JUNE 2018 IF/EF chat - all welcome

(Allie) #202

People moaning about being too hot, I’m here chilled as I’m 71 hours into my fast :rofl::rofl:

(back and doublin' down) #203

I love being cold, so a bit envious!

12 hours in on another 40-48 hours. Depending on how travel goes, I might go even longer just cause eating hasn’t felt all that great. I’ve decided I could be addicted to worst things than fasting.

(Allie) #204

I hate being cold, but am currently just comfortable so all good for me.

You’re doing great :+1:

(Jane) #205

42 hours in and doing fine. No hunger this morning. Goal is 72 hours so will break my fast tomorrow at lunch. Or I may wait until dinner with my husband who is fasting with me.

Dark spots on my skin continue to disappear… I am getting close to the 48-hour mark where the autophagy really kicks in. My husband is noticing his skin improving also with this fast.

(Allie) #206

Numbers at 77 hours -

Ketones 6mmol
Glucose 2.9mmol

I have decided to eat this evening then get right back into fasting tomorrow. Hour of yoga first though.

(Shayne) #207

I"m only about 10 hours behind you!

67 hours in. The hunger comes and goes but it’s a gentle hunger at this point, not the gnawing emptiness that I was experiencing a couple weeks ago. This is definitely better.

I’m making plans to go visit my “sister” in FL for July 4th and she’s talking about food, so of course the hunger is knocking a bit. But I have to leave the office in about half an hour for my physical therapy appt. That will take my mind off it.

(Allie) #208

I made the right call by eating as I tried to do my normal hour of yoga and was too weak. Back on it now.

#209

I’m loving being nicely warm in this hot weather! Last night was the first night I’ve not needed a hot water bottle this year!
How much weight are you aiming to lose?

(Beth) #210

Did 72 hours, did a small re-feed last night and this morning. No good reason, I just wanted to eat. :frowning:
Did a good hour of yoga and felt strong. Back to fasting today. Trying to make the most of my time while everyone in my inner circle is out of town!

(Jane) #211

57 hours and going to bed soon. Only have to make it to lunch tomorrow for my 72 hr goal. I’m proud of my husband for hanging in there this long with me. He sounded a bit down when I talked to him so I know it’s wearing on him a bit.

Might have trouble getting home from Chicago tomorrow - bad weather moving in and all over the Midwest, which I have to fly through to get home.

#212

@Janie- hope you have a safe journey home, well done to you & hubby…
@Shortstuff - sorry, I’d replied to your post about being cold etc. & just wondering how much you’re hoping to lose? You do some serious fasting!
Did my 48hr fast earlier in the week, now hoping for another 48hr, but I’m supposed to be meeting a friend in a café tomorrow lunchtime. Normally I’d happily pass on anything to eat & say I’m fasting/ keto, but my friend’s daughter has had anorexia & is still quite ill, so food is a serious issue in their house- she’s probably sick of being around someone who doesn’t want to eat! I can’t imagine they have anything keto…

(Allie) #213

@jules4 I’m not actually trying to lose any more now but am fasting for other benefits, mainly the rise in HGH it causes as my goal at the comment is muscle gain :slight_smile:

(I came for the weight loss and stayed for my sanity... ) #214

Zc experiment working well for me. I did not intend to fast, but I was not hungry yesterday so I’m at 26 hrs fasting easy breasy…
Had a tsp of butter upon waking up and before Going to bed, just for the psychological effect.

(Shayne) #215

84 hours in. I’m sitting on my bed posting here and waiting a few minutes between my thyroid meds and coffee!

#216

Just hit 92 hours. Gonna break my fast now with pure fat and make it a fat fast.

(back and doublin' down) #217

ugh. I’m thinking the opposite. Broke my 24hr fast with ground chuck last night. about 8oz at 6pm and still felt miserable at 11 and broke out the antiacid on top of the digestive enzymes. I thought I could give ZC a two week go, but now not so sure.

@smsherbert You are rockin’ your EF!

(I came for the weight loss and stayed for my sanity... ) #218

it won’t be a thing I will stick to forever, but not eating nuts, seeds, sweeteners during the week works very well for me.

To restrict forever would just lead to rebelion and bingeeating all the stuff that does not do me any good…

(Shayne) #219

I’m actually enjoying it. I mean, I miss eating, but this EF has not been the struggle that I’ve had in past fasts. I have almost forgotten a couple times while in the fridge to get water or HWC for my coffee and almost grabbed something else, but then I remind myself that I’m not eating today and I need to move on.

So, for me, start an EF by eating way past satiety and into nausea for the last meal, keep the coffee and salt nearby. Drink broth… maybe. Previous fasts have required copious amounts of broth, but this time I think I’ve only used it twice. Edited to add - also no diet coke or sugar free gum this time, either.

The hunger has really been the polite kind for this fast as opposed to the frustrated teenager that keeps asking even after you’ve said no and tries to get you to change your mind.

I’m even about to go into a meeting where there will be carbage (someone’s birthday is Sat) but I’ll be OK. I know that because my daughter cooked herself a meal for dinner last night that I wouldn’t eat even if I wasn’t fasting and I wasn’t even tempted. It smelled good, but I just thought it was amusing that she made that choice.

(back and doublin' down) #220

That’s the fasting muscle! Happy for you and having a better time of it this go. Makes all the difference! Congrats on all that stuff you cut out. Are you getting the energy boosts or mental clarity/fasting high that others experience?

Going to eat when hungry, when the right foods are available over the next few days while out of town, then heading into an EF next week!

(I came for the weight loss and stayed for my sanity... ) #221

reaching 33 hrs.
This is the slightly uncool moment in a fast.
My body has all this enery, but my brain is not quite there yet.
I think fast, but am not yet in the zen state…
Combining this with my natural impatiens and ignorant coworkers and customers makes me almost go up the roof. :triumph:

Can’t wait to go to Zumba and get rid of extra energy…