Video links would be great. And thankyou sooooo much.
GregT
Winter Solstice Slim Down - Greet Santa in your Skinny Suit!
I hope you have a look at these as I think it’ll be a good precursor for you to this challenge. 
Personally I can watch/listen to them all day - the Dr Fung- because he just makes so much sense.
That should get you started.
I fast to reduce the number of insulin spikes.
When I eat, I don’t have a calorie limit - just eat very clean when coming out of a fast and until satiated.
The only time there’s a temporary calorie restriction advised is when coming out of a silly long fast - and then calories get upped every day during the refeed.
Perpetually eating 600 calories a day tells your body it will eat, but the pickin’s are slim. So it gives you less energy to expend and slows your metabolism. The whole point with fasting if done right it can actually increase your metabolism. This means you can eat more during maintenance in the end and have more energy.
Be sure to watch the longer Dr Fung video. 
Thankyou so much it is appreciated
GT
Good morning!
Tomorrow begins kick-off.
I’m having a day of rest today, and some prep time.
This challenge will have more hour counting going on - like I get 1.5 Fasting days counted for 36 hours. I want to accustom myself to more control when I do feed and better portion sizes.
I’m hoping more frequent feedings will help me not feel the urge to taste some of everything in one day. It’s like I have an urge to taste 7 different meals in one day 
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You rock!Oh boy this seems interesting!
Ok I think I understand (?) The challenge date stretches to the 21/12 and we can individually choose our setup on what to focus on. It doesn’t mean 90 day fasting in one go 
I’m assuming my body weight tomorrow being ~ 80 kilograms, maybe a little more becuase of recent intake. 12 weeks…hm, Oh I would love to reach 70 but I think that would stress me out to much. I also am moving when oct becomes nov so those days I certainly will not be fasting, dont want to risk being dizzy and all of that. 75 or less should be doable indeed though. And anything more than that, thank you Universe 
it itches to set a more “difficult” goal but I’m thinking that would not be to my advantage in the longer term. Better to take it in chunks. How to eat an elephant and all that…
Goals:
- Weight goal of 75 or less (loss of ~ 5 kg)
- Complete at least 2 10 day WF’s
- When settled in @ new apartment and digged myself out from the boxes: I’m planning to get some dumbbells and look at an at home beginner routine for some resistance training. So sub-goal is to purchase and get this “installed”. BONUS if I get going!
- For mental health: Out of 90 days: complete atleast 10 meditations (I do them sometimes so why not)
And this thread for general accountability/check in then?
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Yes! It’s here as a reminder of what your end goal is in 90 days, and to share your smaller victories along the way. And spill your guts, cause who am I going to tell? 
There’s no way I’d want to fast straight through the next 90 days .
However, if you tell me I should fast 50 accumulated days worth somewhere in the next 90 and I can break it up I think I can handle that.
Right now I feel the best progress with the 48’s and 72’s. A couple of 48’s a week will more than do it. But I know to not get too stuck in a specific groove right now. And I can rig things slightly with the 36’s or even some 60’s so that I’m sleeping off more of those fasting hours.
I’m not opposed to cutting stickies in half. I do want to tack them onto a 24 though when completing them to get the most out of them.
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Looking forward to this!
My Goals for the next 3 months
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Fast at least 10 days per month. Oct. Nov. Dec. (might be 48 or longer)
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Get into the 140’s
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On non-fasting days stick to eating window less than 6 hours, preferably OMAD
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How does doing multiple short fasts feel? With the fasting symtoms I mean. Please enlighten me 
or are they short enough that you just willpower it through?
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Seem to have similar goal 1 and 3!
140s (sub 70 kg it seems) is a bit far from my current weight but I am cheering for your goal!
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Each is different. I’m really good when the hormones aren’t messing with me.
Low carb feeding is the best in-between, but that doesn’t always work out for me. LOL
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We are all heading for the 140’s! 
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Hey everyone! I’m brand new here and feeling surprisingly nervous to post and put myself out there, which probably means I’m doing the right thing. I’ll head on over to the daily accountability journal section soon and create one with more details about my journey. Public journaling has the potential to make a difference this time, I think. I’ve tried to do this alone for far too long. I think I’ve lost hope with this whole stupid food thing, but here I am, so hope clearly does spring eternal in my case. Would love to welcome Christmas not just with a new body but also the ability to pursue my life’s purposes with supreme confidence and energy.
I’ll probably mix up OMAD, 5-7 day fasts, rolling 48s, etc. along the way. I’ve fasted a ton in the past, but I tend to overeat/binge/carb out when I break the fast so the results never last. I have quite a few food sensitivities and my body really thrives on low carb/zero carb (carnivore). I know exactly what I need to do, but I allow my addictions to take over every. single. time. My greatest challenge will be eating the right way when I refeed instead of rewarding myself with crap, which then erases my gains. SO TIRED of it. I’m in my 30s and have struggled horribly with all this stuff since my early teens.
All that to say… I’m in on the Winter Solstice Slim Down 
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Hi and welcome to the forum! And welcome to the challenge!
There’s no judgement here!
And technically there’s no failure, only self realization on what each of us personally needs/wants to work on and improve.
Thank you for Icebreaking us into the first day.
I’m going to break some more ice now with admitting to having had a high carb bender the past 3 days resulting in an astonishing 8lb gain on the scale 
. Roflmao, I wanted to be starting this challenge at a much lower weight.
I’ve had other party days with carbs between fasts all summer and never saw such a jump.
I’m pretty sure I have a grasp on which things it was exactly.
I remember yesterday during the day part of my head telling me - you’re not hungry Jill, and the things you are eating (just because you have the stomach capacity to do so) are not filling you with what you need.
I was feeling some kind of emptiness.
I have a feeling I know what that is about too - but it’s something out of my personal control.
I’m sort of reliving watching a friend going down a bad cycle. Already saw one person do this, and this other person is doing the same thing. It’s something I don’t want to watch again.
I’ve been as supportive as I can and I still see the train wreck happening.
So, today it’s time to let it go and go back to focus on me because I am the only one I can fix and control the actions of.
Focus on what I do want.
While empathy for others is good, I need to be a bit more selfish right now.
I have a dinner party planned for this Thursday evening. But that doesn’t mean I can’t be fasting today so kicking off today and going to bang out day 50 of my fasting allowance.
It’s not likely that the gain was all fat so hopefully I’ll see a quick shoot down on the scale by next week this time.
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Hi Rachel! 
Welcome and thank you for sharing your journey with us! I am also in favor of Carnivore.
SOLSTICE CHALLENGE DAY 1
Yay!! Looking forward to this! I’m on day three of a 21 day fast… so, I’ll be updating my progress in my journal but will be stopping in here on the daily.
Thanks Miramar for setting this up!
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Awesome job on you!
I realized you’d be jumping in fasting already.
Hang in - days 3-4 can be a bit tricky to maneuver. But you can do it!
I’ll be with a water bottle at my side all day today and tomorrow.
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Almost into day 4. For whatever reason, day 4 and 5 are my most challenging mentally with eating. Focused on getting to Oct. 1 right now. No more September eating for me!! Good call on the WB. Will make sure to put a couple in my car as well.
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I open a couple, take a couple sips out, and put gingerly in my freezer with loose lid. Tighten when I pull out and they stay nice and cold in a hot Florida car.
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Thanks for the welcome, Kyle and Miramar! I have read a number of your posts and it appears you both have wisdom to share. Good to be along for the ride.
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