I am so happy I found this site!!!
Today I have been kinda lethargic, definitely weaker, as a result I’ve accomplished nothing today.
I started my fast at 7am Saturday weighing 304.2lbs, now 53 hours in I’m 297.
since taking food out of the equation I Can actually see what my craving triggers are. Journaling helps. When I get hungry I just start writing about how I feel. I know I have a lot of emotional healing to do, I didn’t get to be 304lbs by having healthy coping skills.
After a year of weight loss failures I decided my only option was to take food out of the equation so I can reset myself and my relationship with food.
I’m a lot weaker today than what I expected to be so I went and bought a vitamin pack. Hopefully that will help.
I only slept for 4 hours last night, and after waking at 3:30am couldn’t get back to sleep.
I’m hoping tomorrow I will be in ketogenic stage and have a little more energy.
My fasting thoughts and experience
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Are you doing a pure water fast? And maybe some himalayan salt?
I came in for a reset myself. Not so much buried emotions - just like cooking new things and eating (I was practically feeding the neighborhood at one point 
) and then pandemic hit and had nothing better to do than eat and 'binge watch TV. ’
Good luck with your system reset!
I went to a dr. Where I purchased bariacare vitamin packs, they are for dieting obese individuals. The back says they contain potassium and magnesium so I’ll see how they help.
Yes, only water since 7am Saturday, I’m a single mother of 4, when I was younger I would eat 1200 calories at the same time every day however didn’t know that was IF. Since then I’ve had kids, an abusive spouse, moving states, Hurricane Michael, moving to another state, and a pandemic. During the course of all this I developed unhealthy habits, and this past year have lived on my couch.
I realized that I have to do an extended water fast to reset myself mentally, I’ve completed a 3 and a 5 but quit. However I’ve mentally prepared myself and started journaling a lot.
As my grandfather always said, “the things that are most important are the ones you have to work for.”
And thank you