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.

Combined Dry and Water Fast - Day #24

So today is the 24^th Day of my Combined Dry/Water Fast, never did a Fast longer than 24 days, so from tomorrow on I’ll have reached a new goal. I’m aiming for 40 days though, let’s see how I feel in the coming weeks.
My weight loss really slowed down, I barely lose half pound every other day; yesterday I did an enema, I felt something was negatively affecting my mood and I thought it can be related to bacteria stuck in my colon, I didn’t want to take the chance, so I did it but not much came out. This morning I registered a loss though, I was 59.9Kg – glad to see the number 5 on the scale!
I spent all weekend being lazy and what I learnt so far from my fasts is that being lazy is counterproductive if you want to lose weight; I don’t care what they say that you have to rest and blah blah, for me doesn’t work like that; I need to move to consume calories, to keep the body running. This morning the first 10 minutes, while I was walking, I felt very weak and dizzy, it got better after few minutes but I’m sure it was because I was in bed all weekend and not used to stay outside. I tried to take a deep breath when I was out but, living downtown has its negative sides, the pollution is high but what was bothering me and not letting me take a deep breath was the stink of dogs’ pee and poop, everyone has a dog in my neighborhood, and although I love animals, they stink like hell.  
So far I’m not hungry, I often watch videos of Raw Vegan recipes, what to eat, what to prepare, I dream about eating something delicious, but I don’t feel weak that I’m going to break my fast; I’m really committed on reaching my target weight so I’ll keep going till I do, I hope God will help me in my journey and give me the strengths to not given up.
Physically I feel my arms very weak, I was drying my hair yesterday and I had to take breaks here and there, the air dryer felt too heavy; I don’t have issues with my legs though, I can walk – slowly maybe, but for long time. I was thinking on going to the gym from today on, just to do some light exercise, to keep the lymphatic system moving and facilitate my weight loss a bit more.
My tongue feels still awful but it’s not that white-coated anymore, I’m wondering if this is a sign that my detox process is going well. My sleep is still very bad, I sleep and wake up during the night constantly, I know my body has high levels of cortisol at the moment, so sleeping deeply is not going to happen, but after all I don’t feel much tired in the morning anyway; I would rather sleep all night though, I have to admit it.
During this past weekend, I took some supplements: Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium + D3, Vitamins B100 Complex, Vitamin E, Probiotics and Omega 3, not all in once, spread during the 2 days. I was concerning if, all this drinking, can affect my electrolytes and create a vitamin deficiency; also my eye lids were twitching, which is usually not a good sign. I will take some more tomorrow too, maybe every other day or so, it depends on how I feel. During a prolonged Fast you really need to listen closely to your body, how you feel is extremely important, especially if the Fast is not medically supervised, it can be very dangerous if anything happens.
Yesterday evening I was watching a video of a girl (most probably with an eating disorder), that was doing 3 Water Fasts of 40 days each, one after the other one, with just 4 days of refeeding. She became bone and skin eventually, but one thing that shocked me was that she was mentioning on breaking her 40-days fast with a steak! A steak! That’s just crazy for me, how come people cannot understand that the digestive system needs to wake up again after 40-days being dormant? How can you possibly expect that a steak will be digested normally, when nothing was in your stomach for 40 days?! Just crazy, if I can give my opinion, people are gambling with their health and it’s unfair to our bodies.

Combined Dry & Water Fast Days 8, 9, 10 and 11

Combined Fast Day #8, #9, #10 (Sat, Sun, Mon)
Water Fast
The long weekend passed, mostly being lazy in bed, I really didn’t want to do much and the more I was staying in bed the more I was feeling lazy. My ketosis has been really good this past long weekend, but not much weight loss – it might be still water retention but I’m basically at the same weight when I broke my Dry Fast. As I always say there’s nothing better than Dry Fasting when it comes to lose weight. I noticed my tongue became heavily white coated, it feels awful and I realized that is one of the reason why I cannot stand much not drinking, because I want to get rid of this bad feeling but, even drinking hot water with lemon, it doesn’t help with the white-coat of the tongue at all. I had 2 spontaneous BMs this weekend, mostly liquid but my tummy was hurting me a lot, maybe my fault too because I drank too fast my water lemon and my stomach cannot handle all that water in few minutes. It happens all the times. I started to get some Potassium, Calcium and Magnesium, not much really but since I was drinking distilled water I felt I needed supplements in case of deficiency of these electrolytes. I also took a 10M probiotics in the evening, especially for the BMs that made me feel a bit off with my stomach. I know I should not take anything since I’m not eating since days but I listen to my body and if I don’t feel right, I’ll change my plans. I washed and dried my hair yesterday evening and my arms felt a bit weak, I had to take a break after few minutes, the hair-dryer was too heavy, but I think I should do some exercise, not only for my arms but for my mid-section too!


Combined Fast Day #11 - Tuesday
Water Fast
Today I’m back in the office, I feel better, I was able to wear one of my favourite dresses, not the smallest one of course but one that I love, so I’m happy for that. My weight did not change at all since yesterday and – strangely enough – my Ketosis was lower today at 80mg/dL. I think I’m drinking too much teas and lemon water. I noticed that I hit plateaus when I’m super lazy at home. I’m planning on doing an enema today, not that I feel constipated or nothing, but I can tell that I still need to get rid of old stuff in my colon. Days go slower when I’m home doing nothing, I should force myself to be engaged in something that takes my mind off the fast and my weight, it is not healthy. This morning I had my Bell Kidneys Tea with a bit of lemon, now I like the taste, believe it or not! I’m in the office sipping on some water lemon now and I think I managed to add enough lemon this time, just to bottle cap size. This morning I was thinking on starting some light exercises at home, like crunches and some squats, but let’s see how I feel.

HCG Diet - VLCD #40 How can I break my weight loss slowdown?

Today is my VLCD #40 in this Round #3, so far I lost roughly 7 Kg (15.5lb) – it seems a lot but really is not a good number on a HCG Diet; with 40 days of injections I should have seen losing at least 25lb/30lb. Disappointing and definitely not encouraging results. But I knew that every round is different, and let's admit that my decaf coffee addiction is not helping either. Now I have the feelings that my body is getting used to the amount of food I have every day, I'm not hungry most of the day, my mood is good, but sometimes I would like to see the scale going down quicker. Today I also ordered another vial of HCG, apart from the money I really didn't want to go to this path, on staying so long with such a small amount of Calories, but if I stay where I am right now, is like didn't diet at all on this round, this morning I registered a gain and I'm back on 61.4Kg.

One of my fellow dieters on FatSecret was pointing that whatever I gained should not be fat but body food or water, which I agreed thinking about the logic of it; I don't eat much fat during the day anyway, and I'm often constipated lately.

One thing I decided to do is increase my exercise routine, maybe slowly though. I know that with only 500/660 calories per day is not advisable to exercise, plus sore muscles are definitely going to retain some water. But I'm thinking to build up a routine slowly, I also purchased a groupon offer for 10 classes in a Kung Fu school, unbelievable I know! Me doing Kung-Fu? I can barely walk and chew a gum at the same time, but I love challenges and if I don't learn I rarely get hooked in anything.

I have also wasted half year of my gym membership not going at all, I want to try to get back into this good habit, I always loved my Body Attack classes, so Sunday there's one at 11:00AM and I usually go to take a long relaxing sauna after (steam room), so I will try to go this weekend; I might not be able to complete the whole hour since I'm out of shape, but I will try to do my best.

With these exercise activities I am planning on "shocking" my body, consuming more calories and proteins and see if my stalls reduce and I see some good weight losses. In addition to that I will benefit in terms of health and I'm hoping to stay away a bit more from the decaf-coffee-madness that I'm experiencing lately.

Since I'm becoming really desperate on what is happening with my HCG Diet slowdown, I'm also trying to avoid as much as I can supplements in these days. I took lots of probiotics in the past few days; I even bought some strong one: 80 billion strength but nothing is happening anyway, so I will let my body rest from all those bacteria and see if I see any change.

 This coming weekend I'm also going to try an Intermittent Fasting day(s) – I've lots of things to do Saturday and volunteering to the Ukrainian beer festival (I deeply hate beer) – so it will be a good chance for me not to eat or drink anything, just working at the bar and meet people.

Sunday I've my Body Attack class planned in the morning (with steam room in the plan as well), and in the afternoon I have a first date with a friend of a friend, just going for a walk or coffee, let's see if I can fast that day too or I'll have 6 eggs so I can do a protein day to help my muscles after the gym. But, of course, all this is my ideal world plan…that I screw up every time with my insane lack of initiative. In my defense I have to say that I never been like that, I've been always super active, I guess I'm getting old!