5 years with the longest being around 30 hours but I was reading about the benefits of longer fasts (namely autophagy) and really wanted to try it. I settled on 60 hours because that means two whole days plus part of another day so I could stop after lunch on a Friday then power through the weekend and be ready to go early Monday morning.

The first day was a breeze – I had a normal sized lunch and was able to just go home and skip dinner and get ready for the weekend. Saturday wasn’t too bad the hunger pangs showed up but I managed to stay the course. I did notice I was fatigued and had a low motivation but it was a football weekend so I could just relax on the couch with the family watching football.

The only drawback to that was every other commercial was for food. I’m sitting there with hunger pangs and its a nonstop cavalcade of pizzas, burgers, pasta and beer. It got so bad I had to just stop paying attention during the commercials as I wasn’t sure I could take anymore.

This is also the time my wife noticed some over ripe bananas and asked me to make banana bread – one of my favorite things to eat. She winced as soon as she said it but the kids heard and started the banana bread chant so I ended up making a delicious banana laden loaf of banana bread – oh the aroma!

Sunday was more of the same – did some things around the house but the energy was at a really low point – I drank some tea and other caffeinated beverages but they didn’t seem to move the needle much I think my body was just using its energy for fast related things. I was so tired I ended up napping at my desk then shuffling upstairs to sleep it off.

Monday was better – I had a clearer head and work was distracting for me so I could just put my head down and get a lot of work done.. but when it was time to break the fast I was ready – I knew you had to break a long fast with something light so I had a bottle of Huel and a slab of that aforementioned banana bread.

I took a selfie right before I broke my fast: