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you're probably thinking about trying fasting or you've tried fasting and are
looking to avoid mistakes. By the end of this video,
you're going to know six mistakes that many people make when they fast and how
to avoid those mistakes. And before diving into it today,
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Hey, my name is Sky. And I remember when I first started fasting,
I wasn't really sure of how to approach it. I was doing fast,
pretty consistently, but I was hungry during my fast.
A lot of the times I was getting dizzy and nauseous,
and I later realized that some of the things that I was doing before,
during and after my fast was affecting how I felt and making it a lot more
difficult for me to stay consistent and for me to feel good. And so,
since those times it's been about four years and I've learned a lot about how to
fast about when to fast, about why to fast and learning.
This has helped me massively improve the effectiveness of my fast.
And so I truly believe that fasting is by far one of the best ways to lose
weight, to get healthy and to just feel incredible.
And so in the next five to 10 minutes,
we're going to dive deep into six mistakes that people usually make when they
fast and what you can do instead. And before we dive into it today,
if you are a complete beginner and you have never fasted before,
make sure you go down in the description for a video,
we just put out on intermittent fasting 101.
So how you can implement fasting to get the most out of it.
But if you're feeling good about fasting,
maybe you've been doing it for a while and you're looking for some mistakes to
avoid, then let's get into it.
So the first mistake that a lot of people make when starting fasting is diving
into it, way too quickly.
Now I posted a video a while back of a three-day fast that I did,
and I'm going to be posting soon about a five day fast that I did.
And when people see that type of content,
sometimes it encourages them to just dive into a three-day fast or even a one
day fast right away. But if you've never fastened,
your body needs to make a totally new adjustment to how it works.
And so if you dive right in with a 24 hour 48 hours, 72 hour fast,
your body is basically going to be very, very angry with you.
It's going to have a hard time adjusting. It's going to be very difficult.
You're going to be lethargic, probably a little nauseous and overall,
you're just not going to feel good. And if you don't feel good,
there's no way that this stuff is going to be sustainable.
So when you start fasting, you want to make sure that you're starting off slow.
Meaning if you've never done a fast before, start with 12 hours, move to 16,
then 18, then try a full 24 hour fast.
Then if you're feeling courageous and you're feeling ready,
you can move into two, three, four, five day fast,
but make sure that if this is something that you want to do in the longterm,
and you don't want to just hate your life during the fast that this is something
that you slowly adjust to. The second mistake,
many people make when they fast is they don't give their body enough minerals.
Now, if you're the type of person whose diet is not totally dialed in,
and you're eating pretty unhealthy throughout the day,
odds are your body already. Doesn't have the nutrients.
It needs to operate at high level.
And so when you deprive it of even more by fasting,
you're going to have a pretty rough time. You can have cramps,
you can be nauseous. You can just have like total brain shutdown,
but if you don't have those nutrients, you're not going to feel good.
And so for me, this is something I learned the hard way during my five day fast,
because on day three, I had severe, severe achy cramps.
And so I started to do some research. I realized the importance of it.
And then during my fast,
I actually included some Himalayan sea salt in my water.
And then I also included some trace mineral drops. So those two things,
if you're starting fasting and your diet is not totally dialed in,
I would definitely recommend using that during your fast,
the third mistake people make.
And probably one of the most common is to justify how they eat
off of the fast, because they're fasting.
And I don't know how many people do this,
but if they've just gotten over a fast, especially if it's a longer one,
like 24 hours,
they think they've earned the right to now just eat whatever they want.
But the problem with that is, especially if you're eating that meal,
first thing,
when you break the fast is it has much of a higher impact on your body.
And so if you're not eating enough nutrients or you're eating more carbs or
things that are more processed, that's going to hurt your body more.
That's going to be heavier on your body, more impactful on your body.
And if the right nutrients are in place,
you're going to have way higher blood sugar,
and it's going to trigger your body to store fat right away.
So my biggest tip for you is to make sure that when you fast,
you're eating pretty much regular the rest of the time.
Now I will say when I did my five day fast, I celebrated that night,
but the first two meals that I had were super healthy, wild, caught fish.
I had vegetables, I had kimchi. I had sauerkraut.
I had a lot of stuff that was very nutritious for my body.
And so before you even enter a fast, you should know,
what am I going to be breaking this fast with?
And how am I going to do it in a way that's most beneficial.
Mistake Number four that people make when they are fasting is breaking their
fast or consuming something that is not water,
plain coffee or plain tea. Now, a lot of people kind of justify this as,
you know,
if I have a small piece of fruit or if I put a little bit of creamer in my
coffee, it's no big deal.
But the problem is that if you consume anything that contains nutrients like
that, or that contains macronutrients,
that's actually physically breaking your fast.
So the health benefits and the other benefits that you would normally get from
fasting are now pretty much useless And non-existent.
So some things people usually break their fast with on accident are going to be
things like coffee, creamer. some people take supplements or multivitamins.
Some people take BCAAs when they're lifting weights,
but basically anything that's not water,
coffee or tea is going to break your fast.
And that brings me into mistake number five*, which is,
if you are on a fast, you need to make sure that you're drinking enough water,
your body needs water. Your body is made up of mostly water.
And what most people do is they drink the same amount of water that they always
drink on their fast,
but your body needs that stuff when you're in a fasted state.
And so my recommendation is to add anywhere from two to six extra glasses of
water throughout the times that you're fasting to make sure that you stay
hydrated.
And the final mistake that people make when they fast is they the
line,
meaning if they said that they're going to do a 16 hour fast and they're fast
and at 4:00 PM, some people will break that fast at 3:55, 3:57, even 3:59.
Now, physically,
is there that big of an issue if you break your fast five minutes early?
Probably not. But the problem with this is that if you do this consistently,
you can start to pull back that line more and more and more and more.
This was something that happened to me.
So I was committing to 24 hour fast every single week. And I started with,
you know, my girlfriend made dinner early one night,
so I had it 20 minutes earlier. And then eventually it was 40 minutes earlier.
And then eventually it was two hours earlier and I was just a little hungry for
something. So I said, you know, I'll just break it early.
And so what I had to do was just do a hard reset. Like, no, when I fast,
if I'm committing to 24 hours, I am using that 24 hour period to not eat.
And I am not breaking the line. And so the thing is, if you're fasting,
there's no problem with you fasting less. If I were to enter a fast and say,
you know what, I'm going to fast for only 22 hours today instead of 24,
that's perfectly fine.
The problem comes when you start to convince yourself during your fast that it's
okay,
or that maybe you're giving yourself some reasons of why you can break your fast
early.
Because what that does is it teaches your brain that when you have an excuse or
when you don't feel like it, it's okay to break your fast. And again,
like I said, at the beginning,
staying consistent with fasting is one of the most important things that you can
do. So make sure that when you decide what time is your fasting and for how long
that you stick with it and you don't break that line until that time has passed.
So those are the six mistakes that beginners tend to make when they are fasting.
I'm very interested. Let me know in the comments,
have you made any of these mistakes? And if so, which one,
and let me know what changes you're going to make to make sure that you don't
make these mistakes again.
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