Showing posts with label Water Melon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Water Melon. Show all posts

Monday, 24 July 2017

Breaking my Combined Dry/Water Fast after 18.5 Days

So I broke my fast after 18.5 days, the most challenging part was the 7.5 days Dry Fast, but at the end time passed, things changed. Now I’m almost to a point that I don’t want to eat, the idea of going to the digestion it’s annoying.
I broke my Water Fast with Bone Broth with added water, during lunch time. After having a big Mason jar of it – which I believe is 1L – my first stomach’s reaction came pretty quickly and I had a BM right away, I was expecting it though. Then, a couple of hours later, I had the rest of Bone Broth that was left with extra water and sipped on it. I’m still ok in terms of BMs but this last jar made me sick really, I had to wash my teeth right away because I couldn’t stand the feeling of the broth on my teeth; now I feel somehow noxious.
I don’t think I’ll continue to drink anymore Bone Broth for now, if more food is required to continue on breaking my fast I’ll opt for water melon or any other watery fruit; I know my Ketosis will be gone by tomorrow but I cannot drink that disgusting thing anymore.
Really I don’t feel eating anything, maybe because I’m so tired or maybe it is because I’m digesting the broth I just had; when completing this type of prolonged fast the digestion makes me extremely sleepy, it sucks so much energy from me, it’s unbelievable how much power can have food on our vital basic strengths.

Monday, 24 October 2016

Water Fasting - Refeeding Plan Observations

For the refeeding process I have a specific plan that I'm supposed to follow, in summary I have the following two basic rules (on top of some others of course):
  • Avoid drinking water 30 minutes before eating
  • Avoid drinking water 45 minutes after eating
Also it's important to handle the food that I'm eating in the best way possible:
  • Cut the food in small pieces
  • Chew the food until is completely dissolved into the mouth
One thing I planned for my refeeding days – at least the first 2 full days – is to stay home and dedicate the days to the process, since I will basically: drink, eat and rest in between; the digestion phase will take a lot of energy from me that I'm used to anymore since days now, so my body will need for sure.
So I will stop drinking 30 minutes before my first meal starts, I'm supposed to take my time to eat my 2 ounces of water melon, so it might take up to one hour, I don't want to rush it and I really want to enjoy the experience, enjoy the re-discovered taste of the fruit that I'll be having.
After my water melon I will take a rest, just trying to sleep or just watching TV on the couch, to let my digestion system wake up gently. After 2 hours or so I should have my second meal – another 2 ounces of water melon – but let's see how I feel; I read of people sleeping more than expected or just not feeling eating much, so I will just listen to my body and see how it goes. I'm not planning to have more than 2/3 meals anyway, but only if I'm hungry.
The coconut water that I planned to use for breaking my fast I actually thought I could drink it the Friday before my refeeding weekend, so I sort of prepare my body for the fast. A read a lot of contradictory suggestions on what food can be the best one to break the fast; some people suggest juice instead of fresh fruit, some other even vegetables or bone broth.

I personally don't want to start with nothing complicated, I think a small piece of well chewed water melon should not harm my digestion system, so I'll take this path for now; I am also thinking on checking out some juice-maker places to see what are my options out there, just in case I change my mind.