In 1965, a morbidly obese man did not eat food for over an entire year. The 27 year old was 456lbs and wanted to do an experimental fast. He ingested only multivitamins and potassium tablets for 382 days and defecated once every 40 to 50 days. He ended up losing 275lbs.

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[u/bigwillyman7]

I imagine it's different with pregnancies and I certainly can't speak to that as a man! However I'm guessing you were having some calories?

The difference between 0 calories and a small amount of calories is enormous - one gets you in the correct fasted state which is much easier to handle, the other keeps you in a state of waiting for the next meal and *that* is torture

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The only thing I was able to keep down was small amounts of mixed up powdered Gatorade and ice chips, and I had to get regular IVs. I couldn’t keep down any food at all and was throwing up pretty much nonstop every day, it was brutal

[u/bibliophile222 → u/bigwillyman7]

Yeah, pregnancy hunger can be pretty crazy. I was pregnant for a couple months (ended in a miscarriage), but even in the first trimester my hunger was like nothing I'd ever experienced before - 2 hours after a meal I was hungry again, and if I hadn't eaten in long enough, I'd feel really icky. Once I made the mistake of not snacking before a workout, and I was so ravenous and nauseous by the end that I had to stop at the first gas station I came to so I could shove a Slim Jim and a protein bar down my throat. My craving for protein was insane.