Would love to have a partner through this.
I'm looking to do a 14 day fast, but this being my first extended fast I plan to listen to my body to see how far I can go.
F/21/5'3" CW: 148lbs GW: 117lbs
GOAL LOSS DURING THE FAST - 25lbs
We can exchange pictures and stats. I'd figure it'd be nice to keep each other motivated and accountable. Also, no harm in gaining a friend through this. Let me know if anyone's interested :)
UPDATE 3/6/18; Starting my fast today. I'm going to try my best to stick to water only for the first 3 days, but if I get any headaches (which I tend to get when I don't eat - from consuming too much sugar) then I'm going to eat a keto diet with a caloric restriction of 1200 kcals. As of this morning I'm feeling pretty hungry, but I practiced OMAD yesterday so my tum is pretty empty. I know that after the 4th day I'll start to feel great.
**To keep me motivated I'm taking myself on a shopping spree once I drop the weight. I've been needing some new clothes for work and street wear for a while, but having the extra weight on me has made shopping discouraging. I grab a S to try on in the fitting room and it doesn't fit. I'm still not used to it. So once I'm back down to my regular size 2/4 I'm revamping my entire wardrobe. I'm also buying some new bikinis for the lake this year. I can't wait.
UPDATE DAY 2 3/8/118 9:18AM; I feel great. Honestly, still feeling extremely optimistic. I got on the scale yesterday at the end of the day and weight 145lbs. THIS MORNING; 141lbs. That's exciting and really rewarding for me. Even if it's just water weight right now, the fast results have me excited. I woke up pretty dehydrated in the middle of the night (I normally wake up through out the night) and I got a little light headed while in the steaming hot shower this morning. But all in all, I'm doing great. I'm drinking my first water bottle of the day with 2 tsps of ACV, and I've been drinking La Croix when I have food cravings. But I still feel great. I'm excited to see how far I can push myself as well as experience the emotional and mental detox symptoms as well.
My tongue was coated white last night and this morning, so I'm assuming that my detox process is starting... I don't know.
UPDATE 3/9/18 9:O5AM; DAY 3 - I slept really well last night. Like a really nice deep sleep from about 9pm - 6:45am. It was great. I definitely am feeling more tired today. My head and my neck are slightly achey. But for the most part I'm doing fine. I decided to supplement with some pink himalayan salt today. And that helped perk me up a bit.
Yesterday I was having a lot of cravings for food. Today not at all, I can think about food but I don't want it, not the way I did yesterday. I have weighed myself yet today. I purchased a new scale from Amazon and I'll wait til that comes in to do so.
**All of you who are doing this fast along with me, feel free to post your updates below as well :) I'd love to hear about them!
UPDATE DAY 4 3/10; Still feeling great. Last night I had a slight fever, but it went away. Tongue has thick white coating. I need to up my water intake, as I've been feeling slightly dehydrated. But all the girls I've been keeping in touch with during my fast have been great and are really helping to keep me motivated. I still have this incredibly optimistic and positive attitude over my entire outlook on life. I'm really excited, I ordered a new digital scale and it comes in today so I'll update my weight progress. I'm really hoping to be in the mid 130lbs range.
I'll post all progress pictures at the end.
This fast has made me realize how much I love food. Not in an unhealthy way, but I just genuinely enjoy good food and eating. After I start eating solid foods again I don't plan to restrict myself from the things I want. I will just always find healthier alternatives for them, or healthier ways to eat them. And training after this fast, I just plan to build more and more muscle and up my caloric intake along the way, because I find that I really don't like the idea of restricting myself. Natacha Oceane's videos on youtube are really informative and break down this process. I plan to build so much muscle that I can eat a daily intake of 2100+ kcal. It'll take some time, but fitness is a journey and a lifestyle. I'm still definitely getting a double double protein style with extra cheese and animal style fries once I start eating solid foods again.
UPDATE; DAY 5&6; Day 5 weight: 138.6; Day 6 weight: 136.4
Day 5 - The best day along my journey so far. I woke up feeling incredible. I felt like usual. There was no fatigue, no lightheadedness at all, if I went for a hike I wouldn't have been winded at all. However I decided to relax in bed and watch movies. Let my body rest.. Towards the end of the night I started to get the acid reflux burning sensation in the back of my throat. I drank some La Croix and downed some water, and that helped with it some.
I woke up that night around 12:01 from dehydration and texts from my friend, hoped on the scale just for shits and giggles and came in at 136.6! I was elated.
DAY 6 - This morning, I took my progress pictures, my stomach has completely flattened out and I'm starting to be able to see my collarbones again, and you can see the difference in my arms. I weighed in at 136.4 so I metabolized 0.2 lbs in 7 hours. I can't wait til I get into the 120's. At this rate I really think I could reach my ultimate goal of a 30 lb loss by the 20th - which will be my last day of fasting. I'm elated. Lukasz is starting his vegan diet today and knowing that I have someone participating with me makes me all the more motivated. I'm very lucky to have someone so supportive in my life.
I feel good today, almost identical to how I felt yesterday, slightly tired. But that's okay. I bought a [this](https://www.princesspolly.com/poppy-playsuit) romper yesterday to wear once I'm done and it's in my size before I put on the weight a 4. I'm really excited about it. I can't wait to shop more and more. I never wanted to buy new clothes before because of how they looked on my body. I plan to start this 8 week yoga program to tighten up. I really need to work on building up core strength and upper body strength. Also incorporating HIIT workouts 5 days out of the week. Doing this has exercised my discipline and I plan to carry that through out everything else I do in life.
DAY 7 UPDATE: 3/13 9:08 am Weight: 135.6lbs
The progress pictures are getting better and better. And I still feel absolutely incredible. Slight headache because yesterday I didn't take my electrolytes (couldn't find them, came to work with out them). I put on my favourite pair of jeans today and could actually fit in them!!! I still have about 15lbs-16lbs of fat that could be metabolized, but I'm finally starting to look and feel like myself again. I'm elated. I got really good deep sleep last night. And I'm experiencing the weird vivid dreams that everyone keeps talking about. It's great. My body just keeps feeling better and better.
I bought some hair vitamins off amazon to start taking once I begin eating again to combat "hair loss" I don't think that my hair will fall out, but I've be wanting it to be thicker in general recently. I was extremely stressed at the end of Jan/ beginning of February and that contributed to some shedding at that time. But I'm feeling much better now, and my life is definitely improving and leveling out. I feel so incredibly good! I never want to lose this feeling. I'm starting to think I want to begin eating a mostly plant based diet and eat meat as a treat to keep up this incredible feeling. I always found than an overload of meat and dairy products would make me feel bad. But man, if I can feel this good just fasting I may incorporate this into my normal routine.
I can't wait to hit my goal wait. 134lb is going to be 15lb, I really believe that I'll hit my goal of a 30lb loss by the 20th. :))))
I'm so happy guys, this journey is incredible and thank you for all that have been keeping up with me and messaging me, you guys are motivating me all the more <3
DAY 8 3/14 10:00AM
WEIGHT: 133.8LBS
I've developed a rash on my chest. It's pretty small, not itching. I've been doing research on rashes while fasting and "keto rash" and some people same it's a sign of detox. Some say it's you biol spilling into your blood stream. I don't know what to believe the internet is full of psuedo-doctors. I still feel okay, feeling a bit more fatigue today. But I still have energy and I still feel fine. I wanted this to be a 14 day fast, but I'm going to make it a 9 day one. And I will be breaking on Friday. Starting with some bone broth, to introduce healthy bacteria back into the gut and then building my way back up. I plan to stay in ketosis. I'm going to eat pizza this weekend, but I think I'm going to make a keto one with zucchini crust; And do my best to stick to fats, proteins, and whole foods. I'm not placing too much pressure on myself to stick to a set diet, but I do want results. And fasting has brought me the fastest results. I finally feel like myself again. I definitely feel like I'm experiencing symptoms of an emotional detox today. I plan to meditate on all 3 of my breaks to bring piece of mind. Things just feel a little heavy today. When in the previous 7 days my head felt light and wonderful.
DAY 9 10:58am
WEIGHT: 133.0
So weight loss has slowed but I'm very happy with my progress. I recognize my body again and I'm so proud of myself for embarking on this journey.
I'm breaking tonight, with some Chicken Bone Broth. I think I'm going to try to have some spinach for breakfast tomorrow morning, and then attempt to eat keto based at my lunch meeting tomorrow, and then for dinner my SO and I will be going to try vegan burgers. I think I should be just fine. It's all about portion control and limiting my carbs and building my stomach back up.
I still feel good. Slight headache this morning and my hives are progressing, so I decided to break a few hours earlier than I originally planned. Also , I think my body is signally to me that it's time to end the fast. My stomach has been growling to and the hunger has returned, as well as the rash appearing, and the headaches, I think my body is trying to tell me that it wants carbs.
133 is a far ways away form 149 and the next 15lbs will come off with ease and I just shift my lifestyle to one that's more active.
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3/6 11:28am I’m about going about 23 hours fasted at this point. I’m feeling hungry. Like I could easily go grab a small snack from the vending machine at work. I’m contemplating if I should coax myself into keto with food first or if I should keep on strictly water.Tonight I’m making dinner for my SO, it’s a paleo version of Tikka Masala - cauliflower rice, chicken, on a bed of lettuce. I could eat that and be on a keto diet. I don’t know. I could go the rest of the day with out food. But rn, some tea sounds really god.