December 2019 - February 1st 2020
73.3kg weight. 62.5kg
24.8% body fat 18.3%
Cate January 2020
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Hi Cate! I haven’t ventured top far out in the group to introduce myself to others in the group. I just saw your journal at the top of the thread this last time checking into the forum and I thought I would check it out. Wow, congratulations on completing your extended fast! I also so appreciate your strength in being vulnerable and so honest on here! I’m glad you’re here!
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Thankyou 
I’ve feels super proud of myself.
I’ve eaten the small wedge of watermelon and one raspberry and I’ve decided i still just want kale. So I’m looking forward to break-fast number two in the morning 
This has been such a life affirming, clearing and resetting experience. I’m so pleased I pushed on and then continued beyond 21 days.
The energy just felt right.
Tad miffed I finished covered in bruises from over zealous behaviour 
Amazing! Such an accomplishment! I hope your high from your achievement this whole week lol. I will be refeeding from my 14 day endeavour tomorrow morning. I also will be starting a parasite cleanse tomorrow for the month of February. You may want to check out parasites and how prevalent they are amongst us. May be the cause of the fatigue you’ve experienced on your past. I had something come out of me the other day, I was totally grossed and freaked the hell out!!! February I am focusing on fitness and fasting from coffee. January not only did infast from food, but also marijuana. Coffee and marijuana have been my two vices I am addicted too. I also plan to try out the 5:2 plan (five days regular eating, two days fasting). That way I can yield benefits from fasting and have the food fuel to support workouts. Look forward to following your journey!
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Congratulations on finishing your goals! 
I hope you’ll have a great refeed! Please keep us updated 
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Epic plans!! I hope the journey you take brings surprises and benifits!
I’ve read up on parasites in the past. However, the chronic fatigue came from autistic burnout and malnutrition, coupled with injury, chronic pain, prescription pain medication and copious amounts of stress.
For my refeed I’m going to stick to clean eating.
Plant-based vegan and as ill need a 10-14 day refeed I’m planning on maintaining keto. As vegetables, a phased return and low carb is what’s required to build a healthy gut microbe.
Added bonus it keeps inflammation low and the body healthy.
Needed a reset! This is my extended journey. It’s worked before it’ll work again!
I feel awesome. Tired now. A fresh clean home and a revamped attitude to my self discipline, intentions, past and food.
For the refeed I’m going to post everything I eat might seem annoying in a few weeks and for that I apologise in advance
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Mindful eating… Savour every sensation, taste and thought.
I quickly decided this isn’t what my body wanted
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Tomato, pepper, mushroom (softened in a frying pan)
Saukaut
Red cabbage pickled (heated)
Avocado
Brown lentils with tahini
As you can see I ate around the lentils, intuitive eating is asking yourself why and if you really want something at every stage of your meal.
Lentils are too complex for the first four days and could cause bloating and nausia.
I think it was habit to include them.
As all the portion sizes are so small and I am not eating all of it. I’m confident I’ll be mindful not to binge if I am completely present while eating during this refeed and beyond.
Love and light everyone.
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I have eaten slowly and until full today. My breakfast took me 45 minutes of picking and througherly chewing every piece
I ate a quarter of a small watermelon during the day and ate soup and evening meal once i got home. Serving of grapes.
I have eaten in an accidental 8 hour window. Eating a little every hour, mindfully and presently.
I checked out how I did once I had finished eating this evening. Total calories 530 
I think I have done pretty well
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Love how detailed this entry is. Mucho thanks for providing so much information!
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Also a big shout out to this UK company!
For any lactose intolerant vegans out there you know premade tomato soup is impossible to come by… This stuff is great, it settled really well, tasted amazing! And it has nothing artificial about it (which is reflected in the price). However, clean eating on the fly has never been easier. 500g in a container and i halved it. Certainly made my day easier
I do have a question though… If staying in ketosis is reliant upon staying around 20-30g of carbs… How are you support to do that when veg are considered net carbs. Even with eating so little I’ve maxed out 30g
Or are net carbs ok? I’m curious more than anything and I’ve confused myself with recipes.
I’m going to keep eating as I am for the next four days at least.
I’ve spent all night working through loads of old vegan diet plans and newly printed keto recipes because they could vastly improve my range of vegetable presentation I’m quite excited. Alas many have to wait two weeks to be sampled
But I’m more organised than I thought I was.
Thankyou for your continued support with this most positive experience
One of the issues from a vegan approach—is that it’s very restrictive and can be hard to stick to a ketogenic diet if you try to be very strict in following the guidelines. I think most vegans on a ketogenic diet has a more moderate approach to the carbohydrate intake, as long as there’s no refined sugars or other processed carbohydrates. If you’d raise the unprocessed carbohydrates intake but still have the majority of your calories from plant based fats and proteins it might not be the ketogenic diet technically, but you could still get some benefits if you don’t do well on carbohydrates.
As long as you’re not being so restrictive that it will affect you negatively, I think you’ll learn along the way what’s working for you!
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Thankyou Anna. I just wanted to try for the whole of the refeed to keep it keto and till end of February to try different keto recipies.
Partly out of respect for this group and partly because I’m worried the chronic fatigue will come back once I’m eating again. Some of the recipies will just add something extra to my usual plant-based vegan approach.
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Today has been tough. I didn’t set an alarm and slept through until 3!
I wasn’t hungry even once and I’ve had to make myself eat and I’m currently trying to drink loads before bed because I haven’t drank either.
I’ve not eaten everything I wanted to as I didn’t have the half soup; however I have increased volume and have hit the same calories as yesterday 529.
I expect tomorrow I’ll manage today’s food plus the soup. Hopefully increase to a full serving of soup the day after. And that will be phase one complete
I learnt today that celery juice, spinach and half a lemon… Isn’t as disgusting as it sounds. So im going to start having this every morning. Gradually making them more intresting as the refeed goes on.
I went to yoga tonight. Last week I did yoga twice today. But this week my body demanded some sleep I’m not complaining. My bed seems snugglier these last two nights.
Still waking up fresh and ready.
Pain levels are moderate due to all this extra life I’m living
Something which is a persistent problem is dizziness… But that may have been down to not being fully aware of today and forgetting to drink.
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I honestly had missed entirely the lack of fruit on keto… I’ve spent all night trying to figure out where I have gone wrong to get such high carbs so far on this refeed and ergh!!! Raspberries and watermelon! I have a kitchen full of food including fruits and now with more research I don’t want to eat any of them for another 8-10 days and they are all nearly ripe 
Maybe I should just stop trying to dictate. I’m obviously not very good at it I just listened to my body and looked for high water content fruits and vegetables. But I do understand cravings will be harder by having the fruits.
So much for my refeed maybe being useful in the future. Sorry keto people…
Maybe I’ll just make alot of jam
I’m finding my stride.
Last week’s unsettled living has definitely took its toll during the end of the fast and the beginning of the refeed.
Today I have been filled with gratitude to recognise this as the residual tiredness of autisic overwhelm (due to the frantic pace I took at the end of the fast, flat organising and decorating; as well as alot of people-ing:joy:), adhd comorbidities which caused the frantic pace; back to the gratitude that the healing that took place during January has meant these ‘problems/traits’ took me exhaustion… When I basically spent 2019 asleep and unable to cope with any of it. Just in time to have to start eating again when all I wanted to do was sleep off the people-ing
It’s been a challenge every day so far.
I’m genuinely not hungry however; as I said I’m finding my stride and slowly building a routine. This way my life will have cues for when to eat and I maybe able to overcome years of under eating and bingeing to compensate.
The fast gave me the head space, mental clarity and energy to. Wake up, start a day, go to regular yoga classes, Bowen Therapy, massage, as well as sorting, cleaning and tidying so much of my living space it feels like a new home 
The length of the fast meant I reached new depths in my understanding of my own thoughts and behaviours. As well as a new lense by which to view my relationships, experiences and responses.
I have mentioned before that this wasn’t my first fast. This has been a long journey of recovery and healing. Fasting has been both a way to cope and a way to reset myself and my build better eating habits. To enable a better lifestyle.
I have found myself revisiting old reading I have done in the past today. Which has reminded me of how my journey has been influenced in the past, leading me to consider what will work now.
My refeed is going to continue to be completely plant based.
I don’t know what I was worried about carbs for. I got myself very knotted up in that.
Basically, keep carbs low and green. Tomatoes and peppers are good too.
Only have one portion of fruit a day to avoid triggering carb cravings. (Berries for me seem to do this if I eat them late in the day)
Soften everything and chew every single piece to soften.
I do believe a longer fast makes it easier to not want high carb, processed crap anyway. I couldn’t imagine eating something as heavy as meat or eggs even if I wasnt vegan. The thought of cheese is too heavy.
Soup is heavy.
Solid well chewed anything is heavy.
There is a difference between green and black olives as to how heavy they are.
Everything is just filling.
Total calories is slowing creeping up at a nice steady rate.
I am eating in a natural 8 hour window.
Today was breakfast: celery juice, watermelon
Lunch: half an avacado and the rest of that lovely soup.
Tea: lettuce, softened tomatoes, pepper and cougette
Snacks, green olives, half avo, black olives
Yoga again today
Last thing… The yellow handwritten note is my weigh in just after midnight on the 1st. And the print out (is another set of scales which I have checked during the fast report the same or within 0.1) so the print out is from this evening after yoga.
Can’t say I’m not happy with them because even though this was done out of desperation to take a break from and maybe fix chronic fatigue and pain etc
I like that I am finally down to a weight I’m happier, I’m not carrying around years of pain medication, weight gain and malnutrition.
I’m building from the bottom up, with good food a healthy lifestyle and a more positive outlook and prospective future.
Love and light all xx
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So yesterday I fell out of step a little. But only slightly… Big impact on macros though. Main eating is going well. And I’m fully in board today.
Today I have experimented with a vegan keto breakfast
Basically hazelnut spread and I apparently go hand in hand… (I haven’t had it in the house for years I bought this while on fast )
This accountability will hopefully keep me on track for the 8 days.
Below is yesterdays food. The reason for the binge was that I had not eaten a third meal. My daily intake hadn’t been enough and mental clarity has gone. But I hadn’t eaten a third meal. Just keto breakfast, snack and lunch. Autism was being obstructive. I am on track and was on track. Just hadn’t tracked on myfitnesspal (because the internet is down in my area I am at friends updating now) so hadn’t realised I hadn’t eaten. #routinechange
So yeah, eat well yesterday and today… Even preped some keto breakfasts each day.
Still having celery juice each morning.
Tomorrow i plan to prep some vegan keto bread, high in fat and protein.
I’ll probably post results and the recipie again if it’s a good one
Love and light all x
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