Photo credit and additional info on autophagy: http://www.tanpaku.org/autophagy/ TWO victories today: I made it past the 8 1/2 day hurdle and I've lost 13 lbs.! Whoo Hoo! My weight has officially returned to number it was when I left China last year! Whoo! Also good: job opportunities are on the horizon and I've experienced a lot of healing in the past 5 months-emotionally and physically! This fast has differed from my last fast(s) in many ways. My skin looks a little rougher, more "aged". From what I've read, this effect is common as toxins are released and autophagy occurs. Apparently, after the fast ends, skin "bounces back" and looks much younger than prior to the fast. I'll go with that! My eyes have also been puffy, which is a rarity. I have to go without sleep for a few days or have a really raucous hangover to get puffy eyes. Also, my GI system is cleaning itself out every day, even now. Normally, after the first few days into a longer fast, you stop having bowel movements. (TMI Warning!) I've had a few bouts of diarrhea during this fast, and still having some liquid or soft stools. Initially, I thought it was the ghee and coconut oil that I was adding to my coffee and broth to help stave off hunger, but the loose GI evacuations continue even though I curtailed additional fat intake by Day 6. I am still using some unsweetened soy milk and cream in my tea, as well as having a cup of bone broth. Perhaps that's it...? During the first 4 days of this fast, I was consuming coffee with soymilk, powdered coconut milk, and ghee or coconut oil in the morning. I'd also enjoy another coffee with cream around lunch. I'd have one cup of broth with the above fats around lunch, and another later in the day. With all that, my calorie count was averaging 650, carbs averaged 8g., protein 25g., and fat 55-ish. I still lost 5 lbs. during that period. As I reduced the ghee and oil, calories and macros dropped significantly, until I eliminated all the oil and ended up averaging under 300 kcals., less than 4g. carbs, average of 15g. carbs, and about 20g. fat. I will maintain the use of one cup of bone broth for my hair, yet I still can't talk myself into refraining from putting something creamy in my tea! I tried black tea and it made my stomach a bit queasy. I do want to switch to black tea, but may have to switch to herbal. I'm going to research those chicory-based coffee replacements. I like having a hot beverage in the morning, but also recognize that I am decreasing autophagy action by not completing a pure water fast. I know there is some autophagy going on, from the experience of other fasters, as well as having an intuition/body wisdom that autophagy is occurring in my body. I just don't want to give up my yummy, creamy teas yet. However, I am trying to reduce my use of soymilk and cream to the point that I can let it go. I mean it! I've got my calorie intake below 200, carbs around 2 g., protein to 15g., and fat at 11g. One cup of bone broth contains 60 kcals., 8g. pro, and 3 g. fat, so those macros will not decrease during the fast. As I continue to "need" creamy coffee, I'm trying to figure out which additive will have the least impact on my blood insulin level, an increase of which stops autophagy. Protein and carbs cause a marked spike in insulin, but fat only a tiny bit. I'm not worried about the bone broth because I need the collagen and protein to maintain hair health. (My hair was coming out in handfuls on a daily basis due to the stress I experienced in China. Last month, after week of stress due to this homeowner, who steeps herself in drama and kept pulling me into it before I finally set some firm boundaries, I noticed I was losing a lot of hair again. I'm still losing more hair than I would like. My emotional resilience has not fully recovered, as I thought, and obviously, I still need to work on my reaction to stressful events.) Add two days to the above stats, and 168 hours. Currently, I am on Day 10 and just passed 228 hours of fasting! Therefore, with the knowledge that autophagy is turned off when insulin is released, and knowing that protein and carb intake spike insulin, the solution is obvious. But which "creamer" has the most fat and fewest carbs, protein, and fat? The only thing to do is compare each one, with the amounts I normally use in the three cups of tea I have in the morning: 6 oz. Silk unsweetened soymilk - 60 kcals, 2.3g cho, .75g net cho, 5.3g prot, 3g fat 2 Tbsp. coconut milk powder - 120 kcals, 4g cho, 4g net cho, 0g prot, 10g fat 3 Tbsp. Heavy Whipping Cream - 150 kcals, 2.7g cho (Approx), 0g prot, 15g fat Silk has 60 kcals and has 5.05g macros (cho and prot) that stop autophagy. Coco has 120kcals and 4g " " . HWC has 150kcals and 2.7 g " " . Okay, so nix the coco milk. The duel occures between soymilk and HWC. So do I go with lower kcals (Silk) or lowest macros (HWC)?? Stats so far: Weight loss: 12.79 lbs. Fat mass loss: 9.81 lbs. BMI decrease: 2.18
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