My 5 Day Fast Experience
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- #intermittentfasting #fasting #OMAD I fasted for 5 days and vlogged each day about my experience. This is the compilation of those reports.
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Great job Kayla!!!. you're truly an inspiration...lots of hugs.🤗
Thanks for your account of your long fast. I have done one 72h fast and will aim for a 5 day fast going forward.
I am watching this on June 25 2022, You are amazing! Thanks for the inspirations! I am Omad and sometimes two meals a day for weight loss and health. I have done one 36 hour fast so far and would like to try a longer one once in a while, Thanks again!
How strange that I found this on day 5 of my 5 day fast! Thanks for sharing!
Very interesting! Sometimes I'll add salt and cream of tartar (its high in potassium) to some hot water for an electrolyte boost
This video should go over 5 million views... Don't know what's wrong with TH-cam...
Interesting.... I want to do a 3 day at least once a year ... but I will have a cup of broth at night... I don't like anything messing with my sleep
You have a beautiful smile 😁
Melatonin! Natural and works for sleeping.
Himalayan salt help with headaches
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Hi Kayla, I find that when I am camping I do better then I do when I am at home. 💕NonnaGrace 🐓. When the babies were using all of their food no poop. They only pooped when they had extra. That is probably what was happening with you.
Thanks for the inspiration! I’ve been losing 2 lbs. a day with OMAD and I’m looking forward to doing a longer fast.
LOL!! I’ve been wondering about BMs. Thanks for the clarity! 👍
That was great. Thanks for sharing. I have been wanting to do a 5 day fast for about a year but have kept putting it off. Think I was a little scared. But you have encouraged me to go ahead. Thank you.
I'm so glad you found it helpful. It's one of those things that's so easy to keep putting off. I hope it goes well for you!
Thanks for sharing your fears and experiences. Super grateful for hearing that you were worried about sleep because my biggest fasting fear is biggest worse sleep than normal.
I'm glad it was useful! (:
Thanks for sharing your experience. I agree with the truck driver. I don't like to drive in the dark but coming back from vacation I was fasting and felt awake and alert while driving at night.
That is so interesting! Thanks for sharing!
I enjoyed your chronicle of your 5days fast. I’m an omadder and just tried my first prolonged fast if 72 hours.I felt like I could gone even longer, had little to no hunger and felt great. I think your body is content on running solely on fat energy. I plan to incorporate a prolonged fast once a month. Thanks for sharing
I first found out about fasting from Ray Maor's channel which removed the fear of fasting long before I found Jason Fung, MD's work. Having a social life is more of a challenge for me. The odd pains that come and go I assume are part of detoxing/autophagy. So happy it went well for you and others will be encouraged to move beyond fear and go for a longer fast.
Yeah, the social life thing would've made it harder. But since I'm a full-time RVer and an introvert on top of that, that helped me. (:
Thanks for sharing your experience! Blessings 😊
Thank you for watching!
I barely watched your video you did do it you are amazing Kayla.😊
haha! Why thanks, Christina!
Yes I agree!!! I highly recommend adding the mineral water (home made) during the fast. It’s Evian water a pinch of potassium (No Salt ~brand of table salt). And a pinch of pink Himalayan salt. It’s a great way to replenish the electrolytes loss. These are the key ingredients in an IV you get when hospitalized. This will help with headaches and hunger pains. Plus you are replacing all the vital minerals were deficient in. I swear by drinking at least 2 liters of this water during our fasting.
Awesome job! I enjoy watching your old videos too. It was fun to see the guy behind the camera. That was one huge plate of food. I don't know how you did it, cause I got hungry just looking at his plate!
He makes an appearance every once in a while... haha!
Great video! I thought you looked more tired than normal during your fast. Usually in your normal Omad videos your face looks bright and rested. I’m glad you had a good experience with the fast. It’s amazing that you didn’t feel a lot of hunger during that extended fast. I know if I did a 5 day fast that I wouldn’t be able to sit down and watch my family eat every night:) Thank you for sharing your experience.
Yeah, I usually record my normal videos in the middle of the day, but these vlog type videos were either early morning or right before I went to bed. (:
I just finished a three day water fast ... I think the key was getting electrolytes. I used 2 liters water with 2 teaspoons Himalayan salt and potassium chloride ( powder) 2 teaspoons . Really helped. No headaches. You are a Rock Kayla that you did 5 days!
Thanks Mary Jean! I've got to get me some Himalayan salt before I do my next 5 day fast! (Planning it for first 5 days of March).
Pink salt 1/4 tsp and Apple cider vinegar 1/2 tsp in some filtered water will take care of that headache during a fast. Try that over Tylenol. Less chemicals.
Since this video, I've found a really cool technique that even made a caffeine headache go away. The technique is, you ask yourself where exactly is the pain. I close my eyes and really try to figure out where the pain is. And then, I ask myself what color is the pain? I keep my eyes closed and try to figure out the answer to that. And then lastly, I ask myself what shape is the pain? And I keep my eyes closed and figure that answer out. And then the headache is gone! It's crazy how it has worked so far! My husband found that technique on some other youtube channel. I try to avoid popping a Tylenol if possible. (:
It is actually dangerous to do long fasts without salt. It is an electrolyte. We need it and our bodies don’t make it
Six Miles To Supper Wow wow wow! I just tried that and it works! Thanks! 👏
Apple cider knocks you out of fasting and Ketosis watch Cole Robinson
Thank you for sharing your experience 😁
My pleasure1
Incredible! I’m pretty impressed Kayla👍 Great job and so well documented. You made it sound easy. If I were to even try a 48 hr. fast, I’m very sure that I’d do nothing strenuous-almost like when you get a flu bug and refuse food. *It’s almost like you’re super-human to have so much control over your appetite and exercise😬
It has been a slow and steady process. It did not happen overnight. Years of focusing on consistency and tiny changes has led me to be more in control. And I'm still very much a work in progress!
I like your style, breaking a five day fast with peanut M&Ms.
I want to do this wow love that u made a video thank u
I just finished a 15 day fast on saturday, now i'm starting a 5 day fast today.
Wow. How did you feel after 15 days of fasting?
I'm glad you make it through that Fast! Sleeping is the only part that gets to me even hours before i'm dreading that time. Cool ya didn't have any refeed problems.
Thanks, Anderson! Yeah, I was surprised sleeping was not as big an issue as I thought it would be.
The back pain could also be the fact that you're inflammation is going down! I did a five day too. You so rock!
Luc, that seems plausible to me! How did you like your 5 day fast?
My fast went so well. I'm already off the sugar, and junk foods. The first 3days where like headaches, not to severe, but present. Day 4, I looked at my computer keyboard and saw all the dirt in it, the colors on the screen where much more vivid, I thought to myself, this was going to be an interesting day. Day5, I felt normal again. The benefits of Autophagy was my primary goal and weight lost was really a side effect. For me it wasn't so much about food, but health. Maybe that's why the thought of having no food and losing weight was so easy. In the back of my mind, I knew all I had to do was go to McDonald's a few times and it would all come back. So, I gave myself a new diet to follow after my 5 day fast! Yip, I'm now on a 18/6 intermittent fasting diet. Basically, it's a low carbohydrate diet, where I eat within a 6hr window, and fast 18. Well, it sure keeps those pounds from coming back on. I work it into my job schedule, so it's pretty easy. Morning coffee, first bite at 11am supper at 4pm, tea at 8pm, sleep and repeat. I monitored my blood pressure, it went down 5lb. both ways. Blood sugar, for guidance as to what was suppose to happen along this 5 day journey. Body pH and weight of course! I did lose avg. 5.5lbs, my gut was full of sh... when I started, so I figure I should weight myself after my first crap! The real game changer was my perception of food after the fast. Talking to my dad about this was kinda strange. He said, "5 DAYS, are you crazy, you'll die", I didn't have the heart to tell him I was on day 5 already! Now I notice, how the general public around me are gloated. I'm still 10 good lb. over my avg. body weight, so I'll take it on again in February. Meanwhile, I have started some easy exercises to tone the upcoming cut, in a few month. I'm going on 58 and never felt so good in my life! Congrats, on your video. I should of made one myself. Maybe in February, I just wasn't sure this time around. Lov'in you bella, xoxox
Thank you for sharing your fasting experience! And I'm glad the 18:6 is working for you to maintain it. Glad you're feeling great!
Did any of the 11 pounds stay off permanently from the 5 day fast? Do you have any remaining benefits from the extended fast that you don't get with OMAD?
Thanks for reporting all the details! I want to do this, but I wonder if it will be hard when making meals for my family. I do all the cooking, so do you have tips for cooking meals without partaking?
If you have a question about Intermittent Fasting for weight loss, catch up with Kayla live on this channel every Wednesday at 8 PM EDT. If you can't watch live, put your question on the TH-cam Community Page for Six Miles To Supper bit.ly/2FgBcQ9 and Kayla will answer it on the live which will be made available as a replay.
If you need additional help with intermittent fasting for weight loss, check out Kayla’s courses on weight loss success., including Intermittent Fasting for Weight Loss 101 sixmilestosupper.com/courses - J.R.
Watched a Dr. Mindy Pelz video and she said that pain during fasting may be related to the healing process of the body. Something about either autophagy of damaged cells or stem cell generation.
If you had prior injury in your lower back, might have been the body’s healing process? Did it feel much better after you started eating again?
I am really keen on the Autophagy impact.... but not ready for the extended fast yet... early days.
No need to rush into it!
Thank you for sharing your experience. So how much weight did you actually rebound from losing the 11 pounds? Or did you manage to keep some of it off? Thank you.
All 11 pounds came back. If you have a question about Intermittent Fasting for weight loss, catch up with Kayla live on this channel every Wednesday at 8 PM EDT. If you can't watch live, put your question on the TH-cam Community Page for Six Miles To Supper bit.ly/2FgBcQ9 and Kayla will answer it on the live which will be made available as a replay.
If you need additional help with intermittent fasting for weight loss, check out Kayla’s courses on weight loss success., including Intermittent Fasting for Weight Loss 101 sixmilestosupper.com/courses - J.R.
ive done a 4 full day fast and was crazy, wasnt hungry really, lost like 15lbs (some was water weight but i felt a lot slimmer and my face was slimmer , and waist was 2inches down)
Robert222 Lewis did u keep the weight off?
Interesting!
Just finished. A 4 day Water & electrolytes Fast! Went well! I previously did IMF. Than a 2 fast! 4 day went well!
Let’s all do a fast together , post live once a day to check in!!
I am definitely planning on doing something like that next time. (:
Bless you😘
You’re a champ! I chickened out! Hint: my daughter in law uses thieves essential oils for her headaches without drugs
Ah! I think I even have some thieves around here somewhere! Thanks for the tip!
Are you drinking water only during this fast?
I made it almost to 3 days & then I got really bad heart palpitations & so I stopped...& yes I was drinking salt water.. I've had back pain daily ever since & that was 3 months ago. 😲
That was something I had heard about others experiencing-the palpitations. I'm so glad I didn't experience them. I definitely would have stopped the fast if I did.
From past experience, found out my heart palpitations when under any kind of stress turned out to be a long-standing thiamin deficiency. Taking a B Complex not only got rid of the palpations for good, I also have more energy than I’ve had in years.
Calf muscle pain is usually lack of magnesium ...i use magnesium oil .(i get cramp a lot)..because the skin takes in magnesium better that way rather than swallowing pills...throwing off toxins will give you back/ kidney pains...i know all this from my nutritionalist .☆.. not cause im clever or anything☆ ..i wish!! Welldone Kayla !!!☆@ just for the record its nearly 2am here in UK @ im awake listening to you... can' t sleep tonight for some reason any way; hope to catch you on one of your lives soon X
I've not seen magnesium oil! I'll have to look for that. That sounds more convenient for RV living. (: I'm glad my video could keep you company while you couldn't sleep. I'm going live tomorrow night, but I won't wish another sleepless night on you!
Magnesium oil works great. You can get it on amazon fairly inexpensively. Great job on the 5 day fast, well done.
Thanks, Gary!
Can't take oil while fasting, as it will break the fast. Better would be an electrolyte solution that contains magnesium and potassium. I use one from Amazon called: Flyby fuel. It's a small bottle of water, that you can add to anything you want...coffee, tea, etc...
I may have missed it, but, did you drink water as well or just coffee?
She also drank water. Sometimes with potassium. NoSalt - J.R.
Well, you make it sound not so scary. The closest I've come is juice fasting for 10 days.
did you take your blood pressure or check blood glucose levels?
No. - J.R.
You are energetic because you are fasting on body fat :)
I use electrolyte powder in my water. Plain water fasting made me feel awful, useless and exhausted.
Kayla I think that you are going to be great at this fast you have a lot of determination and willpower and a very supportive husband I think that you can do it I think that Mind Over Matter will kick in and that you'll get that willpower to keep it going.
Having such a supportive husband was absolutely key! And it was certainly mind over matter, when it came down to it.
Sure am loving your video s. Your not winning about it as most people do. Good for you.good work.
When you do prolonged fasting better to drink salts 1 litter water 1 tsp no salt potassium. 1 tsp pink salt you will feel better and you can play around with the salts. Do some research. Great job on your long fast planning in January doing a long water fast or 5 day dry not sure.
Getting salts in you wont feel weak or blacking out and having headaches
True hunger you feel it in the throat not the stomack
Thanks for that Franco! Man, pink salt is so popular! I think I might be the only person left who doesn't have some in their kitchen!
I love your parenting. And you and your hubby are so cute together. Since your weight loss you seem to be a better fit for one another if that makes sense😊
Why thanks! And yes, I agree. He's loved me through thick and thin!!
the challenge is not getting thru the fast, the hard part is the day and days after the fasting with the re feeding process
I thought you were supposed to rest when fasting multiple days?
I don't know. I heard about Dom D'Agostino who, at the end of a 7 day fast, deadlifted 500 pounds for 10 reps. And on the fasting documentaries I watched, it seemed like exercise (even hours of exercise!) was encouraged at medically supervised fasting facilities. I figured my daily 6 miles of walking wouldn't be an issue. My plan was to stop if I ever felt like it was too much, and I stuck to that.
Hmmm. I guess we have watched different people. As far as fasting, I have mostly followed Alan Goldhamer and I believe he says they rest at TrueNorth. I’m a lot older than you and I remember when I was a kiddo, when you got sick or were recovering from anything, they put you to bed. 😊 Seems like I rarely hear of it these days. Not that fasting is the same as being ill. It just made me think about all the different views on things and how they change.
@@phylisscoffey5480 Yes, I thought you were supposed to be resting too. I watch goldhammer too..Ohh well. 😊
One of the other sights thomas something says if a women gets really cold to the bone its time to stop...eat and try again...just saying..
I wasn't "really cold". Just colder than I would normally feel at night. Though, the temperature here in Arizona at night here in our RV was colder than normal too.
Did you do a water fast or a dry fast?
Sorry you did mention water.
Let us know, if you regained some of the weight back
Yep, as of today 6.4 pounds has been regained. (:
That ain't no good
I fully expect most of the weight that was "lost" was simply water weight. According to Jason Fung, about one half of one pound per day on a water fast is the only "real" weight that is lost. And I'm not trying to lose weight at this point, just maintain. (:
Did u gain back after the fast? And during weight loss journey did u workout???
As of today I've gained 6.4 pounds of it back, which I fully expected to happen. (:
The headaches the first 2 days may have been caffeine withdraw.
I did have black coffee, so I don't think that was the reason.
During a 10-day water fast I developed back pain which didn’t go away after the fast. I ended up getting a CT scan & turned out to be gallstones! I recall Dr. Longo saying his 25-year studies found water only fasts causing gallstones, and one reason they developed FMD, but I haven’t read the actual research to understand how that could happen.
Interesting, Lori! When I was at my heaviest, I started to wonder if I had gallbladder problems because I would start to feel nauseous after I ate greasy foods. Thankfully those symptoms disappeared for me as I lost the weight. I'm intrigued by the FMD. Although that ProLon is expensive! If I go that route next time I plan on doing the DIY versions I've seen on the internet. (:
Six Miles To Supper I’ve done 3-rounds FMD as well as 1-round DYI. Loved the convenience & felt great on FMD,
but found DYI to be alot of work & I was always hungry. Plus I missed the filling soups on FMD. I did place a large FMD order during cyber Monday which helped with the cost, and continue to comment on their surveys they need to remove the excess packaging & reduce the cost so it’s more affordable. I still think water fasting is easiest as long as you have the right mindset & take electrolytes:-)
Thank you for sharing that, Lori.
How much weight did you lose??????
11 pounds during the 5 day fast but it came back. Kayla has published over 150 topical videos about intermittent fasting on this channel If you have a question about Intermittent Fasting for weight loss that you can't find the answer to, catch up with Kayla live on this channel every Wednesday at 8 PM EDT. If you can't watch live, put your question on the TH-cam Community Page for Six Miles To Supper bit.ly/2FgBcQ9 and Kayla will answer it on the live which will be made available as a replay.
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What kind of accent u got there?
Originally from northeast Georgia. (:
Have you lost weight?
Lost 11.6 on the fast (I'm betting the vast majority of it is water weight) and so far I've regained 6.4 pounds of it.
You look healthier.
Thanks!
Just heard the answer on the video, sorry
You seem to be at a happy place with it, but to me, when I hear your family was requesting of you to to actually sit with them through their meals as you were going through this experience of fasting, I am a bit appalled. Thank you for sharing your experience so clearly and genuinly. It is very helpful to others.
The children were asking. We can't assume they understood what was happening really.
After two to three days hunger is supposed to stop.
Wow! Why not just try 2 or 3 days?
I really figured that I would find it so difficult that it would end up being a 2 or 3 day fast. But since I felt fine, I kept going. I will say, extended fasting is much more disruptive to regular family life than OMAD, so I plan to only do these types of fasts occasionally. I really like having my one meal a day with my family. (:
Hello beautiful !!!!!
Did u consult a doctor?
I consulted lots of medical literature....
JG Lee dr eric berg, Dr Mercola
Kayla: posts video about how she felt great during whole fast. No major health issues. Even had more energy than before.
Mrbb33: yeah sure but did a doctor say it was ok to do??
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did you still walk?
Yes. 6 miles every day. I only miss a couple of days a year.
You should break your fast with something light like a little fruit.
What can I say? I'm a rebel!
@@SixMilesToSupper LOL! 👏👏
Your face dlimed due alot as well