@165gw Oh dear frying potatoes! You are a trooper. I think my husband takes lessons from your kids (how can we get her goat today) As he says “I’m hungry what should I eat…” “I’m like anything you want dear, you can eat the whole house without any repercussions”

Thank you for the encouragement. Well my fast starts now… Monday night and we will see where it goes! If I do make it to Friday Morning It will be 83ish hours. Because at 72 hours will be in the evening, and boy oh boy. It sounds like we are on the same train. If I eat that night I could accidentally eat WAY to much. So I think I will try and wait till the morning.

Here goes nothing. (at least eating wise for the next day or so!). It could be rather life changing, actually it already is, even if I don’t make it to 72 hours. This whole journey has been super exciting with food. I feel like I’m finally building a solid relationship with food. (ahem… even during a water fast.)

I’m ready, water, lime seltzer, tea and maybe a cup of broth if it gets dicy after 24 hours!

@165gw: Great progress on your weight loss. I understand not saying anything or feel like explaining to the kids that you are fasting. Fasting does feel different than dieting and rightly so, it is different. I’ve not told any friends yet, but I’ve also not lost quite enough for folks to say anything. Besides I’ll feel more ready to discuss my eating habits once I’m good and steady with this lifestyle. Oh and BTW – you deserve to eat those dang sweet potato fries! Eat them and enjoy them. Now if you were just eating them so as to not waste them, thats different, but you like them so have at it. All those breakfast items sound delicious.

I’m only at hour 18 but doing good, no complaints (well maybe just one, washing the dishes for someone else who has eaten) I said that out loud to my sweetheart they replied back “I loooooove you” and then when they were done cooking for lunch, they washed their dishes. Yay!

I’m happy to say I began the morning with lots of water (and have enjoyed it) most days water taste metallic to me. Today tho, it has been so nice that I’ve not even added a slice of citrus like I usually do. No cravings, and feeling pretty good. Enough that I’ll sneak in some hooping, that always gets my heart rate!

WFD-B2B (I guess officially it is a LFD almost WFD actually today is WFD yesterday *story explained below would be LFD)

@165gw – I’m still going 41hours and counting… chug chug chug dat High quality H2O. (Surprisingly the only calories I had were Tues morning when my Sweetheart made me my coffee, I was still doing 1/4 cup of Almond milk which is 10 calories in my coffee) and he already frothed the milk and I said ok instead of having an Americano (a style that has no milk no calories just espresso and I like it and my brain wanted that yesterday… So must leave post it note on coffee to say such request, b/c I know I will forget tomorrow. (The note was a good idea so I did that already!)

Today at lunch is better than yesterday at lunch as far as temporary craving (but I realize sometime that if I can’t figure out what I want, that may be the whole reason I DONT NEED IT. Oh man, so many realizations. Focus is so much better. Jeeez you have been holding out on these benefits! Actually I also realize that I guess I did start to feel them, from when the shorter fast were working. I guess the body really does remember patterns! This could be why it is helpful to change the fasting pattern. Because then the body from a primal sense has to go “hey what happened to that meal? Hummmmmm ok we need to just think on it for a bit and see”

Oh my – you have a HOOOP!!!!! And its one that was made for you… Thats what mine is… Its not weighted, but it has some weight… its a Standard PSI 100 – 38 inches ID (inside diameter) taped hoop. But I like that its not super heavy. I tried one of those oh my gosh TOOOOO much for me.

Your creepy story made me laugh “HOW. DOES. SHE. KNOW??”. First thing I would assume is that the old lady actually just pays attention to things while she walks and she’s not stuck to her phone like our younger generation (maybe even some of us too) So if she even sees just a glimpse of your face when you say hi it would be enough to see once about 15-20lbs are gone. I actually notice folks who lose weight in the face first. I can tell, but I never know when I should say something. Bc for me its not like I want that person to think that they need to be smaller to be who they are (which make me question why I care, but I’m starting to feel the difference so I’m learning why I care)

Today is very pretty outside with a high of 72 degrees. I already did my 10 minutes of hooping and went for another 2 just because I felt like it. I’ve been trying to discipline myself to just mastering keeping it around the waist and I have improved. So far from yesterday I kept it up 4.5 minutes today it was just over 6 minutes before I lost the rhythm! It’s a bit more exciting now.

OK got to go and add more tips/tricks to the hoop thread. Such as how to buy your first hoop.

@165gw – I’m close I’m 46 hours I got up and got some more water… as I can feel my mind wander to the kitchen and soon I know my sweetheart will be home and be like whats for supper. Luckily Meal Planning does have its advantages… I just looked on the calendar to see what they could make. Gnocchi & artichokes and then what ever other veggies they want. (its actually one of my favorites but for some reason I’m ok with not eating it.)

Focus – Well it might almost be an over focus. I find that I want to accomplish more of my list (anything, house chores, finishing writing up my workshops, getting my business stuff organized) now the other part of that focus is that sometimes I feel like I want to do ALL the things at once. so yes I see your dilemma.

Oh my gosh that sounds like me, I eat something but then I’m like oh I don’t know that did’t do it so what do I want? and then I graze and eat a little bit of EV-RE-THING. So theres no grazing while fasting. yay!

As for the eating with family and cooking for them I’d op for water all through the morning till it was time for the main meal and then I would set aside my portion/salad (I also really like soup (and I found that I can easily give other more veggies/whatevers in the soup and I have mostly broth in my bowl. That is one of my best ways to conceal that I’m not having a lot of calories and the broth is so yummy… ooooh I best change the subject – I hear the kitchen calling with broth hahah.

hope your fasting day went well. Here its 72 and I do miss the snowflakes. We don’t get that many.

LFD B2B2B

Hi @165gw – I was a little bit weak this morning, I made some miso broth and that helped me feel better -hence the change to a LFD. I found some info that I may have just needed to put a little salt (either under my tongue or in a glass of warm water) I’m armed and ready with pink salt should this weak feeling return. Otherwise I’m good to go. 3rd day and 64hours in, not toooo shabby. I feel like I “might” want some more broth, but I’m going to just try some warm water and see how I feel afterwards.

My SO was worried about my extended fast and rightly so. I had an eating disorder of which I ate very little every other day or so for about 6-7 years of my life. I told them this is different, I feel in control and this morning when I felt weak I was not opposed to having broth or doing something about it. In the past I would have pushed through until I could get back to my bed and sleep for a bit, to gain some strength and/or avoid the feelings.

How is the company going? Do the best you can with the food. And remember that you can always do an awesome fast when they leave. Keep in mind a healthy positive outlook toward all the food that you will be around and give yourself permission to have a sensible portion of some of the sweeter indulgences.

@165gw still going. It’s 50 hours in. I may just go 108 hrs that’s will mean I’ll break the fast at Friday evening. I’ll have to see if I get that heightened feeling on day 4 & 5 it must be what runners get when they get the runners high. I’ve tried running a couple different times. (Looks like slow jogging when I do it ) but i never really felt good doing it. I would rather swim or dance or have my nails removed one by one. Mmmmmm u get what I’m saying.

None-the-less i do like the 5 FDs once in a while. I am enjoying broth today. I like the broth it’s very nice and I realized my veggie broth only has 5 calories per cup . Besides I don’t want to give myself a headache by being to depleted from nutritional food.

I’m here if you need support- fasting or not. I’m tired tonight so if I wake in the middle of the night I’ll write more. Cheers.

FD <500 cal (since I ate a couple springs of baby arugula)

@165gw – Today I feel sluggish, part of it for me is hormonal I know my cycle will soon be here and my body is adjusting/preparing for such adventures. I feel sluggish on my WFD too sometimes, usually I need salt and a glass of water. I also did a tiny bit of this stuff called CALM its magnesium. I thought I would add in some extra minerals into my fasting. This morning woke and wanted broth. Have you tried broth? its not a lot of calories and may give you a boost in how you are feeling so that it’s easer to get through the end of the fast.

I’m considering adding veggies to my broth tonight for supper, I just feel like I need the nutrients.

I know what its like looming at or around the same number on the scale. I go down & back up. I think having a more CD (controlled day) would be helpful. I just want to eat ALLLLL the chips tho when I’m not fasting. However, I did have a breakthrough (and a helpful plan from this past weekend). When we went to hang out with some friends, we made guacamole and the friends brought chips. Well I also cut up 3 carrots (fresh organic carrots taste way better than already chopped baby carrots fyi) Not only me this weekend, but our friends demolished the carrots too with the guacamole!

So fresh cut veggies are going on my list as a snack food along with arugula.

This morning I was at 84hrs and then had some springs of arugula.

I’m at hour 90 in the fast if I keep under 500cal today, which I shouldn’t have any issues doing that. I’m planning a light supper with arugula and lighter shrimp almost scampi dish that uses less oil and a squeeze of fresh lemon or lime juice to cook em.

I’m still feeling sluggish and I can tell its not the fasting, its my cycle. I’m so down hearted right now, I went to the store to get some more arugula… I’m now sitting here with the back open (like a bag of chips) just eating it dry out of the bag. AND I LIKE IT! yeah talk about changing poor habits. I did not even give into buying pretzels.

And even tho I’m chowing down on some arugula, I don’t feel bad about it – heck on the bag it says 2 cups is 20 calories – I’ll be lucky to probably get up to 1 cup worth in me.

I feel ya on wanting to eat the food you make for others. Especially when they are singing the praises of the food and how yummy it is. I’m also learning to buy less food at the store. Like I love veggies so its been an adjustment to buy veggies only for 1 b/c while my SO eats them, they are also a bit lazy when it comes to preparing veggies and its best if I already have them chopped. They are getting a good dose of what it is like to prepare more complicated dinners for themselves which has been eye opening for them.

Planning out what I’m going to eat is helpful for not EATING EVERYTHING. I plan out what is the thing I want to eat the most one my fast is complete and I make that a priority.

You can do it – the day is nearing end and then maybe some restful sleep.

Try a dash of salt on the tongue. Even regular table salt if u don’t have the pink salt yet. Then a glass of water.

Little post are great for reaching out when u need to let it go!

NFD, (usually its a fasting day today)

@165gw – Take a deep breath, its ok – this is something that has happened to everyone on this forum. When it has happened to me… I’ve noticed that after my next fast, I usually read a lower weight.

So my weight that I topped out at after the longer fast 165lbs Which you were right, it settled at a lower number.

Today was the first time I changed a FD into a NFD – I suppose it counted as a CD, since I’m still under about 800calories, but does not count for me as a fasting day, b/c I know my metabolism is a bit slow. None the less I really wanted some grilled foods. It was a nice day and I had been hungry all day. It is also TOM too for me. How on earth are we synced from so far away (haha)

Tomorrow will be the FD. Yup. got to make that magic happen.

As for the knees, running is tough on the body. I would say if you could instead do a good paced walk that might help. Sometimes the body needs a bit of time to acclimate to new activities. Also get some topical stuff to rub over the knees to take down the inflammation (like icyhot, tiger balm, lidocaine). Which ever one works for you. lidocaine does not work on my body, but icyhot and tiger balm do (meaning don’t give up if one of them has not worked for you in the past, try a different kind.) Those are the 3 kinds I know of right off hand. Kinds meaning lidocaine based, camphor/menthol based, or capsicum based.

Don’t let the horse buck you off – just get back on, and show’em who’s boss!

FD

Never too late to respond. Yes today I did a regular FD (the <500 cal) i think I had about 300 for supper and then 85 For pistachios and I was still feeling Snacky and remembered to try arugula. Put about a cups worth into a baggie and had the perfect snack.

Good for you realizing what’s happening. I too have issues with portion. I mean I’ll eat the heck out of some veggies but I eat entirely tooooooo much. I never feel satisfied after I chow down especially after I eat something huge. Which confuses me. You are doing great tho. It’s good we can realize these things about ourselves. This is what will help us make different decisions in the future. When u first realized u had 900 calories your body and mind had a stress response. TOM also is a culprit. The day b4 TOM and the 1st day I could just eat ALLLLL day. So don’t fret hormones get the body all stirred up.

This was why I really liked the extended fast. I had some kind of a re-set b/c for a couple of days I felt myself get full and (oh my gosh….) stop. I STOPPED eating on a NFD b/c I felt full. I also felt myself eat past my comfort level too – which was also new to feel/realize.

You have to first see the changes you need to make before you can set goals to change them.

I plan on NFD Tuesday and then WFD on Wed, Thursday and maybe part of Friday.

Hope your fasting day goes well.

WFD

Hi 155gw – well having a 1st goal of 165 is still good. I have a 1st goal of 140lbs because a lot of my clothes are for that size or smaller. Surprisingly my yoga pants will still fit me at 140… they may fall off at 130 and especially at 125. But I will surely celebrate when (yes when) that happens.

English is not your first language? If you say you speak Mi’kmaq I’ll have to ask you if you know someone I took a yoga teacher training with. None the less I’m intrigued.

As for me not properly knowing English. I am dyslexic which gives me great talent in problem solving and troubleshooting skills. Spelling, grammar and oh my gosh Pho-ne-tics ahhhhhh forget it. I finally had an epiphany when I was learning Spanish with an app. It starts out you get to pick the word from a group of words, then it gets harder and wants you to spell the word. I burst into tears when I asked my SO can you spell “Hola” for me. I just can’t spell it right now. I was so upset with myself, its 4 letters, I was devastated after studying for over 6 months my brain could NOT get the letters to type. I knew it started with an H but I finally felt the disconnect of my brain not wanting to spell the word. – now with English since I’ve grown up with it and have had years of seeing it I can get MOST of the words decently correct. However new words OR scientific words (like chemical names) I do not understand how to bread down the phonetics. Luckily I do not have a job where I need to worry bout such things.

Looked up the scale! Jeeeez 50 bucks! Whaaaat. I looked on the Amazon Ca – and found 1byone Bluetooth Body Fat (1byone) is actually the app that zoetouch uses and it has quite a few reviews (4 stars) its 34.99 so maybe eventually a new scale. The dance in the morning sounds like fun tho. You may miss your old scale. Haha

Portions, Oh I’m not trying to restrict myself as soon as I do that I know it will be over. I just felt full and was excited to just hand over what I had left to my SO. NOW its not all the time, I felt myself OVER eat when we went out to dinner last weekend, but I’m at least feeling the sensation of being full which I don’t usually feel!

You know when I was younger I did not like toothpaste, I felt like it was “hot” Like it burned my mouth, so I brushed with water for years. I didn’t even go to the dentist, when I was younger b/c my parents couldn’t afford it. Well when I was 16 I broke my tooth and had to go. They checked the rest of my mouth and said good job no cavities. So yes water brushing can do a great job.

What do the stats look like on reddit… We can start doing that.