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Terry's 30 day + water fast journal
Chinese food yesterday for son’s bday & early father’s day and boy I ate a good feed. it wasn’t what I call “north american traditional” which is 90% of dishes full of sauce & sugar but lots of sushi, a little bit of General Taos, egg rolls, shrimp dumplings. So I have no doubt I broke keto but on the bright side, knowing it was coming I did 2 walks yesterday. Now, I had a huge temptation to weigh in this morning, but I totally expect the results would not be good so why do that to myself? So I stayed strong…2 more days I won’t have access to a scale for 1-2 weeks. Nothing but my generally good new habits to rely on…and back to keto style feeding now! I am actually looking forward to seeing how my weight is after I get back from the lake. This period of time is my greatest test every year.
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Oh yeah!! I missed my biggest news today. Not confirmed yet, but I’m a step closer to finally getting a dog companion! I know these days its PC to get a rescue, but…having had 3 dogs before, I like having a dog from the puppy stage…and my dog choices are limited. I’m finding most rescues are small dogs (don’t like) or large dogs (my favorite but not a good operation in my space & rental situation) plus rescues quite ofyen bring their own issues. I have enough of my own to heal & don’t want the burden of healing others. This is almost an emotional support dog for me. Company for my loneliness, something to give my love to and additional motivation for my daily walks. So anyways after much research, I hope to get…a Beagle!
I have the little gal here picked out. Was ready to send a deposit, then found out the seller has an agreement to give the sire’s owner the first option to buy one of the litter. I was the first person to contact the seller and there were 2 tri colour females available at the time so I’m crossing my fingers that if I don’t get my first choice, we are on the same page that I will get the other instead. So trying to have the attitude that if I don’t get one of these, it wasn’t meant to be & I’ll find another.
Hoping to find out this week one way or the other & if I get one I’ll be raising a pup come mid August.
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Beautiful pups!
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I hear you about rescue dogs and their problems. My friend has rescue dogs, and some of them were quite scary. She now has a rescue Rotweiler, who, after a year, still growls at my friend and her husband…My sister has beagles and they are GREAT dogs. I love how they howl…Congratulations on your new puppy. I have 2 dogs.
I have a friend who has 5 large rescues, bless her heart. I’ve spent enough time with her…and them to know its life consuming. Maybe when I was younger. Lol.
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Day 3 of my visit to the lake with my folks. As I expected, OMAD is not possible in close quarters with the folks so I’m doing 2MAD instead & just closely monitoring my carbs & calories and every meal trying to be patient when asked can you eat this or that…and reminding my parents I’ll just work with whatever I can find thats on the table. thank God I brought my Swerve sweetener as my Mom makes a sweet cole slaw I was able to make my portion with that, for example. or bacon & eggs but no toast for me, thx. My Mom gets stressed & cranky in a very short period of time so it makes the days stressful in general but she’s too set in her ways to change. My plan was to stay 1 week or maybe longer but I don’t think I can go more than 1 week especially when every day I’m not eating exactly as I choose too. I was also hoping that they wouldn’t want to stay here the whole week too. its great to see them but I would love a few days solitude here as well but thats not going to happen. by day 4 I know from experience there will be no talking to Mom without her barking at everything. Tomorrow is father’s day, monday is their anniversary. i’m hoping we celebrate the 2 together and get the cheat day done & out of the way! Otherwise, I’ll probably shoot for tuesday…wed at the latest to make a run for the comfort & peace of home, as much as I do love my folks:)
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Has anyone tried a back to back short term fasts for a month (maybe 48hr - 72hr fast and then an hour of refeed and back to fast)? How effective is it when compared to the prolonged fast?
.ROFLMAO 
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You’re killing meeeee! Lol😉
I have not have considered 3 day fasts with 1 day to eat in between. It sounds like it would be really hard to do. Then again my ex who has lost 50lb, kept it off and watches calories but really doesn’t enjoy a keto lifestyle, has done that sort of cycle & finds it relatively easy. I think a big part of it is she keeps really busy with work, she has my son & 4 pets to deal with & until covid she was going to the gym almost daily and she has zero sleep problems. And I think distractions help a lot.
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Well, my folks 60th anniversary took me completely off plan and ketosis which I expected. The bbq’d ribs were going to do me in anyway so what the hell, I sampled the 2 cakes & cheesecake too! But…at least I got in 3 hrs of fat burning activity that day including 8 miles of walking & burned 4000 + calories. so yesterday was a steak, salad, bacon & eggs day. Low carb, baby. There was just no way omad was going to work around the fam so 2mad it is. breaky & dinner. today is my sisters bday so chinese food tonight. lol. again, anticipating this, I did almost 2 hours & 5 mile fat burn this morning to start my day and more to come. then back to normal tomorrow. omad & keto with plan to be in ketosis by the wknd and hopefully…a minimum 3 day fast next week. i’m dangling the carrot in front of my nose of not stepping on the scale until post fast so the longer I go the better.
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Yes, luxuriant in family time. When you get back into the swing on fasting the positive experiences help keep you on track.
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Cheering you on Terrie thanks for your raw vulnerability😍
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Difference is you can have multiple meals in the 4 hour feeding window. Think lunch at noon and dinner at 4pm. OMAD stands for One Meal a Day.
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Weight Entry:225.0 lb
Lost so far:57.0 lb
Still to go:25.0 lb
41 hours into a much needed fast for me after my lake trip and eating/treating extravanganza. I didn’t regret it as it was centered around good times & family but…1 week post, it feels exactly like the mechanics of xmas. Elation giving & receiving gifts on dec 25th then january & the credit card bill comes & it isn’t so fun anymore. As much as I tell myself that I shouldn’t feel bad about the carbfests…seems old habits die hard. On the bright side, it helped drive me into a 5 day fast (currently 41 hours in & its going well so far). Then I have a family bbq to survive on Sunday (I WILL be on good eating behaviour) then I intend to go back into a fast, length tba but my goal is to drive toward my ideal weight and I will have about 3 weeks until my daughters bday. Another carbfest. This is truly the toughest time of the year for me as every occasion in my family is stacked between June 17th & Xmas. On the bright side I am walking everyday.
On to my most exciting news…If all goes as planned I will be getting a puppy in November!!! It was a week of highs & lows as I had planned initially to get a Beagle (rare find around here). 5 days after putting a deposit & seeing & sharing numerous pics of my choice, I was devastated when the seller called me & told me my pup & alternate choice were both males, not my females.Still not sure what happened there but I quickly backed out. If a seller with dog in hand can’t tell a male from a female who knows what else might be wrong. But things happen for a reason I believe, including this. It made me reassess what breed I wanted & need for my situation & where to get it from. I have bought from a pet store (before the puppy mill horror stories) & from a non registered purebred breeder. Both situations turned out fine…but I’m finding not only are pple on market sites asking a lot more for dogs these days…its not just purebreds like it used to be & there’s a lot of questionable sellers & breeders to sift through. Anyway, in the end I now plan on getting a female purebred basset hound from a world renowned breeder only 2 hours from me! At 59 with osteoporosis in my knee & stuck inside many days for 4 months of a year with hard winters, one of the breeds that requires 2 or more walks/runs a day wasn’t going to suit my situation. Plus I need an affectionate breed, one friendly with other dogs (my daughter is getting an Aussiedoodle pup in August). My pup will be many things to me. Definitely a much needed companion for my introverted personality & lifestyle, an animal to help keep me mentally & physically active & a support dog, especially in the winter time which is a huge struggle for me mentally. So…deposit is paid and the wait begins!
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Look forward to seeing the pictures.
Just read an an article talking about how fasting addresses osteoarthritis. I’ll see if I can find it for you…
@Tenax I’m guessing the bbq could be done low carb for the most part? Either some grilled veggies with the meat, or I just found a mock potato salad you could bring - it uses califlower instead and the reviews are actually really good - like people not paying attention think they are eating potatos good
I’m thinking about doing that with my seafood boil this weekend.
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Thats a great idea thank you. As far as I’ve gotten is “yes to steak, yes to zinfandel on ice with sparkling water and no to cake”
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