Start Weight: 182 lbs
Goal Weight: 150 lbs
June 7th Weight: 166 lbs
June 8th Weight: 164.6 lbs
Down 1.4 lbs since June 7th.
Will do low carb again today and then start my 72 hour fast at 7pm today.
I hope to go down to 155 lbs this week.
Van’s Fasting Journey
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Start Weight: 182 lbs
Goal Weight: 150 lbs
June 7th Weight: 166 lbs
June 8th Weight: 164.6 lbs
June 9th Weight: 166.2 lbs
Weight went up to 166 lbs - I ate carbs and sugar last night 
Started my 96 hour fast yesterday at 7:30pm.
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Well as an often used quote says, “Fall down 7, get up 8.”
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Start Weight: 182 lbs
Goal Weight: 150 lbs
June 7th Weight: 166 lbs
June 8th Weight: 164.6 lbs
June 9th Weight: 166.2 lbs
June 10th weight: 160.6 lbs
Down 5.6 lbs.
Total weight loss since June 7th: 5.4 lbs.
Passed the 24 hr mark last evening with my fasting. Currently on Day 2 - 37 hours in.
This week wasn’t as difficult as last week with the water fasting. I am hoping to get down to 155 lbs this week. Not obsessed with food as I thought I would be like last week.
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Start Weight: 182 lbs
Goal Weight: 150 lbs
June 7th Weight: 166 lbs
June 8th Weight: 164.6 lbs
June 9th Weight: 166.2 lbs
June 10th Weight: 160.6 lbs
June 11th Weight: 160.4 lbs
Down 0.2 lbs.
Total weight loss since June 7th: 5.6 lbs.
Had to eat yesterday but maintained low carb and just ate for one hour.
Started fast again at 7:30pm yesterday.
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Start Weight: 182 lbs
Goal Weight: 150 lbs
June 7th Weight: 166 lbs
June 8th Weight: 164.6 lbs
June 9th Weight: 166.2 lbs
June 10th Weight: 160.6 lbs
June 11th Weight: 160.4 lbs
June 12th Weight: 162 lbs
Up 1.6 lbs from yesterday.
Total weight loss since June 7th: 4 lbs.
I ate yesterday - mindlessly. I wasn’t even hungry or anything. It just shows you how this fasting is more of a mental thing than a physical thing.
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Start Weight: 182 lbs
Goal Weight: 150 lbs
June 7th Weight: 166 lbs
June 8th Weight: 164.6 lbs
June 9th Weight: 166.2 lbs
June 10th Weight: 160.6 lbs
June 11th Weight: 160.4 lbs
June 12th Weight: 162 lbs
June 13 Weight: 163.6 lbs
Went up 1.6 lbs from yesterday.
Ate Taco Bell yesterday. What a mess.
Will most likely eat 1 scrambled egg for dinner today. And go from there.
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Was it a “taste” of Taco Bell? Or did you “binge”?
@Compdude, I am never sure of the word “binge” - is it like excessive eating till I can’t breathe? I have had moments like that in my life.
Yesterday didn’t feel like a binge. I ate a normal meal. Was actually still hungry afterwards. And realized that junk food isn’t very filling.
I felt so disappointed and discouraged last evening that I was considering joining dietbet.
Binge can be looked at in two ways:
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Physical. Study of addicts show that their brain have above average stronger neural pathways to the pleasure centers of the brain. Therefore, when an alcoholic has a drink it re-ignites the pathway and then they “fall off the wagon”. Its why AA emphasizes going “cold turkey”.
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Mental. Can’t maintain “perfection” and uses a relatively small failure in discipline to “throw the baby out with the bath water” by proclaiming themselves a failure, why even try and use it an an excuse to revert back to old behavior.
Don’t get disappointed or discouraged. Either learn from it (re-examine your “why” or change factors that led to the behavior) or just shrug it off as one meal.
I’ve been practicing this lifestyle since August 9th last year. Out of a total of 309 days, I’ve fasted 290 and “failed” 19 times to fast. I’ll take that fast/failure ratio to Las Vegas any day of the week.
Hope this helps give some perspective.
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@Compdude, THANK YOU so much for the perspective and insight.
Your journey with this lifestyle is AMAZING and very inspirational. Your success rate is 94%!!! That is flipping awesome!!!
I think I am going to shrug it off as one meal for the other day. I have no desire to go back to Taco Bell. Took yesterday off to analyze what led up to me literally driving to Taco Bell and getting the food. I think I was bored and looking for something to do. Work has been slow and I have been watching too much TV. There’s literally nothing else to do except eat.
I am going to move forward and not let failure trip me up on this journey.
I am determined to reach my weight loss goals.
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Start Weight: 182 lbs
Goal Weight: 150 lbs
June 7th Weight: 166 lbs
June 8th Weight: 164.6 lbs
June 9th Weight: 166.2 lbs
June 10th Weight: 160.6 lbs
June 11th Weight: 160.4 lbs
June 12th Weight: 162 lbs
June 13th Weight: 163.6 lbs
June 14th Weight: 162.2 lbs
Down 1.4 lbs from yesterday.
Total weight loss from June 7th: 3.8 lbs
Regarding yesterday:
Ate quinoa pasta with ground beef, cabbage and onions for a late lunch. I allowed myself to eat until I was full with the pasta, and was happy to see that my intake was normal when I allowed myself to eat. No binging to the point where I felt sick or couldn’t breathe.
For dinner, had 1 grilled veal chop.
For today:
Not sure what I want to do. I started fasting last evening around 8pm. I will see how I feel later…
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Start Weight: 182 lbs
Goal Weight: 150 lbs
June 7th Weight: 166 lbs
June 8th Weight: 164.6 lbs
June 9th Weight: 166.2 lbs
June 10th Weight: 160.6 lbs
June 11th Weight: 160.4 lbs
June 12th Weight: 162 lbs
June 13th Weight: 163.6 lbs
June 14th Weight: 162.2 lbs
June 15th Weight: 166.4 lbs
Up 4.2 lbs from yesterday.
Total weight loss from June 7th: 0 lbs
Yesterday:
For lunch, ate quinoa pasta with feta cheese, jalapeño peppers, olives and Greek dressing.
For dinner, had a small pizza with a pop.
Not surprised that I gained all this weight.
Started fasting yesterday at 8pm. Already 17 hours in. And aiming to complete 72 hours or more this week. Not going to give up! I can do this!!!
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Start Weight: 182 lbs
Goal Weight: 150 lbs
June 7th Weight: 166 lbs
June 8th Weight: 164.6 lbs
June 9th Weight: 166.2 lbs
June 10th Weight: 160.6 lbs
June 11th Weight: 160.4 lbs
June 12th Weight: 162 lbs
June 13th Weight: 163.6 lbs
June 14th Weight: 162.2 lbs
June 15th Weight: 166.4 lbs
June 16th Weight: 167.8 lbs
Up another 1.4 lbs from yesterday.
Mom made us pho. And that was the end of that. Couldn’t say no.
Had to restart again yesterday at 7:30pm.
As I sat there on the couch yesterday thinking about my “why” I am doing this water fasting for weight loss. I realized that I usually give up when I start seeing the weight again after my eating episodes. And then I start going on this destructive path of unhealthy eating and binging.
I started this weight loss journey because I was going through a rough time with my boyfriend as he wanted to leave me due to my weight. But he saw that I was trying my best and losing the weight and wanted to get back together.
He is not aware that I am water fasting for weight loss. Hence why I have a tendency to eat when I see him. There are other reasons why I need to eat when I see him - spiritual reasons.
Now that I am back with him and comfortable in our old ways… I feel like I am starting to slip back into old habits.
I am scared of losing him. He made a comment that he will continue to stay with me IF I continue to lose the weight…
I have not sent my progress to him from last week and this week… too scared to tell him anything about my weight gain.
Sigh…
A part of me also want to lose weight and gain my confidence so I can leave this relationship because maybe it’s just too destructive for my mental well-being.
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Ah, seeing your underlying issues.
Please don’t be offended as I don’t have a dog in this fight, but Im going to poke at you a bit, and feel free to ignore this post. My intention is to help you find that golden bridge to confidence land.
Why do you think you need the boyfriend? Have you requested him to change anything - and did he? You said you’re scared of losing him.( Pffft, if someone thought I was too fat for them I’d think they are too shallow for me).
Is he supportive of your weight loss or just telling you he thinks you’re overweight and he can’t love you that way? Or is he telling you to lose weight because he wants you to be healthy so you can live a million years together?
Are you trying to lose for him or for you?
A huge part of a relationship is trust and truth. Why are you fasting in the closet by someone who should be your closest friend? You think he will leave you for fasting?
Things to meditate on.
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PS: you are a beautiful being in a body. You have unlimited potential and can do whatever you put your mind to.
Visualize how you see yourself a year from now. If you could have and do anything, what would that look like? 
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@Miramar , thank you so much for your beautiful insight and message.
Had to meditate on a lot of things that you brought up…
My relationship with my boyfriend has been quite a complicated one over the past year and a half.
We have been on and off for quite some time - with me leaving all the time because he would do something hurtful, which would cause me to leave. He would then apologize and be nice for a moment and then do something hurtful again.
I think I need to reach out to my counsellor again. There are definitely some deep hurts and pain from my past that is causing me to stay in this toxic relationship.
I feel that I am in an abuse cycle that I can’t get out.
Regarding being afraid of losing my boyfriend: I think it’s because I have been single for 10 years and finally found someone. I just had a chat with my sister in the car today… she believes that I am settling and worthy of more than what current guy can give me.
I think there are insecurity issues linked to my weight. I usually always settle with any guy that is interested in me because I believe that that’s the best I could ever get since I’m overweight/fat.
On whether I have asked him to change for me on certain things: he has given me that illusion that he has changed - I am never sure if he has changed or not. I caught him doing something that he shouldn’t have this week. I ended up crying and being upset. And then being forced to move on as he once again promised that he wouldn’t do it again…
Regarding my weight: he met me at my current weight. And I gained 20 lbs while with him. He stuck around for a year hoping that I would lose the weight. I didn’t. His issue with my weight came to light this year…
He has been working out and into fitness for 35+ years and is very fit for his age. He is 16 years older than me. I am 37 and he is 53. Between him and me, he is a lot more fit than me. Only issue is that the guy eats whatever he wants and will not gain any weight.
He told me that the only reason why he wants me to lose the weight is for health reason. He wants both of us to be healthy for the rest of our lives. And he does worry about our future together because my weight could cause health issues in the future. He has been wanting to leave me for awhile due to the fact that he waited for a year for me to lose the weight and I didn’t… and he told me: he is not young anymore where he can afford to wait around for me to change because of our age difference. And I think that’s fair.
We did break up briefly this year. And got back together when he saw that I was making an effort with the weight loss. However, there’s this threatening undertone that he will only stay with me IF I continue to lose the weight.
I haven’t told him about the water fasting because of hurtful remarks he has made to me when I was dieting - I had a total meltdown once when he made a judgemental comment about my diet. I was on 500 calories a day and would load myself up with lots of veggies because I was so hungry - he was rude and said I was eating too much, despite fully knowing that I was on only 500 calories and going to the gym like a mad woman. After that meltdown, he learned his lesson to not say anything to me when it comes to dieting. I did drop some hints and asked him that if/when I do share my dieting technique with him that he does not judge or say anything mean as he does have a history of making judgmental comments and stuff when I did things that he didn’t understand. He told me he will not say a thing because he sees the results and will support me. I did drop a hint to him last night that I am fasting all day today. And he didn’t say anything.
My boyfriend told me that he honestly wants me to lose the weight for me, not for him. He also told me that he is fully aware that I am a very beautiful attractive woman and that he might lose me to someone else when I do lose the weight. He is just happy that he was the one to push me into a healthy lifestyle.
He generally just want me to be happy with myself and weight. From day one of being with him, I did voice my unhappiness with my weight with him. And it’s been a constant struggle for years. I look back on MyFitnessPal app and I have been this weight for more than 10 years. I have been unhappy with my weight and in hiding from the world for more than 10 years…
Just thinking a lot on whether I am losing the weight for him or myself: I believe that the weight loss was initially for him - to prove him wrong and that I could do it because he didn’t believe in me.
After much thought: I realized that I just want to lose the weight and see how I feel. Maybe I will gain more confidence to leave this relationship once and for all.
In one year from now, I want to see myself happy with my weight and body for once.
Maybe that’s why I am on here for support: I want to finally break free from that weight struggle for once. I want to finally be free…
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Start Weight: 182 lbs
Goal Weight: 150 lbs
June 7th Weight: 166 lbs
June 8th Weight: 164.6 lbs
June 9th Weight: 166.2 lbs
June 10th Weight: 160.6 lbs
June 11th Weight: 160.4 lbs
June 12th Weight: 162 lbs
June 13th Weight: 163.6 lbs
June 14th Weight: 162.2 lbs
June 15th Weight: 166.4 lbs
June 16th Weight: 167.8 lbs
June 17th Weight: 166.4 lbs
Down 1.4 lbs from yesterday.
Ate between 5-6pm yesterday. Started my fast again at 6pm yesterday. I am inadvertently doing OMAD without realizing it.
Seeing boyfriend today. He wants dinner with me. I am unsure what to do at this time. Most likely do OMAD today again. Might just eat one egg for dinner.
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@Van Thank you.
I hope this journey will help you get to know yourself better. It’s easy to fall into a comfortable routine with someone. Whether or not you decide to continue with him, it’s good to keep in mind - you have to be you because everyone else is taken. Be your authentic self in his presence. It can take a toll that you don’t realize to pretend because of insecurities or fears. (I don’t know her but your sister sounds smart).
I’m glad you found this forum so you have a support group. 
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Thanks @Miramar for your message 
I hope to find myself through this journey too. Very glad I found this forum.