End of day one for me since my refeed yesterday. I got some liquid minerals to add to my water, together with some salt, and i feel like it did help with my energy a lot! So far so good! 
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That’s great!!! If you want Anna! You can bookmark your journal and then hit reply so you keep one long thread that you post in as often as you want!!! 
Keep it up!!!
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Day three flew by just as quick, since I kept myself busy, and away from home!
The mineral supplements I got really made a big difference in the symptoms I usually get when fasting. I have lots of energy during the day and so far I’ve slept pretty good during the nights as well!
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Day 4 started out great, but towards the evening I got a lot of urges, probably because of boredom. It’s hard but I’m staying strong though, one hour at a time…
I have several strategies for dealing with those situations:
- Take some Himalayan salt
- Be like Arya Stark from Game of Thrones, “Not Today!”
- Watch “Irish people try various food” YouTube videos
Hope this helps!
Sweet of you to share those tips! Thank you!
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End of day 5 for me! I had a looot of mental hunger today, but I made it!
I did it by putting up tiny goals throughout the day, such as ”fast until 11 am”, then when I made it there, I sat my goal to 2 pm and so on… my last goal was at 8 pm and at that point I felt like it wasn’t worth eating.
Setting up these tiny goals throughout my day made it feel less overwhelming when I couldn’t eat, it just felt like putting it in front of me for later. I’m proud that I didn’t give in even though it was a struggle!
Hope everyone is doing well! 
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I do the same when I’m struggling to finish my daily walks on days I don’t have much energy. I just focus on completing the next step.
It’s a great tool!
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Day 6
Had the best morning in such a long time when I woke up rested and with no hunger or mental cravings. I spent the day studying until around 3 pm, and as soon as I wasn’t as distracted, the mental cravings came along. Did the same strategy as yesterday with my small goals of fasting an hour at the time and I made it! Bed time soon and my 7th day tomorrow! I’m proud of myself and everyone else who’s on this journey, no matter what day you’re on! 
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7 days completed and I’m proud of myself. It’s a real struggle for me to be motivated though. These last 3 days have been mentally exhausting because of my lack of motivation and that little voice in my head saying that I can always break it and start over. But I know that I usually feel so miserable when breaking the fast earlier than my set goal and that disappointment over myself just get me more destructive and I usually just stop trying for a couple of days because I feel like I never succeed anyway.
Does it get easier?? It might be that I haven’t been as distracted as I was during the first days but I don’t have much energy now to distract myself with.
Anyways, my next mini goal is to get to day 10, so three more days!
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Celebrate the WIN! 
7 days is great. I had to do a 4-day before tackling a 7-day.
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Day 8 was soo much better than these last couple of days! Didn’t feel any urge to quit or give up today! So I guess I got an answer to my last post about if it’s ever gonna get easier.
Not expecting the rest of the fast to be as easy as today, I know it’s gonna be rough at times, but I think that it’s comforting to know that it’s gonna be both good and bad days, just like it is outside of fasting too!
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Day nineeee, I’m feeling good! So grateful to have had two good days in a row, a few cravings here and there but nothing major! My skin is so clear now and I have no hunger pains at all! 
Although I just realised I’m starting to get a tiny little Keto rash around my armpits, so I hope it won’t get much worse!
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