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I have two days per week when I eat nothing - typically Mon & Fri because it's convenient. I stop eating about 7:30pm on the night before and then eat lunch the day after, so typically a 40-46 hour break. Just water and coffee.
I find if I do this then I can eat normally (generally healthily, but with room for snacks/treats etc.) and stop worrying about counting calories etc. - I've found a nice equilibrium at a BMI of ~23 this way.
From a medical basis, there are huge physiological benefits to occasionally sending your body into catabolic mode (which happens during fasting).
I eased myself into this schedule (it is now not difficult) by starting with 24 hr fasts. But the problem with the shorter duration is that you get less physiological benefit and, from a calorie perspective, still eat every day, and so have a tendency to pack it all in to one meal at the end of the day!
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