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Days 2-4 of my new water fast 18 y
I can't believe it..
Today is actually the afternoon of day 5 of my water fast. But I’m going to write about days 2-4.
I’ve been so busy lately, I couldn’t believe how I’m doing this fast. My insomnia still continues and on Wednesday and Thursday, I didn’t have any sleep for around 36 hours.. And I was out during most of those hours because I’ve been fixing my papers for Dubai. The weird thing was, even after being awake for around 25 hours, I was still restless.. Maybe it’s a cleansing reaction.. I don’t know. Anyway, when I got home, I still had stuff to do, and I had the shakes. Not feeling cold kind of ... read more Day 2 of my new fast: a water fast 18 y
Getting back up on my feet.. :)
Well, I’m now on a water fast. I already finished 2 days. I’m still deciding if I should make this into a 10 day water fast.. But I’m thinking since I just came off a 21 day juice fast, then had 5 days of a loss of self-control by bingeing on mostly carbs (white bread with looots of butter, cookies, nuts, seafood, butterscotch bars, chocolate, etc.. but, thankfully no meat), I’m just going to let my body decide for me when I should break this water fast just to knock me back to my senses and start eating right.. I had so many plans of eating just fruits and vegetables for a week after my j ... read more I fucked up... BIG TIME 18 y
damnit-damnit-damnit-damnit-damnit...
I haven’t been able to write until now because I’ve been so busy arranging documents for my plan to go to Dubai early September. There’s so much to do and so little time... Sigh...
Anyway...
Well, the good news is that I finished my 21 day juice fast. Though I didn’t lose any more pounds after the 2nd week, at least I lost 13lbs in all. And I was okay with that.
But... Because I didn’t plan my meals post-fast... I f***ed up... BIG TIME... I didn’t just eat. I devoured whatever I could get my hands on. Though not meat. Mostly carbs. White bread with butter. I stuffed myself sick. A ... read more Day 20 and Days 15-19 18 y
Day 20 and summary of Days 15-19
I know I haven’t been able to post for a while.. There were so many things on my mind that I just couldn’t focus..
Right now, I couldn’t sleep so I decided to write about the past few days. And also tomorrow is the last day of my 21 day fast. :D :D :D So I thought I might write an evaluation of my first ever juice fast.
Well, I weighed myself on Day 15, and I was right. My body has already adjusted to the fast and I lost only about 3lbs on one week of fasting. But I’m not complaining. I mean, to think I already lost 13 pounds on Day 15, I can fit into my ”skinny jeans”.. It’s definit ... read more Day 14 (TWO WEEKS! YAY!) 18 y
Day 14, two whole weeks of fasting! Yay!!!
I stuck it out yesterday and now the weakness is gone. Though I still feel weak from my STILL lack of exercise, but it wasn’t the same feeling as yesterday. :) So, it’s good. I feel like I can still continue until day 21.
I’ll weigh myself tomorrow and see how much I lost on two weeks of fasting. I think it’s only going to be around maybe 4lbs-5lbs because I have a feeling that my body’s already used to my fasting.. Oh, well. I’ll know tomorrow.
Tomorrow I’ll also start on planning how I’m going to break this fast. I’ll have a plan outlined for a week or so.. And I’ll also start on r ... read more Day 13.. 18 y
Day 13, weakness and feeling really cold
Today I felt really, really weak.. I felt so cold I put on a sweater and wrapped myself up in a blanket.. I decided to drink up on my juices (though I had only four) hoping the weakness would go away.. It didn’t. I wanted to eat something but I remembered Dazzle’s advice to wait it out until the next day.. So, I will.. visit the page Day 12 18 y
Day 12 boredom, however, some realizations..
Woke up really late.. Almost 1pm. And yet, I slept at around 1am. Huh. Around 12hours of sleep. That’s too much. But I just couldn’t get myself to stand up.. It’s been raining (as usual), and the weather’s really cold. Sigh.. I really miss the sun.
Today isn’t any good. Still couldn’t get past my feelings of being bored with my fast.. I don’t even know why I’m bored.. Maybe the ritual of juicing? Or maybe I don’t have enough variety in my fruits or vegetables? I don’t know. But I still want to finish with 21 days..
I had only 1 juice today. I just didn’t feel like having anymore.. I ... read more Day 11 18 y
Day 11 and boredom
My plan of not sleeping the whole day went out the window as soon as I finished typing about day 10. I just lay my head for a while and the next thing I know, it’s 1pm. Oh, well.
I didn’t drink much juice today. I just didn’t feel like it.. I think I’m starting to get tired of drinking juice.. I don’t think the party had anything to do with affecting my fast.. It’s just me. Oh, well. visit the page Day 10 and oh, I am so proud of myself! :) 18 y
Day 10 and a whole lot of willpower!!!
Day 10 of my fast and like every night before this, last night I slept around 1am or 2am. I woke up at 12nn. Today, I couldn’t stick to my usual schedule of juice every 2 hours. My brother and I went to the mall again and we came back home 1 hour late for my second juice. But it was quite fine. Though I felt a bit hungry while we were out.
After we got home, I immediately got ready for a friend’s birthday party at one of my favorite grilled seafood restaurants. I was trying on my clothes and I felt really happy because I could wear my ’skinny jeans’ again! After almost a year! And I wor ... read more Day 9 18 y
Day 9, my lack of activity and being such a good girl..
Well, day 9.. I felt weak all throughout the day. Again, I believe it to be the lack of exercise. I think my body’s forgotten how it’s like to move. I jokingly told the people living with us that I think I’m starting to become a vegetable from all the vegetable I’ve been drinking. Hehe. But seriously, after being used to various activities (I’m a pretty active person), my lack of activity for the past weeks is starting to catch up on me. I’ve been planning to at least walk around but it’s been raining continually for the past weeks. (Sigh..)
So, to have something to do, I decided to mak ... read more Day 8, I've already done one week of my juice fast! :) 18 y
Day 8 (I've lost around 8lbs-10lbs!), and other ramblings like how I'm doing my fast and other reasons for this fast.
I woke up at 10am today really cranky. It’s probably because, like the past few days, I couldn’t sleep. I lie down at 10pm, after much tossing and turning for about an hour and a half, I give up and go online until I get sleepy at around 3am. I think maybe it’s because of the (still!) lack of exercise. I know this isn’t a detox symptom because from what I read of others’ blogs, some were able to sleep like a rock.
I weighed myself this morning and after one week on the juice fast, from 120lbs, I weighed somewhere between 110lbs-112lbs. The scale can’t decide on which. So, YAY! :)
I h ... read more Day 7 18 y
Oh.. the thirst!!!
Yay! I’ve already done 1 whole week of the juice fast!!! :)
Haven’t done much today. I drank 1 less juice that what I usually drink because I felt full. It’s probably because of all the water I drank. I’m not sure if it’s a symptom of detox, but I felt really, really, really thirsty all day! I had around 5 liters of water! I do hope that I’m detoxing.. Because so far, I haven’t experienced much cleansing reactions. Not that I’m complaining.. Maybe it’ll happen around the end or something, I’m not sure. But so far, the only reaction I had was on day 4 when I felt nauseated. And now, mayb ... read more Day 6 18 y
Day 6 and what I did with it, MY NEW BIKINI BOTTOMS!, watermelon juice, and other ramblings.. :)
Last night I had so much trouble sleeping that I slept at 3am. :( But I woke up at 7am because I had to meet a friend at the mall.
At the mall, my friend and I spent almost the whole time walking (that was practically the only exercise I’ve had since I started this fast). And at lunch time, though he didn’t want to eat because he didn’t feel right that I wasn’t going to eat, I told him not to worry about it. He ate at Sbarro’s and the pizza and spaghetti he ate looked sooooo goooood. But, happily, I wasn’t salivating or anything.. I was really happy about this improvement in me. I know ... read more Day 5 18 y
Day 5, sleeping in, and cravings!
Today was Day 5 of my fast. It went okay, no cleansing reaction like from yesterday. No hunger pains. Just cravings which I know is all in my mind. But still no bowel movement.. What to do?
Also, I keep on sleeping at least TEN HOURS! No matter how early I want to wake up, I just keep on sleeping in! It’s been like that for the past week. I’m not sure if it’s normal while fasting or not, but I’m hoping to cut back on my sleep. I’m also thinking I need some exercise. All I’ve been doing throughout this fast is surfing the net or watching television. I’ve been intending to start doing yog ... read more Days 1-4 18 y
Summary of days 1-4 and a whole lot of questions! :)
I’ve been meaning to write about the start of my fast but I’m a born procrastinator! Hehe. But here’s a summary..
I started this fast on July 20. Everyday I drink juice every 2 hours. I decided to time my juices because it’s easier and much more doable for me. I am also following what a friend of mine suggested, fruit in the morning and vegetables in the evening. Why? I have no idea. If anyone knows, please tell me. :)
Days 1-3 were pretty okay. I was expecting it to be difficult from what I read from others blogs but I didn’t experience any cleansing reactions. I didn’t even experie ... read more Introduction 18 y
Introduction to my journey on juice fasting..
I decided to start this blog about my journey to win the battle of wills against myself by doing a juice fast for 21 days for the reason that I need an outlet to ride out the detox reactions that I am currently experiencing (nausea, dizziness, etc.) and hopefully, to get some support along the way with other people who are also going through the same thing.
I named this blog ”The Ultimate Battle..” because that is truly how I feel. I have this love-hate relationship with food and I’ve been trying to lose weight since I was around 14 years old or so, and now I’m 22. I could never stick t ... read more |