Veronica's Journal

With pleasure! I’ll start by saying that I’m very surprised to notice that I don’t miss hot beverage in the morning… I haven’t missed it during my previous fast either. And that’s coming from a girl that l-o-v-e-s her coffee with 35% cream in the morning so much that my usual morning routine is orchestrated around it (strong coffee right after I wake up, flavored coffee when I put my makeup on). I tried having hot tap water before fasting and I enjoyed it so I’ll resort to that if I do miss a warm drink. Here’s how I usually drink my water:

500 ml of tap water right when I wake up. I’m at day 4 now and haven’t put Himalayan salt yet but I will have the same drink with the salt in it in a couple of days.

I pump my marvelous soda stream and bring my carbonated water bottle to work and I’ll be drinking it until it’s empty (approximately 800 ml) and then fill with tap water.

When I arrive home I either will have salt water, tap or carbonated. It depends on what I feel like. I stop drinking a few hours before bed just to prevent waking up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. Those blissful uninterrupted sleep nights are rare but so precious!

So this is just a blueprint of how I drink during the day. It will vary depending on my mood. In my previous fast I tried apple cider vinegar but it wasn’t working for me and actually causing acid reflux.

I don’t feel empty but I do experience occasional stomach growls, but less and less!

Hope tomorrow will be a good day for you, mine was okay, I will update my journal later :blush:

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Sure! It means Missing In Action. In other words, I’ve been away for a while :wink:

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Day 4 complete of my water fast

  • Weight this morning: 183.9 lbs
  • Weight loss so far: 8.1 lbs
  • Goal weight for this fast: 175 lbs
  • Ideal weight: 150 lbs

Today was an okay day. I had trouble sleeping yesterday until 3 AM.

So I woke up just a few hours of sleep and feeling a bit on another planet but quickly got my zen back. It was my first day back to work and I was all smiles and determined to keep my zen. I went to see one of the teams I’m leading to have our daily meeting and my zen dropped to the floor. They were complaining about so many things, and people… I won’t get into it but I’m having issues with this team. They are not taking any responsabilities and are in a state of constant blame. It was draining before the vacation and, well, still the same as it appears. I took my zen back, took a coaching posture and asked them what they could do about this? What do they suggest, etc. And quickly made my way out. They are a self organizing team and I wasn’t going to play superhero or a mom to them and school them. So there I was, 9h30 and clinging to keep my zen.

I think I succeeded but I’m definately aware of what’s stressing me out at work. I can lead countless meetings, facilitate all the discussions in the world, plan like a mad machine, train, coach, mentor, teach. But when people are pointing fingers and not taking responsability and talking as if they are the only one working in the whole organization it’s driving me insane. I’m aware of it and I will keep incubating about this. I may find a strategy or confide in a mentor or something.

Not too hungry today, not cold, no leg cramps… crazy! The only thing is on my way from work I was obsessing about pasta and beans. I kept thinking about them. I took the bus home because I wanted to preserve my energy and basically went to the store and held a package of dry pasta in my hands. I looked at it for a while (I’m beyond caring about looking weird or people staring at me, yay aging!) but then I put it back, took a big breath in and came home.

So I stuck to my guns but today was definately a day filled with stress. I’m feeling it and on the sunny side of it all it allows me to pinpoint what are the root causes of my stress.

Tomorrow is another day!
Sending my love to all of you, stay strong! :fire::orange_heart::fire:

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You have my sympathy. It’s the reason I always reverted back to coding because at the end of the day I could always point to something and say I built that. Unless it was a troubleshooting situation with a clear deliverable and a deadline, I stayed out of management situations.

Anyway, good job :+1: at staying mentally strong. Stressful environments were #3 on the causes of why people fail to reach their fasting goals. One of the reasons I admire you and Yasmine for completing your previous fasts is because Anna and myself control our environments and work mainly solitarily.

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Thank you so much! I always say that my deliverables are motivated productive teams. So yes, not quite tangible is it hehehe! I absolutely understand the feeling of saying ‘‘I did that’’. Unfortunately I can’t have that satisfaction. Maybe I’ll find a hobby that could fulfill this. I’ll think about it :wink:

Thank you for reading me and encouraging me. It means so much :innocent:! All the best and I will definately try that foam rolling when I get to phase 2 :slight_smile: !

I need some role models and reading you all inspires me. I will try go replicate what you do with regards to water. My husband looked at my perrier fizzy water yesterday and said I am drinking junk. Well maybe I am. He is slim I am not. I find the Fizz in sparkling spring water FILLS ME UP. I got them on offer yesterday st LIDL and hidden a bagful under the kitchen table so he doesn’t have another health/junk hissy fit about my fizzy water.

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Fizzy water is the bomb for me as well! So Perrier is junk? Is he contusing it with soda pop? I did a lot of research on mineral / carbonated water and found no evidence that it was bad for our health. I wonder why it seems like he’s triggered by you taking control of yourself… Maybe there is a control issue? Maybe he’s scared of seeing you change? Just a thought. He should zip it and buy you a soda stream! :wink: Stay strong! I’ve been drinking Perrier, San Pelligrino and all these wonderful sparkling waters and I’m perfectly healthy. Now I’m just drinking from my machine, it’s super delicious and it’s echo friendly (no more wasting of countless water bottles).

I’m happy that you find inspiration here! Reading you inspires me as well! I’m rooting for you :innocent:

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Yeah defo a lot of plastic I am on my 3rd bottle of Perrier and could pee for england!:grinning:

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Thanks for answering my questions!!

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Anytime my dear, it’s a pleasure!

Ha ha ha yeah I should tell him to put a sock in it…I did actually ask him to buy me a soda stream yesterday and this morning I opened the door to a delivery for a Breville smoothie blender he brought me so thanks for the inspiration for me to ask him. Really didn’t think that would happen but I can see it will be healthy as its a family one so good for kids too. Will try to post some pics of it later and do some experiments with it :grinning:

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@Cream35

You ok? Haven’t heard from you in a couple of days…

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Yes hope you are ok Veronica😀

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Hi my dear! Yes I’m okay thank you so much! Life and especially work have been crazy these past few days. I will update my journal tonight. Hope you are doing well too :blush:

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That is so sweet of you. I’m doing okay. I’ve been caught up in a whirlwind at work and it’s pretty crazy. I’ll update tonight. I hope you are doing well too! All the best :heart:

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That’s great! On a forum like this …I suppose we all worry that we are all ok, as we are in the digital world and fasting and there are risks…oh me and my worry brain lol!!! :grinning: Its being a mum thats whats done it for me! Hope work is ok and you are too …x

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