Last random suggestion for you (not that you were requesting these): prepare ahead and do one very long fast (ideally like more than 3 days). Heard lots of success stories for totally weird conditions with this.
I’ve heard a lot of good things about fasting, but unfortunately I am pretty underweight (104 pounds, 5 feet 6.5 inches) and unable to gain any weight (despite trying quite hard). And when I am awake if I don’t eat for 1-2 hours I start to feel extremely weak. So those two things have kept me from thinking seriously about trying fasting. Do you have any resources or thoughts on fasting for underweight/wasting people?
Jesus have you always been underweight? If it’s new then I would bet you have like a tapeworm. If you’ve always been underweight then I would bet fasting is not worth the risk.
I’ve always been underweight. The heaviest I got was about 115 pounds during freshman year of college. A bunch of the men in my family were quite skinny (though not as much as me) when they were younger, so I suspect it’s at least partly genetic.
Last random suggestion for you (not that you were requesting these): prepare ahead and do one very long fast (ideally like more than 3 days). Heard lots of success stories for totally weird conditions with this.
I’ve heard a lot of good things about fasting, but unfortunately I am pretty underweight (104 pounds, 5 feet 6.5 inches) and unable to gain any weight (despite trying quite hard). And when I am awake if I don’t eat for 1-2 hours I start to feel extremely weak. So those two things have kept me from thinking seriously about trying fasting. Do you have any resources or thoughts on fasting for underweight/wasting people?
Jesus have you always been underweight? If it’s new then I would bet you have like a tapeworm. If you’ve always been underweight then I would bet fasting is not worth the risk.
I’ve always been underweight. The heaviest I got was about 115 pounds during freshman year of college. A bunch of the men in my family were quite skinny (though not as much as me) when they were younger, so I suspect it’s at least partly genetic.
Seconded.