I am about 40 hours in to my newest extended fast. I don't have a planned goal for this one. I am generally just going to keep going as long as I feel good with it.
I really hope this works to get me to drop some more pounds. So far this month, I have only lost 6 pounds in total. It's only Day 16 of the current 30-day month, so that's actually a really go amount of weight lost, but I would still like for it to be more. I am a bit impatient. The scale is going in the right direction again, so that's good.
Starting weight: 401 lbs
Current weight: 361.4 lbs ⇩
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 359 lbs
I have lost point-four lbs from yesterday to today. It's not a lot, but it's something. I'm hoping that I'll have lost more by the time I get home from work in the morning. It will have been about 42 hours into my current fast at that point. I won't have anything I need to cook today, so there's no danger of my accidentally tasting anything. I do have to prepare the enchilada sauce and Chorizo beef sausage for the Chorizo Enchilada Casserole I planned to make tomorrow. That should turn out a bit better than the disastrous Quiche Florentine with the terrible crust. I'm hopeful!
According to Dr. Fung and according to many in the Keto community, calories don't matter. I can see how the concepts works, and I also believe that calories don't matter, but I also just watched a VLOG from Keto Connect wherein they took on the 4000-calorie-a-day challenge for 21 days, and there was definitely weight-gain. That was extreme eating, though, and I don't think most people would do that. I know I wouldn't be able to. I can't imagine trying to consume that many calories a day. 1400 seems to be my upper limit, and I rarely get up to that amount.
I've been grappling with the decision of whether to take some photos of me right now or not. I am starting this fast, and it may go on for a while depending on how I feel. I want a before picture, but I am also not at my next short-term goal of 359 lbs yet. I planned to take a photo when I hit that number. Also, I'm not sure I know where the outfit is that I was wearing in the other photos. I may have packed that away somewhere. I should just do it so that I have a before image, and then if I go for a long time on this fast, I will have a comparison photo. Ideally, I'll fast for the next 300 days because that is when my husband and I will be going on a cruise, and I'd love to lose as much weight as possible before then. I don't know how realistic that is, though.
I am also struggling a bit to figure out what the ideal about of electrolytes is for my body and my personal needs. I found an infographic that shows that I should be getting 4,000mg to 7,000mg of sodium daily, and that is a very large amount of sodium! It's, like, three teaspoons. And I just don't see any way to get that much down. I tried putting that amount in my 6-cup water jug with water, and it tasted like the ocean. It was far too salty!
My husband tried to help. He is so supportive! I love him so much. I'm really lucky to have him. He suggested I take it in a shot using about a quarter cup of water. I couldn't do it. I've never really been quite able to take shots. It's still far too much liquid for me all at one time. So we came up with a solution. He bought me empty pills and a machine that fills them. I will put about one-eighth of a teaspoon in each, and then I will take 8 of them. According to Dr. Berg, I need one teaspoon of Himalayan pink salt daily. So that's what I'm going to put into the pills. That should do the trick.
For the rest of the electrolytes -- the potassium and magnesium -- I am adding 1 teaspoon of Magnesium Citrate and one teaspoon of NoSalt salt substitute to the 6-cup bottle, and I will try to drink it all while I'm at work. It's going to be a tall order, but I'm sure I can do it!
Trying to complete a 300-day fast is outrageous graph:
I really hope this works to get me to drop some more pounds. So far this month, I have only lost 6 pounds in total. It's only Day 16 of the current 30-day month, so that's actually a really go amount of weight lost, but I would still like for it to be more. I am a bit impatient. The scale is going in the right direction again, so that's good.
Starting weight: 401 lbs
Current weight: 361.4 lbs ⇩
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 359 lbs
I have lost point-four lbs from yesterday to today. It's not a lot, but it's something. I'm hoping that I'll have lost more by the time I get home from work in the morning. It will have been about 42 hours into my current fast at that point. I won't have anything I need to cook today, so there's no danger of my accidentally tasting anything. I do have to prepare the enchilada sauce and Chorizo beef sausage for the Chorizo Enchilada Casserole I planned to make tomorrow. That should turn out a bit better than the disastrous Quiche Florentine with the terrible crust. I'm hopeful!According to Dr. Fung and according to many in the Keto community, calories don't matter. I can see how the concepts works, and I also believe that calories don't matter, but I also just watched a VLOG from Keto Connect wherein they took on the 4000-calorie-a-day challenge for 21 days, and there was definitely weight-gain. That was extreme eating, though, and I don't think most people would do that. I know I wouldn't be able to. I can't imagine trying to consume that many calories a day. 1400 seems to be my upper limit, and I rarely get up to that amount.
I've been grappling with the decision of whether to take some photos of me right now or not. I am starting this fast, and it may go on for a while depending on how I feel. I want a before picture, but I am also not at my next short-term goal of 359 lbs yet. I planned to take a photo when I hit that number. Also, I'm not sure I know where the outfit is that I was wearing in the other photos. I may have packed that away somewhere. I should just do it so that I have a before image, and then if I go for a long time on this fast, I will have a comparison photo. Ideally, I'll fast for the next 300 days because that is when my husband and I will be going on a cruise, and I'd love to lose as much weight as possible before then. I don't know how realistic that is, though.
I am also struggling a bit to figure out what the ideal about of electrolytes is for my body and my personal needs. I found an infographic that shows that I should be getting 4,000mg to 7,000mg of sodium daily, and that is a very large amount of sodium! It's, like, three teaspoons. And I just don't see any way to get that much down. I tried putting that amount in my 6-cup water jug with water, and it tasted like the ocean. It was far too salty!
My husband tried to help. He is so supportive! I love him so much. I'm really lucky to have him. He suggested I take it in a shot using about a quarter cup of water. I couldn't do it. I've never really been quite able to take shots. It's still far too much liquid for me all at one time. So we came up with a solution. He bought me empty pills and a machine that fills them. I will put about one-eighth of a teaspoon in each, and then I will take 8 of them. According to Dr. Berg, I need one teaspoon of Himalayan pink salt daily. So that's what I'm going to put into the pills. That should do the trick.
For the rest of the electrolytes -- the potassium and magnesium -- I am adding 1 teaspoon of Magnesium Citrate and one teaspoon of NoSalt salt substitute to the 6-cup bottle, and I will try to drink it all while I'm at work. It's going to be a tall order, but I'm sure I can do it!
Trying to complete a 300-day fast is outrageous graph:
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