Just for fun. Yes, I am very serious. 72 hours without any food.
Yes, I’ve gone about 3 days without food.
Impossible, you say? Heh, you underestimate how my body works:
- Most people feel dizzy or faint without food, I literally skip breakfast and lunch on an almost daily basis.
- Most people can’t exercise without energy from food. I prefer to workout with a completely empty stomach.
- Most people couldn’t run a mile without energy from food if their lives depended on it. I do that for FUN.
I literally like to do things that seem impossible, just to prove I can do it. That’s the kind of person I am.
I do things that are unorthodox. I love to experiment, even at the risk of my own health.
People tend to underestimate the power of the human body. While I’m certainly no olympic athelete, I used to be a fat 300lb couch potato. Seems unlikely that I can now run a 5k on a stomach that has been empty for 2 days (No walking!)
My results may not happen to everyone, but I firmly believe that anyone can turn their lives around and have the body they want with enough effort and knowledge.
In my case, I simply got sick of being fat and lazy and weak and I started looking for answers. I found answers, I did the work, and here I am today doing things that most normal people would think impossible!
You can too.
I’m not saying EVERYONE can do this, and I am actively telling you NOT to try it. 3 days without food is a bit extreme, but I did it to prove to myself that I could do it!
It took me years to get to this point where I gained this fasting ability. For the average person, fasting like this simply won’t work. My special abilities were due to hacking my metabolism using the ketogenic diet and daily intermittent fasting techniques. They may seem daunting, but it’s very doable. Read more below and let me know how it works for you.
Beginner’s guide to intermittent fasting part 1
Beginner’s guide to intermittent fasting part 1
See if you can beat my records, even!
Go slowly and make sure you understand what you’re doing before you get into it.
Your friend,
-Yossif
About Yossif
I just read your I intermittent fasting 101 book. I’ve used fasting for several years with success but have always followed the method I read about when I first learned about it. I would fast 1 or 2 full 24 hour days a week. I always found this quite difficult as I struggle to fast while my family is eating the evening meal together. It had not occurred to me to do a breakfast and lunch daily fast or to have a ‘eating window’. This has been an amazing, freeing concept for me! I am back to doing an intense hour long daily workout on an empty stomach with no problem and having more time. I do have a problem with cravings that I hope you can advise on. I rarely actually feel hunger, but I have persistent cravings for sweet things. I am trying to have a more paleo diet. I have always craved chocolatey foods. Will these cravings go? Is this just my metabolism resetting? I’m not overweight but I hate feeling at the mercy of these cravings.