Last year I was 298lbs, it was devastating, I'm currently 210lbs from Alternate day fasting. I want to do extending fasting for the rest of my weight loss. You're videos help. Thank you Jerome ❤️ 🙏🏽
@@angelam9495 Yup. Multiple days are good too and especially helpful chronic pain management without prescription meds. My sweet spot is 72+ (I say plus because 72 hrs brings me to early evening, so I break it late the next morning.) The key for me, is on eating days to eat whole foods and plenty of fat so not to lose weight in maintenance. Losing close to 90 lbs must feel great!
I fasted for three days, total 83 hours. I felt so proud and awesome. Then I decided to eat only meat on my eating day, hearing about all these carnivore gurus healing anxiety and depression and bingeing issues. But the day after eating only meat (yesterday), I woke up super bloated, constipated and with higher levels of anxiety and depression than normal. wtf. I was so angry and disappointed that I threw in the towel and ended up bingeing the entire day on garbage junk. Today I feel so gross and ashamed. Why did I do that? I just undid all the work of that three day fast and back to feeling fatter and sicker. I want to fast today and it is such a struggle - keep fighting every minute with my brain which is telling me to just go and binge again. Why does it have to be so freaking hard!
It is hard, my friend, but be encouraged!! I've been trying to get my fasting protocol started for weeks now. I'll start and then give in to eating which is crazy, I know. I generally fast during the week until noon. Why can't I/won't I just tough it out and see myself accomplish what I really want and NEED to do for my health and sense of pride. Seeing this video was such a Godsend. I know that the Lord was speaking to me through Jerome and I appreciate his transparency. We're gonna get through this. I would love to have an accountability partner. Almost like in AA. I definitely could benefit from that. I'm currently about 2.5hrs fasted so here's to new beginnings!! Lol lol -- Blessings, fasting friends 😊❤
After fasting you need to ease into what you eat. Eating meat/cheese or starchy carbs will leave you bloated. Gotta eat/drink fruit or veggies, bone broth to ease your stomach into processing food
Thank you Jerome. I appreciate your video today. I am doing a rolling fast of an average of 96-112 hours. My starting weight was at 288 and I am currently at 268. I am so grateful for your video today because for the past 2 days, I have been struggling!! Lots of emotions and I’ve been coming up with excuses to eat. I have not broken my fast…grateful for that, but I will be glad when this emotional eating and wanting to binge eat leaves…
if i had a dime for every time i started a fast or diet, then binged, then restarted, i would be rich. i am my own worst enemy. failing all the time has filled me with self doubt and frustration. not to mention the depression that comes along with failure. i binged all day today. started my fasting app again at 9:15 tonight. i keep trying with the hope that one of these times i will succeed and keep going on my fasting journey. the light at the end of the tunnel is very dim, but it is still there. i'm trying to follow it.
Damn Bro thats crazy fasting 90 plus straight hrs.im doing 22 hrs fasting everyday with just one meal a day. loss about 55 lbs with in 6 months. trying to get to the next level 72hrs is coming up. more power to you and your channel bro.
I started my first fast in December 2023 and even held out during Christmas, like I was serious about changing my life with weight loss. But after watching your vids, I was like whoa, the rolling fasting days seem really manageable. Before, I was killing myself working out and barely eating and the scale would NOT move! Would literally cry and just say forget it and would end up weighing more. I have started and failed on this journey MANY TIMES but this time I will NOT quit. But I DECIDED ONE RANDOM DAY THAT, NO, I will not be a slave to food! And the Holy Spirit helped me and it was then I started losing weight. So, now started on 1/28/24, I will be doing 3/4 days rolling fasts. I had completed a 10 day FAST before so at least I know I CAN do it, so a shorter prolonged fast is much easier for sure! I am about 60hours in from 96 hours but may possibly cut it short for the first 2 fasts so I can see if my body does better with 3 days or 4 days and to make refeeding windows easier. I plan to keep my refeed windows b/n 2-7PM[may slightly extend to 8PM DUE to children activities]...and will try to do what you do: start with veggies, then protein and then a little cheat stuff...i see you always have some pie, for me, it will be a cinnabon. But def will start with steamed brocoli with butter alt, spinach, lettuce and chicken wraps, POSSIBLY a salad if I have room, some eggs, salmon, laughing cow wedges, trying to keep refeed cals around 3k. I pray this helps others and we can all get healthy together!!! Thanks again Jerome, my lil stats nerd and I am also Filipino by a smidge lol but hey that still counts! 🤣🤍🙏🏽
I almost didnt open this video and watch it because i saw the title and was like "Damn Jerome get out my house!" 😳👀😫😂. Today was one of those sabatoge days and i needed to hear this today so thank you once again for your message. It was right on time. You're doing great btw!! Keep up the great work and content! ❤
You are looking soo good!! I love watching your journey. I've been on a weightloss journey since oct last year. I lost 30 kg in 4 months. I didn't want to take a break over Christmas and new years but I did because there is Christmas then new years then few days later my birthday then both my parents b day so there was alot going on always at the end of dec early jan. I put on 9 kgs during the break. But I ate big, Not binged but I ate very high calories meals and did not exercise. I jumped right back on and I just literally completed a 14 day water fast. Lost 10 kg. Im doing some dry fasting this week to tighten up some skin. I may do another 14 days again in feb. I currently weight 101kg im 5'9. My goal is to be 69 to 75 kg😊 I made a goal that February is a super powerful month for me. 10 to 15 kg minimum is my goal for fat loss/ weight loss. But I want to do alot of dry fasting in feb. I have done many in the past. Longest dry fast was 5 days and I shrunk soo much it was amazing. You just need the time and to keep yourself occupied. Thanks for another upload 😊❤
Your work is so so so valuable. This is so important. I believe in pushing myself super hard and having very high standards. But the all or nothing mindset has actually destroyed my dreams. I need to push myself but when I fail, lie to myself, quit for 5 mins, I can always choose to get back on track right away.
We need to tell ourselves the truth. We need to stop saying it's pleasure and escape and comfort because that's a lie. Overeating, bingeing and food never fix any problems. The problems are still there. Which means it's a lie we tell ourselves. Why? Because we have learned to eat in those ways over the years. Because we have been convinced by other people that we had issues. Because we were never given good advice about how to manage or detach from fickle emotions. Because we are comfortable where we are and are scared of change like most human beings. Any of us that have ""binged"" in the past can one day change our eating habits to become small eaters, people that even forget to eat more, intuitive eaters etc. But it takes time. Which is why I think fasting and rolling fasts gives you the space to live without food 1. but also to get some healthy results without going through the years that it takes to change such engraved behaviour. I believe all of us can change. I believe none of us are different or special or weird. We're just human beings that are great at convincing ourselves of something to stay in our comfort zones. It's understandable. But it's not the end. we can all change.
What a lovely message! You are so good at inspirational speaking. Subscribed! Also, I am almost to day 9 of a 40 day fast. I always tell myself, "Do you really want to be in this same place next year?" Very similar to what you said. It often stops me in my tracks from caving to cravings.
Here I am. I just started my fast. I want to at least go for 72 hours, but aiming for 120. I've had a lot of progress. I started 300 lbs back in August and my lowest is 265. Since then I've been fluctuating between that and 270. I'm right there with you. This is me being accountable and holding myself to a certain standard. Im going to make sure I do this.
Im on omad after gaining back the weight I lost on 8 months of the carnivore diet. Try an elastic band on your wrist which you can snap when you have these thoughts of eating and say, 'snap out of it!'
7:09 "... and that's the addiction to food ..." With all due respect, and I mean that sincerely. A lot of people are addicted to "food". Cutting it out even if it takes stages is freeing.
I needed to hear this message today. I'm doing ADF and losing weight steadily. Today is a fast day. I was JUST telling myself that it's ok to break my fast. I turned to RU-vid looking for some inspiration and found it. Thank you. I'm restarting this video and listening again right after clicking send and sharing this link with a friend.
Just found your channel! Super inspiring and very true with everything you say! I am glad you are back on your journey! I am also back on my journey. My weight was just climbing and climbing especially during Christmas I got up to 208 lbs the heaviest I have ever been, now with alternate day fasting I am happy to say I am at 196, def not where I want to be, but seeing number like this are scary and a huge wake up call.
Thank you for this. I resonate with everything you said. I was supposed to start my DR96 fast yesterday and talked myself into eating and putting it off one more day. I definitely needed to hear this today. I won't give in. Day 1 has begun. Thanks for your consistent, courageous, and authentic share. You are helping so many. 🤗
I avoided watching this video because I knew I’d have to take responsibility for the 86 days I said I’d extended fast but didn’t. Last year, I completed my first 30 day water fast and only stopped because I developed an aversion to water. I know when I get past the sugar withdrawals I’ll be in a better place mentally, but it’s been so hard to find a toehold for progress. I just gotta do it. Thank you, Jerome, for setting a good example that’s both inspirational and realistic.
Your videos are always amazing Jerome! This one is definitely getting ⭐️ stared and on repeat! I gain so much when I binge then I regret every time having to lose what I gained🤦🏻♀️You are right no more turning to food and self sabotaging. Also, you can definitely see your shoulders and arms shaping up and toning 💪🏽. Your stomach looks good even when shirts are hugging it🙌 You are winning this fight 🎉
Hey Cam, I did something similar last year. I did a really aggressive set of fasts over two months. I lost a lot of weight. The problem I had is that the weight came back really quickly. I'm like you. I've gone up and down for years. I started with intermittent fasting about six years ago - had some good success with it and slowly began pushing harder and harder fasts. Anyway, my weight is back up and I've started fasting again. But this time I have just cut out all alcohol and eat a single meal at dinner. I'm going to take it slower because it forces me to adopt a long-term routine, which helps keeps the weight off longer. Just be careful when you hit your goal weight, and make sure you have a plan in place to ween yourself off the long fasts. Cheers
Jerome, thank you! This conversation was so validating and reassuring. You're absolutely right about keep showing up for yourself, never giving up, no matter how hard it can get along the way, not slashing all three of the other tyres just because you get a flat one- Carla from Half Of Carla used this great visual analogy and I think about it a lot when that narrative in my head tells me ahh you've had a bad day or feeling stressed, have some chocolate. I'm on this journey and going through this process, I've had a lot of emotional outbursts along the way but I keep reminding myself I am responsible for myself, my actions and I need to be authentic to myself, it's definitely a huge learning curve. This is about the way we talk to ourselves and the narratives we sometimes choose to take as facts when they're not truth at all. I'm in total agreement that we need to get out of it, stop using food as an excuse or a way to cope or soothe discomfort. There will always be discomfort and pain going through this process but it's so worth it because you grow and change in ways you never even thought were possible before. Fasting is an incredible tool to try and get some distance from the emotional tug of food and to show yourself you can go without and not only be just fine, but thrive. Definitely, snap out of it now and don't wait for tomorrow. I think in November Laura Spath talked about, why not start now? Don't wait for January, just start right now, today, this afternoon. There's no time like the present! And I did and it's not been perfect and it's been uncomfortable but I am so glad I started and I'd do it all again. Thank you for showing us how capable each of us are and that we can do this.
Thanks for this video, I have found your journey motivating as you really 'get' the food /emotional connection. I'm starting again today -92.2kgs. Had covid recently and put on everything I had worked so hard to lose. last year. thanks 😄
You are on to something I was saying to myself that something is missing in some of these release of waste videos. It’s not all glorious. Glad you are being transparent. I can relate. Congratulations on your health and wellness journey.
Starting over, again. I’m on my first rolling fast for 2024. I am at my highest weight of my life. I’m determined to lose 90 lbs. Rolling fasts are much easier for me than other types of fasts. Thanks for posting these;They are so helpful! Hang in there everyone! Never give up!
You are definitely gaining muscle now - I can def see it in your gym vids. So keep on going into those smaller and smaller clothes and don't worry as much about scale weight as long as you're going down. Your added muscle will help you burn even more fat now. I am very discouraged right now. Just diagnosed with hypothyroidism and Lyme disease, so feel super fatigued and weight loss is SO excruciatingly SLOOOW, and I have a lot to lose. Sometimes I just want to give up. Watching you on You Tube helps me stay on track.
Even with hypothyroidism you can still lose I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism about 10 years ago and yes the weight comes on especially in the midsection, but we can do this. My brother had hyperthyroidism and it affected his heart and he could not gain weight at all and got way too thin, so it's a catch-22 but just keep the faith and if you mess up just start all over again. I've done it but I stay focused and it helps that I have goals in mind short goals like by July when it's our family reunion I want to be down to at least 165 with my goal weights being between 150 lb in 160 lbs. I'm 58 years old, I don't want to be too thin I like my curves I am currently at 189 lbs with my last weigh-in being 3 days ago. I started doing fruits and vegetables and from June to August I lost 20 lbs. I was originally 213 and then I just started with another with another content creator who does ADF I started the beginning of January with alternate day fasting. I have experience with fasting becaus the church that I used to attend and the church that I attend now fasts every Tuesday and Friday in some form. But pray. You will get to your goal weight
Congratulations to climbing back in the saddle, very inspiring 👏 i wish I could stop sabotaging myself, It's so depressing and demoralising. Yes, getting up again after falling it's easier said than done. Would love to hear from all who have been able to stop self-sabotage, how did you manage it?
Aawww i have never found someone who relates to my weight loss journey as u...this is what am going through ryt now n am low with a 0% self esteem 😭i need to get up n find a way out..thankyou for the encouragement n wish i could like this video a million tyms.thankyou for being there,for encouragement n everything
I’m like you in so many ways and these videos are so helpful . My second 90 hr was only 24 but I’ve started again and determined to get through. In addition to the addiction factors, I think some of us just don’t need much food to live on and eating like other people aka 2 or 3 meals a day is just overeating for us.
The thoughts of self-sabotaging is real. It's a battle for sure. I didn't give in last night, but it's funny how our subconscious mind tries to stop discomfort. Mindset and having a good plan is key.
Thank you so much for this vlog because I posted on your IG about sabatoging myself. I have 20lbs to get to goal and my emotional eating says I can relax because I've lost 80lbs so far (The lies I tell myself) This vlog got me through my 3rd day of fasting and I even made bacon. I was prepping it to go in my huge salad that I will break my fast with tomorrow like you do. Thanks for your Inspiration.
I completed a 86.5hr clean water electrolyte Jerome fast lol Lost 16.7lbs. Feels pretty amazing to do it clean and lose so much. Felt like a vampire drined my blood day 1 and 2. Day 3 started to feel good. Lol 😅
This video ive watched about 5 times because it honestly is tough truth 😢 the regret is killer. I just need some peace in my fasting mind and body stability inside 🙏
Yeah thanks for the pep talk. Im attemping a Jerome fast almost 85hr. Most ive ever done. Im at 20hr now. That bassterd voice keeps saying HEY ITS OKAY. JUST HAVE A OMAD TOMORROW AND DO TWO 48HRS. COME ON ITS FUN AND TASTY. Lol 😅 I give you credit you do 90hrs loke its 90minutes. Lol Im also doing water with electrolights only. Artificial sweetners activates insulin etc I kept blowing that off now im done with the training wheels. Lol😅 😅 i startted fasting episoAdes on my channel as well. Thanks for all the motivation. 😅
I am struggling with this too. Ive lost about 10 pounds this month but I have been sabotaging myself by eating sweets… I tell myself it doesn’t affect me but it does. It makes it harder to reach my numbers and I feel like stopping. But I will not. I will continue 💪
When I eat a lot of processed foods (bread, pasta, cereals, pizza, crackers, etc., etc.), I can't control my eating window,. I've noticed those foods make me crave more of it. I start fasting, and if I eat some of those foods, I can't complete the fast. I break it early. But when I eat whole foods (meat, veggies, fruit, nuts) I have way more control. I've noticed you eat a lot of whole foods. That might be what is keeping you on track.
Hi Jerome, your videos are so inspirational and relatable. Please can you do a video that takes us through what you drinking throughout the day and how much of it. What is your daily routine of drinks. Too interested to see a video like this
I think with most addictions the voices get louder . Trying to convince you to either eat or depending on the addiction .. to use ( in my case eat - binge). My voices are quiet in the beginning and depending on the weight loss sometimes non existent ( especially when I’m On a good streak of loss) those days that there is no loss or min loss or just stresses the voices come out. I call it my food monster voice . Always trying to con me to fail examples “Just have one” you are doing so good it won’t hurt “ maybe you are at a stand still maybe you need to start the loss again by having a meal “ It’s just one cookie . You had one might as well have another your still on track “ Then as you know sabatoge is in full bloom . Shame hits . The all or nothing mind set hits. The binge begins start Monday . You’ll just fast longer “ ( more voices) I read brain over binge not many talk about the voices trying to convince you and the excuses . Sometimes I wonder if it would be easier to have an addiction to alcohol something I don’t need to survive . Some days it’s winning over the voices . If only I could have the switch always . Love ya Jerome
This is so me right now..i know that its because i use food to soothe myself when i get dysregulated due to CPTSD. But knowing that doesnt fix it..i have to take action i have to find a way. I know fasting works i did it once before and got down to my goal weight. But i wasnt prepared for some of the things that happned as a result of the weight loss. I am scared that will be me again and i will get hurt teally bad again and then gain it all back. But i also dont want to die. I am in my 40s and i am exhausted and everything hurts. This is no life.
Yeah! I was 130 pounds working out every day, eating fruits and fish. Then, for 2 years, I stopped working out and Started eating bread, pasta, potatoes🥔 chip, ice cream, rice, sitting in the house... now, Ihave balloonEd to 449 pounds!! Help!!🥴😱😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Im on my 4th day of 16:8 water fasting. Today this morning I woke up with a headache, felt nauseous and threw up water. I thought that was wierd never expected that. Never have fasted before
Probably drinking too much water. Are you guzzling to numb out physical hunger pain, or are you sipping lukewarm water through the day? It surely makes a difference.
Once you are down this far on weight you should do a body scan machine. Someplace have them for free to check. It will let you see the fat loss vs muscle gain and water. Congratulations by the way.
I ditto the body scan especially when close to a healthy weight. But free? Where? I had planned to ask my GP for one, of course pretty sure it would not be allowed by insurance unless I had signs or symptoms of being underweight.. if even then. Seriously. Free?
@@AzaleaBee I have a local nutrition store that sells protein. They have the electro body scan like like a scale with arms you can use for free. The more pro ones are a few hundred and they have mobile spots also. But once weight doesn't matter anything to track fat and water helps.
Prolong fasts are interesting and I am thiinking about it but I am afraid of loosing and yoyoing too much. I think that happens a lot with expended fasts right?
In considering your question it is important to remind oneself that there is a big difference between weight yo-yoing and normal daily/weekly fluctuations.
Watch chef aj.... wfpbno..... whole food plant based no oil..... you will never go hungry again..... I'm telling you.... she had your same problem..... food addiction.
Yes, to manage her food addiction she eats LOTS of starchy food by the poundage and no meat. I’ve watched plenty of her videos, but became reserved due to the similar outward appearances of those that approach diet her way. I want to keep my hair and my feminine figure. I don’t want the shrunken head look, fragile body type and gummy teeth that a no fat diet, no meat diet gives.
🥹i wasted the whole month of January going back and forth(binging and then fasting). Next month, i’m done with all this self sabotaging nonsense. it’s depressing.
