Yesterday went pretty well, all told. If you stretch the term (a lot), I did a fat fast. If you don’t, I had a good solid high fat, moderate protein, low-carb day. I drank a lot of water, had some exogenous ketones both liquid and bar, had 100% and 99% and 88% cacao chocolate, and finished the day with bone broth. And went to bed before midnight for a change. It was absolutely progress over the previous week’s habits. Not close to a water fast, but closer to “fasting” than “feasting.”
The scale approved; I was down to roughly 469, so about 5 pounds, which I can get on a good day of fasting. I was able to resist the snackier items available to me.
Today is going similarly; I’ve had two eggs and an instaketone bar. My blood sugars are higher (103-115) than yesterday, which did dip to 99 at its lowest. Will continue to monitor.
I’d like to have some strict water fast days this week, but I’m willing to transition to it with fat fasts, fast-ish days, etc. feast days are intended to be ketogenic, so practicing that seems good. So far (3pm) I’ve had 4 boiled eggs, a bit of 99% cacao chocolate, and a Monster zero ultra white can.
On FB several people mentioned attempting 5:2 weeks – five days fasting, dinner Sunday to dinner Friday, and feasting on Saturday and Sunday. There’s a guy who was on the Fasting Talk podcast who had lost over 100 pounds in four months with that fasting schedule; he began around the same weight as me, so he’s enjoyed the benefits of consistent good work. I want to get there myself.