#angus barbieri

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Angus Barbieri was a Scottish man who gained significant attention for his extraordinary fasting feat in the 1960s. In 1965, at the age of 27, Barbieri embarked on a prolonged fast that lasted for a remarkable 382 days. I fasting regimen was motivated by his desire to lose weight. At the beginning of his fast, he weighed around 456 pounds (207 kilograms), and his goal was to reach a healthier weight. Under medical supervision, he consumed supplements to ensure he received essential vitamins and minerals, as well as electrolyte replacements. During the extended fast, Angus Barbieri lost a considerable amount of weight, shedding around 276 pounds (125 kilograms). His weight loss progress was closely monitored by doctors, and he exhibited no adverse health effects during the fasting period. Medical professionals observed that his body was able to utilize stored fat for energy, which helped sustain him throughout the fast. Barbieri's fasting record is considered one of the longest medically monitored fasts in history

Angus Barbieri était un Écossais qui a attiré beaucoup d'attention pour son extraordinaire exploit de jeûne dans les années 1960. En 1965, à l'âge de 27 ans, il s'est lancé dans un jeûne prolongé qui a duré 382 jours. Mon régime de jeûne était motivé par mon désir de perdre du poids. Au début je pesais environ 207kgs et mon objectif était d'atteindre un poids qui ne mettait pas ma vie en danger. Sous surveillance médicale, il a consommé des complémentaires alimentaires pour s'assurer de recevoir des vitamines et des minéraux essentiels, ainsi que des remplacements d'électrolytes. Au cours du jeûne prolongé, Angus Barbieri a perdu une quantité considérable de poids, perdant 125kgs. Ses progrès en matière de perte de poids ont été étroitement surveillés par des médecins et il n’a présenté aucun effet néfaste sur sa santé pendant la période de jeûne. Les professionnels de la santé ont observé que son corps était capable d'utiliser les graisses stockées pour produire de l'énergie, ce qui l'aidait à survivre tout au long du jeûne. Le record de jeûne de Barbieri est considéré comme l'un des plus longs jeûnes médicalement surveillés de l'histoire.

[not-fully-there]

I wanna point out this fucking legend

Angus Barbieri, a man who fasted for a whole 382 days WITHOUT DYING, going from morbidly obese to skinny legend

As an atypical Ana guy this man is HUGE inspo

[diary-of-obesy-girl]

Eu não quero mais comer, nunca mais… Quero viver de água e sol igual uma planta. Toda vez que como me sinto nojenta, toda vez que olho minhas coxas, minha barriga e meus braços da vontade chorar e não desejo comer por uma eternidade, toda vez que eu comer vou aplicar uma punição cada vez pior. A intenção é viver num NF eterno. Tem um relato de um homem que queria emagrecer, não sei se vocês conhecem o nome dele é Angus, deixarei abaixo um link que conta um pouco sobre ele:

Peço desculpas por ser tão extrema, mas eu quero mesmo ser delicada e fininha… Nem que eu precise passar minha vida toda tentando.

[lindsaywesker]

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Welcome to Too Much Information Tuesday.

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Scottish man Angus Barbieri fasted for 392 days, from June 14, 1965, to July 11, 1966.  He lived on tea, coffee, soda water and vitamins while living at home in Tayport, Scotland, and frequently visited Maryfield Hospital for medical evaluation.  He lost 276 pounds and set a record for the length of a fast.

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Okay, that’s enough information for one day.  Have a tremendous and tumultuous Tuesday!  I love you all.

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[dbfhotchner]

angus barbieri is my idol tbh

[bippolarr]

-123kg vivendo apenas de chá, café, água com gás e vitaminas em uma nf de 382 dias. O escocês Angus Barbieri conseguiu ficar mais de um ano sem comer absolutamente nada. E você ai, com dificuldade de fazer uma nf de 24 horas, gorda.

(autocrítica)

[stangalina]

Fun fact! A man named Angus Barbieri survived for 382 days straight without solid food. He only drank water and tea with sugar for energy. That's one year and 17 days. Straight. And he survived it because he was fat.

So, tell me why a fat person couldn't survive a zombie apocalypse by just locking themselves somewhere secure and just waiting for the zombies to rot. Hmm?

it's so funny when ppl"s defence of no fat characters existing in video games is "uh they wouldn't be able to physically do the things the character does" like damn i hate to break it to you but skinny bitches can't physically cast a fireball in real life either but nobody has a problem with that

[raw626]

Watch "A Man Who Refused To Eat For 382 days #shorts" on YouTube

[horusvalley]

قصة أنجوس باربيري-الرجل الذي قضى عامًا بدون طعام وخسر 125 كجم

قصة أنجوس باربيري-الرجل الذي قضى عامًا بدون طعام وخسر 125 كجم

قرر رجل يبلغ من العمر 27 عامًا في اسكتلندا،أنجوس باربيري Angus Barbieri،في عام 1965 أنه يريد إنقاص بعض الوزن. في ذلك الوقت ، كان وزنه 207 كجم. تحت إشراف الأطباء ، بدأ الصيام وعاش لأكثر من عام دون طعام ، محققًا رقمًا قياسيًا عالميًا جديدًا.   وبحسب تقرير الأطباء ، فقد قدم نفسه للعلاج ، وكانت الخطة الأولية صيامًا قصير الأمد فقط. ولكن بعد أن بدأ ، بدا أن المريض يتمتع بصحة جيدة و “كان حريصًا على…

[drdanielapetrache]

(via Angus Barbieri - Fara hrana 382 de zile)

Angus Barbieri a rezistat fara mancare un an si 17 zile, nu, nu am gresit, el nu a mancat 382 de zile. Ii puteti afla povestea mai jos, dar nu trebuie sa incercati asta. Angus Barbieri a fost atent urmarit de medici pe toata perioada postului.

[riflebrass]

His name was Angus Barbieri. He fasted for 392 days and lost 276lbs.

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[fastingcrustacean]

May 6th 2022, introduction

Alriiiight lets see how this goes. This is a fasting diary to document how well it goes for me. I dont expect this blog to garner any followers, but heres an introduction anyways.

My name is Jack, i am overweight by about 35 lbs. It isn’t much but i have been overweight for far too long. I used to be sort of somewhat in a normal weight, but it was short lived (obviously) and i gained almost all of it back (thank god not all of it). I am 5′5, and I weigh 180 lbs as of typing this post. My current GW is 135 lbs- so about 10 more pounds than what i am overweight by. I think. idk, im not gonna do the math again. My previous method i used was intermittent fasting and drinking exclusively meal shakes- it worked and I got down to 150. This time around, I plan to fuck around and find out with a fasting regime. My main concern is the retention of my strength, what little it is, and of course, the ability to Not Die. I will Not Die by drinking a calorie free electrolyte solution (2l of water, iodized salt, potassium, magnesium).

I have already done a 2 day fast, and it was HELL. I refed yesterday due to an immense weakness- I had lost roughly 7 lbs in those two days but im sure most of it was water weight, maybe a pound of body fat. I hear that after a while, the weakness feeling will go away. Angus Barbieri was able to not eat for well over 300 days, so surely I can go a day or two without it.

I am restarting with another 2 day fast minimum, hopefully it will be easier this time around.  I am already halfway through the first day and it seems easier because this seltzer water is making me feel ‘full’.

Things to note:

I have quite a bit of body fat, so I have the fuel to do this. If you find yourself on the smaller side I wouldn’t recommend this, especially if you are prone to eating disorders.

I am doing this because there is a time constraint. I wouldn’t have turned to fasting otherwise, and actually quite enjoy eating (as evidenced by my obesity)

If you do fast, make sure you replenish your electrolytes. Electrolyte loss is deadly.

This is a journal mostly to document my weight, my lifts, and my runtime maybe.

If you plan to fast for longer than 3 days, make sure you have a refeeding plan. Break your fast with bone broth or something. Start light, and avoid carby foods. Carbs draw water into your intestine and can cause you to shit out your electrolytes a dangerous amount.

do your research before doing this. all i gotta say really

[zerocaloriesfasting]

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[finaldisorder]

He coughs, wet and shallow. The world around him is blurry, and he can make out some shoes that look like his father's and maybe for a second he wants to call out for him. He wants to feel his father's arms circling his body, holding him and petting his hair to tell him it's all going to be okay. Malcolm can't recall the last time he'd felt his father's embrace. He can't recall a time his father had ever really done so, despite the fact he had, in fact, been a good father once upon a time.

Sat in his lap as a child in his office, dark basement illuminated by dim lights, folders and medical text strewn across the desk. His father's exuberance, his father's knowledge, passed on to the son, his prodigal son, his legacy. Only when Malcolm looks back these days can he see the grooming. He sees the killer that Doctor Whitly had tried to turn him into. He sees blood-stained knives, one in his hand, a grown man doubled over, sliced, stabbed, maroon flowing down small hands and wrists like rivers to stain his sweater.

'It's show time, my boy. Make your old man proud, huh?'

These are not his father's sneakers. That is not his father's smell. Malcolm coughs again, head lifting, weak and bleary blues focussing and unfocussing as Watkins crouches before him. He'd snarl if he could, the noise leaving him nothing more than a garbled, wet whimper stuck in his throat. He hasn't the energy to swat away John's hands. The cold air of the room grounds him slightly, the cooler floor beneath him, puddled, pooling blood is sticky but he focusses on the texture. The iron stench. He's bleeding out in this room, and though Malcolm has faced many a dangerous situation in the past, this one takes the cake.

He's not certain he can make his way out of this one. Not on his own. Wary eyes flick around the room impatiently, not exactly looking for an exit, as he knows there is none, but looking for the hallucination of his father. It's the only solace he has had in the silence before John began to speak, and that makes a guttural laugh leave him despite himself. The laugh comes wet - another cough is soon to follow.

"Angus Barbieri," He starts, a slight wheeze to his voice; strained though sure. Confident, though he's shaking. "1971. He survived for 382 days without solid food."

It's a quip with the intention to simply argue; to give himself more time to think. Anger filters through him now. It crashes like a wave. He has already been through trials. Plenty of trials. He's a non-believer. A recovering Catholic. Malcolm himself spent three days without food and water, locked in that closet, screaming for help, please, somebody help me, please!

Malcolm allows the silence to linger, blinking lazily up at the towering figure crouched before him with a sigh. The sigh is petulant - a childish huff, a bratty disregard for politeness and etiquette that he'd been raised with. A thick swallow, a wince as he tries to adjust himself a bit, and he glances at the blade glimmering near him. "Have you an arm like that of God, or can you thunder with a voice like his?"

The Book of Job had been the only scripture Malcolm thoroughly enjoyed; however, he had often disagreed with the atrocities. Job's trials due to a fucking bet with the Devil. He stares the Devil down now, and that irks him, because he rather thought himself the son of Satan himself already. This wasn't a trial. This was a misstep.

Malcolm finally growls. It's time to switch things up; he'd already started.

"What reward do I receive for being a dutiful follower?" He sneers, hands shifting so he can brace himself against the cold floor. He attempts to sit himself up, kneeling before John, body hunched with the pain and an undignified whine leaving him as one hand shifts to cup the stab wound on his abdomen. "I think your Lord might be a little disappointed that you're trying to play Him right now." Despite the very fact he kneels before John now in contrition.

"Tell me, John. That voice in your head - what does it say?" He's trying to be attentive, but the blood loss has him swaying. He nudges the chain, head lolling back in an exaggerated flinch, exhaustion making every movement feel like he's wading through thick water.

@finaldisorder plotted starter

Seeing Malcolm again after so many years had been what some would call a coincidence. John didn't see it that way. He saw it as the divine will of God; first as a test to his commitment to his mission, and then as a calling to make Malcolm his disciple. He had left breadcrumbs for Malcolm to follow, a test of his own to see if Malcolm was dedicated and once he knew that he was, John had moved onto the next steps of his plan.

Killing Malcolm would have been easy, too easy, and the voice that guided John told him Malcolm was meant for something more. John would have to move on from his personal mission; possibly forever, but something greater awaited him once Malcolm reached the end of his trial. John was sure of it.

Malcolm still had some fight in him. Good. John liked it that way, it showed him that this mission truly was righteous, and that showing Malcolm the path towards his own mission was the correct choice. It wasn't without its own challenges, John was also being tested in these trials. Malcolm was strong, he was resisting this journey he had been set on. Frustrating as it was, John was trying to see the positives; it just meant that once the trials were over, he wouldn't falter or back down from their mission at the first sign of trouble.

He wished Martin could see the metamorphosis his son was going through, he was sure his former mentor would be proud of the work he was doing. The fact that Malcolm would also pay penance for betraying and dishonoring his father was just an added bonus. For as it said in Deuteronomy; 'Cursed be anyone who dishonors his father or mother.'

Crouching before Malcolm, he pointed his knife at him; more as an extension of is own hand (and a warning against trying anything stupid) whilst he lifted up his shirt to check on the stab wound. All things considered, given he'd not had any medical treatment, it wasn't looking too bad. ❝ You know— ❞ Standing up, he stepped back a few paces and sheathed his knife, teeth showing in a condescending grin. ❝ Our Lord managed to go for forty days and nights in the desert without food or water. Those were his trials, so I'm sure you can last a while longer. ❞

He scratched his beard, wondering how long it would be before he would actually have to give Malcolm some water. He didn't want the boy to die before he'd completed his trials, and with the blood loss he's sustained, was still losing, that window of time had been reduced. He might not be a doctor, but he had learned a lot from Martin, so he had a good idea of the time pressures he was facing. ❝ The sooner you stop resisting, the sooner you can be rewarded. All this resistance is only hindering your progress. ❞