Friday, August 18, 2017

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.

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