I ended up feasting another day. I had sausage and eggs again when I got off work and will have baked salmon for dinner. Will fast tomorrow through Thursday as long as my body is willing. I am down 1.5 pounds since yesterday. So now a total of 8.5 lbs in 10 days. Fasting blood glucose 114. Funny, the last time Iong term fasted, I craved avocados. This time I am making sure to get plenty of potassium, and I am craving salmon (which I generally will eat but don’t LOVE.) Maybe I need to add some fish oil to my fasts.
Fasting 5 days, Feasting 2 for a month
David_Cumming
(David Cumming)
#22
I am really appreciating your posts because I too am not losing weight on the ketogenic diet, despite not eating a whole lot and doing plenty of exercise. I hate fasting and was hoping to avoid it but I have no choice. One question I have is on many other sites/books (Dr Fung in particular), people talk about getting over a hump on the 3rd or 4th day, then feeling great and hunger decreasing dramatically. The most I’ve fasted is 3 days and I’m in agony (irritable and obsessing over food). I notice you are breaking your fast on the 4th or 5th day. Do you feel like you are getting over a hump on those days? Have you ever considering continuing for a longer fast or do you feel like you have to break your fast when you do?
findingmysisu
#23
@David_Cumming For me, the first day is the worst. Day 2 a bit easier and 3 and 4 is a breeze. But generally on day 4 I am obsessing with food. Considering I haven’t missed many meals in my 50 years, that’s pretty good. At 3 to 4 days, I have several factors. I usually feel fine energy wise, but I start getting verbally “edgy”. Not good for someone who works with the public. My husband starts to worry a bit about when I am going to eat again…either that or I am bitchy and he is hinting lol I am not sure I would do a longer fast. Mostly I love food, I have to cook for my family yada yada yada. If I get the results I want in 5 days (or 3 or 4), I feel very comfortable doing several shorter fasts, rather than one long one.
findingmysisu
#24
Fasting again, finally. Mind set is right and I will fast until Thurs at dinner, feast through Friday and start another 5 day on Saturday. Beginning to think that 2 days refeeding is not enough for me at this time. FBG 119 and weight remained the same (even after feasting a few days). I did have my salmon, that seemed to satisfy me, and fasting is coming easier.
OldDoug
(Doug)
#25
FMS - more power to you. 
5 days fasting/2 days eating is aggressive, but hey - whatever works. Or even close to that.
Egg
(Kevin Ruther)
#26
Good luck. When I do a worker’s fast and break it earlier than I intended, I try to go keto until next week.
One tip that I’ve been trying from a recent 2KD podcast is a small amount of salt, every 2-3 hrs, or as needed, applied directly onto the tongue.
I also tend to drink a lot of coffee and I had no idea how much salt that sapped from my body.
findingmysisu
#27
My doctor has asked me to put this experiment on hold. He is going to do some baseline bloodwork in a couple weeks, and wants more accurate keto numbers. Then he said go for it and we will retest after. Gotta love an open minded doc!
Ketonette2018
(Antoinette)
#28
Did you go back to this regimen? I’m thinking of trying this exact regimen in January. I’ve done a five day and found it ok but would like to do it for a month. Monday to Friday then eat at weekends just to see how I’d do