The longer fasts aren't sustainable for weight loss. You know,
if you use fasting for a long period of time, it can be super,
super sustainable. But if you just do a fast like this,
it's not going to give you the results that lasts. So, wow.
Fasting. You've been around the block for long enough.
You've probably heard about how helpful fasting can be for your energy,
your hormones and metabolism and your health.
Even if you just started hearing about fasting,
the truth is humans have been fasting for thousands of years,
both on accident and on purpose.
Think about it back before there was the industrialization and mass production
of food. Humans had to go out and actually forage for their food.
If there was a season of low yield of crops or they just couldn't catch that
wooly mammoth, most of the time people's only option was to fast.
Religions have also been practicing fasting for thousands of years.
Reasons behind fasting range from everything from self control,
all the way to being able to feel more thankful for the abundance of food that
you do have. As research on fasting grows every day,
it's becoming more and more obvious that our bodies have adapted to and
massively benefit from fasting. In a short is 12 to 16 hours.
We're able to recycle old cells boost our natural energy and metabolism.
And if fasting long enough can actually see a complete reset in our immune
system, our digestive system and our circadian rhythm,
and as somebody who's been fasting for over four years, now,
I can confidently say that fasting is one of my favorite ways to maintain my
health.
So I found fasting back in 2016, when I stumbled on a guy called Cory Gregory,
Cory is a bodybuilder and he claimed that by eating less food,
you could actually maintain your muscle mass while also burning more fat. Now,
if someone who'd been studying the top bodybuilders for almost 10 years,
this didn't make any sense to me. I mean,
I thought we were supposed to be eating six meals, a day of chicken,
broccoli and rice,
having slow digesting casing protein before bed and never,
ever forgetting to consume protein shake within 30 minutes of a workout.
So I was skeptical of fasting, but I decided to try it anyway.
And within a few days of doing it, I was absolutely hooked.
For the next few years,
Intermittent fasting was an everyday part of my life until one day I stumbled
upon people doing longer fast.
And so I decided to challenge myself with the 24 hour fast.
It definitely wasn't easy, but after a few of them,
I committed to doing one 24 hour fast every single week,
which I've kept to almost a hundred percent consistency for the past three
years. Then I stumbled on people doing longer fast.
And so I decided to challenge myself. And my first three day or 72 hour fast,
it definitely wasn't easy,
but it taught me so much about my body's ability to adapt, to not eating food.
After that first three-day fast.
I did a couple more until one day I decided I wanted to step things up
and eat nothing for five full days.
My first 120 hour fast. Alright.
So I had a cup of bone broth and then I am about
to finish off some bacon and some avocado.
I already had some bacon avocado and eggs this morning,
but this is the last meal click and start on my timer.
And then we are getting this thing going. Alright.
I guess I'll do this.
So the date is Friday, January 22nd.
And as of today, I don't have my phone on me. As of today,
I am 101 hours into a
120 hour fast. Meaning I am on the final,
full day of this fast. It's been a blast! Just a quick recap.
Day one was great. I do 24 hour fast every single week. So it wasn't anything.
New day two is where things got tricky.
Day two for the last couple hours,
I was pretty much miserable. I've read up on our day. Two was really that Mark,
where you start to transfer over to you, go into very deep, very deep ketosis,
and you just get "blah".
Like your body really starts processing toxins and whatnot at that point.
So day two was really, really tough for me. I took a nap during the day.
I was so low energy, just, it was a lot. Day three.
I got almost no sleep. I slept about six hours,
even though I slept in a lot that day. And yeah, couldn't really fall asleep.
I was in and out of sleep the whole night I was tossing and turning,
but when I woke up, I felt pretty good.
And then I made the decision at the end of day three to run a workout class on
zoom. So that was a blast if we have a clip world that right now, but yeah,
I started the workout class I was following along.
And then I made the decision that I would rather just tell people what to do
instead of working out and passing out in front of everyone on zoom.
So after that, I would say last night was by far my best night of sleep.
It did take me awhile to get to sleep and my legs were hurting.
And I was just kind of talking that up to, you know, bodies,
working through stuff, body just clearing out toxins, give it what it needs,
just let it go.
So I got out of bed and I spent probably an hour and a half just reading late at
night because I couldn't fall asleep,
but eventually I got to sleep and it was the best night of sleep ever.
And here we are day five! Day five. This is not the full day five.
So I get to break the fast tomorrow morning at about 10:15 in the morning,
but this is the last full day. And I got to say, I feel incredible.
I know my mood is a little off. My energy is a little lower than normal,
but my mental clarity is there. I don't have a massive headache.
I know body pains. I'm not, uh,
I don't feel like my body's eating itself right now.
And I really attribute that to the fact that I've had a couple of things.
Number one, Himalayan, sea salt, Himalayan,
sea salt has a lot of incredible nutrients, which your body needs.
So every morning I thought a little bit of this in my glass of water,
and then I've done it every evening as well.
And then the second thing would be these trace mineral drops.
So basically this contains a bunch of minerals, super,
super healthy something your body does need while you are fasting,
especially in a longer fast.
And I've noticed I wasn't using this for the first few days or the salt,
but as soon as I started using it, I wasn't as nauseous. I wasn't as dizzy.
And I've been feeling pretty good, honestly.
Now I'm not saying I could go out right now and run a marathon or do a
high-intensity workout, but I have my energy.
I have my mental clarity and overall I'm feeling pretty good. So we got about,
let's see, we've got 16% left of this fast.
We've got about 18 hours less. I'm going to be spending the rest of this day,
working a little bit. And then it is a Friday.
So I will be spending some time with my girlfriend tonight, taking it easy,
watching a movie and using as little energy as possible.
So I'll keep you guys posted with everything that's going,
but thanks for sticking around.
Alright. So it is officially day five. Let me know. And that's in focus.
We have reached 120 hours that is day 6 of
5 technically or six of six. So I've completed a five day fast.
We started off at, we started off at 157.5 pounds,
and I kind of logged everything else here at all.
I'll include this somewhere so you guys can see it.
We've got some beautiful goodies prepared.
So this Kiwi on this disproportionately large cutting board,
they've got some frozen blueberries that have been the frosting and then some
watermelon. And before I have any of that,
I'm going to start with some bone broth bone broth is very,
very good for gut health overall and for digestion. So on an empty stomach,
it's a really, really good to drink bone broth.
And if you're going to get bone broth,
you want to go with a hundred percent grass fed beef bones because that's going
to be the most nutritious. So if you'll follow me,
I'm going to do the final weigh in.
We're going to log it and we're going to do a body scan and then we will get the
number. And if you can see the floor, hopefully you can't messy,
but I am going to weigh in. I feel like, uh,
I feel like I'm a twig by the lumber is 146.6,
146.6. So that is set 10 pounds, um, 146.6,
which is officially 10.9 pounds.
10.9 pounds in five days.
I feel like I'm just wasting away I'm a skeleton. Alright.
So I have the Amazon halo, which basically does a body scan for you.
So you stripped down, basically set the phone up. It's going to say there,
it's going to ask you to step back.
Relaxed, at least this pose for the entire scan
and face sideways on all four sides, turn and face backwards,
turn right and face sideways. Again.
It's going to take that data and it's going to turn it into a percent while it
does that. I'm going to take a beautiful, beautiful setup of some bone broth.
Basically my digestive system is not ready for heavy food,
so I'm starting it off with very light stuff,
which is going to be some juicy light fruit filled with a lot of water content.
That's so good.
Oh my goodness. That's insane. So a fun fact. Kiwi's my favorite fruit,
I decided this a couple of weeks ago and someone asked me and I was going to say
pineapple. Pineapples, probably a close second, but kiwi's number one.
Your body's like, Whoa! It's so crazy. Your your taste buds.
So I got a big chunk of piece here. Your taste buds like pick up everything,
literally everything, nothing in there.
Alright, guys, I'm gonna go enjoy this,
but I'll give you a full recap in a second. Alright.
So we are about 24 hours a little over like 25 hours after I broke
my fast yesterday, yesterday was incredible. What did we do Kat?
We went to a Italian restaurant. We had like incredible,
incredible food in throughout the day stuff.
And myself and I wanted to give you guys some 24 hour after data because a lot
of people think, you know, I lose 10 pounds in five days.
So that must mean that it's a really good idea to do a fast like this,
but longer, fast, aren't sustainable for weight loss. You know,
if you use fasting for a long period of time, it can be super,
super sustainable. But if you just do a fast like this,
it's not going to give you the results that last. So come with me.
I did eat this morning, but I just kind of empty my bowels. So, okay.
So I'm a little bit later this morning.
So I'm still 151 that is definitely honestly lighter than I expected.
So I started off at 157.5. At the end of my fast,
I was 146.6, which is a total of 10.9 pounds. So almost 11 pounds,
12 hours after. So I weighed yesterday. I was 152.
So I'd already gained back. What is that? About six pounds.
A little less than six. So I'm a little less than I was at the 12 Mark,
but I did get rid of some stuff this morning. Um, but yeah,
so I'll put the other stats there. And of course we're going to do a full recap,
but I kind of wanted to show you guys.
And I think that's important because people may watch that and I don't want them
to get the wrong idea. Cause fasting is incredible for your health.
Incredible for long-term changes to your weight,
but it's not a good strategy for weight loss in the short term.
So see you in the next part. What is going on?
The date is April 15th.
So we are approximately two months out since doing this five day fast,
just getting to recording this. But I do want to say I'm grateful.
I waited this long because it gave me a chance to internalize some of the
lessons I learned and also to see some of the aftereffects,
like what lasting changes have I seen since this fast, first things first,
I'm going to preface this again. I've said this a couple of times in the video.
If you are looking to lose weight and do a long-term task like this, don't!
Short-term intermittent.
Fasting is going to be a great strategy for weight loss,
but doing a three-day fast or a five day fast is not the answer. Again,
I lost about 11 pounds in this process,
but within the week I gained it all back.
So this is not the sustainable solution.
So if you are looking to learn how to use fasting to lose weight,
check the free three-part course,
that's going to be in the description in this video,
otherwise approach this from a very, very different angle.
I'm just trying to burn fat. So in terms of the challenge itself, you know,
what I experienced during this fast was really a beautiful thing.
It was a great opportunity to push my body, but more importantly,
to push my mind.
One of the things I noticed was that the last three or four hours before I could
break my fast was the hardest for me. And it's not because I was super hungry.
It's not because I was the most tired I had been.
It was solely because I knew that I was about to break the fast,
the anticipation and the craving of actually having the foods that I was going
to eat. So that's a pretty cool lesson, right? Like most people,
when they try to lose weight, as they look at certain foods and they say,
I can't have that. I can't have that.
And then what their brain does is it focuses on it,
amplifies it and it makes it even harder for them to say no.
So overall of course, I made it for the full time.
There was a lot of stuff that I was able to internalize and learn from it,
but something that stuck out for me and probably my biggest lesson was the
mental side of things.
So I had a couple of people reach out after I posted that I had done the fast
and they basically were asking, you know, why, why did you do that? Like,
you're in good shape. You don't have to lose weight. You're fit.
Like what's the purpose of fasting for that long. And my answer was, you know,
it's not about the weight loss. It's not about the health. Like, yes,
that's a motivation of why I do it. But ultimately this is about pushing myself.
You know, the people who have the best bodies, the best health,
they're not the ones who reach where they want to go and just stop and maintain.
They're the ones who are consistently striving for more. Now,
this is my longest fast that I've done. I promise you in the future,
I'm going to be doing a seven day fast. Maybe I'm going to be doing a 10 day.
Maybe I'm going to be pushing past that. But the sole reason is, you know,
digging deep and seeing how much I have inside of me.
And I think that this fast was a really,
really powerful lesson that I have a lot more than I've really understand.
You know, a couple of years ago I was not the disciplined kid.
I was not the person that would be doing things like this out of choice.
I was just skating by I was doing the bare minimum,
but this transformation that I've gone through for the past few years has really
allowed me to just continue to push.
And so as far as lasting effects from the fast,
I would say the biggest thing for me was probably the hunger after I'd broken
the fast. So I actually noticed for, you know,
maybe a month after I had more trouble resisting cravings than I
had had in the past. And then I currently have,
and I really think that's because, you know,
I prevented my body from having food for so long that now it's
internally inside of me to have that drive, to actually go out and seek food.
If I'm craving something that craving is going to be even stronger because my
body wants to make sure that it's getting enough nutrients. That's just a guess.
That's not backed by science, but I did notice that for the next month,
it was a little difficult to say no to certain sweets and to eating more during
meals and basically to maintain the schedule that I usually have with my eating.
So as far as statistics, so final numbers for this.
So 10.9 pounds is what I lost in five days up to about 1.2% body fat from
15.9 to 14.7.
And then I dropped 3.4 pounds of fat mass going from 25 pounds to
21.6 pounds. Now it's not the most accurate data that wasn't a DEXA scan.
That was just coming from the Amazon halo, which I reviewed right here.
But like I said, you know, this isn't something that lasts those numbers.
Didn't last, I'm probably back up about to where that is. But to be honest,
right now,
I'm the happiest that I've been in a long time with how my body is functioning
with how it works with everything going on with my fitness. And so ultimately,
you know, I could have pulled a lot of different lessons out of this.
I definitely did learn a lot about myself,
about being grateful for the food we have about realizing that there are so many
people out there who don't have the luxury of being able to eat for every meal
and, you know,
starting to step into their shoes of what that feels like even though of course,
totally different. Cause this was by choice. But ultimately this was a really,
really cool experiment that I'm excited to continue with in the future.
This is a great way to push myself.
This is a great way to kind of test how my body reacts to these things and just
ultimately a cool thing to do. Right. Cool thing to check off my bucket list.
So listen, guys, if you have any specific questions about this fast,
if there's any comments you have any feedback, anything like that,
make sure to leave them in the comments, make sure to subscribe.
But other than that appreciate you guys for being on this journey with me.
And of course, as always eat smart, sleep deep,
move more and be grateful for this moment. I'll see you in the next video.