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Checking in after long time no see. Sugar monster has me feeling like Hansel and Gretel.
I keep reminding myself of that story when I look at sugars.
Anyways, been lowering my carbs steadily and playing around with it. Have come to the conclusion that I do best on <10 grams of carbs. Which is what my goal was at before. I was hoping to go up to 20 grams of carbs, but... that failed miserably. 10 grams or less is my magic number.
I'm currently fasting and am over 27 hours into it. I'm aiming for a 72 hour fast, but will be satisfied with over 36 hours. I will end my fast where it feels natural. Keep on fasting on!
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Let us know how you get on @mcpostelle I haven't dared to go beyond 36 hours, but I'm not sure why - the mental game I suppose.0
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I'm currently at about 39 hours into my fast. You're right, @totaloblivia, it is absolutely a mental game. I'll probably break my fast later this afternoon or this evening. I love not having to think about what I'm going to eat.0
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I just completed my second 72 hour fast and this one was very easy, effortless. I no avoid the HWC in my coffee and usually drink it back, but when I fast I only take black coffee, water and tea, maybe some bone broth. I felt good, no hunger and wasn't really hungry when I ate supper tonight, but figured I'd eat. I am right into a 48 hour fast which started right after supper tonight, so planning to eat on Sunday at supper. We'll see how i do. My weight had gone up a bit, so this fast has gotten rid of that, but I;m back where I was a couple of weeks ago. So I need another fast in order to get weight loss happening again.0
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Ok, 48 hr fast is on hold. My daughter made a snack at Midnight that was too yummy to pass up. She fried chickpeas in olive oil then seasoned them and they were amazing. So I ate a few of those, too many carbs though, so I also had a few pork rinds with cream cheese to even things off, then went to bed.
Well, I also skipped my magnesium, so had severe foot cramps during the night, accompanied my dizziness and nausea. I thought I was going to pass out.
So my strategy changed for today, and I ate a whole avocado to bring up my potassium, had salt and will have a big serving of Natural Calm before bed, and hope for the best.
So I'll likely do another extended fast during the week instead. I've just got to be flexible and listen to my body. No new weight loss, but I'm back to my low weight again, hurray.0 -
@Kitnthecat Life happens! Well done on your 72 hr fast.
Mentally, I'm not ready for longer than 36hrs - I need a good reason to get me to do it. Maybe if I get to the week before Christmas and haven't reached my goal of 167 lbs by then (because it would be just under 12stone - my next milestone which I would like to reach by Christmas), then I would try a longer fast.
How much weight do you lose over 48 or 72 hrs?0 -
I fasted 48 hours last Wed-Fri. My weight went down about 2.5 lbs immediately but then right back up to where I started. 4 days later, and it hasn't budged. Very frustrated.0
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@ChoiceNotChance I'm sure it will come off next week - I think Dan says this happens to him regularly and it comes off the next week.0
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3 lbs off this week, including my 1lb I put back on last week. Really pleased, just 2lbs to go to my Christmas goal weight!0
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Congratulations @totaloblivia. That's fantastic! Can I ask, how many calories do you eat each day- or if you even count calories??0
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Nice!!!!! I'm 4 lbs away from my Christmas goal. Was feeling great about it as my fasts usually drop around 3 lbs, but this week I only lost 1. So I might not make it.0
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I'm 9 lbs from my Christmas goal. I've recovered from thanksgiving, but am going to do another 72 hour fast. I do drink coffee with HWC when I fast. It helps me keep the fast and not feel deprived.0
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totaloblivia wrote: »3 lbs off this week, including my 1lb I put back on last week. Really pleased, just 2lbs to go to my Christmas goal weight!
I am not great at sticking to calories. My goal is 1500 a day but usually eat around 1800 which is more like maintenance. So the fasting is key for my weight loss!0 -
UGH cortisol strikes again. The next 3 months are going to be insane for me at work (tax season) and it seems that any time I go over 50 hours/week I don't lose. Nervous I'm not going to lose for months. I'm UP this week.0
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Poor you @110challenge is there anything you can do to relax?0
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I'm trying - doing crafts with the kids today (star wars snowflakes for me, colouring for them!) but not really a lot of downtime. Kids are 1.5 and 3.5, husband works weekends, and all this food prep and cleaning take a ton of time. Real life is getting in the way of my weight loss
I dont get it though, 45-46 hours is my norm and I lose fine most weeks, but up it just 4-5 hours and I GAIN?!? I'm working way too hard to not see results! 0 -
110challenge wrote: »I'm trying - doing crafts with the kids today (star wars snowflakes for me, colouring for them!) but not really a lot of downtime. Kids are 1.5 and 3.5, husband works weekends, and all this food prep and cleaning take a ton of time. Real life is getting in the way of my weight loss I dont get it though, 45-46 hours is my norm and I lose fine most weeks, but up it just 4-5 hours and I GAIN?!? I'm working way too hard to not see results!
Hopefully it will whoosh off after the stressful time is passed. You must be exhausted with small kids etc. Plus December is such a busy month outside of work....my kids are older (11 & 9) but I feel I am always running to some event they are in. Having a work life balance fail right now!0 -
Hello All!!!!
I successfully completed my first 60 hour fast the other day. Felt great, amazing can't believe i did it. I lost 4 pounds, regained 2.2. I am on hour 35 of my second longer fast. I'm down 1 pound so far. I'm 3 pounds away from my Christmas goal so that makes me happy. I wish I had a blood ketone meter to check ketone level but I have to use glucose and the urine strips as a judge. Glucose was 67 and 74 this morning yeah I did it twice. Funny though for the longest time I've had nothing on the strips but this morning they were almost instantaneously dark. Maybe I just had excess since it was first thing this morning. Oh well.
Carry on!!
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Totally what I'm expecting (one huge loss once it calms down). Plus side... I tried on some old size 16 jeans this morning AND THEY FIT. So water fasting is definitely still working for me, even if the scale isnt moving
I think I'll try to get to bed at a better time this week too, as I find even sneaking a Saturday nap can result in large losses for me.
Thinner - WOW - 60 hours! Nice. I'm tempted to try similar, just out of curiosity more than seeing how much more aggressive my losses could be. My weekend fasts end up at 46ish hours because I'm one meal a day (eat Friday night, don't eat again until Sunday night), and I feel pretty good still at that point. Hubby doesnt like that I water fast though, I feel like adding more time is going to push his patience.0 -
@110challenge My husband doesn't mind when I fast as it means he can eat whatever he likes in the evening. He is totally fed up with keto-type eating as he says it's too meat and dairy heavy. I tend to go upstairs when he's cooking and eating though when I'm fasting or the smells make me hungry - or go for a walk. He might get fed up if he cooked for himself two days in a row though. Well done on the jeans!0
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Well I shot for a 24 hour fast today and only made it to 22. I'm OK with it, though a bit disappointed.
I just didn't like the way I felt... hard to explain.
I have not felt the energy I normally feel (might be lingering respiratory crud) and even though I'm staying well within my calorie and carb goal I have found myself hungry.
I've been tempted to pick up a blood ketone monitor and some strips.0 -
@nicintime I think you did the right thing. I sometimes feel weird after a fast, ie after I've started to eat again but it's not anything that's easy to put into words. Is it electrolytes do you think?0
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It certainly could be electrolytes - most days I drink boullion, which is about 2.5 grams of salt - yesterday I did not. I'm more inclined to go with the nagging respiratory thing. Still staying on plan, so it's all good. Thanks!0
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77 hours into fasting and feeling a~mazing! I really like not stressing over meal prep, but anticipation for that juicy ribeye is building. Congrats to you all! 22 hours is still a long time to fast. 0
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77 hours is awesome!0
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Lost another 2 lbs (it was 3lbs on the scale, but I generally assume some bounce-back). Desperately trying to get back to where I was before Christmas! Am using DietBet to keep me motivated - I am surely not going to lose $35! Not sure if I will stick in another fast per week - last week I did two 36hr fasts, but didn't appear to lose from the second one. Plus I have a long drive and potentially difficult meeting tomorrow morning, but maybe I'll be more alert if I fast for it!
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Awesome Total!0
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