2019 Fast 6.0 - Dry Fast Day #1

12 hours into the Dry Fast
What can I say? I'm a total failure when it comes to lose weight and fast. I broke my fast with water at the end of the fifth day and with food at the end of day 6. I was at the banquet hall working and the food was amazing and so tempting, I was weak and I gave up. Now I'm back here, trying to lose the same KGs I had before starting the previous Dry Fast, everything went back on of course, but I didn't lose much in those 5 days so I'm not surprised that I didn't see any change. Every time I hope it's going to be different and every time I'm back here complaining with myself over these failures. Will I be ever able to lose my weight? Why I cannot water fast anymore? I can't Dry Fast for too many days and I need time to lose all the fat that I have accumulated in these years. I wish I had again all my strength and discipline to perform a 30 days water fast, or combined, dry and water for few weeks, that will suffice I guess.
In these days I'm really stressed because of my parents and the responsibility of my brother in law, often I feel emotionally weak and I want to eat, too much when I wouldn't needed anyway. Today is going to be a long day for me and I hope I'll be strong enough to resist to any food temptation because I'm tired to see myself so fat, no clothes that fit and so ashamed of just thinking on being intimate with someone so overweight. I hope I'll collect and find all the strengths I need to achieve my goals, it's hard but I have to.
So far I'm ok, my stomach is grumbling here and there but I didn't have any hunger cramps yet, and hopefully I won't have any. First couple of days are the worst!

2019 Fast 5.0 - Dry Fast Day #2

35 hours into the Dry Fast - 72.7 Kg
After struggling for so long, I was finally able to begin a new Dry Fast, hopefully I can beat a new record this time around - aiming for 14 days!
Last night my sleep was not great and I had a terrible headache for most of the afternoon and evening. I woke up at around 2:00 AM and did not fall asleep till 4:30 AM or so, I was just tossing and turning in my bed. When I went to sleep I was extremely nauseous, I felt I was going to vomit for sure. But then it passed, I forced myself to stay in bed and to try sleeping on my pounding headache and my nausea, and it helped after all. I had weird dream in my few hours asleep, something that I usually don't experience on fed days, and not for sure so early into the Dry Fast.
Energy wise I'm still in a normal state, I don't feel thirsty at all - just a bit of grumbling stomach, but not hungry per se. I didn't check my Ketosis yet but I feel particularly cold today, wondering if it's the weather or my Ketones are rising up.
Every Fast is different from another one and this time, I feel I'm having stronger detox symptoms, maybe because I waited too long to start a new Fast (after all my eating habits are not bad and definitely not changed from any previous Dry Fast).
I have gained a lot of weight in these past few months, always procrastinating my fast and believing I can lose weight by just eating less. Sure it might help for a week or so but then, I'm back on square one with even more pounds to lose than before. I'm tired of this yo-yo dieting that I'm doing, I should find a way to maintain all I lose during my fasts.
I found a couple of motivations this time around though. The first one is to meet again an old friend...that never seen me so fat, so I want to look better for him but mostly feel better with myself. Another one is because I look much older with all this extra weight on me, I can see on how people interact with me. Summer is coming soon and I don't want to hide again under extra large maxi shirts and leggings, I want to be able to wear again all my beautiful dresses.

My measurements during Fasting

I'll do a post with all my numbers and how they change during my prolonged fast. The body's measurements will be updated on a weekly basis or so, while weight and Fat % I'll check more often.


Dry Fasting Day #1
Weight = 75.4Kg (166lb)
FAT % = 33.1%
BMI = 27.4
Body's Measurements
Hips = 111cm
Waist = 92cm
Neck = 34cm
Upper Leg = 67cm right / 67cm left
Calf = 37.5cm right / 36cm left
Bicep = 29.5cm right / 29cm left
Under Arm = 92cm
Dry Fasting Day #3
Weight = 73.4Kg (162lb)
Dry Fasting Day #5
Weight = 71Kg (156.5lb)
Ketosis = 40mg/dL
FAT % = 33.1%
BMI = 25.8
Water Fasting Day #6
Weight = 70.7Kg (156lb)
Ketosis = 80mg/dL
FAT % = 32.9%
BMI = 25.6
Water Fasting Day #7
Weight = 70.5Kg (155.8lb)
Ketosis = 80mg/dL
Water Fasting Day #8
Weight = 70.3Kg (155.3lb)
Ketosis = 80mg/dL
FAT % = 32.2%
BMI = 25.5
Water Fasting Day #9
Weight = 70Kg (154lb)
Ketosis = 80mg/dL
Fasting Day #10
Weight = 70Kg (154lb)
Ketosis = 40mg/dL
Fasting Day #13
Weight = 69.2Kg (153lb)
Ketosis = 15mg/dL
FAT % = 32.1%
BMI = 25.1
Fasting Day #14
Weight = 69Kg (152.5lb)
Ketosis = 15mg/dL
Fasting Day #15
Weight = 69Kg (152.5lb)
Ketosis = 40mg/dL
Fasting Day #16
Weight = 68.8Kg (152lb)
Ketosis = 40mg/dL
FAT % = 31.5%
BMI = 25.0
Fasting Day #17
Weight = 68.5Kg (151.4lb)
Ketosis = 15mg/dL
Fasting Day #19
Weight = 68.3Kg (151lb)
Ketosis = 15mg/dL
Fasting Day #20
Weight = 68.3Kg (151lb)
Ketosis = 5mg/dL
Fasting Day #21
Weight = 68.3Kg (151lb)
Ketosis = 5mg/dL
FAT %= 30.6%
BMI = 24.7
Fasting Day #22
Weight = 68.1Kg (150.5lb)
Ketosis = 7mg/dL
Fasting Day #23
Weight = 67.9Kg (150lb)
Ketosis = 40mg/dL
Fasting Day #24
Weight = 67.6Kg (149.35lb)
Ketosis = 40mg/dL
Fasting Day #26
Weight = 67.3Kg (148.7lb)
Ketosis = none
Fasting Day #27
Weight = 67.1Kg (148.25lb)
Ketosis = ?
Fasting Day #28
Weight = 67.1Kg (148.25lb)
Ketosis = ?
Fasting Day #29
Weight = 66.9Kg (147.8lb)
Ketosis = 12mg/dL
Fasting Day #30
Weight = 66.6Kg (147lb)
Ketosis = 15mg/dL
Fasting Day #33
Weight = 67.1Kg (148.25lb)
Ketosis = 15mg/dL
Fasting Day #34
Weight = 65.9Kg (145.6lb)
Ketosis = 15mg/dL
FAT %= 30.0%
BMI = 23.9
Fasting Day #35
Weight = 65.9Kg (145.6lb)
Ketosis = ?
Fasting Day #36
Weight = 66Kg (145.8lb)
Ketosis = ?
Fasting Day #37
Weight = 66Kg (145.8lb)
Ketosis = ?
Fasting Day #41
Weight = 65.1Kg (143.8lb)
Ketosis = 5mg/dL
FAT %= 29.4%
BMI = 23.7
Fasting Day #49
Weight = 64.1Kg (141.6lb)
Fasting Day #50
Weight = 63.9Kg (141.2lb)
Fasting Day #52
Weight = 63.8Kg (140.9lb)
Fasting Day #54
Weight = 63.4Kg (140.1lb)
Fasting Day #55
Weight = 63.8Kg (140.9lb)
Fasting Day #56
Weight = 63.5Kg (140.3lb)
Fasting Day #57
Weight = 63.7Kg (140.7lb)
Fasting Day #58
Weight = 63.4Kg (140.1lb)
Fasting Day #59
Weight = 63.6Kg (140.5lb)
Fasting Day #61
Weight = 63.4Kg (140.1lb)
Fasting Day #63
Weight = 63.2Kg (139.6lb)
Fasting Day #64
Weight = 63.2Kg (139.6lb)
Fasting Day #65
Weight = 63.1Kg (139.4lb)
Fasting Day #66
Weight = 62.8Kg (138.7lb)
Fasting Day #67
Weight = 63.2Kg (139.6lb)
Fasting Day #68
Weight = 63.2Kg (139.6lb)
Fasting Day #69
Weight = 62.7Kg (138.5lb)
Fasting Day #70
Weight = 63Kg (139.2lb)
Fasting Day #71
Weight = 62.3Kg (137.6lb)
Fasting Day #72
Weight = 62.8Kg (138.7lb)
Fasting Day #77
Weight = 62.7Kg (138.5lb)

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 1^st, 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.

Disadvantages of being FAT

Recently I gained a lot of weight; and I can certainly say that I never been so overweight in my entire life. I keep on saying this thing since I reach new highs after every attempt to meet my goal weight; maybe I should learn something from that.
For me being overweight is not only about the fat on my body or my wardrobe not fitting anymore; it’s about so many daily struggles.
I’ve been experiencing some body issues; and my apologies if this post is a bit too detailed – but I share my experiences, good and bad. Recently I developed – where the fat is concentrated on my body, like belly area and under my breasts, some sort of skin reaction; I never had something like that before. It’s not itchy or anything, just uncomfortable. I try to wash the areas often and using talc or Aloe Vera gel to help with the skin reaction, but I’m not having success – I know a Dry Fast would resolve this problem in no time!
Another issue that my fat is causing to my body is my heavy breathing problem; I literally have hard time to talk normally sometimes, I hate it! But realistically, I don’t know what to do.
Some time I also wonder: how can I live as a fat woman? I really don’t fit in this body! I feel awful doing simple things, walking, sitting, talking. My legs are all swollen at the end of each day; I have hard time doing daily things in the bathroom, due to my new size. I have skin breakouts every other day; itchy feelings here and there; always feeling hot and easy sweating – like I’m reaching menopause! My hair get oily and dirty in 2 days (while fasting I can go as long as 5 days without washing it).
Nothing fits me anymore, I bought larger size clothes but I still feel uncomfortable in it; I can’t move around in the same way; I can’t even cross my legs while I’m sitting! I feel I’m losing more hair now than when I fast. My hair are ok when I’m fasting, never had any issue.
I look much older than my age with this extra fat on me; and no matter how difficult can be to accept or not, I get treated very differently from everyone when I’m so fat. I repeated this thing many times in my blog: people treat me nicer when I’m skinnier; people notice me when I’m not fat; they talk to me, they smile at me…now is like I don’t exist and I tend to hide as consequence.

Combined Dry and Water Fast - Day #26

Days are passing after all, it’s been 26 days that I am not eating any solid food; never been so long without eating – I reached a new personal record! I’m still far away from my weight goal though; unfortunately I had lots of fat to shed so lots of days are needed.
So far I’m ok, morning walks are becoming a bit of a challenge, but not crazy really, I can still manage to come to the office and back home without major issues. What’s a bit harder for me is using my arms muscles; drying my hair mostly, using the hair dryer is tough and I need to take breaks every few seconds; I’m wondering if exercise can help me with that.
What I don’t like are my sleepless nights, I can’t sleep continuously during the night and in the morning I don’t want to wake up at all, maybe also because I’m getting bored at work – as usual. Apart from that I guess I’m ok, my tongue is not that white-coated, just a little; I’m not particularly hungry but I like to watch a lot of YouTube videos of Raw Vegan recipes; I also try to prepare something for my dad so I can satisfy my desire of cooking, and I keep my mind busy from the food restriction. I have to say, even while I’m cooking something delicious, I have no cravings to try or taste whatever I’m cooking, I feel fine really.
I noticed that during a Water Fast I bruise easily, and it takes time to go away the bruise; this is apparently a common thing for fasters. Today I have a bit of lower back pain, maybe I need an enema, I didn’t do in the past few days, but I don’t feel the need to at the moment. My weight is going down very slowly, as I was expecting; I estimated another 2 weeks for me to reach my weight goal, but I’ll see how the next days will go, I’m just afraid my weakness can get worst and it will become harder for me to do my daily activities.
I still don’t fit in lots of my dresses, even though I lost some weight in these 26 days, I still have a lot of fat on me, this is something that really bothers me, because 26 days is a long time to stay without food, and although there are people doing Water Fasts for 40 days, it is still a big number for me! I know I should be stronger and think that days will pass and eventually I’ll get there, where I want to be, in happiness with my body, with my cravings, sure that I killed some parasites and got rid of lots of my addictions for certain type of junk food.

Difference between starving and Ketosis

I’m always curious to learn about other people’s Fasting experiences so I watch lots of videos and sometime I come across vloggers doing all sort of Fasts. Mono-fruit fasts, bacon fast, juice fast and so on. One thing I don’t understand is why people do not research anything about health or how the body works before beginning these types of fasts. I mean, if you’re followed by a doctor or a clinic, that’s fine – I’m sure they’re professionals and they know what they are doing….well at least in most of the cases I guess. But if you’re fasting as DIY I would think that – considering the risks – the minimum would be to take a look at the side effects or any possible harm I can do to my body! Well it's not that obvious.
So now I want to talk about the substantial difference between Fasting and starving myself.
If I Water fast or Dry fast – as long as I have extra fat on my body – I won’t be starving myself, give that my body, after 2/3 days, will switch from burning sugar to burning fat – the magic of being into Ketosis!
Here - from this article - a clear explanation why burning fat and being into Ketosis will help me NOT being in starvation:
“Human fat is valued at 3,500 calories per pound. Each extra pound of fat will supply enough calories for one day of hard physical labor. Ten pounds of fat are equal to 35,000 calories! This is equivalent to 35 pounds of fish or 192 pounds of carrots, good value for your fat. We carry around a supermarket of reserves, capable of sustaining us for many weeks.”
On the other hand, if I’m “fasting” while basically doing an extreme caloric restricted diet – like mono-fruit juice fast, Master Fast System, or just simply mono-fruit eating diet – well then I’m not only depleting my body of all essential nutriments that I need but I’m not allowing myself to go into Ketosis (due to the high amount of sugar), so my body is still trying to run on glucose and not accessing directly to the fat storage that I have all over my body.
Those types of diets are harmful, would make me feel super weak, will eat all my muscle tissues, it cannot be sustained for long period of time.

My Prolonged Dry Fast - day by day - 7.5 Days! (180 hrs)

Dry Fast Day #1
(Thursday)


11:30 AM (16.5hrs) – My Dry Fast is finally started, so far so good but I’m still in the first few hours anyway. I don’t feel thirsty at all but at times I’m a bit hungry. I’m going to the washroom normally so far, as I was drinking water as usual, I guess it’s still for all the food I had in the past days. My last meal was yesterday at 7:00 PM with my mud pudding. I think if I will feel constipated in the next couple of days, I might do an enema.


1:30 PM (18.5hrs) – The usual headache is starting, not much yet but I can definitely feel it now; I guess it’s a mandatory step for my sugar withdrawal. I’m neither thirsty nor hungry, my mouth feels ok, I’m still peeing regularly and it’s very clear so far, I feel a bit constipated though – contemplating on doing an enema today after work.


2:30 PM (19.5hrs) – Strangely the mucus is back in my mouth, I had it even the first few days in my past prolonged Dry Fast; I’m urinating less now but still frequently enough. My headache is not strong yet but I feel very sleepy, it might be due to the fact that I have nothing to do at work.


5:30 PM (22.5hrs) – I walked to go home without issues, I had a small BM but I feel a bit constipated, I’m going to bed early tonight, my headache is still there annoying me.


6:00 PM (23hrs) – I did 100 rep of 10 different types of squats today too, second time. I felt my legs a bit sore so I think the mini-workout is working and it’s not intense to do while fasting. I’m going to bed to watch videos and read something; my head is still bothering me.


Dry Fast Day #2
(Friday)


7:00 AM (36hrs) – I did an enema this morning since I felt a bit constipated all day yesterday; it was good doing it, lots came out. My headache is still bad, I didn’t sleep very well last night, for some reason the A/C was bothering me on my head and I slept with a pillow on top of my forehead. I had strange dreams but work related.


Note
I was reading something from a blog yesterday - no matter what you do, dry fast, water fast or eating food, time will pass anyway so you can choose to wake up and see you scale going down or wake up as usual feeling miserable with your fat.


9:00 AM (38hrs) – I still have headache. I see my face really puffy right now, I’m wondering if I’m retaining any water or something else, I look at my mirror and I see myself so ugly as never before. My self-confidence is underground at the moment. After the enema I had to urinate once more plus I think I’m eliminating some mucus with my BM, I’m not sure what else could be otherwise – I’ll do some researches online.


11:00 AM (40hrs) - I have this darn headache that doesn't seem going away, it's so annoying. I don't feel hungry, although I think about junk food sometimes, but those are stupid cravings not hunger. My mouth is not dry and I'm not thirsty, I'm not talking at all this morning in the office and pretty much just sitting at my chair. I had to urinate another couple of times, which is good for me, I also started to have again that odd feeling like I have an UTI, not sure if it's due to the lack of hydration or something else.


1:00 PM (42hrs) - My headache is almost gone, sometimes I can slightly feel it, some moments I'm good. I'm feeling really nervous and irritable right now, I'm not sure if it's due to my hormones or I'm grumpy for the lack of food, water and headaches driving me nuts. I feel I don't want to see anyone, I just want to go to bed and wake up Monday morning. I'm seriously thinking on ditching my boyfriend sleepover tonight, I really don't feel of great company.


3:30 PM - (44.5hrs) - I feel better now, maybe because the weekend is close, I can't wait to go home today; I know I have to get ready for tonight but my man won't be home before 10:00 PM so I'll have plenty of time to do my things, I might take a nap before he comes - I feel I need to lye down for a little bit. I don't have headache but I didn't urinate since a couple hours now, wondering if it's normal. Still good in terms of hunger or thirst though.


Note
I checked what could be the white-ish jelly mucus in my stool and apparently is not something to be much worried about; it could be due to the dehydration, although I've seen it after 3/4 days of back on drinking. I'll check again this time around if it happens again.


7:00 PM (48hrs) - I wanted to take a nap but I couldn't fall asleep, maybe because I knew my boyfriend was coming over so I was a bit worried I would be late to get ready. I dried my hair without issues, I don't feel weak at all and my headache is gone now.


Dry Fast Day #3
(Saturday)
9:00 AM (62hrs) - I checked my Ketosis and it's still a peach pink colour with just small traces of Ketosis. I felt really cold during the night, especially my feet, but it didn't last all night, I was fine in the morning though. I'm urinating normally I would say, plus between showers and washing my hands or brushing my teeth I've been in contact with water a lot yesterday and again today.

3:00 PM (68hrs) - My stomach is growling a bit for some reason, just for few seconds but it always makes me wonder if I'll feel soon really hungry or not. I had strange noxious feelings this morning and some air in my colon/intestine, maybe I need to do another enema but I would rather wait a bit when I really feel the need to do it. I am neither hungry nor thirsty but sometimes I have my usual stupid cravings to eat this and that like chocolate bars or ice-cream. But I need to be strong and I'm repeating myself that I'm not missing anything, all those food will still be here in 2/3 weeks or months for that matter. My legs feel a bit sore today, most likely due to the 100 rep of squats I did home, I'll try to do another 100 rep today too, they seem working!

Dry Fast Day #4
(Sunday)
10:30 AM (87.5hrs) - I checked again my Ketosis this morning and the ketostix was really purple, I have high traces of ketosis. I got my period last night so I'm done with my negative days and I'm cleansing even deeper now. I don't feel doing anything today so I might stay all day in bed, just folding some laundry and a load of the dishwasher. I don't feel tired just lazy and, although I know it would be better for me to go at least for a walk to breath some fresh air, I feel too lazy today to do it.


Dry Fast Day #5
(Monday)
9:00 AM (110hrs) - Back on Monday and fifth day of my Dry Fast. My mouth feels really awful today, I did brush my teeth this morning but I guess it's the lightly white coated tongue detox symptom that makes everything worst...I think. I have a small pain on my back this morning, not sure though if it is for sleeping all day yesterday or something else. I didn't do any enema yet so it may be that too, let's see how I feel today and when I'm back home I might decide to do an enema. My arms felt a bit weak this morning when I was doing my makeup, but just for a moment or so, in general I don't feel weak, I even walked to come to work without any problem, and I wasn't even slow! Usually when I'm Water Fasting I can be really weak and even a simple walk can be challenging.


1:30 PM (114.5hrs) - So far I don't feel any difference in how I feel, my mouth most likely is terrible but I'm not talking much anyway. I had just a long phone conversation with my mother but I listen most of the time. My period seems way less now, odd since it's just end of day 2 and it should be way more, but every month is different I guess. I'm urinating normally I guess, not big flows and my urine is pretty clear, wondering if my kidneys are filtering or not. I should check with my sediments but I'm not really into storing in a jar my smelly urine really. I can't wait to go home today, I'm getting really bored here and the more I do not do anything the more I do not want to do anything! My back is feeling a bit uncomfortable now, nothing major and maybe it's just my posture but I can feel a sort of pain in my middle spine.


4:00 PM (117hrs) - I feel my lips very dry today, just my lips, the rest of my skin is pretty moisturized fortunately. My back pain comes and go but it's not that bad, I'm definitely doing an enema today when I'm back home. My period became very light for some reason, not complaining but just wondering what could be the cause; last month it lasted 7/8 days! I have again that strange and uncomfortable feeling like a UTI infection when I'm urinating, which I'm still doing it regularly - of course the flow is very small but I still have same amount of urges to go. I'm not hungry at all but sometimes I would like to drink something refreshing, I wouldn't say that I'm thirsty but just my mouth feels really bad. I read today about the white-coated tongue and how it changes the taste buds, maybe it's for this reason that I would like to wash it out this awful taste from my mouth.


6:00 PM (119hrs) - I did an enema once back home, it took me one hour! I'm still not very confident on what I'm doing with the enema kit, but I guess I will learn with the time. I had a good release, at some point my stomach was hurting me a lot, but eventually my body released other nasty stuff and I felt much better. Went to bed very early, just to watch some YouTube videos and read something; another day is gone!


Dry Fast Day #6
(Tuesday)9:00 AM (134hrs) - I had a sleepless night pretty much last night, at some point I wanted to just wake up and read my book, but I figured would be better to just let my body doing nothing in the bed with my eyes closed rather than reading and get tired. I feel good this morning, I see myself still very fat of course but I cannot expect miracles in just 5 days really. I walked to come to work and my energy is very good so far, surprisingly; also my Ketones were very high this morning. During my previous Water Fast or MFS I would be already super weak at this point, fortunately for some reasons is not the case when Dry Fasting. My back pain disappeared but my tongue still feel awful and white-coated. I often think on when I'll be breaking this Dry Fast to switch to Water Fast, but I don't really feel the need at the moment, I feel perfectly fine - well apart from my breath I guess. If you think you're going to die after 3 days of not drinking water, well think again. When there's enough fat tissues on the body the Dry Fast is very easy, our perfect body will break down all that stored fat to make pure water and get all the nutriments it needs. Fascinating. 


11:00 AM (136hrs) - So far I'm doing good; my period seems almost over, really quickly this month but I'm not complaining. I have a lightly white-coated tongue that gives my mouth an awful taste, apart from that I feel great. Although I didn't sleep much last night, I don't feel sleepy or tired; I'm getting bored here in the office, but this is another problem. I do have to admit though that my legs don't feel super strong, I have hard time squatting today, but nothing major. During my lunch break I want to go to the City Hall square to look around the Tuesday's Market that is on today, I can see it from my window and it looks fun, with people in costumes performing and lots of tables and chairs!


4:00 PM (141hrs) - I went outside during my lunch break but it wasn't really a market in the square, it was more a Caribana celebration event, with the mayor and TV and lots of beautiful women dressed like flowers and butterflies! It was nice to see the colours, the weather was also gorgeous - just perfect! I don't have to report much, I feel pretty normal, since I didn't talk much this afternoon my mouth didn't bother me. I urinated less today I think, still 4/5 times though, but the flow is not much, oddly I cannot keep the urge to pee so I usually run to the bathroom when I feel the need to go. I was sitting all day so my back hurts a bit but it's not due to the Dry Fast really. Today I have to do few things home, let's see how I feel on completion of my 6th day of this Dry Fast.


6:30 PM (143.5hrs) - I took a shower and washed my hair this afternoon, I thought I would feel my arms weak while drying my hair but it didn't happen, so my energy levels are still pretty good. I'm a bit slower though in doing my things, but not complaining, I don't want to raise my heart beat too high, apparently it's really dangerous while Dry Fasting since the blood becomes thicker in this type of fast, who knows but better safe than sorry. I didn't do an enema, I just felt I didn't need it yet, I'll see tomorrow how I feel. I had a couple of breakouts on my face today, one and my eyebrow, unusual place really, who know if it's because of the period or another way of releasing bad stuff through my skin?


Dry Fast Day #7
(Wednesday)
8:30 AM (157.5hrs) - Another sleepless night last night, this is one thing I don't like of fasting (plus my awful mouth feelings), not able to sleep properly is annoying, not that I feel sleepy in the morning or during the day but I just would like to have a proper 8 hours sleep at least. Today I feel good, my mouth is still awful, my energy levels are great, I walked to come to work with a good pace, trying to force myself to walk slower. I checked my Ketosis this morning and it is very high with 120mg/dL, I rarely see the Ketostix so purple! I had to wake up last night to go pee, unbelievable that no matter that I had no food or drink for the past 6.5 days, I'm still urinating as usual. My urine is way darker now, at least the one in the morning when I check my ketones. Let's see how I feel today and if I want to break the Dry Fast tomorrow or keep on going for another couple of days. I might do an enema this afternoon once home, I don't really feel constipated or any uncomfortable feeling in my GI tract, but something is telling me that is time to release more from my colon and cleanse it further.


11:00 AM (160hrs) - I noticed that if I stay sitting too long I tend to feel weaker somehow, but as soon as I start to walk around my energy gets better, I think it's not beneficial for me to stay too much still, I should keep on moving through the day so my body feels more active the lymphatic system is on....or whatever that means. I neither feel hungry nor thirsty, but I can feel missing the water, I like washing my hands slowly - almost as my skin was asking me to enjoy longer that moment for a sort of drinking time. My mouth still feel awful and the tongue is white-coated, but if I don't talk at all is not that bad, salivation is good so far. Last night for some reasons I had a couple of stomach-growling episodes, just wondering what could cause those growling in my empty stomach, maybe my intestine is trying to push out some residual food that I still did not release.


4:30 PM (165.5hrs) - My work day is almost over, it went fast today since I was a bit busier than usual and also I had more meetings. I don't believe to the theory that while fasting you won't be able to function properly, I feel perfectly normal, apart from my tongue and maybe a bit of a bad breath, I feel fine actually way more focused on what I'm doing at work. Maybe if your job requires heavy lifting or strenuous activities, I can see that it might be a bit of challenge, but not much in my opinion. But again everyone is different and fasting is not for everyone. I still have my period, the flow is very small but it's not completed yet. I decided to use the bubble drink to break my fast, still a bit concerned though to drink fruit juice but I wonder if it would benefit my kidneys so I'm prone to break the Dry Fast in that way for now. I want to do an enema this afternoon when I'm back home and maybe tomorrow I'll check my weight; I want to see how much water retention I'll have in the next days compared the Dry Fast. Now I'm thinking that maybe the grape juice will kick me out of Ketosis if I drink it - so I'm not 100% sold on doing it. Let's see tomorrow. 


5:30 PM (166.5hrs) - Once home I did an enema, I must to say that it took lots of water, I guess my colon it is almost empty due to the fast. It was an unpleasant experience, I didn't feel very well after maybe I overdid with the water, also I did not release much, mostly the water from the enema.


7:00 PM (168hrs) - I decided to iron all my laundry that was sitting in the basket for quite a while now. I enjoyed the ironing watching a movie. My OCD tends to increase when I'm fasting usually. I went to bed very early to watch some videos on YouTube and read something. My Day #7 is completed!


Dry Fast Day #8
(Thursday - First Half)
1:30 AM (174.5hrs) - I woke up in the middle of the night with the urge to go to the bathroom, I didn't feel very well, fortunately I released a bit more of the water from the enema and urinated more than usual. I really had hard time to fall asleep again; I think I was fully awake for another 3 hours after my bathroom episode. One thing I don't like of the detoxing part of Fasting is the emotional detox, if I can call it that. All bad thoughts from the past start to creep in my head, uncomfortable feelings of what went wrong, bad people, terrible situations. I know it can be beneficial to deal with the demons from the past, but I would rather not.

6:00 AM (179hrs) - My night was sleepless again, I believe I slept only 4 hours, but I don't feel tired or anything. I decided to wake up and do few things in the house before breaking my fast at the end of the 12 hours into the Day #8. I could not check my Ketones this morning since I had no urine at all, I guess the releases during the night emptied my bladder. I checked my weight though, it was 60.5Kg, I would have liked a lower number but I could tell from the mirror that I'm still in the sixties. Oh well my Fast is not done yet, so better days will come.