2019 Fast 3.0 - Dry Fast Day #6

136 hours into the Dry Fast - 66.55Kg (146.41lb)
I'm finally into my Day #6, still doing well, I don't feel thirsty and my dry mouth is still bearable. I started to have a bit of sense of dryness while talking this morning, but not a major issue yet, I can still talk properly without affecting my speech.
This afternoon after work, I have to go to the banquet hall for my second job, it will be interesting to see my body reaction to a 6-hours no stop walking activity and heavy lifting. I'm usually extremely thirsty when I work at the banquet hall, and right now I'm already dehydrated, so let's see if I will compromise the length of my fast or I'll endure this fasting state. I hope the latter.
Usually at the banquet hall there's ton of free food that is always tempting, but this time I'm bringing with me two containers, to save my meals and bring it home to my family (hoping the picky eaters will like everything).
This morning, when I was walking to work, I was trying to do deep breathing and inhale a bit of the cold air (we are at -12°C today) to hydrate myself - since it's enough humid outside. Unfortunately there's lot of pollution in the downtown core and the deep breathe is not always a pleasant experience. When I'm fasting, my sense of smell is really enhanced, I also enjoy smelling food from everywhere, I can easily distinguish the type of ingredients used in the dishes. My mother had a coconut cookie the other day, and I could smell the coconut even after half hour that she had it.
I enjoy preparing food for my family, it keeps me busy and it helps me not to think much about cooking and eating; somehow I participate to the meal with them without missing the whole experience.
Last night was a sleepless night, I think I slept only 3/4 hours - I hate when I'm turning and tossing in my bed without chances to rest properly. This was the first time, during this Dry Fast, that my sleep was affected. I do feel better this time around, and I'm confident I can keep this fast longer than previously planned.
My mental clarity is not there yet, sometimes I'm wondering if it will ever come during the Dry Fast - since I cannot fast for too many days - or I'm already getting the mental benefits without me fully recognize it. I can see that my speeches are just a bit better today, but I don't feel that state of mind that I get on Day 7/8 during a Water Fast.
This morning I felt, for just few seconds, a feeling in my stomach that I could have a spontaneous BM, but it didn't happen, now I'm wondering if I should do another enema - maybe tomorrow, since today I'm fully booked with my two jobs.
I believe I still have a terrible breath, I used the breath mist a couple of times yesterday, not sure how effective it is. I read on various websites and videos, that this issue should go away after few days of fasting; I'm hoping for that - it is really bad when your breath stinks.

48hrs into my 3rd Water Fast - Importance of Colon Cleansing

I'm doing another Water Fast in these days, I was thinking to stick to my plans on doing a 10-Day Water Fast and see how it goes. My cravings were going nuts lately and I wanted to take a break from all the banana ice cream, dates and nuts I was having. I don't know any better way than doing a Water Fast.

One thing I discovered from my many researches was the reason why I was having back pain during my previous fasts; it was my colon and the difficulties I had with my BMs. This time around I bought enemas at the drug store. Apparently is recommended to do at least one enema per day while fasting. Cleansing the colon is an important part of the detoxing process, we don't want any bad stuff kept in the colon, we want to get rid of it as soon as we can, so it won't keep on negatively affect the results of the fast, contaminating the body.

So far I just completed 48 hours of my fast, I'm drinking mostly distilled water and – although I had natural BMs in the past couple of days – I did do an enema this morning. It was painless, quick and I felt much better after. I will definitely do it again tomorrow morning, and most likely once a day till the end of my fast. I even made an appointment with a local clinic for a colonics, they gave me an appointment in a month from now but I got a great groupon offer for half price so overall I'm not complaining.

Talking about bowel movements might not be a pleasant thing to do but it is an important part of the detoxing process during a Water Fast. Since I'm not having any food is normal that the digestive system gets lazy in these days, but I still have bad stuff/toxins in my colon that I want to get rid of, so we should always consider doing an enema, it's extremely easy to do and really takes just few minutes.

I sincerely hope I can complete my 10-Day Water Fast as planned, the reason why I'm having doubts is not due to my willpower but more for my social events coming up. Christmas is 2 weeks away basically and there's so much going on lately, plus dating doesn't help when Water Fasting. I have a date with this amazing guy on Friday and, although I asked him to do an activity rather than sitting to a table just eating, I'm not sure he won't ask me to do both, like first the game and then grab a bite. It's extremely hard to let people understand what a Water Fast is and why I do it. Most of the time people think I'm crazy knowing that I am drinking only water for days. I usually don't say anything to anyone, maybe just a close friend, but definitely I don't want to explain the whole process to someone that doesn't know me enough to have proofs that I'm not actually insane but there are scientific reasons of the benefits of a Water Fast. I'm also concerning about my bad breath for my date night! Water Fasting creates a bad breath and white coat on my tongue, I feel disgusted myself so not sure how my date will react to that…I might drink some strong herbal tea to avoid this issue. Oh well wish me luck for this date!

Water Fast Day #18 - Updates and discomforts

This morning I had a confirmation that being lazy is not good not even when you are Water Fasting! My weight did not change and my traces of Ketosis were small this morning at 40mg/dL, while I had a solid Large traces for the past few days. I worked from home yesterday, that's the main reason, in my small apartment there's not much to walk around or to do, and I was also mostly sitting at my desk doing some work.  Today I'm back in the office and TGIF, because I'm getting bored with my assignments and I can't wait to actually do some real work here. I also planned to go to the cinema after work, there's a new Tim Burton's movie that I really want to see, and I don't mind going by myself really.

Tomorrow I want to do a couple of errands, and relax also, weather is getting colder here in Toronto e I don't feel walking around same way as during summer, guess why! This morning my back hurts a bit, nothing crazy but some pain is there; I admit it every time I have some sort of discomfort in my body I wonder is it's part of the detox process, I don't have any confirmation about that but I like to think so though.

My main discomfort so far is my mouth, not just the white coated tongue but the feeling of dryness and the bad breath, unfortunately there's not much I can do about it, even if I try to sip water it still feel the same, I guess I just need to wait till the detox process goes to an end, apparently the tongue will turn pink while the Fasting Process needs to end…let's see if I can reach that point first, I'm planning to stick to the fast at least for 25 days, to ensure my Candida is harmless, but really my body will tell me when it's time to end it.

Water Fasting - Stage 3 and its amazing benefits

Today I was looking online to see if I can find which one are the different stages of a prolonged Water Fast, so I found this website which I found Stage 3, in the specific, to be perfectly explaining some of the great benefits of a fast. It is a must read article!

Stage 3 (Day 8 to 15)

On the latter part of an extended fast, you can experience enhanced energy, clear-mindedness and feel better than you have felt since childhood, On the downside, old injuries may become irritated and painful. This is a result of the body’s increased ability to heal during fasting. If you had broken your arm 10 yrs before, there is scar tissue around the break. At the time of the break, the body’s ability to heal was directly related to lifestyle. If you lived on a junk food diet, the body’s natural ability to heal was diminished.During fasting, the body’s healing process is at optimum efficiency. As the body scours for dead or damaged tissue, the lymphocytes enter the older-damaged tissue secreting substances to dissolve the damaged cells. These substances irritate the nerves in the surrounding region and cause a reoccurrence of aches from previously injured areas that may have disappeared years earlier. The pain lasts as the body is completing the healing process. The muscles may become tight and sore due to toxin irritation. The legs can be the worst affected as toxins accumulate in the legs. Cankers are common in this stage due to the excessive bacteria in the mouth.