A Look Back at One Year of Fasting -- Now a Lifestyle

I began adding up the hours and days I have fasted since I began fasting last April. I've incorporated regular fasting into my lifestyle at this point; a most excellent, positive change! 

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From the last week of April, 2020 through the end of September this year, I've fasted a total of 7,680 hours, a total of 320 days! This is 61% of the time. I've been fasting steadily for the past 18 months, and plan to continue. These are not always 24-hour long fasts:  some are as short as 16 hours, and the longest was last August for 25 days. I've also completed several week-long fasts.  And of course, there are days I didn't fast. 

At this point, as I've "exercised my fasting muscle" and it's gotten stronger:

• I fast everyday about 18 hours.
• I no longer eat breakfast because I'm rarely hungry before 2pm.
• My body is used to eating only one meal per day (OMAD), so most of the time, I only eat once. (To be honest, I still have an issue with emotional eating and using food to numb my feelings, so it's not all perfect.)

Overall, I'm very happy with my fasting progress with the major accomplishment of making this part of my lifestyle-- it's now a permanent part of my lifestyle! I can't imagine going back to eating 3 times each day, eating prior to noon, or not incorporating longer fasts into my weekly, monthly, and seasonal healthy lifestyle.