[EasyMark]

I tried this in the past, I absolutely could not last past 36 hours, all I could think about was food. The easier way for me was to do the Atkins fat fast, which basically 800 calories of 90% fat for a few days to kick myself into ketosis. I’m not sure why I needed with a capital “N” to have food when I tried a “hard” fast. It could be a mental block, as a child I was never allowed to skip a meal, even if I only ate a little bit. Weight didn’t become an issue until post 30 :)

[serverCurios]

I get very food focused in a fast as well. So I decided to "weaponize it" and use that focus to learn how to conjugate the Japanese verb Taberu (食べる), which means "To Eat." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s40x2zFJHI4

[dwaite]

I found a diet which is more carb-rich got my body used to wanting immediate energy from carbs. Capping carbs with a high (low PUFA) fat diet is a much easier ramp (for me) to keto, fasting, intermittent or omad.