Monty’s fasting journal

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Intro
Hi everyone! Greetings from Bangkok, Thailand!
My name is Monty, all my life I’ve been the chubby kid… And always struggling to look a certain way. Until I went to the UK for my masters, i came back very close to being obese. I went on a full on diet after that… everything from extreme calorie restriction to superhero workouts. It gets to the point where I’m barely eating anything and doing insane workout everyday, was weighing my food and tracking my calories in-out. And it worked! I was leanest I’ve ever been…body fat at 17% and my waist was at 24”! However, all those extremeness put a toll on my body, physically and mentally. On the physical, i was missing my cycle for 6 months straight and caused me low blood pressure, that made me a grumpy monster who would get so angry whenever someone(including family) ask me if i wanted to eat… i basically have no life. since then i have been terrified of stepping on the scale and never was satisfied with how i looked. But things are about to get even worse… i turned to diet pills… it helped me to stay skinny and can eat anything i wanted. Until late 2019, i start to become resistant to the pill and putting weight fast! Everyone now putting pressure on me to go back to my skinny figure, calling me names and laughing at me… i was stressed, and thats the trigger to my food addiction/binge eating that obviously led things downhill. Now i need to prove them wrong, i will get fit again!

Why
I’m doing this because i am ashamed of myself, sad, depressed… I’m aiming definitely to lose weight healthily by water fasting. Looking forward to healing my food addiction/binge eating. Time to be responsible for the damages i did on my body and mind.

Goals
My goal now is to get back to my 24” waist. Slim down my arms and thighs.

Game plan
I will do this water fast, start implementing some OMAD, ADF, or the 20:4 fast. While, trying to keep my carbs low with maybe 1 cheat day/week just to keep me sane.

How I feel now
Excited, worried, anxious all at the same time!

How will I feel when my goal is achieved
Marvelous of course!! And proud!! Super proud!! Full of confidence. Cant wait to show off my perfect body!

Daily affirmations
I am strong. I am capable. I am confident. I will be fit. I got this.

Start date/time
14th May 2020, 10:00 (GMT+7)

Duration
7+ days

Starting measurements
Waist: 27.2” or 69cm
Right thigh: 23” or 58.5cm

I’m glad I found this forum. Would very appreciate some words of encouragement To keep me accountable and any suggestions from everyone!!

Thx!!! :kissing_heart:

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#2

Welcome to our fasting community!

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Recommend you read Dr. Jason Fung’s, “The Obesity Code”.

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#3

Hey Monty,

I’m so sorry that everyone is interfering and that it’s making you feel sad and ashamed and depressed. Nobody realizes that the EXTREME calorie restriction and EXTREME exercise is such an extreme way of losing weight and we just get tired after many months and it’s exhausting. I’m sorry they’re calling you names and putting pressure on you. :pensive: People don’t get it sometimes… I definitely think it’s good you’re not taking that approach again. That ”Biggest Loser” type of diet with low cal/and super workouts works temporarily, but definitely decreases your BMR and you get burnt out (I’ve done it too)

Your plan looks great! Another thing is, if you eat keto and made some modifications, then you can eat food without really calling it a “cheat day”. For example, keto pizza, keto desserts, keto alternatives you traditional “cheat meals”. :pray:

Welcome to the family and welcome to the forum! I can’t wait to see your progress for the next few months! Just go ahead and take baby steps one day at a time and you will get there slow and sustainably! :sparkling_heart:

Focus on loving yourself and on self-love and building that confidence every day to love yourself at any size and then be happy with yourself in the process of losing weight as well!!! You deserve to love yourself no matter what and strive to get healthier at the same time as you love yourself! :heart_eyes::sparkling_heart:

You got this!

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#4

Sorry to hear people are making you feel that way! Its horrible.

I know what you mean by the extreme’s we take in trying to get our body. I was training up to 3 hours at one stage then literally one day could barely even get out of bed. I was waking up at 1AM to start training :frowning: Its like my body just said, NO MORE.

Look forward to seeing your progress !!

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#5

Hi Monty,

That sucks bigly that people treated you that way. People can be nasty. I hope you’ll never receive anything other than love and support here :crazy_face::grin:

Lee, New Zealand

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#6

Yes for me it gets to the point that im working out 5-7 hrs everyday and all i ate was 1 banana and a protein shake

#7

Thank you so much

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#8

Hi,You can do this fast.When I found this forum they started 21 day fast and I did it.Everything was as it was explained.Our bodys everywhere reacts quite simimilar to this stress.I find Yasemin very supportive and her videos helps a lot.I also recommend seeing water fasting video in Youtube made by Arte. I am now 2nd day and first night with vivid dreams passed.1 week to go. Good luck to you​:+1::+1::+1:

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#9

Day 1 checked☑️

Day 1 went by pretty easy. Had a colonic cleanse at the hospital and working from 12:00 till 17:00.

No hunger. Had a bit of acid reflux but wasn’t too bad. Got really sleepy through out the day. Slept well at night.

Excited for day 2!! I got this!!

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#10

Day 2 checked☑️

First half of the day was easy. Second half, cravings starts to kick in and food has been on my mind. Craving for pastries!! And cakes!! And chocolate!! OMG!!! And i’m not even hungry…

Apart from that I seem to notice myself getting very sleepy in the afternoon, like i ran out of energy or something. Had some natural herbal beverage (unsweetened, 0kcal) for detoxing matters. Slept pretty well at night.

How to stop the cravings? Its driving me crazy!!!

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#11

Push through. The cravings WILL go away.

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#12

Part of the 3-day transition process, especially if your body doesn’t have much experience in transitioning into ketosis.
As @Tenax says, stay mentally strong.

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#13

Hey Monty!

So glad to have you here. I can relate to being depressed and ashamed. I’ve become isolated because I don’t want anyone to see me. But, I’m using how bad I feel as a motivator to keep going. Every time I think about giving up, I look at the photos I took of myself. I know I want to change and giving up is not an option.

For the cravings, black coffee helps me. I think Yasemin may have a list of safe things you can drink that won’t break your fast. I’d check that first. I crave pastries too. I know how hard it is! The teas help me and the electrolytes do as well. Just know that the cravings will pass and it’s something you have to go through to get to where you are going.

I believe in you! Stay strong!

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#14

Really appreciate ur support and understanding​:heart::heart: Its even harder after the fast to resist the pastries lol

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Day 3 checked☑️

Exhausted at work!! I was super busy. Had black coffee in the morning. Still felt the sleepiness when afternoon comes, so i had another black coffee in late afternoon.

Hunger starting to kick in, especially at night!! And the cravings are non stop. I slept through it anyway.

However this morning i tested my ketones and they were still negative… how could that be?

Still got some bloating in the lower belly.

Day4 would also be busy… whew oets get through this!!

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The reason for the negative ketone reading is your body is still burning off your glycogen stores. This is the stored carbohydrate in your liver and muscles. It takes 32 to 40 hours to deplete the liver. The muscles can support up to 90 minutes of exercise. Since carbohydrate is easier for the body to breakdown for energy, it will prefer burning that before using fat. You should start getting positive ketone readings by tomorrow or by Day 5 at the latest.

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#17

You go girl! Your story is similar to mine. I have only succeeded a 24hr fast so far. I’m so dissapppointed in myself I couldn’t last the 3days I was aiming for :sob: I’m trying it again today. Good luck to you and I’ll pray for us both!! :clap::clap::clap:

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#18

I have been working out too these 3 days… hmm i must have ate really crappy earlier? But 3 days and still not depleted? Hmmm :confused:

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Yep. Crap will slow the glycogen depletion process down. On the other hand, eating low-carb meals before a fast speeds the process up.

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So what should i do after the fast… i mean i dont wanna deprive myself from all food i wanna eat… i was planning for 1 day a week where i can eat whatever i wanted… then fast for a day or 2 afterwards hoping it would use up all my carb stores… now im kinda lost

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