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!

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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!

Poor you @110challenge is there anything you can do to relax?

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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!

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!

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.

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.

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!

77 hours is awesome!