Tuesday 31 July 2018

My new challenge - Prolonged Fasting Part #2


Fasting Day #41
I can't believe 41 days passed since I touched solid food. I'm living on water, decaf coffee and cream/milk. My Ketosis is not impressive in these days. Due to the coffee creamer I cannot go over 5mg/dL, so my overall energy and mood is inevitably compromised. But I'm still feeling good, actually great since I lost 10Kg so far (around 22lb). Sometimes I wonder if this awful type of diet that I'm doing, is causing any damage to my stomach or something else inside me, I really hope not. I'm still working out 3 times a week, I would not define great workouts though, due to my terrible personal trainer. But a workout is better than zero and after all it makes feel better knowing that - at least I'm trying. My weight loss is obviously super slow with a ketosis of 5mg/dL, but I'm ok with that. If I lose weight too quickly, I go into the famine mode in no time after breaking this fast, and my weight right now is not extremely high, it gives me the chance to wear some of my dresses that were not fitting anymore - I would say 30% of them. I'm sure I will fast for the rest of August, so approximately another 30 days or so. Days are passing by and I just don't think about my fast anymore; I live every day as the previous one, without thinking on when I'll break this fast. Maybe because I know exactly that my goal is still so far away, that why bother? I'm not even half way through.
Fasting Day #77
I missed lots of days on updating my status, but I'm still here, alive, with my odd-modified-fast that is giving tons of satisfactions after all. I'm not losing weight too quickly, but still ok, always thinking that my body doesn't like losing on a high speed. It gets back everything with interests! I'm getting used to just drinking decaf coffee and creamers, but I had a couple of times bone broth, disgustingly healthy maybe but I can't have more than 1/2 cups every other day. In terms of energy I feel normal really, workout continued as scheduled, although my personal trainer is not the greatest on making work hard. In any case I almost completed all the sessions I paid, so I'll not renew the collaboration with her - never again! I spent so much money I could've paid the gym for 5 years straight. Oh well, live and learn. Now I'm more prone on going back to the gym soon and start to exercise in the real way; hopefully more effectively than before. I didn't check my ketosis since a while, since I'm drinking this cream and sometimes milk, I don't think my body is in high state of Ketosis, but its' ok, I mean I don't feel hungry so I guess the fat burning ...somehow, should still be there, though in smaller amounts. Today I looked at some of my pictures and I feel I look old on my face; I'm not very young but a couple of years ago, when my water fast was ending, my face skin looked so much better. I'm wondering if this 70+ days without eating a proper diet affected the overall health of my mature skin, I hope not. For sure I won't be able to continue for too long in this way though. I don't feel weak or anything like that, my energy levels are good, but who knows my liver, my kidneys, my digestive track and my adrenals what they are thinking right now and how they are functioning so far. I'm having BMs almost regularly, I don't drink much water though, sometimes I add my electrolytes solution to a little bottle and I drink it all - but not every day. Today I have a bad headache, very rare for me - so I'm not sure what could be the cause. I guess my body will soon start to lack on nutrients and essential vitamins, protein and amino acids, so I would need to give up what I'm doing. Not that I feel joy on restraining myself of eating. But I did plan to have some sort of light soup/broth once I get under 59 KG, which is going to take a little while still, since I'm on 62.7 KG today. I was in the 63Kg range for almost a month! It was awful, my weight was going up and then down, and then up and then down, I hated. I don't want to see the number 63 for the rest of my life. I could speed up everything by just drinking water, but it's not a long term solution for me, neither for my body. Too much weight lost too quickly.