Sarah's Fasting Journal

Raw experiments. Messy data. Real results. I'm tracking everything so you don't have to guess. Follow along as I figure out what actually works.

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New experiments posted weekly. Sometimes more often if something interesting happens.

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Fasting Experiments

Why I Started Tracking Every Single Hour of My Fast (And What I Discovered)

I thought I was 'pretty consistent' until I saw the numbers — and I was only hitting my target about 60% of the time. Brutal.

📅 2024-05-15 ⏱️ 6 min

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Personal Stories

The Day I Accidentally Did a 36-Hour Fast (And Survived)

By 9 PM, I had officially hit 24 hours. I remember texting my friend: 'I think I accidentally did a full day fast.'

📅 2024-05-18 ⏱️ 5 min

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Protocol Experiments

Why I Switched From 16:8 to 18:6 (And Never Looked Back)

I ran this experiment for two weeks: 7 days of 16:8, 7 days of 18:6, same calories, same foods. The data was annoying.

📅 2024-05-22 ⏱️ 7 min

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Data Visualization

I Tracked My Mood for 30 Days of Fasting. Here's the Chart.

Week 1 average mood: 6.2. Week 3 average mood: 7.8. The trend is hard to ignore.

📅 2024-05-28 ⏱️ 6 min

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Food Experiments

What Breaking My Fast With Different Foods Did to My Energy

I ran a completely unscientific experiment for two weeks. Same fasting protocol, same sleep, same workout. The only variable: what I ate to break my fast.

📅 2024-06-02 ⏱️ 5 min

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Lifestyle

The Social Cost of Intermittent Fasting (And How I Deal With It)

I live in Austin. We have amazing food here. My friends love brunch. And I'm over here like 'yeah, I can't eat until 2 PM.'

📅 2024-06-08 ⏱️ 7 min

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Weight Loss

Why I Stopped Weighing Myself Every Day (And Started Tracking Trends Instead)

I was actually being neurotic. The problem with daily weighing is that weight fluctuates. A lot.

📅 2024-06-12 ⏱️ 5 min

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Fitness & Fasting

I Tried Working Out Fasted for 30 Days. Here's What Happened.

Day 1, I felt weak. Like, embarrassingly weak. I dropped my usual weights by 20% and still struggled.

📅 2024-06-18 ⏱️ 6 min

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Supplements

The One Supplement That Actually Helped My Fasts (And Three That Didn't)

I've tried a lot of supplements. Like, a lot. Most of them did nothing noticeable. Three actually made things worse. One genuinely helped.

📅 2024-06-22 ⏱️ 5 min

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Tips & Tricks

How I Handle Hunger During a Fast (Without Cheating)

Hunger is the enemy of fasting. Not because it's dangerous — it's not — but because it makes you want to quit.

📅 2024-06-28 ⏱️ 6 min

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Honest Updates

My Fasting Consistency Score Dropped to 43% Last Month. Here's Why.

Last month, my fasting consistency score was 43%. The month before? 78%. What happened? Life happened.

📅 2024-07-02 ⏱️ 5 min

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Year Review

What 365 Days of Fasting Data Looks Like (My Year in Review)

One year. 365 days. I have data for 312 of them. Here's what it looks like when you visualize it.

📅 2024-07-08 ⏱️ 8 min