Fast day 3. This is totally doable

So, this is essentially what Dr. Fung calls bariatric surgery without the surgery. Weight is melting off super fast. I have pretty great energy levels although a bit of insomnia is setting in. I'm hoping that resolves on its own. Hunger is pretty well gone. I'm subsisting on coffee, tea, water and some cream in said coffee. I figure (or at least I'm hoping) that having fatty cream in the coffee will prevent the formation of gallstones, because the fat in my intestine should prompt regular bile release. I should also mention I'm supplementing with a multivitamin, vitamin C and salt, as well as some magnesium and vitamin D. I'm down 8 lbs in 8 days (including 3 days that turned into non-fast days because the cravings were too intense to resist). I'd like to press on and get down into the obese class I weight range (which is 10 lbs away for me) before halting the fast if I need to. Honestly, I'll just keep going as long as I feel okay, because truly this is bariatric surgery without the surgery. It's far less risky and I'm monitoring how I feel and will definitely listen to my body if it's telling me to stop. I'll check in in a few days to update.

Fast day 1: again

I've returned to restart my fast twice now. The headache spurred lascivious thoughts of delectable nut butter and I just. could. not. resist. On both day 2s.

Apparently, day 2 is always the most difficult. This is my third day 1. I'm sticking to a water fasting protocol as described by Fung in the Complete Guide to Fasting. Only small amounts of cream in coffee. Otherwise, water, tea, broth and salt are permitted (and vitamins). I'll report back tomorrow. Regardless of the triple start, I'm down 6 lbs in 6 days.

Fast Day 2: The Day of the Headache

Most of today has been consumed by a massive headache, despite drinking sufficient fluids (and caffeine, and salt). I'm down three plus pounds from yesterday, however I'm sure the three pounds (if not the plus) are from stored glycogen loss. I'm experiencing NO hunger, just a rollicking headache. I've just taken ibuprofen and I'm hoping it works. Otherwise, I'm soldiering on. This fasting thing seems to be absolutely no trouble at all as long as I don't have any sweetener. I've had a dash of cream in one of my coffees and it didn't stimulate hunger, so I'm guessing that what derailed me the other times I've engaged in fasting was the sweetener added to my coffee (Torani sugar free). Maybe the sweet stimulates enough of a cephalic insulin response that it gets my tummy ready for food.

It's been another year and I'm stalled. Enter: fasting.

I've decided to water fast (well, tea/coffee and water fast) for a while. I'm stuck at 220. Calorie restriction when eating is too hard for me--the appetite-stimulating effect of the food itself creates some pretty intense hunger and that sucks. Not eating at all is actually much easier, so I'm going to give that the old college try. I recently read Fung's book on fasting (The Complete Guide to Fasting) and am pretty confident I can do this for a prolonged period, safely. I've done a few days here and there before, we'll see how long I last with this, but so far so good. Today is day 1. I'm sort of hungry, it's almost 5 p.m., but I'm fine. I'm sure tomorrow will be harder than today, and when I've done this before I've found that sleeping is a real bitch. In any case, day 1 is nearly over. Day 2 report will come tomorrow :)