Been doing 24/48/72 fasts for the last year, and decided to try a 7 day one. And it’s been tough. Abnormally tough.

Currently I’m on day 6. But for the last 3 I’ve felt extremely miserable, cry at little things like dropping the keys, can’t stop thinking about food, haven’t been able to sleep more than 30 min at a time, and have thought about 😵🔫 when someone at the bus was sitting next to me eating their lunch.

My energy levels are minimal. Climbing the stairs to get to my place has become a challenge, can’t walk more than a few yards before I am truly zapped, and just standing up requires major mental effort.

I read everyone here sharing their experience and how they had more energy, mental clarity, no hunger, and was rather easy overall.

This has seriously changed my mindset- there is no way I’ll ever fast again after this, and not sure I’ll be able to not binge eat after breaking this fast. So in essence I’ve created a bad habit out of a good one.

But at the same time it’s not wise to quit something beneficial if I’m doing something wrong.

I’m open to ideas, critiques, anything.

• I’ve been on a super clean, whole food diet for a while. Only drink water or coffee. Fairly active. So this wasn’t a crash diet. And no eating disorders. Like binge eating has never been my thing.