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Originally Posted by wdfifteen

I read about intermittent fasting as a way to get healthier - maybe - I think the jury is still out on that.
But I think it has other benefits. After eating my own cooking every meal for a year I'm bored with food. Cooking all the time was fun at first and I cooked up some good stuff, but I got bored and descended into too much quick and easy comfort food and even that is getting boring. Not eating at all for a day helps sharpen my interest in food.
With not having to go to work, I've lost a lot of my self discipline. Making myself not eat for 24 hours is character strengthening. At the end of the day I feel better just because I did it.

Before covid, I was fasting 1-3 days per week. Sometimes I was fasting only for 24 hours. I usually shot for 36hrs (dinner, no food the following day, then breakfast of the third day). I've done 48 and 60. Once you get your head around it, it's really not that hard. I was able to run and cycle while fasting no different than when I wasn't fasting. I managed to slowly lose weight while fasting too. And yes, after no eating for 24-36 hours, food is better (You've got to resist the urge to gorge when you break).

Since covid, fasting has mostly stopped. I have a couple/few times and very sporadically. I want to get back into it, but it's been more difficult.

There are health benefits as well (other than losing weight) with virtually no downsides (assuming you don't have a condition that might require more specific monitoring or procedures).