06/16 - 197.00 (OMAD Day 81) [ -48.00 lbs ] 36g Carbs 30 HOUR FAST
A little bit bigger bounce than what I have seen in the past but still nothing to be concerned about. I was wondering if I was just going to bypass the 197's all together. I got the question answered today.

I am at hour 24 of a 30 hour fast at the moment. When I reach 30 at 1:00 PM or so I will end it with a "go to" meal with a possibility of swapping the sardines for some sashimi. We shall see how that turns out.

My plans at this time would be to follow this 30 hour fast with at least one 24 hour fast and possibly 2 but we will see IF things are progressing in the right direction. What do I mean by IF, well I literally follow a decision tree that looks like this.

>>>>> IF after today's 30 hour fast for instance I continue back down and then do the same after the 24 hour fast the following day I would consider yet another 24 hour fast before engaging in the next 42 hour fast (aka extended fast).

>>>>> IF however after my first 24 hour fast I start climbing and giving away some of the losses from the last 42 hour fast, I will immediately deploy the next 42 hour fast.

I feel this is why it is so important that I weigh every day. In the past by now I would been stuck in at least one or more plateaus for long periods of time. My answer this time around is to "shake things up" which translates to adding in extended fasts. I know they sound horrible, after all who wants to eat less than they already are but make no mistake they work.

I believe that if I want success in this as quickly as possible, and after all who doesn't want that, I really need to be adjusting and reacting to what I am seeing on a daily basis. For me in the past these long periods of not losing anything or worst yet bouncing back up and down, just chipped away at my confidence level which ultimately lead to me giving up. I have changed my approach this time and so far anyway it has paid nice dividends.

06/17 - 196.80 (OMAD Day 82) [ -48.20 lbs ] 0g Carbs 24 HOUR FAST
Heading back down in the right direction, just .40 away from my recent low off of the last 42 hour extended fast. I will have another "go to" meal today in hopes of either staying the same or a bonus would be to get even .20 closer to the low. Either way I am set up nicely tomorrow for the next extended fast where I would expect to take out 196 and register something in the 195's. I am traveling 7 hours so I have to consider that as well. This will be a game time decision immediately after check in tomorrow.

Just as a side note, one thing I have noticed that has happened as a result of this way of living over the past 82 days is that I have somehow gravitated to waking up earlier and becoming more of a morning person. It is not uncommon now for me to awake at 5:30 AM and be ready for the day. Contrast that to before where I would find it hard to get up naturally by 8:00 or 8:30 and more often had to rely on my alarm clock to get me up. I want to believe some of this is due to the reduced carbohydrates in my day to day life but I think too some of it is due to the fasting. Either way it is a nice side effect that I welcome in my life.