Posted by
GunsInTexas on Friday, November 30, 2007 10:19:14 PM
I woke up the morning of November 18th and decided I was going to fast...for 30 days. So I started. No preparation, no planning, no nothing. I went into the kitchen drank a big glass of water and started.
That was 12 days ago. But I guess I officially started fasting at 9:30 Saturday night which was when I finished a big burger, fries and 2 margaritas with my buddy James.
So as I type now I am 30 minutes shy of 13 days.
During that time I have eaten exactly nothing. I drink about 1.5 gallons of fluid a day, but no food and VERY few calories. The calories I have consumed consist of coffee creamer, 5-10 calories (sometimes) per 16 ounce bottle of flavored water, and 5-15 calories per cube of bullion.
All told I am averaging less than 50 calories per day, less than 500 total for 13 days. I estimate I have lost over 25 pounds, over 20 by the scale, but I didn't weigh the first couple of days, and won't weigh until first thing tomorrow morning.
You may have noticed that the title of this post indicates a 40 day fast but in the first sentence I indicated a 30 day fast. The fact is that when I looked on the internet later about fasts I found a whole lot of info (most worthless gibberish) about 40 day fasts. So in keeping with my amount of preparation, I shifted from 30 days to 40 days. So that is my goal.
I have been pleasantly surprised to find that I am not hungry. Not at all. Not for one minute in 13 days have I been hungry. And I have not sufferred any.
On the contrary, I am awake, aware, excited. I have been walking between 1/2 and 1.5 miles per day this week. I have been working out my upper body on the home bowflex-wanna-be that I have. I have great energy and feel fantastic.
I am taking a multi-vitamin, a B-complex vitamin and 4 asprin morning and night. I also take my allergy pill in the evening. I have stopped taking my Type2 diabetes medicine because my blood sugar has dropped below the level requiring medication. I believe that "normal" blood sugar levels are 110-126. The last week my blood sugar level is reading between 98 and 118!
I will write more in a day or so, my plans for this, for breaking fast, etc. But for now it is enough to know I have decided to take a positive step in my health.