I’m a accidental faster. I typically do OMAD and if I skip a meal for whatever reason, I see how long i can stretch it out.
My record is a 3 day water+electrolyte fast. I end up doing this twice a year, since I’m not trying to schedule it.
What are your experiences?
Posting again just to answer your question.
I have been water fasting for 6 days straight. I had a bad experience ending my fast where I overloaded on carbs and therefore had a huge insulin spikes which in turn demolished me, made me bedridden puking, could not eat. Thing is I didn’t think it through enough to do it wisely. What’s my daughter’s birthday at the day I ended my fast. And I was so tempted to nibble on that cinnamon bun that we had for her birthday. And after that I just had a rush to eat, so I ate a lot in a short time window.
So I had not eaten for 6 days and then I ate like 2.5 meals in the span of 3 hours.
Now I’m much more smart about it. Next time I will water fast I will lay down the carbs. And when I end my water fast I will slowly accelerate the eating. The body had a lot of days to adjust to me not eating. It’s super important to give it time on the way back to eating as well. Lesson learned.
oh yeah! you have to be careful coming off a prolonged fast. glad you recovered!