Been trying to water fast…can’t make it a day. Came across a YouTube motivational video and now Im here. Already had a donut in my hands earlier from a staff meeting but I put it down. I usually can make it all day until I get home. I go straight to the kitchen and eat something…going to try changing my routine today by hitting the treadmill and bypassing the kitchen altogether.
Can't make it even 1 Day!
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Alright so for the first time in months I came home and went straight to the treadmill. I am fighting the most incredible urges to eat right now and I want to give in so badly. I’m not always hungry but when I am coupled with the desire and urge to eat makes this nearly impossible. I have tried to fast a whole day for MONTHS now. I can’t believe I am having such a horrible time doing this. Last year I did ADF for 3 months straight no problems. Then earlier this year in Feb I did 5 days of water fasting (my longest). But ever since then when I’ve tried to fast it’s ended up being an OMAD day. In the end, that’s good too, but I’m trying to clean out my system, lose some extra water weight and clear my skin before the holidays. If I can make it just a few more hours I’ll be home free! I think I just might make it. Breaking my behavior of coming home and going straight to the fridge has helped, although I was fighting myself to get off the treadmill and go stuff myself. I’d consider just trying to go to bed early tonight but the football game is on haha! Ok, enough rambles for now!
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Day 2: Thanks to Yasemin I made it my first day in months of trying. I really found having this written journal accessible by others to help keep me accountable. I came home last night and went straight to the treadmill. Breaking my behavior of eating first thing when I got home helped a lot. This morning I woke up and felt great. Of course I weighed myself. Down 3.6 lbs and I feel fantastic. Huge motivation having a full day finally behind me. Going to do a light walk on the treadmill before work just to get my circulation going since I have a sedentary job.
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Day 2 Evening Check-in: So today had it’s ups and downs. I’ll start with the ups. I felt amazing when I woke up this morning. Felt even better when I saw the scale drop 3.6 lbs. haha! My urge to eat has definitely decreased. I wasn’t nearly as tempted to eat today as I was yesterday. Having that first day behind me has been a HUGE motivator because I know I would have to reattempt to get through another Day 1 and it’s taken me months to do this again so there’s NO GOING BACK NOW!!!
Ok, now for the downs…firstly, there’s the dreaded bad breath and white tongue gunk thing going on. Unfortunately, where I work there’s no private bathroom to go brush my teeth. The staff shares the bathroom with the customers soooo I’m not really sure what to do about this. When I got home I ran straight to the sink, brushed my teeth and tongue and I felt so much better! Around 36 hours in, about 12pm today I started feeling slight nausea it came and went, but was worse due to not being able to brush and scrape my tongue all day. Hunger is definitely still there. I’m not sure that it’s subsided. I also felt really tired just before the feeling of nausea struck me and it kinda hung around all afternoon.
Overall, it’s been a good day. I walked on the treadmill for 30 mins this morning before work and did another 30 mins when I got home. I was also craving meatloaf, cheddar cheese and broccoli today like crazy. I’m thinking about taking the weekend to prep some meals for myself for when I come off the fast while I still have good energy.
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Congratulations on making it this far!! The first couple of days are often the hardest. It’s incredible how powerful food cravings can be!
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Day 3: So last night was interesting. Before bed I got a cramp in my left foot. Didn’t last too long, but was annoying for sure. I got some pink Himalayan salt so I think I’ll start adding that to my water today. [TMI Warning] Then at midnight last night I was awakened out of bed with very watery diarrhea. Wasn’t expecting that. Had a bit more this morning.
I also weighed myself and I’m down another 3lbs. Down a total of 6.6lbs in 2 days. I know all of it is basically fluids at this point so I’m really looking forward to getting to some fat soon. While I still have good energy I’m going to do a 30 min. walk in the morning and evening every day.
Here’s my stats to far.
Day 1 241
Day 2 237.4
Day 3 234.4
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Day 3 Evening Check-in: Today has been the easiest day so far. Hunger is down quite a bit. When it comes it is subtle and goes away quickly. Really looking forward to getting to the place where I’m not hungry at all. Kept putting off my evening walk and it was getting late but I made myself do it anyways because I’m sure the day is coming where I just won’t have the energy. I took two pinches of pink salt today. I didn’t measure it but I hope it does it’s thing. I got a very small cramp in my right foot today but it was less than yesterday’s. Overall I had good energy today. I did have an urge to eat this afternoon but I pushed it away. I keep telling myself that I’ll be having everything I want on Thanksgiving! I was also super surprised to find that the coating and bad taste on my tongue was diminished today. I really thought that was going to just gradually get worse. Made today much more pleasant.
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Day 4: Feeling good, but getting a bored feeling from not eating. Going to see about blanching and freezing the fresh produce I have in the fridge so it won’t spoil. Was down 1.8lbs this morning which is less than I’d hoped for but expected due to my cycle about to start. This is a total of 8.4lbs in three days. Still plan on doing my morning and evening walks. Woke up several times last night not really tired but was able to go back to sleep regardless.
Stats:
Day 1:241
Day 2: 237.4
Day 3: 234.4
Day 4: 232.6
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Don’t get discouraged by the slowing weight loss. 1st 3 days is rapid due to the water dumped as you burn through your stored glycogen stores from your liver and muscles. It’s all fat burning from here on out.
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Day 4 Evening Check-in: I was able to save some but not all of the fresh produce in my fridge. I guess I waited too long. 
I’ve actually had quite a bit of hunger today. Like I thought day 4 would be hunger free? This would be a lot easier if I weren’t still hungry. I felt a bit weaker today but got things done around the house. Also noticed my heart rate increased with even light activity. Also, my cycle started today. Used a new facial scrub I’ve had in the bathroom for ages and boy did the watermelon scent smell Amazing. So one of the reasons I had started this fasting was to clear my skin and I’ve noticed over the past couple days my blemishes have almost completely dried up.
Today I had way too much time on my hands for a Sunday and it made the day drag by and I felt every tummy grumble. I’m actually looking forward to going to work tomorrow for the sheer aspect of having something for my mind to focus on for the majority of my waking hours.
My short term goal is to beat my longest previous fast of 5 days, so I’d like to at least make it 6 full days. My long term goal would be 11 days because I’ll need to have a couple refeed days before Thanksgiving. So, I’ll be really happy doing anywhere from a 6-11 day fast.
I did my morning walk and plan to do my evening walk here shortly. I am SO hungry right now!! 
Day 5: I’m down another 1.6lbs. I can’t believe I made it through yesterday. I was SO hungry and was fighting thoughts of breaking my fast. My motivation at this point is that (1) it took me so long to even get through one day I don’t want to throw my effort away and (2) I really want to break my previous record of 5 days.
Still doing my morning and evening walks. I’m bringing my pink salt and listerine mouthwash with me to work. Hopefully the activity of the day will keep my mind occupied unlike yesterday.
Stats:
Day 1: 241
Day 2: 237.4
Day 3: 234.4
Day 4: 232.6
Day 5: 231
Total: 10lbs
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Keep listening to your body. If necessary downgrade the physical activity as fasting by its nature is stressful.
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Day 5 Evening Check-in: So today was somewhat easier with the hunger pangs, but I think that’s mostly due to being distracted with work. I really thought this would be smooth sailing physically if I made it to the 4-5 day mark. Not!
Used my lunch period to take my pink salt and swish some listerine. Made me instantly feel refreshed. Coming home I just wanted to go straight to bed and sleep until tomorrow, but I don’t think that will happen.
I’m having a LOT of thoughts of breaking this fast. I’m worried that if I give in I won’t break it responsibly. I really do want to make it the full long term. I know I can do this!! I just need to stay focused on why I’m doing this and realize these feelings are temporary.
Not sure if I’ll be doing an evening walk right now. Feeling unmotivated and…I already put my pjs on so…yea. 
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Day 6: Down 2.2lbs this morning. I’m excited about today because if I make it through, I will have broken my fasting record of 5 days. Also, it marks the halfway point to my long-term goal of 11 days which I really want to make it to.
Going to take the pink salt and listerine to work again. I take them over my lunch period. I don’t feel so guilty now about skipping my walk last night. I could have done it, but didn’t want to. Morning and evening walks are still on schedule for today. BTW the walks are not vigorous and are not done to encourage weightloss. I do them regularly every day because of my sedentary job to help with circulation.
Felt some lower back pain yesterday. From what I’ve read on fasting this may be an indication of some healing taking place (I have hurt my back twice in the past most recently over Labor Day this year).
This is another motivation to keep going. This is the ultimate benefit of fasting, healing, rejuvenating the cells, cleaning my insides, repairing old cells and junking bad ones, boosting the immune system. This is what really let’s me walk away having accomplished something. This is what I’m taking with me today.
Stats:
Day 1: 241
Day 2: 237.4
Day 3: 234.4
Day 4: 232.6
Day 5: 231
Day 6: 228.8
Total: 12.2lbs
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I hope you’re really proud of yourself for making it this far! I know it’s a real mental struggle but you got this! 
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I absolutely am!! And yes the mental struggle has been one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. Thanks for the encouragement! 
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Good job!! Don’t give up
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Day 6 Evening Check-in: I’ve officially surpassed my longest previous fast and hit my short term goal. My hunger has lessened some but hits hardest from afternoon to bedtime which is my hardest to curb. Also, water tastes disgusting! I have learned that fasting while working is my optimal time. I prefer having the constant mental distraction. I’ll keep this in mind for the future.
I’m starting to think about how I’ll be going forward with my weightloss/fasting journey (after Thanksgiving of course). 
I’m thinking about trying an ADF plan again or a 3-4 day weekday fast with free weekends. Or I guess I could mix it up.
Very disappointed because I’ve not hit the euphoria or mental clarity that other fasters talk about. I’m struggling everyday. The nausea, the constant emptiness in my stomach and never ending hunger that creeps over me is the worst I’ve felt. Literally taking one hour at a time.
It also doesn’t help that they keep huge bags of candy for the customers next to my desk at work. Every time my boss or coworker comes by to grab a piece they always leave a Snickers on my desk cause they know it’s my favorite. I haven’t told anyone at work I’m fasting, so once everyone is gone I sneak them back in the bag. They have no idea they are giving me the same pieces every day. 
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Great work, I am in my 4th day, going to 21.
We can do this!
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Day 7: Down .8lbs. this morning. Crazy that the end of today will be a whole week of not eating. Never knew I was capable of that.
Was trying on some clothes last night figuring out what I’ll be wearing over the holiday and noticed they are fitting much better. Oh and I’ve almost lost my double chin! Bonus!
Not to confuse anyone but I did update my picture. The one I had before was when I was previously 300lbs I had intended to go back and change it.
Happy Fasting!
Stats:
Day 1: 241
Day 2: 237.4
Day 3: 234.4
Day 4: 232.6
Day 5: 231
Day 6: 228.2
Day 7: 227.4
Total: 13.6lbs
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