BadAndee's Journal, 18 May 2008

Well, I completed 4 days of fasting and boy am I deeply into ketosis! The stick has turned the darkest purple I've ever seen it, which is pretty darned cool! It's usually a weaker color if I do the test at any other time of the day besides evening, but now it doesn't matter what time I test! I used to get a little frustrated that the stix didn't turn darker purple before when I was doing everything perfectly!

So after I got up this morning, I stepped on the scale, thinking that it has to be good news, considering that I can feel a new set of bones I didn't know i had under all that fat! I think I finally reached HOW I WANT TO LOOK!

SCALE RESULTS; I lost 4 pounds! I made my goal! I started this at 112 because I had a huge cheater weekend before I got started! Holy Molasses! Now what do I do?? I don't know if I want to post it on that graph because they talk about how some of it could be water loss. So if 2 pound is indeed due to water, I'll be back up to 109-110 in no time, and I don't want to have to look at that as a gain! What to do......

what should I do ya'll??

I have one more day of the fat fast, so I'm going to complete it. Who knows! I might solidify at least 2 pounds of that loss! After this is over, I have no intention of cheating though! I'm more determined to make that weight loss stick around! It's the first time I've met my goal in FOREVER!

Out of all the diets I've tried, Atkins has been the only one that works for me. That must mean that I had a problem with my carb intake. Considering that my low-fat diet before was primarily carbs, that's no shocker!

So, my overall opinion of the Fat Fast??? It's not that hard to do, I NEVER felt hungry (although I have read several testimonials of people that said THEY WERE hungry). I did get bored with the choices (or lack of), and I got a couple of low-grade headaches when I ran severely late for the next meal, which was no different than any other time in my life when I missed eating for a few hours! On a scale from 1 to 10, i'd give this fat fasting a 9 (due to lack of choices).

I'm going to enjoy my last day of fasting. I have read other 'experts' who suggest eating other things that qualify as acceptable foods for the fat fast. It's hard to trust some of these sites that hold these recommendations, though because I don't see any credentials listed on those sites. But! I won't stray too far from what I was doing!

I truly am the definition of Metabolically RESISTANT! (but my keto-stix is DARK PURPLE!!!)

Here's my menu for the day
(I got up late today...so it won't be perfect!)

9:30 AM 1/4 C. heavy cream in coffee

12pm 2 scrambled eggs with 1 tsp of butter

3pm 1/2 c cucumbers, 2 oz grilled steak
6pm 1 scrambled egg, 1/2 c. sliced cucumbers

8pm 1 oz macadamia nuts (if I can stand them today!)