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2018 JUN 4 -- Day 54

I am now at 85 hours on my current fast, and my goal is 120 hours. I'm doing really well. I'm down 2 more pounds today from yesterday, but the fat loss should only be about a half-a-pound. This has to be water weight. I don't feel dehydrated, and I am keeping up with my electrolytes. Still, I expect to regain a bunch in water weight when I re-feed. When the scale goes up after I eat, I will not be discouraged by it because I know that it is expected. But I have to say, this rapid weight loss is really nice!

Starting weight: 401 lbs
Current weight: 352.8 lbs 
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 325 lbs

I can't wait to get home from work to see whether I have lost any more weight. Usually the best time to check is around 1:00 PM in the afternoon, but I am usually sleeping then. And I have been able tos ee these lower weights at around 6:30 PM when I get up for work, so maybe my circadian rhythms are finally catching up to my schedule. I have installed a full-spectrum lamp on my work desk, and that is supposed to be helping me adjust.

I still can't explain why my blood glucose levels are so high, though. They are in the 130s and 140s, but I am eating absolutely nothing. Where is this glucose coming from? Is my body just stubborn and constantly in a state of gluconeogenesis? I should not be having any sort of insulin response at all at the moment, so it would make sense that if my body is making glucose from some endogenous source, the glucose reading would be higher because there is nowhere for that sugar to go. But this is really troubling. What will happen when I re-feed?
Gluconeogenesis -- The liver manufactures new glucose from amino acids in a process called “gluconeogenesis”. Literally, this is translated as “making new glucose”. In non-diabetic persons, glucose levels fall but stay within the normal range. -- Dr. Jason Fung's IDM Program website: Fasting Physiology Part II.
These numbers are a bit higher than what might be explained away by the Dawn Phenomenon. And while others have reported higher numbers while fasting, those numbers are generally just above normal, and in the range of, like, 105mg/dl to 120mg/dl. I know that the high sugar levels can be dangers, but they are not quite in the realm of hyperglycemia which is generally marked by blood glucose levels in the range of 200mg/dl or more.

I'm going to keep going and see how my numbers fare and how I feel. I'm curious to see what happens after I eat. I will be eating a keto diet when I re-feed, so the insulin should not spike as much as it would if eating more carbohydrates. It will spike, though. That much I know. I'm doing extended fasting to gain the full benefits of autophagy, and I'm hoping that what I am doing is enough to start repairing what's gone wrong with my body and hormones.

I'm not expecting an overnight change. The full repair can take years, apparently, but the remission of Diabetes has been seen in as little as one week in some cases. It's been several weeks for me so far on this WOE, so I'm hopeful that I will see some real improvement.

I am not too worried about the high glucose readings graph:



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