August Fat Burnin'

#141

LOL! It’s so romantic.

#142

Gatita
Wow, sounds like a nice interim plan, except maybe the wine. I have not tried the Oopsie bread yet, but it sound perfect for what you are trying to do. Hope you enjoy your eggs tonight. Stay happy!

#143

Well it is Monday evening here in Illinois. We had a nice trip to Louisville Kentucky, but I am glad to be home. Did not do any fasting with my son and mom with me. So tonight I need to think about what I want to do for the rest of the week. Decisions, decisions, decisions.

#144

You are right, that carb creep is probably a big part of this. I still don’t understand why, even if some extra carbs do creep in, the glucose spikes so much higher, disproportionately.

I will definitely be in touch when I’m looking at a 5-day. The soonest I will start another fast will be Friday afternoon, not sure yet. I am still fasting since after coffee Saturday morning. This morning was awesome. I weighed myself at 10 lbs down from when I stopped Metformin about a week ago. I was on a high, lots of energy, getting lots of things done, but it’s been a rough afternoon. My head was pounding and I could not think straight. I think it’s getting better now. My bg today started at 200 in the morning, went up to 246 a few hours later, then was at 160 a little while ago. I think I had hypoglycemia symptoms from the big sugar swing. I have been sucking salt crystals and drinking herbal tea and taking it one minute at a time, but I would really like to make it to tomorrow evening. I have heard Jimmy Moore and others talk about that day 2-1/2 rough period and that if you push through, it gets easier. I know that is true, I experienced that before. I almost stopped the fast because of that headache, but now I think I’m ok. I need to prove to myself again that I can go longer so I can do a longer fast.

(Doug) #145

@irishred Hey Irishred. Butter - oh yes - have a dog that loves popcorn, as long as butter is included.

I get an A1C test next week, so am tempted to go really hard on zero-carb. Nothing but cheese and nuts this past weekend, and to quote an old advertising slogan, “Dogs love cheese.” Just a cup of black coffee today so far, so another impromptu fast is underway.

Heading over to Long Island, New York, to the Brookhaven National Laboratory. 7 Nobel Prize winners have come from there (which I think is the most of anywhere in the world). They’re really heavy on physics and chemistry, and while I don’t think much dietary science is done there, they could throw me into the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider or their second-generation National Synchrotron Light Source and blast me with Quark-Gluon Plasma or some truly high-energy photons. Not saying it would be an improvement, but for sure there would be some changes made.

(Jeremy Storie) #146

In the past I’ve just broke my water fast with traditional keto food. I would tend to gain some of my weight back and average out around 2 pounds loss total. I plan on ending every water fast from now on with an egg fast to maximize the loss. I’m going to do it again next week and see if I get similar results.

#147

Ha, I could eat the keto meatloaf I made, but of course, need to go easy on the protein. Otherwise, there were some green beans…and butter :wink: So happy I made a keto dessert for when I returned home! I think I will likely fast Wednesday and may Thursday of this week? Not sure, I don’t want to overdo, but I usually do a 20:4 . It’s hard to make myself eat earlier but I know the whole “switching it up” is necessary.

#148

Darcy,
You are absolutely correct about the “hypoglycemic” symptoms from the bg swing. They are very disconcerting, but not truly dangerous. If we can ride it through them they will go away. I have heard Dr Fung say not to worry about the bg spike while fasting as it is just your body releasing stored bg. When it happens to me I give myself a pep talk that I should be celebrating that I now have a chance to burn that off through my fast and that there is that much less bg in my system. Another step forward to better health. It takes time but we can do it if we keep to a me to diet and regularly fast. Hope you have a great day today.

#149

Doug,
Quarks and gluons. I went off to read the website. Fascinating work that they do there that opens up all new questions about the nature of our origins. They make a lovely point about how we often find much different answers to our experimentalal hypothses than what we expected. Same in our own private n=1. Are you going there today for business?

#150

Jeremy,
It will be interesting to see if it is consistently repeatable in terms of your outcomes. Also if your weight holds stable this week. Do you keep strictly me to during your eating days?

(Jeremy Storie) #151

I mainly eat zero carb but I’m not strict about it. If I want vegetables I’ll have them, I just don’t want them most of the time. I have found that in my keto journey that it is hard for me to lose weight unless I’m doing some sort of fast. I maintain weight easily doing keto but it just sticks to me like glue. If I can get consistent results with this I may start doing it once a month or every other week. I like fasting but I like eating more :grin:. I will be sure to update you on my results.

(Blyss (Old @Charmaine)) #152

@irishred the weekends tend to be the time that’s hardest for me to eat for whatever reason. During the week, I want to eat mostly because of work and my coworkers eating. Over the weekend, I’m doing stuff, running errands and such, I usually have to make myself eat.

(Brenda) #153

Sounds like a great plan. Keep us posted on your progress.

(jilliangordona) #154

I had to stop due to some weird reactions to fasting. Hoping to get back to it this week!

#155

Weird reactions, sorry. I hope you’ll be able to give it another go, but maybe your body is just telling you wait on this adventure for a while.

(Doug) #156

@Irishred Indeed, Irishred - just found out today that Brookhaven National Lab is where nuclear medicine came from, as in “the birthplace of” - the making of injectable isotopes for heart scans, etc. I’m just here working on an electrical transformer that powers one of the big circular particle accelerators; everything is shut down for the summer.

Thank you so much for this thread. I really like checking in and seeing what’s going on. There is room for wide-ranging conversation, but it also has a good sense of continuity. Ended a 2 day fast just now. Really tired today, i.e. I felt like somebody beat me with a pipe, but most of that is due to getting up at 2 a.m. so as to drive through New York City before the traffic got brutal. Sometimes you just can’t win - some road construction was going on where all the lanes went down to one, and it was still stop-and-go for a long time, even at 4:30 in the morning. :confounded: Ah well, no biggie.

“Fat Burnin’” = Have my belt in the last hole, the one that makes it the tightest, and my pants were literally falling down today. I really had to watch it… :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: That’s one of the things I’m really looking forward to - clothes fitting “normally”/decently. It’s been a long time.

#157

Well, I ate dinner at a friend’s house so had to end my egg and bacon fast today. I will definitely do it again when I don’t have social obligations.

I made a bunch of different recipes — egg "pasta"with carbonara, microwave egg custard, oopsie rolls — and never got sick of eggs during my 3 days :smiley: And for me these days, losing two pounds is awesome.

Tomorrow I go back to my 3-day-a-week intermittent fasting. i really like that and it fits so easily into my life, since I still eat dinner on those days.

(Liz ) #158

Agree that this is a great thread to lurk & check in on to see how folks are getting along! :blush:

(Sonia A.) #159

I broke my fast yesterday after 5 days. I could’ve continued, but I had some work obligations that didn’t mesh with fasting.

Today, I resumed IF but I changed my protocol (because of work again). I’m doing OMAD for the foreseeable future. And I want to do a 7 days fast per month to get rid of my insulin resistance.

I hope everyone’s doing ok.

#160

Does anyone find they are in a bit of an altered mental state while fasting? Maybe it is fluctuating glucose or something, but I feel like on the one hand I have more energy and clarity, even sharpness in doing mental tasks, while also feeling like I have to remind myself why I walked into a room – or I am still driving 35 mph and the speed limit went up to 45 here. I get a little unfocused or maybe daydreaming.