Hey all
I have not started a keto-diet yet, still trying to sell it to my family. But there’s so much information on the net about this, and so many conflicting statements by all the “experts”. So my thinking is to check with those who are actually doing this and what you guys have found.
Currently doing a fake water fast - drinking water, coffee (3 - 4 small cups, black&bitter obviously), teas (with a dab of cinnamon) and sparkling water only. I do the coffees at meal times (am still cooking for my fam), and it helps with the hunger pangs.
Surprisingly easy to resist temptation to eat… which is really confusing to me because I am a smoker.
I thought it would be SUPER easy to quit if i can manage to stay away from food for 115 hours (so far). But in spite of two attempts so far the past 4 days, i’ve failed miserably each time. I get super anxious and agitated.
It’s upsetting because i read somewhere that nicotine causes sugar levels in blood to rise, which would obviously kick me out of ketosis. I feel like i am just messing myself around trying to fast.
Main reason for fasting - to activate autophagy. Aiming for 14 days. I came across the idea of fasting because when i had an illness earlier the year, i could hardly eat for 3 weeks, and my skin never looked better. Somebody wrote an article about fasting and how it improved their eczema (cured it…).
It’s only when i started the fast and read up more ketosis (which the guy mentioned briefly in the article) that i also discovered autophagy and all it’s benefits.
So now I am in this fast, and i’ve made it this far. But should i just give it up on account of my failure to quit smoking? Try to kick the habit first and then go on a keto-diet?
Reason i am here is because i have not gotten any keto-flu symptoms yet, my heart rate is slightly elevated (taking salt for that) and my mouth tastes funny (but no foul breath). I obviously have to go to the loo a lot because i average 2 to 3 liters of water per day… so that’s not a tell tale. It’s frustrating that others reach ketosis in 3 days and i am going in to day 5 and still nothing.
(I’ve never been so anxious to get sick in my life before!).
Oh, also have to mention, i went in to this fast from a moderate carb diet, but idiotically ate a bunch of dark chocolate the day before i started (it was a Christmas gift ><).
Am i wasting my time?
Sorry about the long post but Thank You <3 for reading xx