2019 Fast 3.0 - Dry Fast Day #4

89 hours into the Dry Fast - 68.65 Kg (151lb)
My Dry Fast is proceeding well so far. Yesterday I felt so normal that I couldn't believe myself I was Dry Fasting since 3 days. I went to the gym after work, I didn't do any strenuous exercise, just brisk walk on the thread mill, a bit of exercise for my legs and a good stretching. It was a gentle workout I would say, but I felt I needed to move in some way; I'm always sitting at my desk - so sedentary is not good for muscle sparing.
I didn't do any enema yet, but I'm planning to do it this afternoon, I have somehow a feeling that something is sitting in my colon that need to be removed.
This coming Thursday and Saturday I have to work at the banquet hall; there, I always eat so much, so late at night; there's so much free food that I always feel wasting all that goodness for nothing. But this time around I would need to bring my own plastic containers and save that food for home, bringing it to my parents - although I know they won't eat it and most likely I will throw it away.....such a waste. They're picky like small children!
Today I have a bit of dry throat, I feel it's still too early to feel thirsty, I hope this sensation will go away soon, because I want to achieve my 200-hours goal this time around. My sleep is not affected so far, which is good - I hate when I can't fall asleep at night. I'm wondering why my throat is so dry, I never experienced this dryness in my previous Dry Fasts. I guess every fast is different from another. This morning my Ketostix was showing only 40mg/dL - the ketone levels in my urine are very low, considering that I had no food and no water for more than 80 hours. Maybe my ketones are used to boost the energy in my body? I read somewhere that when the ketones are used as fuel, the concentration shown on the ketostix tends to be lower. I guess I will have a proof of that in the next couple of days, checking if the ratio changes or not. To be honest I didn't see much of a change in my weight, no matter what the scale says, I don't see myself getting thinner. I usually can tell when I'm losing weight, my face looks skinnier, my big belly slims down, and even a bit my large hips. This time is not yet happening, well after all it's just 3.5 days into this Dry Fast. Maybe after 5/6 days I will see some improvements in my appearance.
So far I'm peeing with an almost normal frequency, but definitely the amount of urine is very little. This morning my urine was a lot and it was extremely dark, like more than usual healthy colour, but I think it's normal since I'm not drinking any water - not sure if this is a sign for healthy Kidneys filtration or the opposite?

My Colonics Experience

I had my first Colonics on Jan 6^th, this year and another one 10 days after that. The experience overall was not bad, painless for sure and the feelings after the procedure were normal, I can't tell if I really felt cleaned inside or not; I guess I just hope my colon thanked for that anyway.

As personal experience I have to say that the second Colonics made me a bit constipated believe it or not; during the first one I was at the end of my Water Fast – so I didn't have much to release during the procedure. One thing I learned though is the importance of taking daily probiotics. When you do a colonic or even an enema, you remove a lot of bacteria good and bad, so you need to replenish your gut with the good ones, so taking probiotics is essential in this case.

The procedure is very easy, I was lying on a bed and they put inside me like a 2 way tube, one for the water to go in and the other one the release it, with all the stuff stuck in the colon. Some people actually see the worms coming out! You can see it because the tube is transparent so it's easy to monitor what's going on with the irrigation of your gut and what's coming out.

Apparently the ideal is doing a series of Colonics one after the other one so you can remove all built up from your colon and start from fresh with a clean environment. Unfortunately I had to cancel last minute my third appointment – due to some work related issues – but I still have another 2 sessions from my groupon that I can use, and I'm already thinking to make an appointment in the next few days if I find a free spot that fits my schedule.

Overall I personally think that if you have constipation issues and digestive problems, doing 2/3 Colonics in a row can definitely benefit your colon; keep in mind though that any type of procedure you do to your body has always a risk factor, especially if you have serious health issues; so always do your homework, ask for a consultation with your GP is you're not sure.

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!