24h is not enough time to produce the physiological changes typical for fasting. That requires ~72h. I’m not saying that skipping a meal or two, doing intermittent “fasting” and so on aren’t good things, you just shouldn’t confuse them with an actual fast.
It takes around 12 hours until your stomach is empty (depending on what you ate before obviously). At ~24h, your body’s glycogen reserves deplete, but the fat burning process is just beginning in earnest. This is the hardest point IME. At ~72h, you’re in full starvation mode and symptoms should start to decrease. I’ve never gone longer than 72h though.
W.r.t. blood sugar, you usually have a dip around expected mealtimes (your body adapts to your habits and secretes insulin in anticipation of eating), but the truly hard period is between hours 24 and 72.
Yes my experience matches closely to yours. If I’m fasting I’ll typically stop eating after 10am breakfast and I’ll be most hungry around 6pm the next day. So a bit more than 24 hours. After that there’s clear hunger, but it’s a different sort, not as immediate.
24h is not enough time to produce the physiological changes typical for fasting. That requires ~72h. I’m not saying that skipping a meal or two, doing intermittent “fasting” and so on aren’t good things, you just shouldn’t confuse them with an actual fast.
It takes around 12 hours until your stomach is empty (depending on what you ate before obviously). At ~24h, your body’s glycogen reserves deplete, but the fat burning process is just beginning in earnest. This is the hardest point IME. At ~72h, you’re in full starvation mode and symptoms should start to decrease. I’ve never gone longer than 72h though.
W.r.t. blood sugar, you usually have a dip around expected mealtimes (your body adapts to your habits and secretes insulin in anticipation of eating), but the truly hard period is between hours 24 and 72.
Yes my experience matches closely to yours. If I’m fasting I’ll typically stop eating after 10am breakfast and I’ll be most hungry around 6pm the next day. So a bit more than 24 hours. After that there’s clear hunger, but it’s a different sort, not as immediate.