I am feeling okay/good this morning. I went to bed early, slept well all night, and woke up a little after the sun rose. My energy level is normal and I don't feel dehydrated. Although there is the now-expected ugly coating of Ama on my tongue, I am used to that. Ketone sticks didn't show ketosis, but it usually takes my body a few days to transition. My body is the opposite of fat-adapted LOL; that is, it holds on to weight and fat like money to a greedy American CEO. The scales claims I am a couple of pounds down, which heartens me, even though it's only water weight. From one of Megan's articles or videos https://thefastingmethod.com/ I gained an understanding about realistic expectations for FAT loss during fasting. Women lose about .25 lbs. during a 36-hour fast, which increases with time.
Week 1: .25 lbs. per 36-hr. fasting day Week 4-6: 1 lb. loss per 36-hr. fasting day Week 6 and beyond: .5 lb. loss per 36-hr. fasting day 7 days of fasting (168 hrs.)/36 hrs. = 4.7 fasting days = 1.2 lbs. fat loss as an average. At other times I've heard that about half of the weight lost during an extended fast is water. Many people with a lot of weight to lose will lose 1 lb. per day. That is not very encouraging to me, since I don't have much to lose and find it difficult to lose weight unless I water fast for longer periods. Yet, watching numerous YouTube videos by people who only need to lose about 40 or 50 lbs., they show pictorial evidence of losing about 1 lb. each day, and gain about 5 or so back when they refeed. These examples are from those who complete 21-day water fasts. Their decrease in body size is pretty remarkable, and that's what I want! I've seen that very obese people will lose 20-30 lbs during this time. I don't know why I'm fixating on this; I suppose it's in the hope that I will see the numbers on my scale drop significantly this time. I am determined to make it 10 days, and if I'm feeling good by day 7, then I plan on 14. If I'm still feeling good on Day 10, then I'll head toward 21 days. I've found I need to plan it a few days in advance: when I've felt crummy and plan to break the fast, I go ahead and do that, even though I begin to see improvement within the next two days. I'm confident in my ability to handle the hunger growls now, and I know to take 1-2 tsp. of Himalayan salt each day to keep fatigue at bay. The challenge during this fast will be the emotional aspects. I really want to face the banshee that haunts --and has for years-- my relationship to food. I also need to do some Adulting and decide what to do over the next few months in relation to work and where to relocate and such, and then self-propel with action steps and move forward: move back into life, whatever that may be after this Coronanity ends (or becomes a New Way of Life). I've started a list of areas that cause me stress (stressed because I have not wanted to look at these issues, make decisions related to them, nor act), so now it's time to ponder, decide, act. This will eliminate a lot of stress that is subsumed by daily life or which I simply ignore, but that slowly eats at me, and then I eat to dull the fear. My Big Reason for longer fasting is to remove all that blocks me from facing these issues: life issues and relationship to food/eating. During an EF, my body not only cleanses itself, but my mind becomes clear and many emotional toxins are released. All the thoughts that get in my way surface, and I can no longer ignore and procrastinate. I intend to face all of this head-on this time. With food out of the way, it will be both harder and easier. I'm going to begin re-reading The Transformational Power of Fasting, by Stephen Harrod Buhner. There I can find tools to help me move deeply into the fears I want to face, the habits I want to change, and gain tools and strength to do both!
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Gina is...surprised it is 2020! Holy crap when did that happen! Archives
December 2020
Categories
All
|