Water Fast day 1 - 3

Woo I survived two full days of water fasting and in into my third day! So here are the days’ brief descriptions:

Day 0: I was on a liquid diet, but I still drank things not related to my water fast. I had that day broths, teas, a cup of coffee (with all the trimmings :P), some matcha  late <3 (I love my matcha), and some soups. This made my starting weight for my water fast at 144.8 pounds. Not bad, considering 3 weeks ago I was at around 150 – 152. Really no symptoms took place on that day, and my boyfriend and I even went for a 2 hour walk along the ocean at night. All in all, an easy day.

Day 1: As I said earlier, my starting weight for this day was at 144.8 pounds. The day was easy for my but that 19 hours into my fast I got hit with severe hunger. There were pangs, there was gas, and I felt like I was about to transform into a werewolf or something. I began feeling like I was losing self-control and was about to go binge on something. But you know what? I toughed it out! I went into my computer room, put on my favorite computer game which I haven’t played in a while (sims2) and just indulged myself with it. Other than that I didn’t do anything on that day. Just laid around on the couch watching tv (I can’t believe how many documentaries I saw that day!), and also spent time reading. My foof kept me company all day :3. Here’s a picture of her:

On a side note, when I went to sleep my mind flooded with images of all the food I want to eat. I was really weird. Instead of trying to suppress it, my boyfriend and I just started chatting on all the food that sounded good to us, until I ran out of idea and my mind went blank. I knew I wasn't going to run to the fridge then, so I indulged my brain, and then fell asleep.

Day 2: It was tough but a little easier than the 19 hour mark of day one. By this day I woke up weighing 141.8 pounds. That’s 3 pounds lost in 1 day. Awesome! (Even though I know its water weight). The hunger pains on this day were less severe, but I had almost no energy. It took serious will power to climb out of bed. It was already noon (don’t judge!) so I knew I have to climb out, even though it was a Sunday. Eventually I go up, only to get dressed and slump on the living room couch for the next couple of ours while sipping away at the endless supply of water. No, actually, at around 2 pm I got sick of the water taste and went out to get some lemons along with food for my pets. I usually put a slice of lemon in my water as it seems to be the only thing that helps me battle dry mouth which I hate. I still get it with lemon but not as severe to a point where my lips bleed.

At the end of the day I managed to knock out 5 loads of laundry (and that means running up and down the stairs from the 3^rd floor to the basement of my building with heavy Ikea bags filled with laundry. Did that with no problems. Asked my bf to pick up the last load simply because I got lady. On the plus side, he’s been very supportive of me attempting this fast even though he is against the notion of not eating. He started eating his food away from my sight which makes things for me so much easier. He even gives me a heads up if he’s cooking so that I can have a chance to escape to our computer room and not smell the food.

End of the day I went to sleep with no problems. However, I noticed I slept much lighter and was prone to waking up with any disturbance. Other symptoms during the day included slight nausea that went away as quickly as it had come, and headaches.

Day 3: Woke up and got out of bed much easier than yesterday and went straight for the shower. My hair was supper oily and skin began looking like I was about to peel worse than a lizard. Ew.  The shower is where my problems started. First look in the mirror before I hopped in and I noticed a HUGE red rash the shape of an inverted South America right bellow my chest, where my diaphragm is. It goes from there and is about 4 inches in length. Looks like an eczema patch, even though I don’t have eczema. After seeing that I went into the shower which first felt good, but then I started seeing auras – not good. This is usually my warning sign that I am about to faint. A sign I’m too familiar with because of the fainting spells I get in high heat, or high pressure, or low pressure environments. No doctor has been able to explain this fainting “condition” to me yet, but it seems to completely go away when I drop below 130 pounds, which tells me, that’s when my body feels healthy. More reason to press on. Anyway, once I got the auras, I lowered the heat of my shower (I bathe in hell waters) and has to sit down on my knees to ensure I don’t faint, and if I do it won’t be in dangerous circumstance. From experience, I know that when I faint, it lasts 3 minutes and then I wake up in cold sweats. None of that happened. I felt better, finished my shower, got up and got out. My body, however, doesn’t seem to think it’s done fighting. A few hours later I developed another rash/boil (not sure at this point) that is extremely itchy and my face is being crept on by little red dots. The same dots I get if I take any NSAID or inorganic, hormone infested meat (goat in particular). Also I have random bout of diarrhea that is expelling something spicy I ate. (I know tmi, but might help if you plan on doing this) The last spicy thing I ate was about a month ago which included green homemade salsa. Overall, these symptoms make me think that my body has transferred into ketosis since these are classic signs of fat metabolization and detox. I will check for ketones tonight and update accordingly. And now I’m off to get my stylus!! Woo (lost mine a month ago and haven’t been able to do any of my usual art since then :/)

SW: 144 // CW: 140.8 

Update: Yup, my suspicions were correct. I am in full ketosis, and much faster than I expected at that! Aaaaaaand I have my stylus so I totally got back to drawing today :) aight, till next time.

V Peace
-K