Fasting Q&A with Megan Ramos: Lack of Hunger Cues, Fasting for Autophagy, and More.
The Fasting Method Podcast
Megan Ramos Nutrition Inc
4.8 • 595 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Episode #204
In this Fasting Q&A episode, Megan Ramos answers some of your fasting questions:
1. On eating days I almost always feel very full. I try to make my meal portions smaller but I still feel full. I don't seem to feel hunger cues on eating days nor fasting days. Have 20 years of dieting broken my body? My usual fasting protocol is three 36s, lately, two 42s. (Ewelina) [01:34]
2. I've read on some of the PCOS blogs that you shouldn't skip breakfast because it balances your blood sugar, but I find it harder to meet my fasting goals when I eat breakfast. Is this a reference to early, time-restricted eating? Is it better to meet the fasting goal of longer fasts or to consume the meals earlier in the day? [04:45]
3. How do I not lose much more weight with extended fasts for autophagy? I am 71 and have lost 44 pounds over an 8-month period (1 pound on most weeks, never more). I have loose skin on my arms, belly, and legs, and I am looking older than I ever have! I will be doing 24-hour fasts to maintain my weight loss. (Anne) [09:47]
4. I started doing the 42-hour extended fasts (sometimes three a week, sometimes two) to switch it up. I'm not losing weight or inches. What am I doing wrong? (Sylvia from California) [13:10]
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Summary Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:34 Lack of hunger on eating days
04:45 Is breakfast necessary with PCOS?
09:47 Fasting for autophagy and loose skin reduction
13:10 Doing EF but still not losing weight or inches
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| 0:00.0 | The reason why you're not feeling hungry on your eating days after a 36 or 42 hour fast |
| 0:06.8 | is because your body's actually burning a lot of fat. |
| 0:10.9 | Yes, you are a fat burning machine. |
| 0:14.4 | It's doing exactly what you want it to do. |
| 0:23.6 | Hi, everyone, it's Megay and Ramos here with another episode of the Fasting Method podcast. |
| 0:29.6 | Today I'm going to answer your questions. |
| 0:31.6 | We're going to cover topics such as how you know when your current fasting protocol is no longer working for you? Do |
| 0:39.3 | you need to extend things to 48 hours? Should you skip breakfast or should it be the most |
| 0:44.9 | important meal of the day? Now let's dive on in. The first question comes from Aulina. On |
| 0:52.4 | eating days I almost always feel very full. I tried to make my meal |
| 0:57.8 | portions smaller, but I still feel full. I don't seem to fill any hunger cues on my eating |
| 1:04.0 | days nor fasting days. Have 20 years of dieting broken my body? My usual fasting protocol is 336s or lately 242s. |
| 1:14.8 | This is a fantastic question and my friend, and for all of you out there who I have no doubt |
| 1:20.6 | are in the same boat as our good friend here, you are not broken from your history of dieting. |
| 1:26.8 | The reason why you're not feeling hungry |
| 1:30.3 | on your eating days after a 36 or 42 hour fast is because your body's actually burning a lot of fat. |
| 1:38.3 | Yes, you are a fat burning machine. It's doing exactly what you want it to do. But because your body is burning |
| 1:46.9 | so much fat and providing it with so much of the fuel that it needs, the hunger just isn't there. |
| 1:53.4 | It's not there at all and it can feel really difficult to try to push through and eat multiple |
| 1:59.5 | meals on those eating days. |
| 2:01.6 | This is when it's time to graduate into doing that 48-hour fast twice a week. |
| 2:07.6 | You don't have to force yourself to eat that lunch. |
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