hey guyz!
I've been eating real food since however long ago my last post was, and I'm feeling great. I'm eating much less than I was before, mainly because I'm not as hungry as I was before, but I'm also more sensitive to what hunger feels like, and what being full feels like... so I stop eating when my stomach feels full, even if I still would like to keep eating because it tastes so good. And I'm not doing perfect of course, but I feel good and I am happy.
I have also continued to lose weight -- I expected that once I started eating solid foods, I'd gain back some poop weight, but this morning I weighed in at 92.9 kgs. Yay. :] I just need to start exercising regularly... I go walking two or maybe three times a week, which isn't enough, but I'm really good at coming up with excuses. Need to fix that, wonder how.
Tonight is dinner at Eric's parent's house -- I'm not looking forward to it, because I've stopped fasting and they know my initial goal was 30 days. Oh, well.
Love.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Day 11, slash: failure.
So I was feeling sick yesterday, even after putting my face in steam like Mom said too, and now today in addition to having a tight chest, I am coughing and my sinuses are blocked up. So, I am having to end my fast. I feel real crap about it, but I guess a 10 day fast is still an okay fast. I am going to keep it to raw/steamed fruit and vegetables, and only a little bit of protein for a while, maybe even the remaining 20 days... and perhaps once I feel better I'll go back to just juice? I just have to see how I feel, I guess. Physically I feel crap, and mentally I feel crappier because I just hate having to give up, but... I'm fasting for my health, and if I'm not healthy, then it's just stupid to continue. :[
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Day 10
Last night I had a really tight pain in my chest, and it hurt too much to breathe in deeply... it sucked. I was worried it was a potassium deficiency, which can kill you, so I bought some powerade and had half a banana. I feel a bit better today than I did last night, but it's definitely not ideal.
Eric said his chest is feeling a bit tight, which means we could be getting sick -- that would suck, but it's probably a better option than me being potassium deficient.
I will have to stop fasting if I get sick, though, and I'm pretty keen to reach my goal (even though I don't really WANT to keep fasting, I've set my mind to it and I don't want to lose.) I think it was a bit lofty to expect a 30 day fast for my first fast, and in the winter... but I suppose I'm not the most rational lady.
I think I will probably do a 14 day fast in the summer, perhaps as a yearly exercise, but definitely it would be more advisable to do this in the summer. We'll see what happens, but hopefully I'm not sick.
I feel bad for sort of "cheating"... what with eating part of a banana and drinking a drink that has sugar in it.. but it was a precaution against death, so I don't feel TOO bad. I just have to be aware of how my body feels and I need to act accordingly.
Hope that I'm feeling better by tomorrow.
And that is today, I guess.
<3
Eric said his chest is feeling a bit tight, which means we could be getting sick -- that would suck, but it's probably a better option than me being potassium deficient.
I will have to stop fasting if I get sick, though, and I'm pretty keen to reach my goal (even though I don't really WANT to keep fasting, I've set my mind to it and I don't want to lose.) I think it was a bit lofty to expect a 30 day fast for my first fast, and in the winter... but I suppose I'm not the most rational lady.
I think I will probably do a 14 day fast in the summer, perhaps as a yearly exercise, but definitely it would be more advisable to do this in the summer. We'll see what happens, but hopefully I'm not sick.
I feel bad for sort of "cheating"... what with eating part of a banana and drinking a drink that has sugar in it.. but it was a precaution against death, so I don't feel TOO bad. I just have to be aware of how my body feels and I need to act accordingly.
Hope that I'm feeling better by tomorrow.
And that is today, I guess.
<3
Monday, June 14, 2010
Day 9
went to Shannon's birthday dinner at Chow last night, a classy asian tapas type restaurant. Everything smelled so good! And mondays are 2 for 1 night, which made it very reasonably priced. Eric came with me, and we met lots of Shannon's friends that we hadn't met before. Talked with some cool people, had a good time. I had two glasses of delicious fresh grapefruit juice. No one thought I was crazy for not eating, which was nice. Everything looked fantastic though, and Eric really liked it so I think we'll go there on another Monday sometime when I can eat. :D
I guess everything is going okay with my fast. I feel fine/good, but it's strange sometimes because occasionally I feel a little hungry, but instead of eating like I normally would, I have to find something else to do. Or if I'm bored, or wandering, it wouldn't be unusual for me to just whip up a quick snack and munch, but now I have to fill my time with something else. I miss eating, mentally! I'm almost 1/3 of the way through, though, which is heartening. Yay me! It would be more gratifying, though, if I was losing more weight. Some is better than none, but still. I've read that weight loss slows after the first week. I guess I can't really do much but wait and see.
I walk about 3ks on days when I work, so 2 or 3 times a week, which is pretty good, but probably not good enough. I don't really feel energetic enough to do some vigorous exercise. Ohhh well.
I am going to take a nap now!
I guess everything is going okay with my fast. I feel fine/good, but it's strange sometimes because occasionally I feel a little hungry, but instead of eating like I normally would, I have to find something else to do. Or if I'm bored, or wandering, it wouldn't be unusual for me to just whip up a quick snack and munch, but now I have to fill my time with something else. I miss eating, mentally! I'm almost 1/3 of the way through, though, which is heartening. Yay me! It would be more gratifying, though, if I was losing more weight. Some is better than none, but still. I've read that weight loss slows after the first week. I guess I can't really do much but wait and see.
I walk about 3ks on days when I work, so 2 or 3 times a week, which is pretty good, but probably not good enough. I don't really feel energetic enough to do some vigorous exercise. Ohhh well.
I am going to take a nap now!
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Day 8
I can't believe I've been fasting for 7 full days. The internet was right, it gets easier as you go along. I'm not exactly looking forward to 3 more weeks of this, not because it's too hard, just because... well, I like eating. I like playing on the internet, and I wouldn't look forward to 3 weeks of not internetting either. It's kind of like that.
I've been doing a sort of watery juice fast. Juice fasts recommend something crazy like 32-64 ounces of juice per day, but that's so many calories and I wouldn't even be able to drink that much, I get full after an 8 oz cup of juice. So I've been drinking lots of water, and juice once or twice a day. If I am feeling less energetic than usual, or a bit faint, I'll make myself a cup of juice and I feel great after that. Probably part of me not drinking heaps of juice is that cleaning up the juicer is so freaking annoying, I do it once a day and I'm like, that's it, no way do I want to do that again today. x.x but juice is so delicious. I think I will have pineapple juice this morning. yummm!
Yesterday was a good day. I went to see a movie with Paul -- a french film called Micmacs, by the director who directed Amelie. It was a very charming movie, with a satisfying ending. I liked it quite a bit.
And yesterday evening was dinner at Eric's parent's house. Eric's Aunty Kate was there for a visit, so I went along even though I couldn't eat anything. I sat at the table with them and drank juice while they ate dinner and dessert. It smelled really good, and I wanted it, but I just wasn't tempted to take any.
It was kind of awkward, though... I didn't like it. And it seemed like his Aunty Kate thought I was crazy, which made me feel shy and nervous... they asked me about what I was doing and I started to explain, but just was really shy about it because I guess the way it was asked, it was like they already thought I was kind of crazy and they were vaguely interested in what my defense might be. So I definitely didn't do a good job of talking.
I wish that, after describing the benefits of ridding my body of toxins and giving my body the energy to heal itself instead of digest food, I would have said something like this: "and even if those hokey pokey benefits aren't true, and I don't feel that much better or different, I'll have lost some weight and learned to better control my cravings for food and at the very least, I'll have given myself a new experience." But I didn't say that, and it was just really awkward.
I probably won't come for dinner the rest of the month. It won't be as awkward with Aunty Kate not there, but it's still a little weird for me.
And it's Monday, so:
weight: 93.5 kg (4.2 kg loss, or 9.3 lbs)
back pain: average. 5/10, 5 being the normal pain I experience, 10 being I-can't-get-out-of-bed, and 1 being no pain at all.
knee pain: no pain
shoulder: average, 5/10.
Factors to consider: I've been getting really terrible sleep. Last night I slept for ages, but it was filled with nightmares (first ones in a long while) and so it wasn't particularly restful. Hopefully I can catch up with sleepytimes soon.
And I guess that's about all for me. <3
I've been doing a sort of watery juice fast. Juice fasts recommend something crazy like 32-64 ounces of juice per day, but that's so many calories and I wouldn't even be able to drink that much, I get full after an 8 oz cup of juice. So I've been drinking lots of water, and juice once or twice a day. If I am feeling less energetic than usual, or a bit faint, I'll make myself a cup of juice and I feel great after that. Probably part of me not drinking heaps of juice is that cleaning up the juicer is so freaking annoying, I do it once a day and I'm like, that's it, no way do I want to do that again today. x.x but juice is so delicious. I think I will have pineapple juice this morning. yummm!
Yesterday was a good day. I went to see a movie with Paul -- a french film called Micmacs, by the director who directed Amelie. It was a very charming movie, with a satisfying ending. I liked it quite a bit.
And yesterday evening was dinner at Eric's parent's house. Eric's Aunty Kate was there for a visit, so I went along even though I couldn't eat anything. I sat at the table with them and drank juice while they ate dinner and dessert. It smelled really good, and I wanted it, but I just wasn't tempted to take any.
It was kind of awkward, though... I didn't like it. And it seemed like his Aunty Kate thought I was crazy, which made me feel shy and nervous... they asked me about what I was doing and I started to explain, but just was really shy about it because I guess the way it was asked, it was like they already thought I was kind of crazy and they were vaguely interested in what my defense might be. So I definitely didn't do a good job of talking.
I wish that, after describing the benefits of ridding my body of toxins and giving my body the energy to heal itself instead of digest food, I would have said something like this: "and even if those hokey pokey benefits aren't true, and I don't feel that much better or different, I'll have lost some weight and learned to better control my cravings for food and at the very least, I'll have given myself a new experience." But I didn't say that, and it was just really awkward.
I probably won't come for dinner the rest of the month. It won't be as awkward with Aunty Kate not there, but it's still a little weird for me.
And it's Monday, so:
weight: 93.5 kg (4.2 kg loss, or 9.3 lbs)
back pain: average. 5/10, 5 being the normal pain I experience, 10 being I-can't-get-out-of-bed, and 1 being no pain at all.
knee pain: no pain
shoulder: average, 5/10.
Factors to consider: I've been getting really terrible sleep. Last night I slept for ages, but it was filled with nightmares (first ones in a long while) and so it wasn't particularly restful. Hopefully I can catch up with sleepytimes soon.
And I guess that's about all for me. <3
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Day 6
I'm not dead! walking down K road wasn't as scary as I thought.
I am not very hungry which is good, but also bad because I forget sometimes to drink water and I need to be careful not to dehydrate myself.
I worked a shift at Hell Pizza tonight which was not as hard as I thought it would be -- it smelled great but I didn't feel hungry or even tempted. I think about food a lot, but it's surprisingly easy to just not eat it. That's a pretty good lesson I will take with me after the fast -- even though I love food, if I'm not hungry, it's easy just to not eat. ^.^
For fun, and because I do think about food a lot, I've been planning menus for when I can eat -- really happy about it, I think it will stress me out less. I'm organizing it so I'll make one thing, and then use it for three different meals, that sort of thing. And we'll have a better plan for our shopping so we'll hopefully spend less money, and we'll definitely eat out less I think since a lot of our eating out comes from us just not feeling like figuring out what to cook. :D yay!
warning: I'm about to talk about poop. When you're fasting you're supposed to do an enema or two... but I definitely don't want to do that. I did, however, take a laxative suppository and it wasn't great. It was nice to poop but man, I don't think anyone likes suppositories. I hope I don't have to do it again.
I feel really good most of the time. The only negative aspect I've encountered so far is that if I stand up too fast after sitting, I get tunnel vision and feel very faint. I haven't blacked out, but I just need to be careful.
time for bed! <3
I am not very hungry which is good, but also bad because I forget sometimes to drink water and I need to be careful not to dehydrate myself.
I worked a shift at Hell Pizza tonight which was not as hard as I thought it would be -- it smelled great but I didn't feel hungry or even tempted. I think about food a lot, but it's surprisingly easy to just not eat it. That's a pretty good lesson I will take with me after the fast -- even though I love food, if I'm not hungry, it's easy just to not eat. ^.^
For fun, and because I do think about food a lot, I've been planning menus for when I can eat -- really happy about it, I think it will stress me out less. I'm organizing it so I'll make one thing, and then use it for three different meals, that sort of thing. And we'll have a better plan for our shopping so we'll hopefully spend less money, and we'll definitely eat out less I think since a lot of our eating out comes from us just not feeling like figuring out what to cook. :D yay!
warning: I'm about to talk about poop. When you're fasting you're supposed to do an enema or two... but I definitely don't want to do that. I did, however, take a laxative suppository and it wasn't great. It was nice to poop but man, I don't think anyone likes suppositories. I hope I don't have to do it again.
I feel really good most of the time. The only negative aspect I've encountered so far is that if I stand up too fast after sitting, I get tunnel vision and feel very faint. I haven't blacked out, but I just need to be careful.
time for bed! <3
Friday, June 11, 2010
Day 5
Man so here I am at work. It's 8:13 pm; I got here at 7:45 am. Really all there is to say is: whyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. Hardware should just work, and ingesting 40 minutes of digital footage should not take an hour. It should take, maximum, 40 minutes but hey I'm not capturing off a tape here, these are just files man. Maybe if we were using macs instead of windows... the ingesting wouldn't go faster but the stupid hardware would probably work. Why does windows even need drivers? apple computers > microsoft. HUFF PUFF.
I am definitely going to be here at least another 1.5 hours, and that's the estimate if I put in the last card to ingest and book it rather than waiting around for it to finish.
it's okay, because I get paid well and it's easy, I'm just tired and I want to go home. I got two hours of sleep Wednesday night because of my overnight work shift, and then last night I got about four hours because Eric wanted us to switch which side of bed we slept on for some reason unfathomable to me, and I just couldn't get quite comfortable and kept waking up. We will definitely be sleeping on our usual sides tonight, or I will probably die.
I don't feel particularly hungry today, though, which is good. I have been at work all day so I bought some orange juice and tomato juice that were suitably un-tampered with, not as great as fresh juice but I can't exactly bring my Breville to work. It also helps being at work, I think, because there's not really any food or eating to tempt my eyes and nostrils, and I'm busy enough that eating doesn't cross my mind.
Yesterday was a bit rougher than today was, though. I was at home all day and because I wanted to celebrate Eric's job-getting and also I was bored and wanted to cook... I made him a carrot cake. It smelled and looked delicious. It was probably the perfect cake, by my guess. And one of my favorite tastes is cream cheese frosting, it's a real pain to whip some up and not lick your fingers, or the bowl, or just eat it with a spoon. He was happy though and I think that's a good thing... and it occupied me for a while. I don't think I'll be cooking much more this month though. It was quite the temptation.
I am excited for Monday, when I will record my weekly trackings. I've already lost a little chunk of weight, but probably some of that is poop so nothing to get excited over yet. Hopefully the figures will be more inspiring by Monday.
Man it is raining heaps currently and it will be at around 10 pm that I have to walk about 1.6 km down K road. This means nothing to you currently, but what I will tell you is this: K road "used to" be Auckland's red light district. The part I work at is a nice bit of K road, but to get to where I parked I have to walk through a scummy scary bit. I am not excited. I was expecting to be walking to my car at 4:30 in the afternoon, when the streets are not scary. I am probably showing what a yuppie I am, but even when I was walking to work at 7:30 am this morning, I passed two trannies and several homeless dudes, and a terrifying soapbox yelling guy who said the n-word four times in the time it took me to walk as quickly as I could out of earshot. Yeah.
I felt out of place.
anyway... I guess that's it for me, I'll go read some more of that crime novel I found on a dusty shelf around here (crime novel? you're already kind of scared, kerri, what is even wrong with you?)
clearly I'm going insane.
Much love.
I am definitely going to be here at least another 1.5 hours, and that's the estimate if I put in the last card to ingest and book it rather than waiting around for it to finish.
it's okay, because I get paid well and it's easy, I'm just tired and I want to go home. I got two hours of sleep Wednesday night because of my overnight work shift, and then last night I got about four hours because Eric wanted us to switch which side of bed we slept on for some reason unfathomable to me, and I just couldn't get quite comfortable and kept waking up. We will definitely be sleeping on our usual sides tonight, or I will probably die.
I don't feel particularly hungry today, though, which is good. I have been at work all day so I bought some orange juice and tomato juice that were suitably un-tampered with, not as great as fresh juice but I can't exactly bring my Breville to work. It also helps being at work, I think, because there's not really any food or eating to tempt my eyes and nostrils, and I'm busy enough that eating doesn't cross my mind.
Yesterday was a bit rougher than today was, though. I was at home all day and because I wanted to celebrate Eric's job-getting and also I was bored and wanted to cook... I made him a carrot cake. It smelled and looked delicious. It was probably the perfect cake, by my guess. And one of my favorite tastes is cream cheese frosting, it's a real pain to whip some up and not lick your fingers, or the bowl, or just eat it with a spoon. He was happy though and I think that's a good thing... and it occupied me for a while. I don't think I'll be cooking much more this month though. It was quite the temptation.
I am excited for Monday, when I will record my weekly trackings. I've already lost a little chunk of weight, but probably some of that is poop so nothing to get excited over yet. Hopefully the figures will be more inspiring by Monday.
Man it is raining heaps currently and it will be at around 10 pm that I have to walk about 1.6 km down K road. This means nothing to you currently, but what I will tell you is this: K road "used to" be Auckland's red light district. The part I work at is a nice bit of K road, but to get to where I parked I have to walk through a scummy scary bit. I am not excited. I was expecting to be walking to my car at 4:30 in the afternoon, when the streets are not scary. I am probably showing what a yuppie I am, but even when I was walking to work at 7:30 am this morning, I passed two trannies and several homeless dudes, and a terrifying soapbox yelling guy who said the n-word four times in the time it took me to walk as quickly as I could out of earshot. Yeah.
I felt out of place.
anyway... I guess that's it for me, I'll go read some more of that crime novel I found on a dusty shelf around here (crime novel? you're already kind of scared, kerri, what is even wrong with you?)
clearly I'm going insane.
Much love.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Day 4
really, is it only day 4? crazy. I didn't feel very hungry last night during my overnight shift or this morning, until Eric started cooking some yummy food and now my tummy is like... ME WANT!! So I guess I should make some juice soon. I've been pretty naughty so far and have really only used fruit juice, but you're supposed to use lots of vege juice or mainly vege juice... but the only vege juice that I've tried that I liked is carrot juice, and even though I know I like it, I still have a mental thing where I don't really want to drink it. I'll overcome, I think, but still a bit meh about it. I have some capsicum to juice, which I'm looking forward to... hopefully I like it as much as I like the actual vegetable. probably not x.x
Last night I went to a WIFT event and they had the best nibbles I'd ever seen....mini spring rolls/samosas/savouries/sausage rolls/sandwiches of various gourmet stylings/caramel slices/brownies/cookies/MY GOODNESS I want some nibbles. Instead of eating food though, I just had some bottled orange juice which probably not the best for me but still, I did okay I think. 30 days was maybe a crazy idea but I will get through it. It helps rambling, so that is why I am doing that so much.
anyway here is a picture of my awesome teacup!
Last night I went to a WIFT event and they had the best nibbles I'd ever seen....mini spring rolls/samosas/savouries/sausage rolls/sandwiches of various gourmet stylings/caramel slices/brownies/cookies/MY GOODNESS I want some nibbles. Instead of eating food though, I just had some bottled orange juice which probably not the best for me but still, I did okay I think. 30 days was maybe a crazy idea but I will get through it. It helps rambling, so that is why I am doing that so much.
anyway here is a picture of my awesome teacup!
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Day 3
Hello! today is Day 3 and it is going okay so far. It's 11:30 AM, and I decided to make some hot spiced apple cider for breakfast. I absolutely love fresh apple cider, but was feeling the urge to cook something and since it is a cold day today, though luckily the first sunny one in ages, I juiced some apples, put some cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and ginger in a tea ball infuser thing and heated them together slowly for about 20 minutes. It was delicious, but very rich and a treat I don't think I'll crave again for a while.
I was surprised, though, that an 8 oz cup of cider filled me up. I definitely want to eat, mentally, but I'm not hungry. I think my brain is confused because I'm full but I haven't chewed anything. It's a weird feeling.
The mental cravings are made worse because Eric is still eating food... He has agreed to my request that he doesn't bring any fast food/pizza into the house for this month, which will help a lot. But he made this awesome herbed egg this morning and it smelled absolutely heavenly and I'm already planning the sorts of food I'm going to eat when this is over. :P
(my first real meal will be an herbed egg, sunny side up, with homemade bread toasted with margarine under the broiler, and lightly wilted spinach. Or maybe chicken breast, lettuce, tomato, onion, and tzatziki sauce in a homemade pita. I'm just torturing myself here.)
After the days of just straight juice fasting, though, I have to ease myself back into eating solid foods, so there will be 3-5 days of just eating raw fruits and vegetables before I can have real food. And my goal is to eat much less and much better for me once I'm done with this fast anyway... It's harder to eat well when I'm working, because I'll be too tired to cook or shop and we end up getting fast food. But I intend to cook more often, and I want to have fresh fruit and oatmeal for breakfast, my biggest meal in the afternoon, and a lighter meal in the evening.
I also plan on drinking more tea -- I know that you guys disapprove of tea-drinking, but lemongrass tea has proven to cause autolysis in cancerous cells, while leaving healthy cells alone. I'm supplementing my juice fast with tea, and see no issue with continuing to do so after I'm done. Also I have a freakin SWEET teacup. It's the best. I'll take a picture of it today or tomorrow and post it up because I probably love this cup too much.
Enough pointless rambling from me, I think.
Love <3 <3
I was surprised, though, that an 8 oz cup of cider filled me up. I definitely want to eat, mentally, but I'm not hungry. I think my brain is confused because I'm full but I haven't chewed anything. It's a weird feeling.
The mental cravings are made worse because Eric is still eating food... He has agreed to my request that he doesn't bring any fast food/pizza into the house for this month, which will help a lot. But he made this awesome herbed egg this morning and it smelled absolutely heavenly and I'm already planning the sorts of food I'm going to eat when this is over. :P
(my first real meal will be an herbed egg, sunny side up, with homemade bread toasted with margarine under the broiler, and lightly wilted spinach. Or maybe chicken breast, lettuce, tomato, onion, and tzatziki sauce in a homemade pita. I'm just torturing myself here.)
After the days of just straight juice fasting, though, I have to ease myself back into eating solid foods, so there will be 3-5 days of just eating raw fruits and vegetables before I can have real food. And my goal is to eat much less and much better for me once I'm done with this fast anyway... It's harder to eat well when I'm working, because I'll be too tired to cook or shop and we end up getting fast food. But I intend to cook more often, and I want to have fresh fruit and oatmeal for breakfast, my biggest meal in the afternoon, and a lighter meal in the evening.
I also plan on drinking more tea -- I know that you guys disapprove of tea-drinking, but lemongrass tea has proven to cause autolysis in cancerous cells, while leaving healthy cells alone. I'm supplementing my juice fast with tea, and see no issue with continuing to do so after I'm done. Also I have a freakin SWEET teacup. It's the best. I'll take a picture of it today or tomorrow and post it up because I probably love this cup too much.
Enough pointless rambling from me, I think.
Love <3 <3
Monday, June 7, 2010
Day 2
man this sucks. I'm hungryyy. :[ I hope that after Day 3 I forget how much I like cooking and eating food. I really want grilled chicken breast and tzatziki sauce.
Oh well. Too soon to feel any of the good effects, but definitely not too soon to be really disappointed by the fact that I couldn't eat the little chocolate I was given by a survey-conducting man this morning. :[
stay tuned!
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Day 1
So, I'm starting my juice fast. It's kind of a hippy thing to do, as it's sort of natural/alternative healthsy, but I'm really excited.
I will have 2 - 3 cups of fresh fruit/vegetable juice per day, and as much tea as I want, unsweetened of course. No solid foods, nothing, for 30 days.
Because my digestive system will be given a rest during this period, my body can focus its energy on repairing other damages throughout my body. I can expect my asthma symptoms to decrease, and possibly a decrease in my back/shoulder pain as my body stops worrying about digesting solid food and starts worrying about healing its cells. I will probably also experience an increase in mental clarity, memory, etc. One awesome thing is that once you stop giving your body outside energy sources, it turns on itself and uses its own resources for energy... which include viruses, dead/dying cells, cancer cells, and fat. So another effect of the fast is, obviously, weight loss. The weight loss estimates vary wildly from website to website, but I'd be happy with a 15 - 20 lb loss and overjoyed with more than that. There are negatives though... as the body excretes toxins from the body I can expect more BO, more acne, bad breath, occasional "low" periods of no energy in between other "high" periods where I am energetic and positive. This is all stuff I've read, though, and nothing I've experienced yet as it's my first day. So I guess we'll see.
My plan is to fast for 30 days -- depending on how I feel, I may switch to a water fast, or continue as a juice fast throughout, or if I'm feeling very sick I may end up eating whole fruits/veges because I'm doing this for my health, and I'm not willing to compromise it. I do hope and plan to stick to the 30 days, and I'm very excited to see what changes I notice in my body, if any.
I will be trying to track a few things throughout this:
weight: 97.7 kg
back pain: very painful right now. 8/10, 5 being the normal pain I experience, 10 being I-can't-get-out-of-bed, and 1 being no pain at all.
knee pain: a little sore if not held straight, creaky
asthma: Will track less than the others -- currently, I can't run/walk fast in cold air at this point because my breath becomes so restricted. Will test again at around 15 days, and then again at 30, by walking briskly at night time and measuring my endurance.
And because I won't be able to eat, or cook, during this period, I'll need to do something to fill my time.. so I've come up with a few projects and hopefully I can share photos of what I've accomplished during the month, or at least after. :] I won't be at home as much as I anticipated, though, because work has been popping up for me quite nicely, but hopefully I'll get a FEW things done at least!
so... yep! that's me. Wish me luck, give me support, I'll need it -- I love food and it kind of sucks that I won't get to have any for ages, but I expect the benefits to be worth it.
:D
I will have 2 - 3 cups of fresh fruit/vegetable juice per day, and as much tea as I want, unsweetened of course. No solid foods, nothing, for 30 days.
Because my digestive system will be given a rest during this period, my body can focus its energy on repairing other damages throughout my body. I can expect my asthma symptoms to decrease, and possibly a decrease in my back/shoulder pain as my body stops worrying about digesting solid food and starts worrying about healing its cells. I will probably also experience an increase in mental clarity, memory, etc. One awesome thing is that once you stop giving your body outside energy sources, it turns on itself and uses its own resources for energy... which include viruses, dead/dying cells, cancer cells, and fat. So another effect of the fast is, obviously, weight loss. The weight loss estimates vary wildly from website to website, but I'd be happy with a 15 - 20 lb loss and overjoyed with more than that. There are negatives though... as the body excretes toxins from the body I can expect more BO, more acne, bad breath, occasional "low" periods of no energy in between other "high" periods where I am energetic and positive. This is all stuff I've read, though, and nothing I've experienced yet as it's my first day. So I guess we'll see.
My plan is to fast for 30 days -- depending on how I feel, I may switch to a water fast, or continue as a juice fast throughout, or if I'm feeling very sick I may end up eating whole fruits/veges because I'm doing this for my health, and I'm not willing to compromise it. I do hope and plan to stick to the 30 days, and I'm very excited to see what changes I notice in my body, if any.
I will be trying to track a few things throughout this:
weight: 97.7 kg
back pain: very painful right now. 8/10, 5 being the normal pain I experience, 10 being I-can't-get-out-of-bed, and 1 being no pain at all.
knee pain: a little sore if not held straight, creaky
asthma: Will track less than the others -- currently, I can't run/walk fast in cold air at this point because my breath becomes so restricted. Will test again at around 15 days, and then again at 30, by walking briskly at night time and measuring my endurance.
And because I won't be able to eat, or cook, during this period, I'll need to do something to fill my time.. so I've come up with a few projects and hopefully I can share photos of what I've accomplished during the month, or at least after. :] I won't be at home as much as I anticipated, though, because work has been popping up for me quite nicely, but hopefully I'll get a FEW things done at least!
so... yep! that's me. Wish me luck, give me support, I'll need it -- I love food and it kind of sucks that I won't get to have any for ages, but I expect the benefits to be worth it.
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