Can't make it even 1 Day!

#21

Day 7 Evening Checkin: So I’ve resigned myself to the fact that I will never “feel good” on this fast like I was hoping. Unfortunately, that probably means I have more junk and toxins in my system than I care to think about. My nausea makes me gag throughout the day. I cover my mouth at work and put off that I have a cough. I’ve also started getting acidic in my stomach. It really makes me feel tired and like I just want to sleep this off. My only desire to eat right now is the fact that this feeling sick all the time will stop.

I’m thankful that today is our last day we’re open to the public. The next two days I can go at my own pace.

I have decided to end my fast earlier than I had originally planned. I am looking at everything I have to do this weekend (shopping, packing, prepping 4 casseroles, making desserts, cleaning etc.) and there’s no way I can afford to be gagging and nauseous through that.

So, I will go as long as I can which means breaking my fast Saturday morning around 7a.m. or whenever the worst of the nausea comes that day. It brings the total fast time to 9 1/2 days minimum. Not bad. I’ve already made it much farther than I could have ever imagined.

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#22

Day 8: Down 1.6lbs. this morning. I’ve been so tired the past few nights I’ve passed out way early. Where is the energy everyone talks about? I mean I feel ok during the day (energy that is) but as soon as I get home I’m ready to crash after a couple hours.

I will say I feel much lighter when getting out of bed. I nearly bounce out. Haha! I don’t feel any nausea upon waking this morning so that’s a relief! But I’m not getting my hopes up just yet since the symptoms seem to come in waves.

Happy Fasting! :grinning:

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
Day 8: 225.8
Total: 15.2lbs

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#23

You’re a fighter! :muscle:

#24

Thanks, Anna!! I appreciate that!! :grinning:

#25

Day 8 Evening Checkin:

So, yea it didn’t take long for the nausea and acidic stomach to kick in this morning. Was really hopeful this morning that it had passed.

Tomorrow is my last full day of fasting. Cutting things short by about 36 hours. To be honest, I’d only be disappointed if I were feeling great and was forced to stop to refeed before the holiday, but alas that is not the case.

Honestly, I’m not even looking forward to eating. Who can have an appetite when you’re feeling lightheaded, sick to your stomach, gagging, acidic…I mean the last thing I want to do is eat. I am just praying that once I end this I can feel better again. I mean I totally get this is a detox thing, but like all the YouTube videos I watched were like “I’m not hungry anymore…I have so much energy…I have so much mental clarity I solved world hunger” blah blah blah :unamused::joy:

#26

I never got the energy boost either. I attribute that to all the damage my body’s undergone from my type 2 diabetes.

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#27

Day 9: Down 2lbs this morning. Today is my last full day of fasting. Planning to break my fast tomorrow morning. If it were just about the fasting I’d at least push it to a full 10 days (12 hrs more) but I need my energy back and to not feel sick this weekend. Guess that’s the beauty of fasting. It truly is flexible to anyone’s schedule. Whether extended, IF or ADF there’s room for everyone to get the benefits from it.

I’m thinking about sucking it up and doing my shopping after work tonight. That will be one less thing I have to do Saturday and will allow me to get right to prepping some Thanksgiving dishes.

Happy Fasting!:grinning:

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
Day 8: 225.8
Day 9: 223.8
Total: 17.2lbs

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#28

Nicely done!

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#29

Ok, I thought I’d go ahead and update. So, this morning I decided since it was my last fasting day to skip my morning walk and try to sleep a little more. This is after I got up and weighed in.

I woke up just a few minutes before my alarm with a cramp in my leg. I jumped out of bed trying to stretch it out. I then started feeling weird. My body started going limp and my hearing clouded and I started perspiring. I knew I was about to pass out. I live alone so I wobbled my way to the kitchen thinking of what sugary thing I had. Opened the fridge and thankfully there was a Gatorade in there. After sipping about a cup and sitting at the dining table a few minutes, my body started going back to normal. I’m still a little shaky but ok.

So, I can definitely say I went as long as I could before my body had enough. I knew I was needing to break it early, just didn’t listen to it in time. I’ve heard that getting up quickly can trigger this, but I had a cramp and wasn’t thinking about anything but stretching it out. I’m only disappointed that I wasn’t able to break my fast better, but I don’t plan on having anymore Gatorade or sugary things until Thanksgiving. I did bring it with me to work in case I start feeling woozy again.

I had some store bought bone broth and precooked mixed veggies in the freezer ready to go for when I broke my fast so I brought those with me. I’ll have them as my hunger comes back naturally.

I’ll still be posting here about the refeed and how my weight is since I’m curious about the weight gain/water weight thing.

Thanks for all the support guys!:grinning:

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#30

I honestly did my best! :grinning:

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#31

Great job!! :smile:

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#32

Congratulations on your fasting results! Looks like you worked through a lot to get to where you are.

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#33

I keep a bar of Lindt 90% Cocoa chocolate in my home desk for those situations.

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#35

Day 1 Post Fast: Down .8lbs this morning. About an hour after I had the Gatorade I got hungry so I had some bone broth. I’m not a fan of bone broth so it really didn’t taste great to me. Plus with Keto tongue I’m sure that affects taste for a few days too. After that I wasn’t hungry all day.

NO NAUSEA all day thank goodness!!! But I still was acidic for a lot of the day. All I had was that cup of Gatorade and some bone broth. I had about half a cup or so of the mixed veggies later last night, not because I was hungry but because I was hoping to calm the acidity in my stomach. It literally felt like I ate rock.

Happy Fasting! :grinning:

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
Day 8: 225.8
Day 9: 223.8
Day 1 PF: 223
Total: 18lbs

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#36

How do you feel now that you’ve broken your fast? Do you plan on doing another one soon?

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#37

I’m just enjoying not feeling sick anymore right now! I have no cravings to eat low quality foods. After Thanksgiving I’ll be doing both ADF and IF while doing a low carb food plan.

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#38

Day 2 Post Fast: Down .6lbs this morning. Had 2 “meals” yesterday going by hunger. Trying not to get too fancy and make too much of anything since I’ll be leaving town for several days. I don’t want a bunch of produce left in the fridge. So I’m making do with what I already have.

8-8:30am Breakfast was the rest of the mixed veggies (cabbage, broccoli, carrots, peas, corn) with mayo and a stick of cheese.

2pm Lunch was french green beans topped with butter and sour cream and onions and a cheese stick. Also had 2 almonds and two cashews.

Nausea has completely gone since breaking the fast. I also did not experience any stomach acidity yesterday. Still can only eat very small portions before feeling stuffed. A full stomach is a very nice feeling that I have taken for granted and I hope that stays with me. No need to overeat, the food is not going anywhere.

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
Day 8: 225.8
Day 9: 223.8
Day 1 PF: 223
Day 2 PF: 222.4
Total: 18.6lbs

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#39

Wow, Super!!
Congrats :blush:

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#40

Day 3 Post Fast: Down .4lbs this morning. I struggled with what to have for breakfast yesterday. I didn’t have any fruit or eggs and I felt it was too soon to have sausage or bacon. So basically I just had more veggies that I had blanched earlier with mayo, and cheese.

For lunch I brought out a soup I had premade and frozen for after the fast. Was waiting until day 3 to eat it though because (1) it had chicken in it and (2) it was tomato based and I wasn’t sure how that would be on my stomach too soon especially with previously having issues with acidity. This was the best meal I have had so far! Also had it with cheese.

Somehow I strained a tendon in my leg on Saturday so I just got back from the doc and am icing it now. Won’t be doing any walking for a while. A bit concerned since I was hoping to offset some Thanksgiving naughtiness. Oh well.

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
Day 8: 225.8
Day 9: 223.8
Day 1 PF: 223
Day 2 PF: 222.4
Day 3 PF: 222
Total: 19lbs

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#41

Day 4 Post Fast: This will be the last check-in for this fast. Tonight after work I’m heading out of town. Up .4 lbs but not surprisingly since I’ve been bedridden for two days with limited mobility. Also feel more bloat, but not sure if that’s from the injury or what. Yesterday, before I left for the doctor I had a small handful of almonds and cashews to put something on my stomach.

After I got home I waited to get hungry for lunch to take my ibuprofen. Had more of my homemade chicken tomato soup, a cup of almond milk, and cheese sticks.

I’ve learned a lot about my body this go around. I’m really proud of what I accomplished in this fast. I broke my fasting record, which is awesome. I also learned that the refeed is is extremely important. I ate when hungry, didn’t overeat, and left out the junk. Slowly and naturally bringing the calories up each day is working.

So, on to the next challenge, Thanksgiving. I’ll be with family for 5 days surrounded by all the goods so I’m really interested to see how I keep mentally in control. This by no means is a restrictive control, but moderation. I expect this is when I will put on the water weight since I will be eating carbs. I won’t have a scale for the whole time so no way to see my progress each day.

So, folks, I leave you with that. I’ll be back for FASTMAS on Dec 1st.

Until then, Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Fasting! :pie::poultry_leg::grin:

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
Day 8: 225.8
Day 9: 223.8
Day 1 PF: 223
Day 2 PF: 222.4
Day 3 PF: 222
Day 4 PF: 222.4
Grand Total: 18.6lbs

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