Thanks. I wish you all luck.

Hi,

Sorry for confusion. I went through only one 21-7-21 fasting session. First 21 days were easy, except for the initial 3-4 days which were pure (PURE) HELL. Every single cell in my body screamed for food. I felt that my brain and body were bursting, attacking me both at the same time, trying to trick me to eat: at least a little bit of a juicy peach, or a tiny slice of a bread crust, etc. (Things that usually turned to a binge.) I had a HUGE emotional breakdown and felt like the miserabli-est mess in the world and cried and cried … you’ve got a picture.

On the fourth or fifth day I woke up in a morning very balanced and peaceful, without any trace of hunger or any mental desire to eat. And this is how I felt for the rest of those 21 days. I was easily able to fast longer than 21 days, but I didn’t went through a medical supervision--my doctor would think that I’m crazy--so mentally, I was not comfortable to go further without a break.

During those 7 days of the break, I wanted to stay in ketosis, so was careful not to go over 15 grams of carbs. First 2-3 days I was juicing veggie and eating salads and eventually a serving of canned sardines (I know, it was wrong but I craved them) and cooked salmon. I didn’t touch fruit or anything sugary and didn’t have need for it. Through all that time I didn’t use any minerals, vitamins or cleaning stuff except enema on the first few days. I had a few bowel movements during the break, not particularly unpleasant.

When I started the second 21-days-part I was wishing I didn’t stop on the first place. Beginning was hard, but the hardest part was the last week when I was very, very weak and I was mostly spending days in a bed trying to read or sleep, couldn’t do neither.

When I started this adventure, I was somewhere between 200 and 210 pounds. (I was so frustrated with my weight that I didn’t want to weigh myself). And when I finally stepped on a scale I was 159, so I lost 40 to 50 pounds, maybe even more.

So, once I finalized that 21/7/21 adventure I took things slowly. To tell the truth, I attempted to fast a few times but it was too much for me. However, I was able to function and feel ok on a very small amount of food. I lost any desire for junk and very often I ate only once a day. I lost additional 20 pounds in approximately 5 months. That was not bad, but still having 15-20 pounds to go I kind of lost patience. So in March, I undertook 2 weeks fast and I finally lost those last, stubborn 15 pounds. March-fast was not as hard, it was kind of routine. I’m now fluctuating between 120 and 125 pounds, which is more than fine.

Two things that I learned on this forum and I found very useful are: not to drink water unless you are thirsty and to drink warm water if you have heartburn. As you probably already know, no one agrees regarding activity level, so I applied whatever fitted me: when I was out bursting with energy I went to gym when I was weak I stayed in bed. I didn’t work at that time, but having some family obligations I was driving in average 40 miles per day, walking a dog, painting a bedroom, doing housework and similar.

My diet before fasting was pure junk, $20-$30 of pure junk per day. I had very stressful 60-70 hours per week job so in addition, I was flooding myself with gallons of latte and diet coke.

Allan Cott said in his book that fasting compared to diets gives another perspective on the food and that--more than anything else--was the truth for me. Somewhere during the fast it happened that eating chocolate became as undesirable as chewing a shoe (a dirty shoe). Hard to believe, but this is how my body and everything in me feel. I think that being overweight is not a matter of discipline or character but just being on the wrong side of the perspective or the ‘switch’. Some people may achieve that through dieting, I needed to fast and I’m very glad that I did it.

I hope I answered your questions. I wish you so much to succeed.

Anne

Thanks.

I couldn't believe that my stomach shrinked so nicely. At one point it was over 50", now is the half of it without any loose skin. I did occasionally apply some body creme, but as we know, those things never work anyway.

My arms (I was wearing my weight in the upper part of the body) are not perfect, as they were in my 20-ties, but I'm ok wearing sleeveless dress. I lost 7" of fat in each arm and now I have 1/2 of inch of lose skin; I think that is a very decent result.

My breasts, of course need lift, but that would happened anyway. The best things happened with my face, I lost a double chin with absolutely no hanging skin. The entire face is much tighter and pores are much smaller. Fasting worked better than any chemical peel. It is just amazing.

Thanks. It is a good feeling.

I'm having seafood 2-3 times per week, juicing veggie and berries every morning, doing my own sprouts for salads. I'm still little cautious about fruit. In that frame I'm trying to be as flexible as I can. But of course, Sugar and any processed food is out of question.

That is a very good point; ‘the Biggest Loser’ can’t be more awful; people are needlessly tortured just to have ‘a good TV’.

But even worse, we are all brainwashed with these type of information which serves only (so called) ‘medical’, ‘losing weight’ and other industries.

For example, it is sad that none of my friends, not even the closest one, know how I lost weight. I mentioned once going through the weekend without food and for a month I was getting ‘how desperate, dangerous and stupid was that’ feedback.
And recently I’ve heard, from the friend of mine who happened to be MD, the ‘scientifically statement’ that is ‘impossible for a woman of my age (48) to have such a tiny waist (24) without having a liposuction. I just don’t want to admit it’. She really believes that,(although she may be a little jealous as well).

So, getting back to your point, I realized as well, all those ‘experts’ and their ‘solutions’ have only one purpose: to make more money out of someone else’s misery. Understandable, because if they really offer a solution, they would be, very soon, out of business. And who does want that?