“Until you’re broken, you don’t know what you’re made of. It gives you the ability to build yourself all over again, but Stronger than ever”
I made it through the weekend without breaking my fast. It wasn’t the most fun weekend of my life, but it also wasn’t the worst. Here’s what it looked like:
Saturday (Day 2)- I was still making the transition to fat burning today. Mid-day my blood sugar was 124 (normal fasting is 75-105, so I was a little higher than I should have been) and I had trace urinary ketones. I felt pretty good, a little bit hungry, but I was expecting this. I have heard and read that the second day is the hardest in terms of that, and so I was ready to ride it out. I went to a neighbors birthday party that night, which in hindsight might not have been the best decision. It was at a delicious Mexican restaurant, with all you can eat tacos and all you care to drink Margs. These are 2 of my favorite things to consume and it took a bit of will power to stay there and drink my club soda with a lime and not try all the delicious looking food and drinks being paraded by me. But I held strong and made it home without any cheating at all. That night my sugar was 104 and ketones were moderate. Now I was starting to get into some more ketosis. I was pretty hungry and really wanting to put something in my mouth with some flavor, but settled for a Cherry-Lime Lacroix and went to bed.
Sunday (Day 3)- I woke up feeling pretty good. My glucose was 82 and my ketones were moderate. Now we were in business! I was expecting to not be hungry today, but I was very hungry and feeling low on energy and sluggish. I checked my sugar at that time and it was 61. That’s a little too low and so I ate a little bone broth and felt a lot better. I am not going to lie though, it was a rough day. I felt hungry at times throughout the day and didn’t have very good energy. I thought about calling it quits, but decided to finish the day and hope for a better day 4. I had some bone broth at dinner with my family and drank 1/2 a kombucha. I crawled into bed and hoped that the next day was going to be better or else my fast was over.
Monday (Day 4)- I woke up feeling better and more rested than I had the previous days. My sugar was 84 and my ketones were large now. And as a nice bonus I had lost 8 pounds since I had started my fast! Probably alot of water, but hopefully a little fat too. This was definitely where I wanted my body to be and so off to work I went. I had much better energy and felt pretty good, and I wasn’t really hungry at all throughout the day. So for me, it was 3 days before my hunger hormones finally started to settle down. When I got home from work, I checked my sugar again and it was 82 with large ketones. I was feeling a lot better now, and was excited to see if I could go the full 7 days. That’s where I am right now and things are good. I’m planning on some bone broth for dinner and a little kombucha action and see what tomorrow brings. I’ll post again in a couple of days and let you know how things are going then. Until then, thanks for reading!
