I’m sorry for your losses. 
I'll just take a seat here for a while
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It’s great that you’re taking control and responsibility of your life! I’m so sorry that grief and unimaginable loss is a part of your “why”. Mine is the reverse. I have to do this so I’m not the one my family has to grieve.
You’re so powerful and strong and I have absolutely no doubt you’ll reach your goals. It’s wonderful that you know your boundaries and know what a sustainable diet is for you. You’re absolutely right about pizza and ice cream! I may be keto but I’d never skip the opportunity to have my favorite Chicago deep dish or Cilantro lime ice cream! One of my favorite aphorisms that I live by was introduced to me by the geek god Will Wheaton: “It’s not about what you love… It’s about how you love it.”
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What a day. Ups and a slight disappointment.
Having a cheat hour atm of bone broth.
Wasn’t hungry, but abscess freaking tooth - has been around a couple of days but became a bit too much finally this afternoon.
I decided some homemade bone broth may be like chicken soup - which it is without the noodles.
Felt like I needed to make sure I have nutrients to fight any infection .
It was a good call. Maybe a great call. Not sure how, but feels like it has drained itself and cheek swelling is going down.
An hour ago I could barely talk and face mussles were hurting and pain up to my eye and into the back of my head.
All clearing out now.
Having 4 cups total - sipping on second half now. Totally loaded with hymilayan salt.
Worth the 200 calories and going right back into fast.
Had to be done and not the end of the world. But annoyed as I am far from hungry.
I have some penicillin showing up tomorrow and can decide if I want to follow up with that.
On the happy side, small loaf pans showed up and a track for Plexi doors for my new crab tank showed up. I need to curb my torrid love affair with amazon 
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Chicken feet bone broth to the rescue.
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Be careful with a possible tooth infection. My youngest son had an abscess when he was young. We saw the dentist (he drained it) and we thought it would clear up. After a few days, his whole face swole up like the elephant man. We took him to the ER and he had to be admitted for a week on IV antibiotics. It was very serious. The doctor thought he might lose his vision as the infection was up to his orbital area. Make sure you stay on top of it!
Glad you are feeling better after your bone broth. 
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Thanks Kyle, I’ll take the antibiotics tomorrow for the next week. I need to find a dentist.
I had an avocado, some carrot hummus, a sugar free jello and piece of dark chocolate. Oh, and 3 ritz crackers so it became a mini refeed. And 3 grapes. They were so sweet.
Then I was curious and discovered high fructose corn syrup is in my beloved ritz cracker 
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It’s one of those things that I’ve been very conscious to avoid.
Found recipes online to make my own ritz so will be working on that for Thanksgiving. Ugh. So disappointed.
Anyway, really back on now for the next couple of days. 
I need a couple of uneventful days now.
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Good morning!
Good start today.
Excited to fast for the next couple of days at the very least.
177.5
Sticking nicely under 180.
Got a calendar on sale for 50 cents. It’s dry erase.
I cut it to fit the wall and it goes to February for my goal.
I could probably put micro stickies on there. Haven’t decided yet.
I want to hit up the jcpenney today. There’s a sale on shorts. I need more 14’s and want to get some 12’s. I have to remind myself to look in the Jr’s department too. The shorts disappear here too even though we’re in Florida. So silly as it’s only cool for about a month and even then I’m in shorts most days.
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Just had a serious conversation with myself.
I want to end the summer with a bang.
I’ve been mixing up some shorter fasts the last couple of months. This last month has gone a little dirty. I don’t think that’s going to work though the next couple of weeks. My body is figuring it out.
For some reason today I got a second wind. I want to do a longer fast.
I’m only supposed to have 7 days left of fasting until the 22nd (split up) but I don’t feel I’m trying to my fullest potential.
So here I go, declaring a 10 day all clean water event , and it started after the dirty coffee I had this morning around 10am.
Next refeed is Sunday the 20th.
And now I will take myself shopping for shorts on sale.
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10 days! Wow! Good for you! you got this!!
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Well, left to go shopping and check engine light went on, so car is at the shop and I got no shorts.
But yeah, I need to just bang out 10 days and will start the winter solstice challenge in refeed mode for a couple of days. I really want to see that 172 going in. I’m within range to get there just need to do it.
Water all day today since coffee which ended at 10 am.
I’m actually excited to get some crazy dreams, and get that euphoria I had on my longest fast.
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Whats the longest you have done?
17.5 days.
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WOWZA! Thats so cool!
10 days will be a cake walk!
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Well, you never know! Each fast is different.
But yeah, I started with the long one. It was supposed to be 21 but I realized after studying on refeed I was going to have to cut it sooner so I could pig out July 4th weekend . I was able to squeeze in a 9 day refeed which I really needed in place so I could have a cocktail.
Before I started fasting I was used to having a couple cocktails nightly. I miss them sometimes but I know my body needs to rebuild during the refeed and vodka will strain things too much.
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Good morning!
176.5
Had to figure out today’s sticky.
9 more days for this kick on 10 day fast.
6 days for my original fall challenge.
I’m not expecting large weight loss during this fast as I didn’t have a huge feed or anything going into it.
5 lbs actual fat would be nice.
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It’s great that you have reasonable expectations and know your limits! I so often find that expectations are tyrants and the more we ask from them the harder we fall.
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Well, nothing is wrong with my car. Weird code misfire but the engine is fine. Getting an overdue oil change and picking her up tomorrow.
Clean as a whistle water day.
Planning a dinner party for the 24th! I’ll be done with my 5 days of refeed. I have a corned beef in the freezer I got on sale and need to eat it.
Dinner party will force me to finish getting my apartment in order.
Friday night!
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Good morning!
Picking up sky blue genie today and may need to hit a few estate sales.
176.5
Going to attempt shopping for shorts again today too. There literally won’t be any left if I don’t find some now. And if I find the right ones I may have to go down to picking up some 10’s even.
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I think you might have typed in your weight incorrectly… It’s none of my business but I doubt you gained 10 lbs in the last 23 hours!
Keep up the awesome work
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this would have been my worst fast ever.
This is what happens when I don’t have any coffee.
I magically gain 10 lbs.
Thanks for the catch! 
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Went to get my car.
They gave it an oil change and reset the engine light and no charge! Not even for the oil change.
I’m a regular customer and had to wait a couple of days for them to look at it, I think they felt bad.
Hit an estate sale and got some tools, and then cooked dinner for my neighbors. I miss cooking when I’m fasting this long.
I need to stay up late tonight. I was waking up all last night and it was annoying.
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