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RE: What Happens When You Stop Eating
I enjoyed reading this post and have always wanted to try fasting, I was surprised to read you had no ill effects in the gym on day 3 and 5. How was your recovery? For a first timer should they do it for 3 days and then build to 5. Last question , at the end of your fast is your first meal somethings light like soup so your stomach can handle it?
If I'd be doing this for the first time, I'd experiment with 16,18 or 20 hours of fasting for a few times. See how I feel and only afterwards I would progress toward prolonged fasting 24, 48, and then build from there.
As for the first meal, the break of the fast, I'd say it depends. Most recommend going easy. But I'd assume 3-5 days of fasting wouldn't not make your digestive system forgot how to it like it would do after 10+ days of fasting.
Personally, I broke my 5 days one with nuts, avocado, some dark chocolate, and some curd cheese as far as I remember...I wrote about this in my book Periodic Fasting. If you're really interested I'll take the excerpt and put it here
Great , or another post ^_^