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Answer

42m, 5’9, SW 180lbs, GW 160lbs

WEEK 1 (Sep 26-29)
32hrs in: 179.4lbs
56hrs: 178.1
80hrs: 177.2
104hrs: 175.4

WEEK 2 (Oct 3-6)
32hrs in: 176.5lbs
56hrs: 175.2
80hrs: 174.1
104hrs: 177.6? (I did break down and have two pickles last night 10hrs before the end of my planned breakfast, but I would be shocked if that caused me to retain 3lbs of water…weird)

I’m planning to do rolling 4 day fasts (104hrs per week, really) for 6 weeks - this is the end of the 2nd week and I’ll be back at it on Monday. Hopefully I can make it all six weeks, at which point I will scale back to 3 days a week until I hit my goal weight. I’m guessing 2 days a week will be needed to maintain the weight loss.

Edit: oh yeah, I got a booster shot and flu shot yesterday, so the added weight is also probably due to my immune response?