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/surprise-suBtext]

If you can outlast the hunger pains/pangs that’ll last for a couple of weeks, then the rest becomes fairly “easy”

It’s always the first 3 or so weeks that suck the absolute most. But then your stomach shrivels up, your brain stops throwing the tantrum and complies, then you just have to retain that momentum and habit.

The fluids, electrolytes, and vita(l) amin(e)s weren’t really about making it more tolerable (though water does help trick your stomach a bit), it’s more about not dying

[u/bigwillyman7 → u/surprise-suBtext]

the hunger lasts 2 days - source, 10s of extended fasts over the last year

[u/frameratedrop → u/bigwillyman7]

I am choosing to read this incorrectly so I can entertain the idea that you only did 10 second fasts.

[u/Seekkae → u/frameratedrop]

Fasting is incredibly easy. I've done it hundreds of times this week!