Day 2.
Today I decided to continue 6/18 intermittent fasting, although I did not plan it. Last night I felt the familiar headache that usually indicates that my body switching into ketosis.
For those that practice Keto for a long time, it is pretty common to be able to pick that exact moment when our internal power plant finally gives up on carbs as fuel and picks up on fat.
For me, it is always few hours of "did I get flu or something?" symptoms. Every time it happens I am truly amazed at how our body works. Our autonomic nervous system (ANS) can communicate with our concsiousness, we just need to learn how to read these signals.
The "flu" symptoms were gone after my evening meditation and I was able to sleep like a baby.
I remember, when I first started Keto, I used to suffer from severe insomnia. For a long time is was not unusual for me to wake up at 2 am and lay wide awake in a dark.
It was extremely uncomfortable and finally was giving up and moving to the spare bedroom to read till about 5 am. After that, I was usually able to sleep for another hour.
My first week of ketosis cured it somewhat magically. On the third or fourth day, I slept through the night and I do since then.
In those times when I am back on carbs, insomnia comes back in 2-3 months, and that is the time for me to go back on keto or "borderline low carb diet".
