Day 4 - who else is fasting? 
Roooth
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I know msmonie and latinmess are fasting. Who else is still going and how are you doing???
I'm on Day 4. Yesterday shortly after my posts, I got very nauseas and for a short while I got a super attack of COLD! I had a nap for lunch. By the time work was over most of this subsided. I was a little less lethargic. I still followed the plan and went home and veg-ed but it didn't seem as necessary. If I could've done it at 10am I wouldn't have moved for hours and I def would have slept. :) I've been getting hiccups a lot, heh. I've had to get rid of them 4 times already since yesterday evening.
There's not too much eventful. Some work clothes that I really like are now a comfy fit where they had been getting snug. That's nice. Still hungry. I've never gotten to the point where I don't feel hunger. Maybe I should try fasting without oil pulling but wouldn't brushing teeth stimulate digestion as well based on that logic? I don't think I'm giving that up!!! Anyway, back to work I guess. Anyone else?
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- Re: Day 4 - who else is fasting? Sacristia
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- Re: Day 4 - who else is fasting? Roooth
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This is a reply to # 1,314,770Wow - go you! I'm going 10 only this time, and 2 may be on juice (I described why in another post). If you feel comfortable with it, I wouldn't mind hearing more about your current experience.
Take care,
~Roooth- Re: Day 4 - who else is fasting? Sacristia
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This is a reply to # 1,314,822I am doing well Rooth,
Each day is better then the next. I do have some discomforts, as my body detoxs at a deeper level. I have a couple blemished that have sprouted on my back and one that formed on my face, that I wasn't too happy about.
I have been drinking about 20 ozs of water day, sometime a bit more or a bit less, depending on how my body feels. The more ketones my body is producing, the more water I drink to help flush out my kidneys and liver. I read some where that to try to drink 8 oz or something every 45 minutes to flush your body, but I don't have to do that, but I try to remember to give my body plenty of water as it needs it.
This fast has been fairly easy on me this time, I believe it is because I have been eating and taking care of my body better then I have in the past, after my fasts. I don't take medication unless I really really have to when I am sick, because remains of any medication I take, sits in my cells and in somewhere in my body and is never fully expelled as it should be. So because I am more careful about what I allow enter my body, this fast is a bit more bearable then it had been in the past.
My sense of smell is great. I smell things that I never thought I could. Perfum, oil burning from cars, my cat litter box. I can even tell sometimes what my bosses had for lunch even though they didn't eat in the office. Walking in the grocery store is a feast in itself.
I have lost a bit of weight and I have tried to exercise a bit by toning the globs of fat that been sitting at my mid section since college. (Poor eating for 3 years made a mark on me). My clothes are fiting a bit better and loser then they have been. I have noticed that my skin is very soft and clear, as well as my eyes. I am certain, as it has happened during my other fast, my hair will become more shiny and no so fly way as it has been in the past. My cheeks have hollowed out a bit,and a person can see my Indian heritage through my high cheek bones.
I think I will start the refeeding process sometime next week. I know that someone will try to get me to eat something at Christmas, so I might has be very selective about it and make sure I am able to eat a bit of something, even if it is just melon or juice.
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- Day 5 for me now Roooth
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This is a reply to # 1,315,227Hey Sacristia,
Thanks for sharing. Wow, 20 oz seems so low, I'm sure I'm doing more than 64 oz water per day. Part of that is the gnawing hungry feeling in my stomach that I discussed in my last several posts. I've sometimes taken water to get rid of that. Then about 5 times I guzzled some water to get rid of my recurring hiccups (using a special method). So I didn't drink just for thirst but enough to help out.
I love the smells when fasting. My neighbors downstairs are always cooking and yesterday I think I was salivating, lol. Although the though of actually eating greasy meat didn't make my tummy happy. Man but it smelled good!
It's funny, I also had 2 years of bad eating when I first met my husband. We feel passionately in love and went out to eat all the time, constantly, threw caution to the wind. We were still very active although I didn't have a regular gym routine of 5 days a week since I wanted to sleep in and snuggle with him. After 2 years, we'd both gained a few pounds and I was starting to feel old. That's when I started this stuff - I love feeling young and healthy and energetic and I didn't like the change.
Actually one thing about fasting that sucks for me is not having energy. Even walking very briskly (my normal pace) doesn't happen b/c my body is lazy. I work during my fast. After work, it's kinda nice to have a reason to bum around on Day 1 and 2 but by Day 5 I WANT more energy to run around and do stuff! Hubby comes back tonight and tomorrow I'll switch to juice. I wanted to do 10 days on water but now I'm looking forward to the normal feeling of energy that I'll get from juice. He and I will probably go for a hike so I'll bring extra juice to sustain my energy. Still, my energy on Day 2-3 was not nearly as low or low for as long as it was last time. I'd call it an improvement. :)
I was thinking it's possible one reason for my hunger is the birth control pill I take each morning. Sorry, birth control is the one non-negotiable item but when hubby is gone next year I can stop those and fast without them. :)
I've also lost a bit of weight (it does feel nice to fit your clothes well, doesn't it?) but I don't like going back and forth and I keep saying the mantra in my head over and over again: Absolutely NO sweets at work and NO snacking at work. This is the main habit that fails me. Of course I can go without it because I'm doing it now. I'm trying to pay special attention to it so I get used to how it is now... which doesn't bug me. Day 1 and Day 2 were hard for me, partly because someone had my trigger food out and partly because I was feeling pretty low about a personal issue for a while. Day 1 - partly out of habit of snacking in the afternoon. Now there's foods out again (there almost always is) but it isn't bugging me. I just need to settle into a mindset where I don't snack at work. That will do a world of good for my diet. So that't one main thing I'm trying to change and I know it will make or break whether I keep weight off and continue to lose.
Okay, I've babbled plenty about my Day 5 update. Take care. Hmm I wonder what day you're on? Well, I'm halfway thru so hooray to us! :-D- I am on day 17 now. Sacristia
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This is a reply to # 1,315,298I know that 20 oz seems low, but at the very begining of my fast I was drinking a lot more like 64 oz a day. My body now tells me how much I need and I drink according to that need.
I didn't have a lot of energy the first week, but now I have so much energy, that it is hard to contain at times.
Yeah, taking that birth control pill would cause your body to think it is going to get food because it is irrating the lining of your stomache and causing the acid to be activated as if you were going to eat. That might be causing some of your tummy rumbling.
I am on day 17 and I am doing fine and have alot of energy.
:o)- wow! Roooth
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This is a reply to # 1,315,346YOU ARE A ROCK STAR!!! GO YOU!!! :-D I've never gone that long so I don't know what'll happen to water intake but perhaps I'll go that long next spring. I've wanted to do the deep cellular cleaning to repair knees and any other thing the my body needs.
I hear about that energy. I have more energy than previous fasts. I would definitely love to get to the energy phase but for now it's okay. This is a fairly short fast anyway and it should prep me for the long one I'm planning next year. It's good to hear about great energy on Day 17. That side of it will motivate me to go long next time! You're awesome - thanks for sharing. :-D
p.s. Is it silly I'm happy about orange pee? BETTER OUT THAN IN!!!!!- Re: wow! Sacristia
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This is a reply to # 1,315,351you aren't silly. In a way it is fascinating because with it is like that, it probably has sediment that goes with it, so you are expelling the junk from your body, which is a good thing.
I think that people that fast learn things about their body and how it works much better then people that don't. Fasting really helps you get in tune with your body and know it better in a deep level, so that you can provide the right things such as foods and water and allow your body to work as it should like a well oiled machine.
:o)
- Re: wow! Sacristia
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- Re: I am on day 17 now. tia18
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This is a reply to # 1,315,346hello Sacristia,
wow that is great! day 17 is remarkable. how long do u plan to do it? i am on day one myself. just a bit drained and foul breath..keep me posted about your results. u seem to go on pretty well=). and how much weight did u lose alltogether?
- wow! Roooth
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- I am on day 17 now. Sacristia
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- Day 5 for me now Roooth
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- Re: Day 4 - who else is fasting? Sacristia
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- Re: Day 4 - who else is fasting? chirontherainbowbridge
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This is a reply to # 1,314,770Good for you, Sacristia! not so easy this time of year. Stay warm! Up here I was planning a fast before Christmas, but right now I'm cold just thinking about it.
best,
Chiron
- Re: Day 4 - who else is fasting? Sacristia
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This is a reply to # 1,314,962Yes, my body tempature has really went down. I have been were about a tee shirt, a sweater and sometimes another pull over sweater on top of it. My temperture was so off, that my friend swore I was running a fever because I was so cold. She didn't know I was cold for other reasons. I know I am not ill. I feel fine.
- Re: Day 4 - who else is fasting? Sacristia
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- Re: Day 4 - who else is fasting? Roooth
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- Re: Day 4 - who else is fasting? Willowley
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This is a reply to # 1,314,730Hey Roooth,
I'm not fasting again until after Christmas. I don't know what oil pulling is so I can't comment on that, but I'm sorry your still hungry, that must be awful I can't imagine fasting and the hunger not going away.
Isn't it great to be able to fit into clothes again? I am able to get into jeans and actually zip and button them, lol.
You go girl!
Willow
- Re: Day 4 - who else is fasting? Roooth
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This is a reply to # 1,314,798That's okay, the stuff I just read about hunger helps. I find if I drink extra water, I get nauseated. So I go back and forth between hunger and nausea. I'm excited if this means some main healing there. If I heal what's wrong with my belly, maybe I won't get so uncomfortable some days thinking I need to eat more or maybe I'll have less cravings? So heave-ho here we go!
*still motivated* :)
- Re: Day 4 - who else is fasting? Roooth
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- Re: Day 4 - who else is fasting? chirontherainbowbridge
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This is a reply to # 1,314,730the oil pulling is definitely going to give you 'hunger pangs'. Over twenty minutes the mouth (under the tongue) is visited by the blood of the entire system, and the salivary glands are exchanging fluids -- some of this oil is being drawn into the system. That small amount of reabsorbed (toxin-saturated) oil isn't a problem when not fasting, but when fasting -- much too much encouragement of bile production, of the entire system.
Actually, what you're doing with the OP is behaving a bit like someone running on a treadmill, to make the Water Fast work harder. There's no need to push ( or pull!) it at all. i would give it up.
Chiron.- Re: Day 4 - who else is fasting? Roooth
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This is a reply to # 1,314,968Aw shucks, I was doing it for the taste, but I suppose I'll stick to brushing and see how it goes. Thanks for the 2 cents! :)
- Re: Day 4 - who else is fasting? Roooth
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- Re: Day 4 - who else is fasting? LikeTheHunted
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This is a reply to # 1,314,730Hey! I'm new here but I am also on my fourth day of fasting. I've not really had any hunger (yet), but yesterday and today I felt very weak and slow. I've had to walk to school and back everyday for 30 min each way in snow at -11C (12F) t0 -25C (-13F) weather, and that's been a strain. Also, I'm taking gym at school (gr. 10) and I've also found that difficult. Same thing with chores and shovelling snow.
That's funny, I've also had a case of hiccups for the past few days! Also, I've noticed that I can hear my heart beating 24/7 really loudly now that I'm on the fast. Weird.
Fortuneately school work hasn't been hard for me, and I've been doing as well on assignments as I've always done (not to brag, but 91% average so far this semester, haha!).
Good luck on your fast!- Re: Day 4 - who else is fasting? Roooth
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This is a reply to # 1,315,004Hey to you too! Nifty, we're on the same day! How long are you going for?
I also get that lazy feeling, really bad sometimes. Luckily I can rest. Gosh you're fasting in a cold place! Everyone says it sucks. It's about 75 here so some good warm socks and a Fleece are enough if I have a cold spell.
Good work on school. I go part time and always work hard so I can get A's in my classes. That's so I'll have the grades to get to graduate school. I can appreciate the work it takes so yay for you - you deserve to brag up your 91%. :)- Re: Day 4 - who else is fasting? LikeTheHunted
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This is a reply to # 1,315,091Sorry I couldn't relpy to you earlier :(.
Haha yeah, I've been sleeping in a hoodie, slippers, long underwear and pants!
I planned to go 10 days like you, but my mother said I had to cut it down to seven days so I can have time to recover before Christmas dinner. A smack upside the head it is for me if I don't have a plate! :) Just kidding. But yeah, it is nifty (love that word) that we're on the same day, huh? I'm actually breaking it today, since it's the 8th day.
Well, anyway, talk to you later! :)
- Re: Day 4 - who else is fasting? LikeTheHunted
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- Re: Day 4 - who else is fasting? Roooth
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- Re: oil pulling Donn
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This is a reply to # 1,314,730Rooth,
From what I understand about what makes the oil pulling so effective is that it activates different organs in the body.
This is the opposite as to what makes a Water Fast so effective.
So its kind of like having two actions butting heads.- Re: oil pulling Roooth
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This is a reply to # 1,315,412Thanks, Donn, for the extra info. Yeah, I agreed to stop doing it even tho I like it particularly for fasting because of the yuck-mouth factor. When I fast again (February/March), my husband will be away and I'll be able to be off of birth control so I won't have a pill, and I won't oil pull. Maybe that will be better. Having empty-grumbly stomach for 5 days kinda sucked but that's okay. I'm still very pleased about the fast. :)
- Re: oil pulling Roooth
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- Re: Day 4 - who else is fasting? Sacristia
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