Allie, as Californiagirl has said, I think the trick is to not necessarily set out to do a long fast. I only tend to eat twice a day anyway so was practising 16:8. So I just skipped breakfast so by the time I got to dinner, I had already managed 24 hours. That was how I started.
Moving on from that, I decided to go for 36 hours, all I had to do was skip dinner too. This was my biggest temptation time, not because I was hungry, but more because I wanted something in my mouth. I decided I needed to differentiate between real hunger and mouth hunger. Mostly what we feel is mouth hunger, so I kept busy and powered on through the evening, keeping busy, and then went to bed early. By the next morning, I had done 36 hours, which was what I’d set out to do. But, you know what? I didn’t feel in the slightest bit hungry. So no breakfast for the 2nd day running. The less you eat, it seems the less you want to eat, and by dinner time I could easily have skipped that meal too. But o/h was back from his travels and wanted us to share a bottle and have supper together, so I complied. And enjoyed it too, after a 49.5 hour fast.
Anyway, this was my experience. I hope it helps, but I think the secret is
1) to recognise the difference between real hunger and mouth hunger, and
2) not to be over ambitious to start with, just plan on skipping one meal and see how it goes. Let’s be honest, if you attempt a 36 hour fast, you can spend half that time in bed, so not too difficult π
Again, I am no expert and can only tell you of my experience. I hope it helps – it is really not that difficult once you get your head around it, and I feel great O/h, who is not one for compliments, told me today that I look fantastic. π Enough saidπ
PS If fasting rids me of all those dead/damaged cells AND makes me feel good, what’s not to like? π