Hi, my name is Dee, I am from Europe and today is the first day of my water fast. I have been struggeling with losing weight for years. It just won’t budge. Even eating low carb has not helped. I think is has become difficult because of hormones. I am perimenopausal. I hope fasting will help balancing this, so I plan to do a 10 day waterfast. My weight today is 70 kg (154 lbs) and I would like to lose 5 kg (11lbs). Most of the fat is around my belly and currently I look pregnant. So I would love to flatten that belly with this fast.
I did IF with low carb the last few weeks, but the pounds hardly moved. Only upside is that (I think) the first few days won’t be too hard. This will be my first prolonged water fast, buy since I often do OMAD, I am not worried. At least not for the first few days. I am curious to know how my body will react after 2 days, cause I have done 1.5 days of fasting before. Time will tell…
Dee-Ana fasting in november
You can make great change of you hang in there and grab all those days. 10 days is a wonderful fast. Happy fasting. Keep updating.
Sounds like you are well prepared. I did 2 weeks of Intermittent Fasting and then OMAD before tackling Prolonged Fasting. I then did a 4-day, 7-day and 5-day before tacking my current 40-day. Finishing Day 19.
My prep mainly consists of eating well first. Them I can focus. Now I avoid food thoughts! 
Thanx, happy fasting 4 you too! I hope I can grab all of the ten days, because I am very motivated to reach my goal b4 the new year. But it all depends on how my body responds. If I feel normal-ish, not too weak, I will soldier on. My problem has always been food thoughts. Eating is my favourite thing to do, so i tend to eat, even when I am not hungry. But now I am focused and having my eye on the prize/my goal. As soon as a ‘naughty’ food thought enters my mind, I dismiss it at once in stead of lingering on it, as I usually do. That is what I like about fasting, there is no wiggle room. So I am looking forward to day 2!
So, this is day 2 and I hope today will go as smooth as yesterday. I was not hungry at all, but that was mainly because I ate very well the day before. I wonder how today will go, I probably will be more hungry. I am going to the cinema later today, so I will have a nice distraction. I lost 2 lbs, so that’s progress!
Great job so far! You got this! We’re with you! 
This morning I was a bit disappointed, because the scale gave me the same number as yesterday. I was very surprised, because I thought I was burning fat for fuel and therefore had to lose some weight per day. But clearly not…
Hopefully tomorrow the number will be less then today. If not I am not sure if I will continue fasting, 'cause I am doing this in the first place for weight loss. And if that is not happening, I will not be as motivated. Oh, well 2morrow another day!
Current weight 68.9
Hang in there. I’ve hit 2 weight plateaus on my current fast. A 1-day and a 3-day. Remember it’s a process.
Thanx 4 the encouragement! For the time being I am hanging in there. Hopefully it is a very temporary stagnation.
Day 4 in the morning: I decided to hang in there. Yesterday I was doubting and contemplating to eat again, but I decided this morning to take it one day at a time. Since I lost a bit of weight, I am motivated again.
Since I started, today is the first day I will go to work. I wonder how it will go…
Starting weight 70 kg
Current weight 68.2 kg
Day 4 in the evening: Oeps, I fell off the wagon and ate a low carb meal consisting of 900 kcal and 10 carbs. I felt a bit weak and missed my food. So I don’t feel guilty about it, I just hope it won’t cause weight gain Tomorrow I will hop on the wagon again and I probably won’t be hungry, since I ate so well (eggs, chicken & avocado) this evening.
Sunday 1 dec 2019
I am back, sort of…
My decision to do a 10 day fast went out of the window. The last few weeks I had good (low carb) days and bad days. I am surrounded by cookies, chocolate and fruit at my place of work and I find it hard to ignore this all the time… So I did lose weight in November, but I gained it all back by eating a lot. But I decided not to give up and try again. And my new plan is doing shorter fasts and repeating this a few times. Yesterday/Saturday I started a 72 hour fast and it went well. That first day I did a dry fast and today I am doing an old fashioned water fast. Funny enough, with the drinking I feel a bit weaker and hungrier, but that might also be because it is the 2nd day. Tomorrow will be the last day and as of Tuesday I want to eat low carb again. Since I ate my fair share of cookies, fruit and other forbidden food, the temptation will be less (I hope) this time. Next/coming Saturday I will start a 3 day fast again. At least, that’s the plan, I hope I will stick to it.
Starting weight: 70 kg
Current weight: 68.5 kg
Monday 2nd of December
Today I am dry fasting again and it is going o.k. I feel I can make it to tomorrow, but I do feel hungry more often then the first and 2nd day and my energy is quite low. This morning the scale gave me a very positive feedback, which makes me more determined to do this last day. Tomorrow I will break my fast at noon with a green avocado & spinach smoothie. Looking forward to it allready.
Current weight: 66
Tuesday, 3rd of December
Today I broke my fast with half an avocado, a slice of cheece, a few almonds and a non-fruit green smoothie. Until then my energy was low, but after munching on these foods, I felt the energy slowly coming back. For dinner I went out with colleagues and I had chicken, grilled vegetables and coleslaw. I didn’t eat many carbs, but I did drink a glass of red wine.
Saturday I will start again with a 3 day fast. Hopefully then the starting number on the scale will be close to what I am weighing today.
Weight this morning: 65 kg/143 lbs
Thursday May 21 2020
I am back again, with a new attitude, a new goal and a new scale. I wanted to weigh myself more precisely, because for me every ounce that I lose is very encouraging. If I see the number going down, I tend to keep on going, curious to what the scale will show the next day. So my main reason to do this is clear and the health benefits are a bonus. Therefore I add ACV in my water twice a day.
This time around I am planning to do a 7 day water fast. I allready tried to do this a few times before this month, but I failed. So to hold myself accountable and take it more seriously, I decided to keep a diary again thru this forum. This is day one and so far so good. First day for me is always the easiest, so I expect no difficulties today. The only game spoiler could be my mind. Once that little voice starts to persuade me to eat, it is hard to ignore it. And this can be so exhausting, that it is sometimes easier to just give in. But this time I won’t. Instead I am going to meditate when I feel this way.
Day 1
Starting weight 72.6
Welcome back!
Friday, 22nd May
Thanks Compdude, glad to be back 
First day went well. I wasn’t really hungry and went to bed early-ish. Unfortunately I didn’t sleep well at all. A lot of visits to the bathroom were to blame for that. I hope I will sleep better tonight. Today is going ok, felt more hungry than yesterday and therefore more tempted. Curious what 2morrow will bring.
Day2/70.6
Yep, I hate the 1st 3 days of starting a new fast. Frequent urination due to water dumped by the body in the breakdown of our glycogen stores. However, when it tapers off is a sign you are finally transitioning into ketosis.
@Compdude: thanks for this information, I know now to expect 1 or 2 days more of nightly bathroom visits. Hopefully the frequent urination will then taper off for me too. 'Cause I need my sleep!
This morning I was happy to see that the number is going down. This always is very encouraging, so I am still hanging in there. I did and still have cravings this 3rd day and feel like eating. Up to now I am strong,but the little voice is tempting me to eat 
. I will have to meditate soon, to relieve the tension that this inner argument is causing. I will try to go to bed early and hope that the bathroom visits will be less than last night…
Day 3: 69.9 kilo