Still Day 7: Pacific NW USA, 19 hours into a 36 or 40 or 48 or 60 hour FD. I’m just going to go along listening to my body over the course of this fast. As long as I’m still feeling strong I will stick to the liquids only.

This last morning’s breakfast buffet at the hotel was avoided with all of you on today’s 36 hour fast looking over my shoulder! The buffet looked even more delicious because I’m pretty sure my hunger troll had been abnormally alerted due to hidden simple carbs in the Chinese food we ate last night. I almost decided I would delay my FD but there was a whisper in my ear that said I could make even better Eggs Benedict when I get home!

Kay65 – good luck on the scales – I’ll be doing the same peek when I get home to my scales tonight, but our flight is delayed 2 hours : ( Right now I’m suffering the smell of baking bread hear at the airport, can you believe they would do that to me!

Rocy65 – congrats on the report from your Dr Fit!

SongBird – dream on as your body is burning fat as you sleep!

Fuvvie – math and spelling mistakes are becoming more frequent for me too! 60 hours is still so admirable! I’m wondering if I can make it till Wed AM on this fast I started after dinner on Sunday??? So far I’ve only gone to 48 hours and at that time ate because I thought I “should”. At any rate it’s still the case that if I shoot for it I will at last make the 36 hours with everyone else!

Hannah – here’s hoping you can stay strong with your brother!

Que – don’t know about fruit juice because of it’s high sugar content?? Do you have anty miso soup or clear broth? I say bottom line is listen to your body,

Sorry – didn’t see post because it was on the next page and so submitted again!

Queb,

Really depends what youre trying to achieve. If youre fasting so that you want your body to flip over into ketosis and operate primarily on ketones then juice (any juice) will kill that process in its tracks within minutes!! It will skyrocket your insulin response. So what is your primary goal in fasting?

US Day 7 FD. All well today.

Day 7 Minnesota, USA a NFD

Today’s FD turned into a NFD, as I had my 4 & 1/2 yo granddaughter most of day. She now loves her new, 7 wk old sister. Today, anyway. Changes daily, of course. Then my daughter and 7 wk old granddaughter came over to have dinner and pick up 4 1/2 year old girl. So, had three of my favorite girls today! 😃 Baby is so colicky! Any ideas for relief?
Anyway, I did end up breaking my fast that had been liquid from 7 pm last night to 5 pm tonight. I was hoping to do the liquid fast with the 36 hr liquid fast team. I will do that later this week. Maybe Friday for weigh in on Saturday.

Back2theFuture, your explanation of fasting to SongBird was brilliant. You are so articulate! Coda is right that you should lead a future challenge. And so glad your son’s Wedding went well and you enjoyed yourself. Modern family stuff? Yes, been there, done that. My husband and ex-husband walked my daughter down the isle, together. It is so wonderful for the kids when everyone can be civil, and also get along well. We actually all like each other! Keep in touch with your friends so they can see the svelte you that will happen!. I have no doubt at all.

HannahWatto, a special prayer for you that things will work out well. You are in a terribly difficult situation with your brother. It’s so hard to know the difference between what helps and what enables. I speak from experience. A rehab center would be the absolute best thing. Second best would be going to AA meetings every day or eve of the week. He must do one of the two. You will have to be strong to set your boundaries. Good luck!

So many wonderful posts! Fuvvie, you are just a jewel! But also, so many others that I have not the time to name. Good luck to all!

Callifornia, USA end of day 7. Today was a FD, may gave gone over 500 cal this evening, but at least it wasn’t ice cream or chocolate. I am staying in the 169-170 lb range. Hoping to make it to 168lb this week.
Stay strong!

Northern Dawn — two of my babies were colicky and with the 2nd I heard about stopping coffee drinking. It really helped my milk to be tolerated so much better. Also avoided spicy foods. It was a real struggle on ME to give up my coffee every morning, but managed to make it with the caffeine in hot tea, and baby Monique did much better.

Day 7 Sussex U.K.
30 hours into my first 36 hour liquid fast.
I can’t believe how easy I have found it. A revelation. I feel almost euphoric.
Crazy isn’t it? After so many years of thinking that the bottom would fall out of my life, if not my stomach, if I didn’t eat every 3 hours!
Have to say I did have a busy day. Started a French conversation course at local library and met daughter for coffee and shopping but energy levels never dropped. Amazing.
Will see how I feel by lunchtime. Not sure now what I want to eat. Lol.
Have a great day everyone and thanks for all your lovely posts.

Hi ND,

I know I keep banging on about diet drinks and the like being bad for you. I know that when I used to drink diet drinks I would never be satisfied with just one glass, Id always want more and Id go looking for other sweet things. I chew wrigleys extra white which I think contains aspartame? Weird but I don’t find myself craving “sweet’ things when chewing gum though. Perhaps the amount of aspartame in any one piece of gum is so low it doesn’t matter? Or the act of chewing over rides all the craving signals? In any case, for me at least, I know it helps.

NZ Tuesday Day 7 I guess
Quebecoise, and others thanks for the encouragement and tips. It’s funny, cos intellectually I KNOW what to do, and what NOT to do, but sometimes the troll wins. Just have to keep working at it I guess.

I think my OH would have quite a lot to say if I kept throwing out jars of peanut butter as it is his toast topping favourite!

Anyway, I have had an awesomely good FD today, so feel good again.

Gozo, Malta

Weigh myself this morning and I’m 69.8 kilos down by 1.2 kilos from last week. I was 71.7 kilos on 29 July. I’m down 4 lbs from 29 July so have only one pound to lose till next week to have a 5 lbs loss. Hopefully I’ll be able to lose it and be with my 5 lbs buddies.

The only exercise I’m doing is going up the stairs fast for five times and going down slowly as Coda suggested once. I’m only a little active minding and babysitting my grandchildren.

ETJ I’m sorry to hear about the rabbits. It’s the cycle of life.

Yesterday was a successful fast day for my hubby and I. This morning I enjoyed coffee with milk and a light yogurt. I want to stay within by TDEE today and tomorrow.

It’s spaghetti bolonese for lunch and a cereal with one banana for supper for me.

Good luck everyone with your fasts. Enjoy Tuesday.

Thanks Northern Dawn – I have made an appointment with the doctor tomorrow to talk about treatment centres. I’ll also find him a local AA meeting xx

Dorset UK Day 7 (I think)
NFD

Made it. 38 hour fluid only fast….phew! Keeping busy is definitely helpful!

I weighed myself this morning and was really chuffed and surprised! Just half a pound up from last weigh in before holidays just under 3 weeks ago! Fat % up 1% but hopefully that will settle down.

Sooo…1 week to go of bonus challenge…my aim is to do alternate fasting days and lose as much as I can. Definitely need to get below what I was at the end of the July challenge, so thats at least 1lb..anymore will be a bonus 🙂

So today a NFD
Wed….400 cal FD
Thurs…NFD
Fri….400 cal FD
Sat….NFD
Sun…36hr fluid only

Good luck everyone…keep strong 🙂

US, Day 7, NFD..from the southern Adirondacks. I think I missed yesterday. Not sure about my country scale but I am back in 119 land. I havent been there in a while. Surrounded by snacks, ice cream, chips, donuts, I’ve been staying sane.

Practicing my MELT exercises and some Pilates every day. Swam the small lake yesterday.

Day ? Los Angeles. Confused about which day it is …
NFD. Yesterday’s FD was unusual for me. Coffee in the morning, water all day, about 1.5 cups steamed Brussels sprouts, 1 TB butter. Plus licking the spoon when daughter and friend made ice cream. Plus a couple (7?) tortilla chips and maybe a TB of guacamole. Not sure about how many cals I ate, but definitely ate them over a couple of hours, rather than at a single meal time. Mmmmm not so great.

Ah…scrap my last post Coda, it overlapped with yours!!!

Anyone want to join me in a 36-hour liquid fast for tomorrow(Wednesday)?Starting tonight through to breakfast on Thursday?

Surrey UK Day 6 (Tuesday) Generally for me a fast day is, for instance, dinner say on Monday night will be the last meal, then if possible, no eating till Wednesday morning, so that the whole of Tuesday is fasting. How many hours is that? Guess what, I’m an artist, not a mathematician! Today I had to have something to eat, was just too hungry. Had salad and beetroot, with some smoked salmon. Sure it was just under the calorie allowance.
Please tell me how to make bone broth, everyone seems to be having it. I hope we can all stay together for a long while yet, and get to know each other better. My daughter has finally met some friends she made on facebook, and they have turned out to be really lovely people. I met them as well the other day. All in the 50 to 60 year age group. That is so nice. I have always been very suspicious about online activities, but judging from this forum, i have a feeling we would all get along very well with each other!
It is a fact that it really does help to read everyone’s posts. One simply does not feel isolated, and I think that is a real service to each other. THANK YOU!!!!

NZ Wednesday 17th Day 5
It’s OK Quebec – peanut butter is just a metaphor for every tempting food! I often think it would be easier if I lived alone. but then again, what about all those other benefits????

Weighed this morning and am exactly the same as when I joined this two week challenge. I know why – two good FDs and too many over TDEE NFDs.

I am still here though, despite a week away from today and several social functions coming up. I will hold my own til I can join the next group with renewed vigour and commitment.

Day 6 Minnesota, USA NFD 3:45 pm

Ciren2, I will fast with you! I need it. I’ll have supper in 3 hours, then only coffee, tea, water until Thursday morning, or 11:00 am, if I can manage.

SongbirdMe, I asked my daughter about her coffee intake. She said she’s down to 1 cup of half caffeine-half decaf in the morning. But she’s going to try green tea instead and see if it makes a difference. Here’s to hoping! And thanks for your suggestion.

BigBooty, the gum sure seemed to help me stick to my liquid fast, so I think I’ll keep some around for those difficult times. I was afraid it might spike blood sugar and raise insulin, but it doesn’t affect my appetite in a negative way, so it must not really do anything to those levels. Thanks!

ETJ, I wish I had your red chook house, and the fresh eggs that probably come with it! It will look really nice when you get it all finished.

B2tF, my OH and I moved here several years ago specifically to be close to our daughter. Hubby left former job and got one here, we sold our beloved home, left friends and other family to be close as she started her family. If only my son and his family could move closer, I would then be perfectly happy! I hope you can stay busy enough to fill the empty nest feeling, a little, until it eases.

Have a good day, everyone!

I’m up for a liquid only 36 hour Fast on thursday with you Quebecoise. I will make it this time, the first one was so easy i think i didn’t concentrate enough the second time round. On thursday i’ll give it my all!
Buona notte

Hi back2thefuture,

I cant be 100% sure because I have never used bone broth and measured my blood glucose response. I dare say the BG spike would be minimal if at all. I drink sparling mineral water by the bucket full on my fast days which I suspect does a similar thing to bone broth (probably not as good as bone broth though). It will have a little bit of fat, and some dissolved minerals in it which will help with electrolyte balance. Your stomach produces leptin which tells the brain your “full” and don’t need to eat anymore. I suspect the bone broth in some way triggers this response. The opposite hormone ghrelin is produced when the stomach is empty. Bone broth being so “salty” will sit in your stomach for a reasonable time and will have the effect of actually drawing water into the stomach to dilute the salt concentration. Im guessing but I think this is why you feel satiated for so long on the broth. The ghrelin hormone is supressed and leptin is produced. An old trick from the depression put to good use!!

Queb,

No problems. Fruit juice will spike your BG within minutes!! My wife has hypoglycaemic episodes (we don’t know why) and fruit juice gets her BG out of the danger zone within minutes. So fruit juice will kill all your hours of fasting effort within 2 minutes!!

ND,

No problems about the gum. I probably look like a cow chewing my cud on fast days.

Australia – Day 5

An eating day today. There is a chance of rain, so am holding off the surrounds on the chook house until tomorrow. Only 2 more days of work until my son’s birthday (which is more work with all the family – but funner work, lol).

HannahWatto – Our bodies love to hold onto the weight as long as it can! I do every other day water fasting and haven’t budged in 2 weeks. Eventually it will have no choice! (I am hoping, lol!)

Rocy65 – Sounds like you will be getting some exercise! My kids found learning how to ride a bike really hard. A motorbike on the other hand they picked up straight away, lol!

NorthernDawn – Chook house is looking great. We have plenty of fresh eggs – getting almost a dozen a day! A proper free range egg has a really hard shell, and a nice dark yellow yolk. It’s funny, everyone we know also has chooks, so you can hardly give them away!

quebecoise – Thanks. They were nice to have around while they lasted. They were so sweet. I am glad that we had the time we had with them. I wish I found my fast days easy! I am always so hungry by dinner time. And grats on the weight loss. It must have been a pleasure to see your weight down so much!

Backtothefuture – I didn’t feel like Martha Stewart. Unless she starts a project and wishes she hadn’t, haha! An 8 by 8 meter shed, painted by a paint brush… Ouch! I do like things looking nice though. It will be interesting to hear what everyone thinks of it on the weekend. You can definitely see if from the front road!
I was going to do another back to back fast, but the days didn’t mesh up. My son has asked that I don’t fast on his birthday, because he wants me to enjoy his yummy food… That sounds good to me! lol. And I can’t fast the following because it’s when the family are coming. So I might do a back to back fast on Sunday/Monday to make up for it.