I’ve had a private Facebook group where I’ve been posting this information for some time, but as many of us know; Facebook can be a frustrating tool to use. Many people have enjoyed my various learning experiments. I try to predict and control their direction, but life happens, and I can’t always do what I’d like to do.
But, my main goal is to learn more about what my limits are, my capabilities are, and how my body responds to various life experiences. Hopefully, my experiments in learning will trigger ideas for you, and you’ll start your own or modify your own learning experiments and experiences. It truly spices up life.
Three weeks ago, I came down with pneumonia which has been something that’s plagued me for most of my life. This is the first time I’ve had it since I went Keto two years ago, but it ended up causing me to change some of my plans. I’m not completely healed, but I’m doing much better.
While I’ve still got a little bit of the bronchitis left in me, I’m pretty much back to normal now. It took me right at 3 weeks to get rid of it, which included a pretty normal to heavy work schedule. I probably could have gotten rid of it more quickly had I been able to take more time off work, but I didn’t. My resting Heart Rate has been crazy high during my illness, so I’m looking forward to this fast, and watching my numbers return to normal.
So, my beloved wife left town today at 1:00 PM, for a much needed vacation with her lovely sister. I decided this would be a good opportunity for me to resume my fasting / feasting experimentation. I’m not totally back to normal but I feel like I’m not stressing my body by fasting now.
I won’t be doing the egg / butter / cheese fast at this point because the blood testing I wanted to do would be far more expensive than what I can afford right now (I had some off time due to the illness).
So, I’m embarking on a 40 day fasting experiment which will include some eating of protein / fat on occasions, just to keep the thing going. This will put me at about 40 days when I get to Low Carb 2017 at Breckenridge Colorado, where I will spend some time eating some Dude Fude (food).
I know many of you are experts and will want to tell me that I’m not fasting if I’m consuming food at all, etc. I’m glad you have your opinions, and your own definitions, but I’m not interested in them. I’m very, very aware of the various forms of fasting, and while I welcome constructive input, I’m not interested in the “Fasting Police” showing up to bust me because I’m not doing a “true fast”.
I will be doing at least some blood testing and DEXA’s during the fast, but it won’t be nearly as frequent due to the financial costs.
I hope you all are having a new year.
Be well, and feel free to post pictures of food porn in here to torture me while I fast.
I will be updating this thread on a daily basis with photos, etc. during the upcoming 40 days.
I’ll be logging all of my blood tests, etc using this spreadsheet:
I’m excited to see you move your learning posts to the forums.
