In the midst of an extended fast, not sure when I'll stop

[RobinLeaF]

Thanks! It’s been kind of fun telling a few people that I haven’t eaten since last week Wednesday night. Hahaha. No one really tells me to stop. I think because everyone at knows I’m working on my PhD, they figure I must know what I’m doing. Plus, I’ve done it before and told them then. My students are constantly bringing food and it’s almost all off limits, even if I’m eating, so fending them off without insulting them can be tricky. Even if I tell them I’m fasting or not eating carbs, they just don’t stop. At the last class they tried to offer me chocolate. Sigh.

[RobinLeaF]

I weighed myself about half an hour ago (10:45 am) and I’m 255.8. I don’t think I’ve been this low in maybe 10 years.

Today will be day 10 if I keep fasting (and I will, because the scale went down again, haha). I had another date last night (is it still a date if I just brought an Eddie Izzard DVD to his house? It was my 1st time there), and he didn’t eat in front of me (I tell him it’s okay and he says he knows lol). I’m going back tonight (kind of working around his kid’s schedule). Anyway, he keeps me in ice water and he’s really just so supportive, especially since I only met him just a hair less than six weeks ago. But we talk every day/night. He says he’s so impressed because he doesn’t think he could go a whole day. I told him I didn’t think so either at first, but, baby steps. He’s got a belly he’d like to lose, but he loves his carbs. He is, however, willing to try keto food that I make. I’m not to the point of making him dinner yet, though. That’s gonna wait till his kid is off to college in the fall, and we have the house to ourselves.

I’ve been looking at lots of keto recipes lately, just fantasizing about what I’m gonna eat when I am actually eating again. I’m also especially looking for ones I think my guy might enjoy. I’ve lost about 22 lbs since I met him, but it’s really not noticeable on someone my size, so I’m sure he can’t tell, because I can hardly tell myself. They only thing that looks smaller to me is my lower calves and ankles and I know my bra size has changed by the fit. I really want to eat, but I also want to get below 250. That would be amazing.

If I make it the full two weeks, I’m not really gonna want to break my fast next Thursday, because it’s a really busy day, from morning till night. Not only do I not have time for food, but I also can’t risk any issues with my digestive system starting back up. And Friday and Saturday aren’t good because I’m road-tripping over two days to Pennsylvania, then setting up camp. That would get me to 17 days, and really, 21 is only four days more…

I’ll see how I feel. It will kinda kill me not to be able to weigh myself (no perfectly flat ground for my scale, especially not in my tent so I can be naked), so I just really hope I keep losing while I’m gone and that I don’t gain. And yes, I know I’ll gain back some of the weight from fasting, but I hope that after another week and a half of keto/IF (as best as I can do it while relying on mostly restaurant food), I’ll be okay. I’m gonna bring vitamins and enough salts to make electrolyte drinks every day, just in case I need them.

Now I’d better get to work, lots to do before I see my honey again.

[RobinLeaF]

This morning I weighed in at 254.4 lbs. I went to the zoo today with some friends and I am totally exhausted. I’m also sore from activities I did over the last couple of days. I am sorely tempted to something tonight. If I did, I was weight to a little later and then I would still count 11 days because I did start my fast on a Wednesday night after my last meal. I feel like I should go the whole 2 weeks, but I am the only one that is attempting to require anything like that. It is possible that I might cave and just go a little further the next time. I wanted to get down to 250 lbs before I stopped, I just don’t feel like continuing now. I have gone 3 days further than my last personal best. I had some big dreams of going a much longer time but this is probably okay.

[Madeleine]

It sounds like it’s time to stop this fast! You can start up again as soon as you’re ready, and I think the best path to long term success in fasting is to listen to your body.
Congrats on a wonderful 11 days!

[Paendora]

Robin! Congrats on your excellent extended fast ~ and congrats on the new relationship. Yep, he sounds like a keeper! Have you broken your fast? How’d that go? Are you doing IF now? Thank you for sharing your extended fast experience.