Thursday
– Water Fast Day #22
11:30
AM
In these days I’m thinking and thinking on
how to break the Fast. One very important thing to be aware of, when breaking a
prolonged fast, is that right after the Fast is broken a famine hunger comes
very suddenly; so strong that I could eat the entire McDonald’s menu 5 times!
So I will need to have a very detailed plan on how to break my Fast and be very
strict to stick with it 100%. That’s why I am trying to figure out what is the
best way of refeeding. In my previous fasts I always ate watermelon, to begin
with, but this time around I would like to start with some vegetable juice too;
actually I was thinking on having a drink of 50% juice of veggies and fruits
and 50% of water – this to avoid a big spike of insulin. The first day I would
have 8 ounces of this mix, 4 times during the day and with the days I would
increase the ounces and decrease the frequency of my meals. I will post a
detailed plan when I finalize it.
Today I don’t feel great in terms of
motivation, I often think about eating or drinking something, but I’m being
strong and not surrender to these temptations. I think it might be also due to
the fact that is Christmas time, all around is a feast of colours, food, gifts,
and of course I would like to enjoy the season and eat everything I could
possibly eat, all those cookies, pastry and tasty sweets! But I guess is a good
thing for me that I’m fasting during the holidays, so I won’t gain back in a
snap everything I lost with so many sacrifices.
When doing a prolonged fast is normal
having some weak moments; it’s part of the process for sure; but being in
Ketosis helps, no food can certainly tempt me enough to break my fast. The only
thing that could force anyone to give up a Water Fast, after so many days, is a
physical issue that is compromising the wellbeing of the individual itself,
this danger can be scary enough to break earlier…or not, any fast. So learn to
listen carefully to your body and not push too much to reach too fast a
breaking point.
It is Day #22 today but it’s still so early
for me, I have lost basically nothing compared on how much I still need to
lose, so I must keep going no matter what, otherwise I would be just wasted 22
days for nothing. But I’ll keep on going, I know it’s boring but the days will
pass and I’ll be thankful that I did it; after all this is just between me
myself and I.
Thursday 23 November 2017
Wednesday 22 November 2017
Water Fast Day #21
Wednesday
– Water Fast Day #21
10:30 AM
I’m back in the office today; I took yesterday off to do some errands and to go for a spa day, I really needed. Today I don’t feel doing much; I’m not sure if I am weak or just bored and unmotivated. In any case, I don’t feel hungry and fasting does not bother me much, I just like cooking and eating so I kind of miss that. Sometimes I feel a bit worn down, sort of weak but not exactly, I don’t know how to define it, I might be depleting my electrolytes and some vitamins I guess, I should do a blood test to check, but I’m lazy.
My weight is going down very slowly, as I already said hundreds times I guess, but this is my biggest concern at the moment, I’m not sure I can handle, physically, more than 50 days without food, I should take something, like Sodium, Potassium but I don’t know exactly what’s the best way to do it. Is drinking salt and water enough for my Sodium intake? How much Potassium should I take daily? My stomach gets upset if I take supplements. This morning I took a B complex pill and right after I was burping on B vitamin! I really don’t know what to do for this issue; it might compromise my ability to continue the fast.
My Ketosis is staying stable at 80mg/dL, which is good, it means I’m burning fats on a good rate; I still cannot fit in all my dresses though, but I guess is normal since I’m still way overweight and far from my target goal weight.
I did not have any BM lately, apart from the coffee effect on Monday, so this morning I was thinking that I should do an enema, not that I really feel I need it, but as prevention and cleaning measurement.
One thing I was thinking about today, that I believe I do not have Candida anymore; after these 2 past prolonged Fasts I think the level of Candida in my system went definitely down to normal values, which is a good news.
For the rest I’m doing ok I guess; days are passing, I’m already on over 20+ days, I’m trying to go to the gym as much as I can, without doing strenuous exercises; but I register good losses when I’m more active during the day. A lot of people say that after 30 days something changes in the body and we become weaker and weaker; I’m wondering if this is the case for me too; I mean last time it was definitely true for me; I felt very weak after day #30 and I wanted to break the Fast, but this time around this is not in my plans, so I hope I don’t have to deal with this – since I still have a long journey ahead of me.
10:30 AM
I’m back in the office today; I took yesterday off to do some errands and to go for a spa day, I really needed. Today I don’t feel doing much; I’m not sure if I am weak or just bored and unmotivated. In any case, I don’t feel hungry and fasting does not bother me much, I just like cooking and eating so I kind of miss that. Sometimes I feel a bit worn down, sort of weak but not exactly, I don’t know how to define it, I might be depleting my electrolytes and some vitamins I guess, I should do a blood test to check, but I’m lazy.
My weight is going down very slowly, as I already said hundreds times I guess, but this is my biggest concern at the moment, I’m not sure I can handle, physically, more than 50 days without food, I should take something, like Sodium, Potassium but I don’t know exactly what’s the best way to do it. Is drinking salt and water enough for my Sodium intake? How much Potassium should I take daily? My stomach gets upset if I take supplements. This morning I took a B complex pill and right after I was burping on B vitamin! I really don’t know what to do for this issue; it might compromise my ability to continue the fast.
My Ketosis is staying stable at 80mg/dL, which is good, it means I’m burning fats on a good rate; I still cannot fit in all my dresses though, but I guess is normal since I’m still way overweight and far from my target goal weight.
I did not have any BM lately, apart from the coffee effect on Monday, so this morning I was thinking that I should do an enema, not that I really feel I need it, but as prevention and cleaning measurement.
One thing I was thinking about today, that I believe I do not have Candida anymore; after these 2 past prolonged Fasts I think the level of Candida in my system went definitely down to normal values, which is a good news.
For the rest I’m doing ok I guess; days are passing, I’m already on over 20+ days, I’m trying to go to the gym as much as I can, without doing strenuous exercises; but I register good losses when I’m more active during the day. A lot of people say that after 30 days something changes in the body and we become weaker and weaker; I’m wondering if this is the case for me too; I mean last time it was definitely true for me; I felt very weak after day #30 and I wanted to break the Fast, but this time around this is not in my plans, so I hope I don’t have to deal with this – since I still have a long journey ahead of me.
Monday 20 November 2017
Water Fast Day #19
Monday
– Water Fast Day #19
9:30 AM
My Fast is proceeding well, it seems very slow but days are passing by and my weight is going down, helping me feeling better and fitting in some of my clothes without breaking any zip!
This past weekend I was working, but my part-time job does not require any strenuous activity, so I was mostly sitting on the couch watching TV. This morning my Ketosis was less than usual, at 40mg/dL; it’s been stable at 80mg/dL since I started the Fast, I’m not sure why, I still have plenty of fat on me to burn. I want to check it tomorrow – since this afternoon I’ll be going to the gym for my usual swimming workout; but overall I think I’ll be more active today.
So far I feel ok, for the first time, since I started this Fast, this past weekend I felt a bit weak and tired, not sure if it could be that I wasn’t being very active. For me, if I don’t get moving during a fast, I tend to become weak and without desire of doing anything. But at the end, I completed everything I was supposed to do, without major issues. I must to say though, that the night before I didn’t have much sleep so it could be that too; last night in fact I slept without waking up once, which is uncommon for me when I fast.
This morning I had a big decaf coffee and now my tummy hurts; I went already once to the bathroom, and whatever BM I had was mostly coffee I think. I should not drink coffee so quickly, especially in the morning, my stomach is very sensitive. I still have my period, this thing is very odd for me that I usually miss my period for months, who knows what’s happening with my hormones?!
My tongue is still coated, it gives me the usual terrible taste, it makes me feel thirsty when I’m not, but I’m learning to live with it, there’s nothing I can do about it anyway.
I’m losing an average of 200gr per day, which is very little I know; it seems my body is getting used to fasting an d it holds on my fat longer than previous fasts, well at least that’s how I feel but I might be wrong; every fast is different after all.
I hope I can be done by mid of December, although is not looking good as a date – since I still have at least 20 pounds to lose and they will not be gone overnight; I also believe I will be losing less and less going forward so there’s that too. Well let’s see I’ll figure out with the weeks, hopefully not too many weeks!
9:30 AM
My Fast is proceeding well, it seems very slow but days are passing by and my weight is going down, helping me feeling better and fitting in some of my clothes without breaking any zip!
This past weekend I was working, but my part-time job does not require any strenuous activity, so I was mostly sitting on the couch watching TV. This morning my Ketosis was less than usual, at 40mg/dL; it’s been stable at 80mg/dL since I started the Fast, I’m not sure why, I still have plenty of fat on me to burn. I want to check it tomorrow – since this afternoon I’ll be going to the gym for my usual swimming workout; but overall I think I’ll be more active today.
So far I feel ok, for the first time, since I started this Fast, this past weekend I felt a bit weak and tired, not sure if it could be that I wasn’t being very active. For me, if I don’t get moving during a fast, I tend to become weak and without desire of doing anything. But at the end, I completed everything I was supposed to do, without major issues. I must to say though, that the night before I didn’t have much sleep so it could be that too; last night in fact I slept without waking up once, which is uncommon for me when I fast.
This morning I had a big decaf coffee and now my tummy hurts; I went already once to the bathroom, and whatever BM I had was mostly coffee I think. I should not drink coffee so quickly, especially in the morning, my stomach is very sensitive. I still have my period, this thing is very odd for me that I usually miss my period for months, who knows what’s happening with my hormones?!
My tongue is still coated, it gives me the usual terrible taste, it makes me feel thirsty when I’m not, but I’m learning to live with it, there’s nothing I can do about it anyway.
I’m losing an average of 200gr per day, which is very little I know; it seems my body is getting used to fasting an d it holds on my fat longer than previous fasts, well at least that’s how I feel but I might be wrong; every fast is different after all.
I hope I can be done by mid of December, although is not looking good as a date – since I still have at least 20 pounds to lose and they will not be gone overnight; I also believe I will be losing less and less going forward so there’s that too. Well let’s see I’ll figure out with the weeks, hopefully not too many weeks!
Friday 17 November 2017
Water Fast Day #16
Friday
– Water Fast Day #16
10:30 AM
It’s been a bit more than 2 weeks now into this Fast and so far I’m ok I guess. This morning for the first time I felt very weak with my arms, contrary on how I’ve been feeling in the past days; I had lots of energy and I feel very positive. I’m managing to go to the gym/swimming pool 3 times a week; it’s been nice so far and not heavy on my muscles for sure. Strangely my period came back, just after 2 weeks or so, it never happened before, but I’m not worried – I’m sure this fast is messing up a bit my hormones so I guess is normal. Because of TOM I’m not going to the pool this afternoon but instead I’ll go to the gym to do some exercise on the machines, I don’t want to miss it anyway, it’s good to have a routine.
My tongue is still heavily coated, it makes my mouth feeling awful; this is one thing that I really hate of a fast; it makes everything harder, it gives me this constant feeling that I’m thirsty or something, which is not true; but there’s no relief for that, I tried many thing…the coating will always be there as long as I fast.
My weight loss is still slow but I noticed bigger losses when I go to the gym and I’m more active during the day; that’s another reason why I want to keep on going – until I have energy to do it, since I assume I’ll be weaker in the following weeks. But again, every fast is different from another, so I might not experience the same weakness as before. I’m also taking some vitamins here and there, trying not to take too many since they upset my stomach. I’m also drinking black decaf coffee, and I assume there is a small percentage of caffeine in it, so maybe it is helping me somehow with my energy – total assumptions though. I did notice though that the decaf coffee does not upset my stomach as the lemon water does, maybe the lemon acidity is bad while fasting?
10:30 AM
It’s been a bit more than 2 weeks now into this Fast and so far I’m ok I guess. This morning for the first time I felt very weak with my arms, contrary on how I’ve been feeling in the past days; I had lots of energy and I feel very positive. I’m managing to go to the gym/swimming pool 3 times a week; it’s been nice so far and not heavy on my muscles for sure. Strangely my period came back, just after 2 weeks or so, it never happened before, but I’m not worried – I’m sure this fast is messing up a bit my hormones so I guess is normal. Because of TOM I’m not going to the pool this afternoon but instead I’ll go to the gym to do some exercise on the machines, I don’t want to miss it anyway, it’s good to have a routine.
My tongue is still heavily coated, it makes my mouth feeling awful; this is one thing that I really hate of a fast; it makes everything harder, it gives me this constant feeling that I’m thirsty or something, which is not true; but there’s no relief for that, I tried many thing…the coating will always be there as long as I fast.
My weight loss is still slow but I noticed bigger losses when I go to the gym and I’m more active during the day; that’s another reason why I want to keep on going – until I have energy to do it, since I assume I’ll be weaker in the following weeks. But again, every fast is different from another, so I might not experience the same weakness as before. I’m also taking some vitamins here and there, trying not to take too many since they upset my stomach. I’m also drinking black decaf coffee, and I assume there is a small percentage of caffeine in it, so maybe it is helping me somehow with my energy – total assumptions though. I did notice though that the decaf coffee does not upset my stomach as the lemon water does, maybe the lemon acidity is bad while fasting?
Tuesday 14 November 2017
Water Fast - Day #13
Tuesday
– Water Fast Day #13
10:00 AM
Today begins my 13th day of this Fast; I would say every fast is different from another, in the way I feel, the way I lose weight and also the way I drink. So far I feel very good, the high feeling of the Ketosis is fully in and I feel very energetic. I’m going to the swimming pool every other day and I hope I keep on doing it, it’s a very light exercise but helps me a lot with the mood and how I feel in general. This morning I did the terrible mistake of taking some vitamins all together, I was almost throwing up after 10 minutes. I will never do it again, that’s it, when fasting I cannot take any supplement; I just hope my lack of electrolytes will not force me to stop the fast further during the next weeks.
One new thing for this fast is that I’m drinking instant decaf coffee with a couple of drops of stevia; it is not affecting my Ketosis – which is still constant at 80mg/dL – and I would say even the weight loss is not hugely impacted; unless I Dry Fast I never see large losses on a daily basis anyway.
Yesterday I was trying to do some estimation, in terms of time, on how long I should fast to reach my weight goal; well the “estimation” was definitely depressing, it might take 60 days or more! I’m just concerned that I would be in the middle of my refeeding process for my January vacation South; I would like to avoid it though, since I will want to enjoy my trip without thinking on how my asleep stomach feels – ok, mostly because refeeding means that I need a bathroom trip every time I eat or drink something. Well I guess the weeks will tell how long this Fast will need to last.
The weight loss is very slow, some days I lose just 200gr, some others a bit more; but as long as I am in Ketosis I guess I’m ok. I don’t really care what the scale says, because I can see it in the mirror how I look, how my clothes fits; it doesn’t fit anything yet so I’m not losing much; but it’s been only 12/13 days so I’m not complaining.
My tongue is heavily coated, and my mouth has the usual bad taste; if I drink coffee it tends to go darker of course, but I can still feel the tick coating; I hope it will get better with the days.
Another thing I noticed this time around is that my period started and took so long before it ended; somehow when I fast the hormones get messed up and I guess my period too; but I think it’s also a chance of cleaning so it’s not a negative thing after all.
Yesterday was a busy day for me, I had to do lots of errands so I walked a lot around during lunch time, plus I went to the gym for half hour in the pool and 10 minutes in the sauna. Moving and exercising helps me a lot with my weight loss, and till I have such a great energy I should take advantage of it and try to be as much active as I can, because as soon as I stop and lye on the bed to “rest”, I will not find again the same energy.
10:00 AM
Today begins my 13th day of this Fast; I would say every fast is different from another, in the way I feel, the way I lose weight and also the way I drink. So far I feel very good, the high feeling of the Ketosis is fully in and I feel very energetic. I’m going to the swimming pool every other day and I hope I keep on doing it, it’s a very light exercise but helps me a lot with the mood and how I feel in general. This morning I did the terrible mistake of taking some vitamins all together, I was almost throwing up after 10 minutes. I will never do it again, that’s it, when fasting I cannot take any supplement; I just hope my lack of electrolytes will not force me to stop the fast further during the next weeks.
One new thing for this fast is that I’m drinking instant decaf coffee with a couple of drops of stevia; it is not affecting my Ketosis – which is still constant at 80mg/dL – and I would say even the weight loss is not hugely impacted; unless I Dry Fast I never see large losses on a daily basis anyway.
Yesterday I was trying to do some estimation, in terms of time, on how long I should fast to reach my weight goal; well the “estimation” was definitely depressing, it might take 60 days or more! I’m just concerned that I would be in the middle of my refeeding process for my January vacation South; I would like to avoid it though, since I will want to enjoy my trip without thinking on how my asleep stomach feels – ok, mostly because refeeding means that I need a bathroom trip every time I eat or drink something. Well I guess the weeks will tell how long this Fast will need to last.
The weight loss is very slow, some days I lose just 200gr, some others a bit more; but as long as I am in Ketosis I guess I’m ok. I don’t really care what the scale says, because I can see it in the mirror how I look, how my clothes fits; it doesn’t fit anything yet so I’m not losing much; but it’s been only 12/13 days so I’m not complaining.
My tongue is heavily coated, and my mouth has the usual bad taste; if I drink coffee it tends to go darker of course, but I can still feel the tick coating; I hope it will get better with the days.
Another thing I noticed this time around is that my period started and took so long before it ended; somehow when I fast the hormones get messed up and I guess my period too; but I think it’s also a chance of cleaning so it’s not a negative thing after all.
Yesterday was a busy day for me, I had to do lots of errands so I walked a lot around during lunch time, plus I went to the gym for half hour in the pool and 10 minutes in the sauna. Moving and exercising helps me a lot with my weight loss, and till I have such a great energy I should take advantage of it and try to be as much active as I can, because as soon as I stop and lye on the bed to “rest”, I will not find again the same energy.
Thursday 9 November 2017
Water Fast Day #8
Thursday
– Water Fast Day #8
2:00 PM
Yesterday I had the chance to go 40 minutes to the gym for few laps in the pool. It doesn’t seem much but, when Fasting, is a lot, well at least for me; I know of people exercising and doing strenuous activities even further into a Fast, but I tend to become weaker and weaker with the days, it could be a lack of electrolytes, I’m not 100% sure.
2:00 PM
Yesterday I had the chance to go 40 minutes to the gym for few laps in the pool. It doesn’t seem much but, when Fasting, is a lot, well at least for me; I know of people exercising and doing strenuous activities even further into a Fast, but I tend to become weaker and weaker with the days, it could be a lack of electrolytes, I’m not 100% sure.
I’m still on day #8 though and my energy
level is very good, I really don’t feel that I had no food for a week, except
for my arms; they are – as usual – the weaker point in my body. The swimming
was nice, I had no breath, maybe for my anxiety but most likely because I’m out
of shape, but I want to keep on going, I enjoyed after all.
This morning my weight was exactly as
yesterday, not even 1gr less! It might be due to the gym and water retention, I
don’t know. I checked my Ketosis and it was good, with a purple Ketostix reporting
80md/dL of ketones in my urine, that’s comforting. I have also a little machine
to check my body fat and my BMI, but I don’t think it works very well, it seems
just doing a calculation based on my weight and age, not really evaluating my
body fat; but I guess it doesn’t hurt keep on monitoring through the Fast.
Yesterday I started to add a bit of lemon
juice to my hot water, I’m not drinking too much really so I think it will not
impact my fast. But this morning I had a sense of acid feeling in my throat
after drinking some hot lemon water, and after having a good 2 cups of it I had
to rush to the washroom, I’m guessing this lemon is not really appreciated by
my GI tract and it’s rejecting it right away! I’ll try to be more disciplined
from now on and stick only with water. This weekend though I’m still with the
idea on doing a Dry Fast, the weight loss is way faster and I cannot stress
this thing more.
Today I feel that my brain activity is
improved, I talk differently, I make more elaborated sentences, even at work;
for me this is a sign of being deeply into the Fast, getting all – or almost
all – the benefits of abstaining from food. I do miss food though, I guess it
is such a big part of our lives, a pleasure that it’s impossible to miss. If
someone would tell me that in the future we will feed ourselves with pills, I
would be highly disappointed; I love to cook, I love to mix new ingredients and
trying new recipes, who doesn’t?!
Talking about food, one thing I’m strictly
avoiding at the moment is shopping for food, to save in my pantry. I have enough
already and, I know I love to shop, but I should not even think about food for
now; my journey is still so long that I would own the entire isle 5 of the
grocery store if I keep on buying stuff. Plus, looking at food, watching videos,
buying ingredients, it’s unhealthy for
me when fasting; it creates a stomach-food-cravings
expectation, if that makes any sense;
so when I’m done fasting the wolf’s appetite will come and hit me so hard to
delete completely all my sacrifices fasting – which I definitely want to avoid this
time around. God help me!
Wednesday 8 November 2017
Water Fast - Day #7
Wednesday – Water Fast Day
#7
9:30 AM
I broke my Dry Fast at about 4.5 days, not sure why – I was just bored I guess. As expected, my weight loss slowed down unfortunately. I went from an average of 1Kg per day to 300gr per day! 3 times slower than Dry Fasting. I hope I can resume Dry Fasting along the way, because after a while, even drinking water becomes annoying – while when Dry Fasting the only thing I want to do is drinking fresh water, I don’t even care about food! Human mind is fascinating, an escalation of needs and desires when we can’t have what we want.
Today I feel good energy wise, I planned to go swimming this afternoon; I prepared my gym bag and everything, I am actually excited to do it, I hope I will feel good after. I’m not hungry at all; my Ketosis is good at 80mg/dL, with a nice purple Ketostix. My tongue is becoming a bit more white-coated with the days, I guess is normal. Usually around Day 7/8 of a Fast I feel very well, and I do but I’m still so fat that I don’t feel comfortable with myself; I believe this is an issue for my motivation and my mood.
This morning I was getting ready to go to work and I tried a white shirt that used to fit me a bit large, well I wasn’t able to close the buttons so I gave up and wore something else. It is really depressing.
This weekend I want to try to Dry Fast again, since I’ll be working from Saturday 8AM to Sunday 6PM, I might be able to get distracted and not drink much water, or at all. To be honest I’m not drinking much anyway, yesterday I had my last sip at 4:30PM and resumed drinking this morning around 7AM when I woke up, but only because I felt thirsty a bit. If I drink too much I don’t feel very well, not sure why.
9:30 AM
I broke my Dry Fast at about 4.5 days, not sure why – I was just bored I guess. As expected, my weight loss slowed down unfortunately. I went from an average of 1Kg per day to 300gr per day! 3 times slower than Dry Fasting. I hope I can resume Dry Fasting along the way, because after a while, even drinking water becomes annoying – while when Dry Fasting the only thing I want to do is drinking fresh water, I don’t even care about food! Human mind is fascinating, an escalation of needs and desires when we can’t have what we want.
Today I feel good energy wise, I planned to go swimming this afternoon; I prepared my gym bag and everything, I am actually excited to do it, I hope I will feel good after. I’m not hungry at all; my Ketosis is good at 80mg/dL, with a nice purple Ketostix. My tongue is becoming a bit more white-coated with the days, I guess is normal. Usually around Day 7/8 of a Fast I feel very well, and I do but I’m still so fat that I don’t feel comfortable with myself; I believe this is an issue for my motivation and my mood.
This morning I was getting ready to go to work and I tried a white shirt that used to fit me a bit large, well I wasn’t able to close the buttons so I gave up and wore something else. It is really depressing.
This weekend I want to try to Dry Fast again, since I’ll be working from Saturday 8AM to Sunday 6PM, I might be able to get distracted and not drink much water, or at all. To be honest I’m not drinking much anyway, yesterday I had my last sip at 4:30PM and resumed drinking this morning around 7AM when I woke up, but only because I felt thirsty a bit. If I drink too much I don’t feel very well, not sure why.
Monday 6 November 2017
My prolonged Dry Fast - Day #5
Monday – Dry Fast Day #5
10:30 AM – 108hrs
This morning I was able to check my Ketosis with my new package of Ketostix purchased from amazon; it was a nice purple with large traces of ketones at 80mg/dL – I am happy I’m now fully in ketogenic state. Definitely helps with the hunger and the cravings – disappeared altogether fortunately.
My Dry Fast is proceeding fine, apart from my awful mouth feelings – a terrible staple now in all my fasts – I feel perfectly fine; my tongue is light pink, slightly coated, not much though, I don’t know if it will become worse the more I go into the fast, let’s see.
My sleep is ok so far, I was able to sleep a fair amount of hours in the past 2 nights, not uninterrupted sleep but enough to rest. So far I don’t feel weak, but it’s been just 5 days so I’m not surprised really; maybe I’ll see some lack of strengths in the next week, when more than 10/12 days have passed.
It’s been only a bit more than 100hrs in this Fast but I’d like to remind myself that, although starting a Fast is a really a hard thing to do, it gets easier and easier with the days; the hunger disappears, the cravings are gone, all the benefits of a Fast start to come by, and, what I think is important, the self-esteem tends to come back again; because let’s face it, gaining weight, being overweight and fat does not help the self-confidence in any way. I know we should love ourselves just the way we are, and I do, I don’t really care sometime if I’m fat, but I don’t think we shouldn’t try to get fit, to have a normal healthy weight and help the self-confidence, it is all beneficial after all.
My weight goes down quickly with a Dry Fast, or maybe it is also the syndrome of the first few days’ weight loss. Nevertheless I lost 5.3Kg (11.5lb) in 4.5 days – I wish I could keep this rate till the end of my Fast but it’s not going to happen and, also might not be healthy losing weight so quickly.
1:30 PM – 111hrs
I went downstairs for a walk in the mall during lunch time, the energy levels are good, but dreaming about drinking fresh water, but I’m not thirsty per se.
Today I bought a swimwear, for the swimming pool though, one piece bathing-suit, it was depressing, I look like a sausage in it. I’m thinking to go to swim twice a week; I feel my shoulders lost a lot of muscles during these past years. I used to swim twice a week when I was younger and enjoyed a lot; I hope I can go back into the routine of swimming, slowly maybe. Swimming is an easier workout than a regular intense cardio workout, it involves lots of muscles and being into the water constantly helps with the sweating and skin hydration. It is gentle on muscles, if done properly, so I can set my pace and slowly increase the speed; I only hope my anxiety attacks and difficult breathing won’t give me any problems during the workouts.
I’m thinking on stopping by the gym today after work, to see how long the pool is – hopefully it is at least 25m. I know that I’m dry fasting and I’m not supposed to do any exercise but I want to try and the water seems a good place to start.
Strangely this time around I did not have any headaches whatsoever starting my fast, I thought at least for the sugar withdrawal I would feel something, but no, nothing, that’s good though.
I’m still urinating normally, maybe the quantity is less but the bathroom trips are roughly the same, I woke up in the night too! I think is positive though, it means my body is melting some fat and getting rid of waste.
Another thing that I noticed in all my Dry Fasts is my period; every time I do a Dry Fast my period comes, maybe I didn’t have it for 4 months, but as soon as I start going Dry, it comes! It happens similarly with the Water Fast, but after lots of days in a Water Fast, or not at all.
Friday 3 November 2017
My prolonged Dry Fast - Day #2
Friday
– Dry Fast Day #2
3:30 PM – 40hrs
Second Day of my Dry Fast, just 40hrs but it’s going well; I did not have any headache as for now. My cravings are still strong but not enough to make me break the Dry Fast. I don’t feel thirsty, neither hungry, but my mouth is beginning to feel awful because of my tongue; sometime I’m wondering if my breath is bad; hopefully not.
I’m urinating normally, maybe today a bit less than yesterday but I didn’t see major differences; I hope this means that my kidneys are filtering as expected.
I went for a walk during lunch time; I bought some new clothes in larger size; now nothing fits me anymore and, so much I hate it, every morning I struggle to find something to wear.
I was looking at food, during my lunch walk, I was jealous looking at skinny people, able to have normal meals, not addicted to food. But I didn’t buy anything editable, I’m actually trying to avoid to read or look at anything that is food related; I’m not forcing myself though, I guess with the vision that this fast will be very long I do not have any interest in food at the moment.
Sometime I wonder why I don’t drink, that I would like to drink something, and then I repeat to myself all the reasons why. It’s a war against my inner self this one, a bloody battle with psychological weapons, so hard to fight.
3:30 PM – 40hrs
Second Day of my Dry Fast, just 40hrs but it’s going well; I did not have any headache as for now. My cravings are still strong but not enough to make me break the Dry Fast. I don’t feel thirsty, neither hungry, but my mouth is beginning to feel awful because of my tongue; sometime I’m wondering if my breath is bad; hopefully not.
I’m urinating normally, maybe today a bit less than yesterday but I didn’t see major differences; I hope this means that my kidneys are filtering as expected.
I went for a walk during lunch time; I bought some new clothes in larger size; now nothing fits me anymore and, so much I hate it, every morning I struggle to find something to wear.
I was looking at food, during my lunch walk, I was jealous looking at skinny people, able to have normal meals, not addicted to food. But I didn’t buy anything editable, I’m actually trying to avoid to read or look at anything that is food related; I’m not forcing myself though, I guess with the vision that this fast will be very long I do not have any interest in food at the moment.
Sometime I wonder why I don’t drink, that I would like to drink something, and then I repeat to myself all the reasons why. It’s a war against my inner self this one, a bloody battle with psychological weapons, so hard to fight.
Thursday 2 November 2017
My prolonged Dry Fast - Day #1
Thursday
– Dry Fast Day #1
2:30
PM – 15hrs
I think I stopped to drink water at around
11:00 PM last night, but as far as food I had my big dinner earlier at 7:00 PM
or so; I would say it’s about 15 hours of no drinking and no eating.
I feel normal so far, after all it’s just
few hours; I had no hunger at all today, just one episode of growling stomach
during a meeting and that’s all; but in my defense I can say that the meeting
was extremely boring, maybe that’s why!
I went for a walk during lunch time, to get
distracted, to move a bit my fat legs; it was ok, every time I stand up from my
chair I feel so heavy. I’m wondering when the headache will start, maybe tomorrow.
My mouth is not dry but I begin on feeling that awful taste I have when I’m not
drinking, not that goes completely away during the Water Fast, but it gets
better, especially if I drink hot lemon water.
This time around I was thinking avoiding
the lemon in the water or any tea, better if I drink only pure water – SMART
water most likely, my favourite. I want to reset completely my taste buds this
time around, since I’m planning on taking a long Fast to resolve all my issues.
I might introduce salt and other supplements going forward during my long
journey.
Failing to begin a Fast - I'm trying again
The beginning
of a fast is always the hardest one, and personally I usually fail the first couple of attempts
before reaching Ketosis. Once I am in
a good Ketogenic state, nothing can tempt me really, but this happens after approximately
7/8 days into a Fast.
I know I said I would start my new Fast on November 1st, but after 18hrs of Dry Fasting I gave up and had something to drink, in the evening I had a big supper, but overall only one big meal for the day. It’s so easy for my mind to convince me that one more day won’t make any difference and indulge in food and sugar; I am very weak.
Today I feel more motivated though. Since yesterday I started to check my weight again; I have to admit I cried when I saw the number on the scale, never been so fat and the amount of time I would need to lose all this weight is beyond my estimations.
On the Internet I found various blogs talking about personal Fasting experiences; the number of days of the length of a Fast it usually different for everyone, it can go from few hours up to 100 days. I was reading yesterday about someone completing 92 days fast, impressive, and definitely not common to find online these numbers. It requires lots of patience I can imagine, and fat storage enough to support the body for 3 months. But one thing I learnt from this story, after 3 weeks or so into the fast I should start to take Sodium, Potassium and other supplements for my electrolytes or I will feel too weak to continue over 30 days. This time around I’m aiming for 40/50 days, let’s see how it goes, I will listen to my body….but the number 92 is always in my mind!
I can’t wait for these first few days to go by quickly, because I know that I will feel better once I’m over this period, not that I feel hungry or thirsty but soon I will feel sleepy, I’ll have a headache, I’ll be grumpy, stomach growling, sugar cravings (well those ones never go away!), and my focus on things will be definitely impacted negatively. And I’m only 12hrs into the Dry Fast!
But really, I cannot continue like this, I hate myself everyday a bit more, and not that I care on how I look, I just don’t feel good, I don’t even want people to see me; if I could I will stay home in my bed for 2 weeks….but I have to come to work and deal with everyone here and with my cravings. I hope I’ll be fine this time around; a long journey is in front of me, I pray the Lord to give all the strengths I need to not give up this time.
I know I said I would start my new Fast on November 1st, but after 18hrs of Dry Fasting I gave up and had something to drink, in the evening I had a big supper, but overall only one big meal for the day. It’s so easy for my mind to convince me that one more day won’t make any difference and indulge in food and sugar; I am very weak.
Today I feel more motivated though. Since yesterday I started to check my weight again; I have to admit I cried when I saw the number on the scale, never been so fat and the amount of time I would need to lose all this weight is beyond my estimations.
On the Internet I found various blogs talking about personal Fasting experiences; the number of days of the length of a Fast it usually different for everyone, it can go from few hours up to 100 days. I was reading yesterday about someone completing 92 days fast, impressive, and definitely not common to find online these numbers. It requires lots of patience I can imagine, and fat storage enough to support the body for 3 months. But one thing I learnt from this story, after 3 weeks or so into the fast I should start to take Sodium, Potassium and other supplements for my electrolytes or I will feel too weak to continue over 30 days. This time around I’m aiming for 40/50 days, let’s see how it goes, I will listen to my body….but the number 92 is always in my mind!
I can’t wait for these first few days to go by quickly, because I know that I will feel better once I’m over this period, not that I feel hungry or thirsty but soon I will feel sleepy, I’ll have a headache, I’ll be grumpy, stomach growling, sugar cravings (well those ones never go away!), and my focus on things will be definitely impacted negatively. And I’m only 12hrs into the Dry Fast!
But really, I cannot continue like this, I hate myself everyday a bit more, and not that I care on how I look, I just don’t feel good, I don’t even want people to see me; if I could I will stay home in my bed for 2 weeks….but I have to come to work and deal with everyone here and with my cravings. I hope I’ll be fine this time around; a long journey is in front of me, I pray the Lord to give all the strengths I need to not give up this time.
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