2:00 PM
Yesterday I had the chance to go 40 minutes to the gym for few laps in the pool. It doesn’t seem much but, when Fasting, is a lot, well at least for me; I know of people exercising and doing strenuous activities even further into a Fast, but I tend to become weaker and weaker with the days, it could be a lack of electrolytes, I’m not 100% sure.
I’m still on day #8 though and my energy
level is very good, I really don’t feel that I had no food for a week, except
for my arms; they are – as usual – the weaker point in my body. The swimming
was nice, I had no breath, maybe for my anxiety but most likely because I’m out
of shape, but I want to keep on going, I enjoyed after all.
This morning my weight was exactly as
yesterday, not even 1gr less! It might be due to the gym and water retention, I
don’t know. I checked my Ketosis and it was good, with a purple Ketostix reporting
80md/dL of ketones in my urine, that’s comforting. I have also a little machine
to check my body fat and my BMI, but I don’t think it works very well, it seems
just doing a calculation based on my weight and age, not really evaluating my
body fat; but I guess it doesn’t hurt keep on monitoring through the Fast.
Yesterday I started to add a bit of lemon
juice to my hot water, I’m not drinking too much really so I think it will not
impact my fast. But this morning I had a sense of acid feeling in my throat
after drinking some hot lemon water, and after having a good 2 cups of it I had
to rush to the washroom, I’m guessing this lemon is not really appreciated by
my GI tract and it’s rejecting it right away! I’ll try to be more disciplined
from now on and stick only with water. This weekend though I’m still with the
idea on doing a Dry Fast, the weight loss is way faster and I cannot stress
this thing more.
Today I feel that my brain activity is
improved, I talk differently, I make more elaborated sentences, even at work;
for me this is a sign of being deeply into the Fast, getting all – or almost
all – the benefits of abstaining from food. I do miss food though, I guess it
is such a big part of our lives, a pleasure that it’s impossible to miss. If
someone would tell me that in the future we will feed ourselves with pills, I
would be highly disappointed; I love to cook, I love to mix new ingredients and
trying new recipes, who doesn’t?!
Talking about food, one thing I’m strictly
avoiding at the moment is shopping for food, to save in my pantry. I have enough
already and, I know I love to shop, but I should not even think about food for
now; my journey is still so long that I would own the entire isle 5 of the
grocery store if I keep on buying stuff. Plus, looking at food, watching videos,
buying ingredients, it’s unhealthy for
me when fasting; it creates a stomach-food-cravings
expectation, if that makes any sense;
so when I’m done fasting the wolf’s appetite will come and hit me so hard to
delete completely all my sacrifices fasting – which I definitely want to avoid this
time around. God help me!
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