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
that’s just been harvested, and greens. A huge charcuterie board, homemade chocolate cake, guests are bringing wine and cakes.
I’ve added Good Belly tablets and it’s helping. No hunger but my gut feels icky. I hold most weight in my stomach. But here’s a quote that helps me level set. It was just what I needed to read.
I get these weird pains there. But they go away. I’m not weighing myself until the end, because I find when I start doing that… I become obsessed with a 1lb change here or there. I’d rather it be a surprise at the very end of all this and I’ll post pics. But I’ll repeat my starting and goal weights.
I’m not even the biggest Ramen fan. I was busy so I escaped before I could be tempted to order. I have been imagining sausages and cabbage. It didn’t help I YouTubed those travel channel videos where people eat from the best of the best. So I deserve the torture I feel subjecting myself to that. This morning I was blah. So I’ve started on the peppermint tea which is totally helping 200%. It helps the nausea and mucus in my throat. Sunday is Day 21. I have an unexpected flight this week which I fear may derail my fast because it’s with my boss and inevitably we will have lunch somewhere so I need a game plan. We all know once we break it’s so so hard to restart and keep going. And I have to break earlier than planned maybe Monday with bone broth. Thinking about this now.
No it’s a lot more I’m sure because while I haven’t weighed myself I’ve been steadily trying on outfits that I couldn’t even pull past my thighs 3 weeks ago. I’m certainly no where near where I want to be. But it’s definitely probably been commiserate with the fasting days so maybe 21 lbs. Since I have this business trip tomorrow, tomorrow will officially be the final day for this round. So 21 days provided I get through 9pm. I’m so proud of myself because I HATE water fasts and honestly prefer dry ones. They are so so much easier. So after much thought… here’s the refeeding game plan. I’ve decided to go OMAD and Keto. This will be the best way to prevent losing all of my gains. I’ll weigh in on Monday for the final numbers.