2017 AUG 26 -- Day 7

I have decided that I'm not eating. At least today, I'm not. Maybe I will extend this moratorium on food another day, too.

Starting weight: 415 lbs
Current weight: 409.4 lbs⇩ 
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 399 lbs

Typically, I will get serious hunger pangs that make me feel like I'll starve and waste away to nothing if I don't eat. For the most part, I've had hunger twinges, but no full-on hunger pangs today. I can will-power past these twonges; the hunger pangs, though, those are another story. I suppose the ELOO is helping curb those as I haven't felt excessively hungry since starting this diet experiment.

Mu husband hates it when I'm hungry like that as I tend to get "hangry," and I bite his head off (probably out of hunger... mmm, delish! nom, nom, nom...)

I'm kind of proud that I've managed to stick with this for 7 days. I don't know if I've ever really tried sticking to something for a long period of time or not. This seems like a bit of a milestone, though, so I thought I'd mention it.

I was very discouraged by the numbers I saw yesterday, but I realized that I haven't really had a good visit to the porcelain fairy in a few days, and that may be the issue. I tried to be as tactful about how I said that as possible.

Here's a visual because it's entirely necessary:

I'm sure this guy misses my gifts. 

Anyhow, I'm not eating, and I'm fine. I'm taking the daily doses of ELOO, 2 Tbsp at a time, twice a day. I am also drinking a Monster Energy drink at work -- full sugar and calories rather than my normal Zero Ultra option.

The black can is the regular Monster Energy with 220 calories per can, while the white one is the Zero Ultra boasting 0 calories per can.

I think I need the calories to take the edge off of the hunger. It seems to be working.

I started drinking the Zero Ultra with my lunches because extra calories are not needed. I never drink the Zero Ultra alone, though, because flavor without calories makes the body angry!

Well, it makes the body miss the calories it was expecting, anyways, and then rebound hard when it finally does get some calories. That's been my experience, anyhow. I'm sure there's some science involved somehow.

I know that I need to avoid "starvation mode" -- this means that your body's metabolic rate slows to a point that does not effectively break down the fat you consume or that is present in our body. Starvation mode, from what I can tell, is not a scientifically-proven idea. I haven't been able to find any studies, but there are a number of doctors and nutritionists that have seen this theory at work in real-world situations. I'm not just making this up! LOL

Anyhow, I have loads of fat, so I don't want to enter starvation mode. This Shangri-La Diet is supposed to stop that from happening. The body should not feel as though it is starving, so it will not try to preserve my fat stores... in theory.

Let's see if my body responds well to this small fast. How long until it's considered anorexia? Can I be this large and anorexic? These are real questions I have going through my head all the time, and I am not setting out to offend any actual sufferers. I realize these questions are probably dumb, but they are valid to me. I better watch it with the fasting. I don't want to invite any eating disorders. I plan to research it later; I'm probably being stupid.

Stupid graph: