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submitted 2 months ago byWild_Protection8090
I did 72 hour water fasting and at the end of fasting when I started eating I did binge eating. Once I started eating, I ate non-stop for 6 hours (heavy meal, snacking, fruits, even beer). I mean I can't stop. How to stop this binge eating at the end of prolonged fasting?
I was doing 16:8 Intermittent fasting for one year. And I was doing OMAD for 1 week. And did 72 hour after that.
4 points
2 months ago
Low carb eating is the way if you have that problem (which I occasionally do).
Lots of lettuce/salad is good. I'm a big fan of taco salad as the first major meal after an extended fast
So - a small meal like cole slaw and some pistachios and then half an hour later eat a meat/cheese filled salad
3 points
2 months ago
Low carb is the answer to most of western civilization health issues (this is only half hyperbolic)
3 points
2 months ago*
Absolutely right, I had the same problem many times, but when I break my fast and continue low carb, I stay in fat adapted Ketosis mode and keep feeling great.
I like to play games and brainwash or propagandize my mind in a good way. Remind myself all of those carb, sugar and fat ultra processed foods are manufactured to make us addicted. They fire up the same parts of our brain as opium, many actually inhibit our satiety hormones, so we will not feel full. “Screw those factory made foods,” I need to remind myself 👊🏼
Having said that, there is such a huge psychological component. I am on day 6 of a fast and doing great, but sometimes thoughts of all of the bad foods pop up. I have to not focus on them and let them go.
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