Puneet Nanda fasted for 72 hours and tracked what happened. He did yoga and walking each day, dealt with headaches and low energy, but noticed his neck pain disappeared and he felt less stressed by the end.
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72 hours and five minutes.
He reported starting around 162.5–163 lb and a final morning weight of 158.8 lb (intermediate readings: 161.4 lb, 160 lb).
About 4 liters of water.
He used electrolytes (half a packet per bottle; two big packets total across Day 2) and took two fish oil capsules. He also mentioned taking half a packet of electrolytes on Day 1.
Headache started around 10:30 (Day 1); he drank half a cup of black coffee and took a headache pill.
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Last week I fasted for 72 hours. I'm giving you the diary of my 72 hour fast. How I completed it, how I felt each day. So in case you are looking to go for it, it is mind blowing. It changes your life. 3day fast has not only been beneficial for getting me back in routine, I feel like five years younger. Not just in my body but all of a sudden I see that all of a sudden a lot of accumulated stress has lessened. A lot of aches and PA neck have gone Truly in case people start doing fasting there'll be no need for pharmacies. Like 50% of the problems will get resolved. So look at my diary. This is real me. I absolutely can't. So let me give you the debriefing of day one. I ate last night at about 10:30 which was very late. I had a dinner that I had to go to and I couldn't refuse. I was hoping it would end early but I got up in the morning. I normally take a cup of coffee. I did not, I just took water and I sometimes take soaked almonds. I did not, I just took water. I did my yoga. After yoga I just took half hour of sleep. I was feeling very low and very less energy. I just took a half hour of sleep. After sleeping half hour I took a shower, I came down. Normally I have breakfast after that I did not take anything, I just took more water. I took a bottle of water with me in the car. I have a one hour drive. I drove. I had a lot of work in the office so I kept working in the afternoon. Everybody's like what do I get you for lunch? I said nothing. I kept drinking water whenever I remembered then around. But I had a headache that started around 10:30. So at that time I knew it is the caffeine so I took half a cup of black coffee and I did not take anything else with it. I just drank, kept drinking water. My headache was on and I had to take a headache pill. And then I kept going till about 2 or 2 or 2:30 approximately it was literally gone or it quite a bit less. And by around 4 o' clock I started seeing a little burst of energy and it is right now about 7:30 I just reached home and I'm giving you this synopsis and I'll do the same one again if I can continue fasting. So literally once I'm home I'm also taking oh I did take about some electrolytes and in the water around three and I'm going to take Half a packet of electrolytes, again with water and let's see if I can sustain. Day 2 Morning I'll keep you updated. 9:30, Day 2 I can't believe I reached where I've reached. So it was hard. But truthfully I'll start from the very beginning in the morning, woke up and did some walking instead of any weightlifting or anything, just walking, walked about half hour, did some stretching for about another half hour and then did some breathing, pranayama, yoga exercises, like breathing exercises for another half hour or 15 minutes. So total of one hour. And then I got ready, I took a little rest, got ready, went to the office, did whole day of office. Around 10:30 I took one coffee, black coffee and then kept drinking water literally before and after. So I was probably say I drank 4 liters of water till now in the whole day, but I kept taking electrolytes. So I took two big packets of electrolytes. I kind of kept putting half a packet of electrolyte per bottle and I kept sipping water. Not like taking it all together, I kept sipping water and around 11 like early morning I felt a little bit numb in my head and hands. For a minute I felt like I would. I'm kind of getting a little flu symptom. But then it went away, right away, thank God. And I took two fish oil capsules and I did not take any other supplements, any other thing. I was trying to keep it to the bare my bones minimum. And then around 121 I was feeling really really hungry because I saw all the people eating food and lunch during lunch hour. I kept busy, I kept working, I kept doing my work. And then when I couldn't stand it, I just took a bottle of water, went out for a walk and in the sun because right before that I'd asked for some water from my secretary and because I was in a meeting, zoom meeting and I got a little cold water and the moment I sipped one sip I started shivering. So I actually told her if I can get a warm water. And that warm water was the one that kind of felt really good. I went in the sun right after the meeting ended and I was there walking for about half hour, came back, kept working all the way. 6:30, quarter to seven, came back home again, was feeling very hungry. It's more mental than anything. And then I just sipping water with electrolytes and kept. Whenever my mind kind of really ended up bothering me, I just closed my eyes and just pray God help me, God help me pass this. So this has been day two and thank God. It's about 9:30. I'm going to go brush and floss and everything and get to into my night suit and early to bed. I will try to sleep it out whole night. I'm not posting my videos because I don't know if I'll complete day three or not. I'm very iffy. I'm trying. I'm trying and my weight when I started was 163. Day four yesterday. Yesterday it was 161.4 and today morning it was 160. So I'll keep you updated on what happens tomorrow and then after. I feel great though. My energy levels really was strong. When I was driving the car on the way back home I literally felt more energetic than ever before. My pain level of neck or something that is normally always there when I'm leaving the office was gone. I had zero pain. So there's a saying that they say when you hunt you're very like if you got no food for X amount of time and you're going out for hunting. A vigilant, more vigilant. That is exactly what I was feeling. I'm more vigilant, more strength than ever before. I think I'm in a ketogenic state. I. I feel great till now. I hope I can sustain the night and tomorrow. I'm still not posting because I want to wait. Opening the fast is very important correctly. So I'm going to be opening it by drinking soup next at least one or two days and then slowly get back into the regular routine. I started off at 162.5 weight and today morning it was 158.8. Today was a tough day. Day three I just completed my 72 hours. I was hoping that I'll go the night but I'm going to just drink soup. Just plain soup with ghee. And this is just to break the fast. It's exactly 72 hours and five minutes right now. Today was a very tough day. I had very low energy. I had heard that day two the energy improves but my energy level really went down. Day three versus two was really good for me.
