ny_shelly's Journal, 10 August 2017

Hi Ny_shelly! Were you able to Fast today? I do Water or Dry Fasts often, I love the feeling of mental clarity after 9/10 days without food, BUT the first 2/3 days are sooo tough! I wish I could just wake up at the 4th day in full Ketosis! Good luck with your Water & Walking Challenge! 

Hi PizzaLover88 I share your affinity for Pizza - it's my fav. Yes I am fasting today but I only do 500 calorie fasts. So I have 2 bottles of water and some tea to get me through the next couple of hours! I have done 36 hour fasts but I have never done a longer one yet. That's amazing you do those long fasts! 

what do you mean by a fasting day?! 

Hi MadameOlenska, a fasting day is a day without food, only Water....although a lot of people call "Fasting" also any drastic change on eating like juice fasting or fruit fasting. My longest Water Fast was 24 days, once you enter into Ketosis it's all down-hill :) 

Hi MadameOlenska - I follow the suggestions of Jason Fung, who is a kidney doctor in Toronto who has shown that intermittent fasting can reverse type II diabetes. I don't fast to lose weight, just to help with my fasting blood sugar levels. There are several different ways to fast. One way is to eat one 500 calorie meal and then don't eat (fast) until the next day. It gives you a 23 - 24 hour fast. I do this 3x per week. Like PizzaLover said, there are many different fasting strategies. When I get used to it, I will do a Friday night 6 pm to Sunday morning 6 am fast - that is a 36 hour fast.