My name is Elza. I’m 32 years old and I’m determined to get healthy and to my goal weight.
Elza's Daily Fasting Journal
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I’m currently on day 2 of my 72 hour goal and feeling pretty good. I’m not feeling any temptation towards food, which is great. I have to cook dinner later for my family, and hopefully I stay strong and not give into any temptation, especially since I’m making my favorite comfort food --> mashed potatoes.
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MY STATS: I’m 5’10" Currently I’m 222.2. My goal weight is 165. I have not been this weight since prob high school.
This was me last week. I was traveling around Montreal, and knew that the following week I was going to get serious about fasting again. This time I want to go until I reach my goal. I have a trip planned in May to South Korea, and I want to feel more comfortable in my own skin. The last time I had a major trip abroad I did not feel healthy. I was tired and had major swelling in my feet from the long flight. This time I hope to be a lot trimmer, healthier, and more confident.
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Awesome job so far!! I have been to South Korea and it was amazing. Definitely worth feeling your best for! Where in Korea are you planning to go?
Mostly Seoul, but we may venture out to see some of the older temples in the countryside. We are still in planning stages… so not fully aware all the city names. What would you recommend?
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So I’m officially 48 hours in. Somehow I managed to cook dinner, while only licking a bit of potatoes to test for seasoning. Otherwise I stayed strong and watched family happily gobble up one of my favorite meals. --> Mashed potatoes, corned beef, and roasted carrots. I did save some for when I break my fast tomorrow.
I’m feeling pretty good, other than a bit of weakness towards the end of the day, and eye fatigue. I wonder if anyone has ever experienced this. I’ve asked other fasting forums before, without much help. When I fast, my vision becomes very weak, to the point where I can’t read labels and such on food packaging. Salt/snake juice, does seem to help a bit… but not completely. When I finish fasting and eat normally, vision goes back to normal. I do not wear eye glasses normally.
If you’re staying in the Seoul area, I totally recommend taking the train out to Gapyeong. You can get there on the subway line for only a regular subway fare despite it being about 45 minutes out of Seoul. It is so beautiful in the countryside with mountains and a huge lake. In Gapyeong you can visit Nami Island, Garden of Morning Calm, and Petite France (this was my favourite as I adore The Little Prince). This blog is helpful to explore the area http://www.weegypsygirl.com/gapyeong/
Ahh… Now I want to go back there… Hehe
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About the vision: I haven’t experienced it myself, but this is from Herbert M. Shelton’s book “Fasting and Sun Bathing” which is my fasting Bible:
“Visual defects: While it is no uncommon thing to see great and lasting improvement in vision develop during a fast, particularly during a long fast, there are somewhat rare instances in which there develops temporary weakness of vision. Carrington mentions what he regards as a “curious development” which he says may never be seen again. A patient saw double for a time just prior to breaking the fast. Two visual images were perceived instead of one. I have seen one or two such developments myself at the end of a very long fast. What is seen more often, but still only rarely, is weakness of vision, so that the faster can see but little. He is forced to discontinue reading, or his vision may become weaker, even, then this would indicate. Much of this seems to be due to a temporary loss of coordination between the two eyes, as they do not focus upon the object viewed. That no real injury to the nerves or mechanism of vision occurs is shown by the fact that the weakness and defect soon disappear after the fast is broken and vision is soon better than it was before the fast. I had one case in which this development occurred, in a man who had worn heavy lenses for years prior to the fast. After the fast was broken he was able to discard his glasses and got along without them. Another case is that of a woman who wore glasses but who saw double (without her glasses) before the fast, and regained normal vision while fasting. She was able to discard her glasses on the sixteenth day of her fast and could see to read, sew, thread needles, etc., without her glasses. She did not return to the use of glasses until about seven years later.”
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Thanks so much for the advice! I will definitely look into checking out these places… This Sunday I was gonna take time to sit down and plan out my trip. 
Wow thank you for this! Your the first person to give me any insight on what may be going on. I’ve done up to 7 day fasts before, but always got scared, because of the vision problem. So I’ve been keep them shorter, but more frequent.
I’ll have to find this book!
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You can read it online here http://www.loveandtruth.net/shelton-fasting.html#ch3
It’s got a lot of extra information about fasting in animals etc, I find it really interesting but you can just skip to the chapters about fasting in humans.
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FYI: One of the research scientists I refer to is Dr. Valter Longo, the Director of Aging Institute at the University of Southern California. He’s considered one of the premiere experts on Prolonged Fasting. He says prolonged fasting increases the production of stem cells. HOWEVER, its only after the fast during the ReFeed that those stem cells get to put to use by the body. He’s seen new cells occur in major organs and lessening of conditions of neuropathy and retinopathy that occur from diabetes.
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Interesting. Maybe my eyesight is improving? I will have to read up on him… any books or sources you recommend?
Thank you! I will definitely watch it. Have you seen improvement in your eyesight at all from fasting?