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Some of us just can't do this fasting.  I have always been a guy who has problems gaining weight.  Even as a 65 year old I have to eat 5000cal/d just to maintain weight.  I can drop 5-10 pounds just missing 1 meal a day.  I eat every 3 hours and when I miss a meal I start getting hypoglycemic.   Not very much fun to be around then.   My wife was the opposite and gained weight just smelling food.   She has no problem doing a 16/8 fast or even 24 hours.  To make it worse, I don't even like to eat but I can't keep my lean tissue on if I don't eat.   The disadvantage of having a very high metabolism.  When I competed I ate over 10,000 calories/d just to keep the weight on.  Fast for me is eating at 10pm and starving until 6am.