Starting at Day 5 cause I wasn’t sure I’d make it past the first 4 days. Brief recap of past 4.
Day 1 - uneventful easy; walked; Pilates
Day 2 - headache phase ended mid-morning
walked; Pilates
Day 3 - unexpected headache. Realized I did not drink enough water day 2. Electrolye water killed it; walked; Pilates
Day 4: Worked and drank water; Had a session with personal trainer for stats. Walked; Pilates
I’ve been fasting and experimenting with different fasts since 2008. While I’ve reached a nice weight several times, never quite hit goal weight and the refeeding beast often takes over. Dry fasts are easier for me. My longest soft-dry was 6 days. Longest pure Dry was 3 days. Longest water fast 12 days. Longest juice fast, 42 days. I’m appreciating Yasmin and the advice of others in their journals because I’m hitting this water fast different.
For starters, I’m utilizing electrolytes (no sugar pure potassium, salt, magnesium mixture) which really helps with the nausea and I do use some supplements. Here are mine:
Chlorophyll (pure drops in water)
Activated charcoal (at night)
Magnesium
Vitamin C
Black Seed Oil capsules
Lysine
Biotin (prevent hair loss)
This is making this fast better. I’m going to stick to primarily walking (25-45min) daily, Pilates, and on occasion weights. The body wants to move.
I also discovered through all of these fasts what I am allergic to food wise. Gluten and Sugar are my Kryptonite with a special shout out to Meat, Dairy, Alcohol, and Caffeine. I’d lie if I said I’d never eat any of that again but I definitely have to regulate and reduce and primarily eat fish, fruit and veggies.
So here’s to getting through Day 5
SW: 223.4
CW: 217.9
GW: 164.9