Fasting Log

[Nina]

After thinking about it and talking to my doctor he agreed that it would be safe to do a long water fast.

I will be getting bloodwork done pre and post fast, which will include the following:

Glucose (fasting)
Insulin (fasting)
Cortisol (blood) (fasting - 8am)
Prolactin
Estrogen
Progesterone
Testosterone
Thyroid - TSH, T3, T4, Reverse T3
Liverfunction: ALAT & ASAT
HDL/LDL
Sodium/potassium/calcium/magnesium(blood)
Bodyfat %
Hemoglobin
Blood pressure
Resting heart rate

Main Symptoms
Muscle weakness
Constant swollen lymph nodes in neck
Fragrance sensivity
Fatigue, especially in the morning
Puffy face
Inflammation
Low stamina despite exercise
Brain fog, difficulty with simple tasks
Forgetfulness
Mild anxiety
Short temper

Stats:
Female
20
Height: 176cm - 5'9
Weight: 69kg - 150lbs

Goal: 30 days minimum - 50 days if my weight/bodyfat allows me to.

Starting date: January 1, 2018.

 

[Orion]

With your height and weight, 50 days might be too long, maybe mentally plan for 20-30 days, and push further when you get those numbers and feel up too it.

Utilizing the Bruess juice and teas protocol could be helpful too. I found that from day 40 on, fasting does get really easy, with blunted hunger, but I was carrying alot more fat then you probably are.

The real enemy is the daydreaming of all the food you will want to buy, cook and eat. It disappeared completely for me after day 40, and once you refeed you forget all about it.

Also the first 3-5 days as you get into ketosis can be brutal, so keep yourself busy or binging netflix.

 

[Nina]

With your height and weight, 50 days might be too long, maybe mentally plan for 20-30 days, and push further when you get those numbers and feel up too it.

Utilizing the Bruess juice and teas protocol could be helpful too. I found that from day 40 on, fasting does get really easy, with blunted hunger, but I was carrying alot more fat then you probably are.

The real enemy is the daydreaming of all the food you will want to buy, cook and eat. It disappeared completely for me after day 40, and once you refeed you forget all about it.

Also the first 3-5 days as you get into ketosis can be brutal, so keep yourself busy or binging netflix.

Yeah, i was planning on watching my weight and if i drop below 60kg i will stop the fast.

I've short fasts before and the first 5 days are always hard but i'll push through

 

[Orion]

Yeah, i was planning on watching my weight and if i drop below 63kg i will stop the fast.

I've short fasts before and the first 5 days are always hard but i'll push through

Will be looking forward to updates

 

[Canari]

I like your new sportive avatar!
I am lucky, I do not feel the hunger, but I started without planning because I felt nauseous and did not want to eat, and my liver was very happy! My ratio hight weight is about the same 1m65 55kg. I have planned to wait for february, and will fast the catholic fast from fat tuesday to easter!

The real enemy is the daydreaming of all the food you will want to buy, cook and eat.

lol you do not have the real enemy around.... A garden full of oranges and guavas!

Nina, You want to water fast or let open the possibility for breuss fast?

 

[Nina]

I like your new sportive avatar!
I am lucky, I do not feel the hunger, but I started without planning because I felt nauseous and did not want to eat, and my liver was very happy! My ratio hight weight is about the same 1m65 55kg. I have planned to wait for february, and will fast the catholic fast from fat tuesday to easter!


lol you do not have the real enemy around.... A garden full of oranges and guavas!

Nina, You want to water fast or let open the possibility for breuss fast?

For now i am gonna stick with water fast since i find that easier, dont have to think about anything. I don't really see the point of doing Breuss instead of water to be honest, but i haven't looked into it that much yet

 

[Helen]

For now i am gonna stick with water fast since i find that easier, dont have to think about anything. I don't really see the point of doing Breuss instead of water to be honest, but i haven't looked into it that much yet

I doubt you could do 50 days on water for the first time. It takes years of practice to go over 20 days on water. Breuss I could go 100 days with no problem. but 50 days on water, first time fasting? I doubt you could do it. But I will pray for you. If you coud do it , it will solve many many problems, created by taking the birth control pill. THAT IS A FACT

 

[Canari]

I don't really see the point of doing Breuss instead of water to be honest

ELECTROLYTES!
Teas also bring electrolytes, after all it is a broth!

But I will pray for you.

Good mood the 23rd of december!

 

[Nina]

I doubt you could do 50 days on water for the first time. It takes years of practice to go over 20 days on water. Breuss I could go 100 days with no problem. but 50 days on water, first time fasting? I doubt you could do it. But I will pray for you. If you coud do it , it will solve many many problems, created by taking the birth control pill. THAT IS A FACT

It will be a good way to test my discipline. I am excited to try it.

 

[Helen]

It will be a good way to test my discipline. I am excited to try it.

Nina just here to warn you that sometimes it can get scary and you will feel like you are about to die and stuff. You won't die. But it will get really scary at times. You need to power thru it. This is where the experience comes into play and that is why I said it is hard for me to imagine you lasting 50 days on the first attempt.

 

[Canari]

This is where the experience comes into play

Ho yes, got it. You said to fast several times, so that the body gets the experience, and truely KNOWS that it is not starving for ever.
Hey, when you say things like this, this is truely what I call working with the nervous system! When it is scary, it is at this level, and it is the body that leads. So it is the body that needs to really know from experience what it is about.

It will be a good way to test my discipline. I am excited to try it.

Nina, discipline is about the brain and control. A fast does not test discipline because it is not a test anyway. What gbolduev says is real and has nothing to do with control but the inner flame of trust. if you are able to trust that sun is still there when you think only clouds are there. If you fast several times, then your body knows, and thus do not react as if it was life threatening.

 

[Canari]

water fast since i find that easier, dont have to think about anything.

About discipline, well Breuss fast is better... You have to think about doing teas and juices, and you would have to find and buy those teas now!

 

[Nina]

Nina just here to warn you that sometimes it can get scary and you will feel like you are about to die and stuff. You won't die. But it will get really scary at times. You need to power thru it. This is where the experience comes into play and that is why I said it is hard for me to imagine you lasting 50 days on the first attempt.

I understand. We will see how it goes, I wanna experience this myself. My mind is set on it.

 

[Helen]

@Canari

yes, Nina does not understand yet, that it is not about eating or not on the fast. it is about a feeling of death that you have to fight, and that you need to trust yourself that you won't die. And it is hard to do without experience. It is not about food cravings at all. After day 15 that is gone.

This is why fasting is such a great experience mentally also. You overcome your death fear. And also learn how to really trust yourself. It is freaking scary though.

My first 20 day water fast was SCAAAARY big time. My first 40 days water fast was very scary . Breuss is nothing comparing to those.

 

[Helen]

We will see how it goes. I wanna experience this myself, my mind is set on it.

yes, just have some excuses not to stop the fast. Make them up, remember them, and apply them, cause your body will want to stop the fast. trust me. and your mind will fight you .. If you are going for 50 days, you need to create artificial excuses to continue, like mental programming. It is better to make bets with people. I do that always, so it stimulates you to continue. Make a bet on purpose , dont make a bet for 50 days, just make a bet for 10 at a time.

If you manage 50 day pure water fast from the first attempt I would be very impressed.

 

[Canari]

If you manage 50 day pure water fast from the first attempt I would be very impressed.

good way to help her!

I wanna experience this myself

This is fine, this is how it goes, you have to live it in your flesh.
Remember that your body will react as gbolduev says, and that the best way to help is human connexion. What support will you get around you?

If you want to regulate better your experience, it is good to understand it better, so that you can follow your inner experience. Have you read my posts about what happens to the nervous system? A fast will regulate this, and your mind can help much more the process if you know what it is. You can help that it is a first experience by having knowledge. Then you will "recognize" what happens even if you never lived it before.

Have you planned to do home enema? This is a big problem that guts stay full because they are not stimulated. You need to remove stuff.

This is why fasting is such a great experience mentally also. You overcome your death fear. And also learn how to really trust yourself. It is freaking scary though.

What I do not like is the risk of dissociation. Of course you can come back from it, but you get a better resilience when you can sustain the feeling without dissociating. And you sustain better when you have human support.
We can give support through the web, but support from family and friends are important. And if people around get afraid, that is not good, not helping.

I agree very much with the advise to bet for a few days at a time, even less than 10 at a time, each person chooses.
After a moment, I would also do not count how many days are left, but how many days are done! Celebrating victory helps the mind!

 

[Nina]

good way to help her!

This is fine, this is how it goes, you have to live it in your flesh.
Remember that your body will react as gbolduev says, and that the best way to help is human connexion. What support will you get around you?

All my friends, my family and my doctor are informed and rooting for me because they know how much i struggle with my health. Support wont be a problem. It's weird to think about not eating for such a long time.

 

[TubZy]

With your height and weight, 50 days might be too long, maybe mentally plan for 20-30 days, and push further when you get those numbers and feel up too it.

Utilizing the Bruess juice and teas protocol could be helpful too. I found that from day 40 on, fasting does get really easy, with blunted hunger, but I was carrying alot more fat then you probably are.

The real enemy is the daydreaming of all the food you will want to buy, cook and eat. It disappeared completely for me after day 40, and once you refeed you forget all about it.

Also the first 3-5 days as you get into ketosis can be brutal, so keep yourself busy or binging netflix.

Dude, I used to just talk about food and recipes etc. with people, like people who were not fasting, it helped so much LOL.

Like just listening to someone else tell me what they made for breakfast was so satisfying when I was in the middle of a water fast. I would ask exactly how they cooked it and with what etc it helped the day dreaming part so much haha

 

[Canari]

It's weird to think about not eating for such a long time.

Time? More time for everything else! That is what I love most in fasting!

used to just talk about food and recipes etc. with people, like people who were not fasting

A friend fasted while cooking for other people! She said she loved it!

with people, like people who were not fasting

Don't tell me you knew some other crazy guy who was fasting too!

 

[Orion]

Dude, I used to just talk about food and recipes etc. with people, like people who were not fasting, it helped so much LOL.

Like just listening to someone else tell me what they made for breakfast was so satisfying when I was in the middle of a water fast. I would ask exactly how they cooked it and with what etc it helped the day dreaming part so much haha

haha my fast was through Oct/Nov, but I was planning elaborate Xmas dinners, New Years, Super bowl, meals for post breaking fast... it does seem to help, knowing the breakfast is coming some day!