- Day 5 by YoungLady
18 y
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Blog: Fasting for Weight Loss & Psoriasis Healing
Woke up at 2:30 pm after stayng up late to write that international finance paper. I'm feeling drowsy right now, probably due to not enough sleep and eating that dinner last night. I'm also experiencing the whole guilt thing that was bound to come up at some point. I had to weigh in this morning to see the "damage", and sure enough, up to 148 I was. I know most of that is caused by the bloat the dinner caused me (carbs and all), and right now I just want to go to the gym and exercise it off.
I'm also wondering whether adding a probiotic vit. E supplement would be bad during fasting. It would have some calories and one of the articles I posted said that the body converts to ketosis after the third day of fasting, so I assume if you ingest calories you will only impede the ketosis and more muscle will be used for burning...I wish I could read Dr. Furhman's book on fasting, I have his "Eat to live", but not the fasting book, and I believe he explains this point.
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- Ketosis by hopinso
18 y
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The main thing that will keep you from entering into ketosis is ingesting carbohydrates. Carbs break down into glucose, the basic fuel for the body. As long as the body has access to a form of glucose it will not completely kick into ketosis, but it may continue to break down muscle. The probiotic you mentioned would probably not cause you problems.
Water fasting is extremely difficult, and stress will make it more difficult. If you feel that you must eat something, try sticking with raw fruits and vegetables. They are low calorie, provide essential nutrients, have fiber to help you feel full, and their more complex nature will not break down and release sugar in your system. IF you can keep some apples, oranges, watermelon and grapes handy you can have a sweet treat without destroying your diet. As you continue to do fasting days and eat a healthy raw diet your body will gently cleanse and water fasting will become easier. Perhaps most importantly for you, you will continue to lose weight instead of having it yo-yo back and forth.
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