Today is my 24th day of fast (out of 28 - I'm eating every Sunday).
I don't have an appetite at all. An idea that I may eat tomorrow is almost repulsive. But I'm weak and sluggish; too weak to walk my dog (I have to pay kids in the neighborhood, they are so cute, happy to have a 'summer job'). Fortunately, a grocery shop is only a mile away, otherwise it would be too dangerous to drive.
I also have a very nasty cough, two - three times per day. I suppose because I was a smoker at one point in my life, a long time ago. I can't say that I'm depressed but I'm certainly spaced out. I feel as if I'm in a twilight zone and the worst part is lack of concentration and boredom. Of course and guilt of not doing much of anything.
I'm looking forward to watching Olympics though. I'm sure that will help me to go through the next two weeks. It would be nice to reach 40 days. Probably impossible. (I'm starting to treat fast as my personal Olympics.) Anything just to put myself through.
I'm not sure what to do about tomorrow (Sunday), I will probably buy some oranges and make some orange juice, so that I don't deviate from the Plan. Last Sunday I tried Coke, it was awful, awful. Awful.
Otherwise, my skin feel much smoother, I would be dare to say that some wrinkles are gone, eyes are certainly brighter. I'm not sure about my weight, I still don't want to weigh myself. After all, it seems kind of irrelevant.
So much from me. I wish all best to all fasters. It would be nice to hear from Anfisa, hope we haven't lost her.
My how the time is flying but possibly not for you! You are doing so well keeping to your plan and I suspect that you'll reach 40 days as long as your body doesn't tell you that the time for fasting is over due to lack of reserves.
You're heading into deep cleansing territory so no telling what symptoms you may experience over the next 2 weeks. Your lack of appetite may be an indication that work is underway on the digestive system and it won't be able to process anything. Listen carefully to your body as its plan is more important than yours.
thanks for your wishes. I was thinking about that, too. I think I will just keep going with fasting. At this point eating would be so unnatural and weird. I will 'save' that one day for later if I may needed.
I'm confident that I will endure for the next two weeks; I can't read anything, hate TV, but Olympics is perfect. After that I'm not sure. And I'm afraid of that famous 'true hunger' feeling. It sounds to me as some kind of a mad person state when one completely lose control over himself.
It is quite scary. I worry whether I'll be tempted to eat my doggy's food. It is the only food in the house. As disgusting as that idea is. Especially, for a vegan such as myself. Will I run to my neighbor's kitchen and frantically sample her fridge. Or, if I successfully reach grocery store will I be able to control myself and to wait until I actually pay for it. It would be so embarrassing if not.
I'm wondering if there is any way to predict 'true hunger' before it actually comes (and take the best of me).
I didn't find much about it in the literature, except that it is formed in a throat. That doesn't explain much. Didn't find much on this forum either. So I would definitely appreciate your experience if you went through it.
Unfortunately, I've not had the pleasure myself. Mighty.Sun.Tzu is one who has had the experience although I so far haven't found his post where he describes it. Send him a PM and I'm sure that he'll be very happy to discuss this.
Last Sunday I was planning to eat only watermelon, but I ended up eating other fruits as well. Yesterday I didn't have any appetite, I thought I will skip this Sunday, but in the morning my appetite returned (!), so today was an eating day as planned; mostly fruit, tried some spinach but it was too heavy.
Definitely, Sundays are slowing down the healing process but that is what I want. However, because it is only one day break, no matter what I eat, I'm still in a partial ketosis. I found that Mondays are somewhat tough, but not significantly harder than other days. But at this point I know what to expect and how to deal with that. Fasting is skill, and as any skill requires some practice so don't get discourage if it doesn't work first time you try.
This 6/1 option is working well for me (so far) primarily because I have some time on my hands, and detoxification after years of binging is quite hard so these breaks help me through the process. And on Sundays I allow myself to eat whatever I want, but somehow I switch from potato and veggie burgers to fruit. And a quantity of food I can eat at one sitting significantly diminished. My taste buds definitely cleared up and my sense of smell became very (too) sensitive.
If I were not taking these breaks I would be afraid to fast longer than 20 days, this way I feel very comfortable to think about 40..., but who knows.
Thanks. I read (somewhere) that it takes 2 - 3 days for ketons to completely withdraw. This is why I limited my eating to only one day. Theoretically, on Monday I should still be in 1/2-2/3 ketosis. However, on Monday mornings my tongue is usually pink, instead of white, meaning that cleaning process has stopped. Usually it took the entire day to become white again. This last Monday it became whitish around early afternoon. So obviously ketosis 'recovery' was faster than before.
I have to admit, first two Mondays were 'hungry', perhaps because I binged (whatever I wanted) on Sundays. After that they became more or less as any other fasting day--as if my body 'learned' the pattern.
Before I started fast I was eating cheese for three days so on my first day of fast I was already in ketosis, without that I found an induction phase really hard. The fact is, even when you are in ketosis there are still hard moments and hours, it is just that you've already made some progress and it is harder and harder to give up.
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