TN50#28, Let’s Talk About Fasting No. 2.1, 12 July 2021

Hi Team,

Happy Monday and welcome to The Next 50 #28.

I know I said this was going to be 2 entries on the PROLON Fast Mimicking Diet, so consider this entry 2.1 of 2 entries on the recent fast week.  I decided to run a third entry based on an email I received from one of my clients down in Texas who experienced her first 5 Day FMD during my last FMD we have been discussing.

Here is Elizabeth’s Post-Fast Thoughts unedited (sidenote, most of this was sent from a beach in Costa Rica while sipping mojitos, yes, we can all be jealous now):

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Random thoughts on fast:

-would totally do it again

-wish it was 3 days instead of 5

-I loved the mental clarity

-really missed real food by the end

-like the feeling a week later of being “hungry” but thinking, no big deal, you have fasted for days, just wait out the “hunger” it isn’t a big deal

-hated feeling physically lazy – I had NO motivation to workout whatsoever ever during the fast – none

-seriously, never thought I would fast – ready when you say so for the next one, overall enjoyed the mental clarity

-Also found it super eye opening to realize just how much time I spend thinking about food! When we fasted – for the most part(!) – I loved not having to plan next meals, grocery runs, kid’s meals, dinner, etc. it was interesting to me that so many of my thoughts would have been about food.

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Really good stuff, I remember when Elizabeth was really “hangry” just doing a 36 hour fast, amazing how adaptable we human’s are!

There are a few others on this email string that have a lot of PROLON fasts under their belt, feel free to launch your thoughts my way and I will continue sharing the different perspectives.

As always, I would love it if you shared your thoughts on this entry (side note: I have a goal of answering every email I get on these entries going forward) and please share this with your tribe if you think it would be useful..

Have a good one, Alex