Day 28 
legolas
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Yesterday and today I woke up with the ability to feel arousal, the manly instinct to have sex! Thinking about sex induced some really massive erections in a few seconds without any physical stimulation. :-) :-) :-) The best I could do in the last years is getting an OKish, hard to maintain erection with minutes of heavy manual work. Well, actually I haven't expected more from myself with zero sex drive, I wasn't even interested in erections...
The last time I felt arousal was about 4 years ago, I completely forgot how good it feels even without actually having sex. This is one of the last things I expected on the 27th day of a fast that started out from a hormonally wrecked state. I'm super happy about this even if refeeding doesn't immediately bring back my sex drive because this whole thing proves that I'm not permanently damaged and I'm still possibly looking forward for some nasty fun in the future. :-)
Aside from this I'm fine, no more nausea, it seems that my bowel movements have settled. Blood pressure is about 100/70, 90 when standing and I totally don't feel the 90 pulse as I did with the uncomfortable 100 that made my whole body throbbing. Yesterday I easily made a 4km walk round trip because I was super bored.
Two years ago I had a really bad pneumonia, both my lungs were filled with fluids at the time and after healing a tight stretching feeling left behind on both sides in my lungs when I took a huge deep breathe. It seems that this thing has also disappeared. :-)
Now the bad things:
I feel the bones in my ass when I sit down to a bench. :-P This limited the enjoyment of the sunshiny weather outside. I can sit only on comfortable soft furniture.
During the last week a lot of small light red-brownish spots have appeared on my body. Mainly on the sides of my trunk and my lower arms, some on my upper arms and thighs. ???
Although I feel quite good and I'm still not hungry I'm interested whether it is possible to notice signs of some dangerous outcomes in time (like heart attack, etc) because I'm fasting completely unsupervised.
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- coagulation, spots DesertLili
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This is a reply to # 2,308,604Congratulations for all the benefits! Well deserved. You are an inspiring example. .
Concerning the red-brownish spots - it is possible that these are small capillaries that bled with skin rubbing or prolong warmth. Maybe coagulation deficit. Don't want to scare you though, these are rather benign. If you notice nose-bleeding red spots on the white of your eyes, it would be better to think of wrapping-up the fast, imo. Otherwise if a blood test showed normal coagulation status, then you could disregard my concern.
Thx for sharing,
DL
- Re: coagulation, spots legolas
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This is a reply to # 2,308,606Thank you!
There is no nose bleeding and my eye white is perfect. Haven't rubbed my skin. I remember that the same happened to me a few years ago (not while fasting) and those spots faded away very slowly, half of them disappeared in about 2 years and the rest remained in a very light color.
I forgot to mention that these look exactly the same as small birthmarks (<1mm) just much lighter in color and the newly appeared ones have varying light shades. All of them are light but some of them are already barely visible by default. (Just like several years ago.) Since the spots that appeared long ago faded very slowly I don't think that these would be blood clots, those are usually very dark.
- Re: coagulation, spots DesertLili
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This is a reply to # 2,308,608Oh, I see. When you are done re-feeding you may think of getting checked for porphyria or iron over-load... it may also just be your skin freckling - Don't know if you are red-haired or had sun exposure.
- Re: coagulation, spots legolas
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This is a reply to # 2,308,614I'm not red haired and my sun exposure wasn't high (especially because of clothing). The pigments aren't purple. At this point I think I will not give these spots significant meaning.
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- Re: Day 28 legolas
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This is a reply to # 2,308,604I forgot to mention some other things that might be interesting for others.
My Sleep pattern has also stabilised during the last week. I get sleepy between 5-7am and 7-9pm and in both cases I can have quite deep sweet sleep with 1.5-4.5 hour duration. On average I sleep 2x3 hours daily and I feel rested the whole day. In the first half of my fast I was alerted the whole day and I could have only low quality sleep only when I was completely exhausted after about a day without sleep.
In the last few days my daily water intake was only about 0.5-1liter. I don't measure how much I drink. I drink about 3 glasses of water, usually in the morning, mid-day, and before sleep I go to the tap and drink directly from it. - Re: Day 28 neonknight77
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This is a reply to # 2,308,604Don't start to scare yourself with things like heart attack. It won't come if you are strong enough to get through it. It's just a craving whatever else is living with you in your body that it needs something, anything. Much like a drug addict who requires a fix after a few days of rehab.
Red-brownish spots could be bruising, you might be running low on platelets or just nutrients in general which causes swelling to make it's way to the skin much more easily.
High heart rate is due to the continued strain that your heart has to work under to fulfill much of your unsupplied energy. You haven't had any calories nor have you had any nutrients, carbs, proteins, sugars, fats etc. Therefore your heart has to work harder to use whatever else your body has left and ration it adequately to the most important organs first.
I would highly recommend 5-7 days before you end your fast, that you may switch to juicing or blending in one of those Bullet Ninja's or Skinnygirl blenders. Use only green veggies if you want to keep calories down, i.e., no fruits. Otherwise feel free to add a shit-ton of blueberries and pineapple to help restore every nutrient you need.
This will be like a system shock, where all the nutrients will be sucked like inside a vacuum and sent on their way to everywhere they need to go. I would do this for the rest of the days. Make sure you drink tea, such as Rose Hip Seed Tea if you don't plan to juice. It's got retinol and other needed nutrients while not providing calories.
Glad that you finally found some joy and happiness and libido is going up. But let me remind you, you do NOT want to masturbate or give in to any temptation. This is the time to actually reshape your synapses and enjoy the other things in life to find balance. I mean, I believe that is the whole point in doing these things. Mind-Body-Soul.
Good luck broski- Re: Day 28 legolas
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This is a reply to # 2,308,615Thank you!
I resisted masturbation because I know that it' would waste a lot of energy and nutrient at this point.
In a previous thread I was disadvised from breaking with pineapples because of its possible bad effects on rested stomach. Originally it was on my palette because I love it. I personally love blueberries (one of the few fruits I eat whole year even outside season when it's sour) but I'm afraid it would be too acidly this time.
I've already bought different kind of apples, pear, and grapes of different varieties for the first day and I'm equipped with both a coldpress juicer and a blender. I will add melons too. From the second day I will introduce veggie juices and I will continue fruit/veg juicing for 1-2 weeks during which I introduce solid fruits and yoghurt. I will follow that with a few egg-heavy days and then I start going more wild with beans, rice, fish and chicken to replenish the wasted protein. And I'm a huge mixed nuts fun but that will be the last step because of its heaviness.
I didn't think about the tea but I'll try it. I'm not a tea drinker and to be honest I never thought that a cup of tea that is almost only water could have high nutrient content... But tea can be a good idea as a low calorie "snack".- Re: Day 28 neonknight77
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This is a reply to # 2,308,619Depends on the tea sir. Rose Hip Seed Tea is actually one of the healthier ones for the way it binds to vitamin D and what not. I wouldn't recommend drinking any tea other then the ones that come from roots or seeds are those are a waste of time.
Also, the main keyword that I spoke about fruits and veggies was juices. I would not advise you eat any whole fruit at the time or anytime soon. After going so long on water, start by juicing. Not chunks or anything else.- Re: Day 28 legolas
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This is a reply to # 2,308,625I knew only about the cheap filtered teas because I never researched teas. I'll look for some quality tea that has some actual material in it, thanks for the tip.
I broke a previous 3 week fast too quickly and learnt things the hard way. In the first few days I'll definitely go with juice only and maybe after 5 days I'll start adding some fiber with lighter smoothies. At some point in the second week I introduce yoghurt and I add well chewed harder fruits only after noticing the first signs of correct bowel movements.
Previously my bowel got completely stuck for 2 days with tons of food and trapped gas inside. It was terrible.
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- Simply Awesome! archus
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This is a reply to # 2,308,604Legolas,
Wow! What a great experience and a proof of how fasting helps align all things that are misaligned over the years.
Great job! Congratulations! I think you are nearing a completion. Be intuitive to what your body is telling you and you will know when to break your fast.
Well, the bad things you experience are minor. You just need to carry a cushion with you. Lol. Brown spots will go away. This is reverse a f my fasts. I usually lose brown spots as I progress in my fast.
This is very inspiring story, thank for sharing it.
Archus- Re: Simply Awesome! legolas
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This is a reply to # 2,308,633Thank you!
After my first shorter fast that transformed me from a zombie into a human I had some hopes that fasting could still improve things.
Since I allocated plenty of time for fasting and I'm not in haste and not going to break it prematurely. It would actually be a bad experience given that I have no hunger for anything. The smell of some things like pears, apples, vinegar already fill me with some pleasure but eating them would still be work, some heavier fatty foods (cheese, etc) are just repelling. The biggest enemy is boredom and being too tired to do anything including getting out of bed and reading.
I'll stay in bed. If my fast last for 33+ days then I'll have to have a 6km round trip to the market on day 33 because I didn't expect the fast to be that long and I ordered some stuff...
- Re: Simply Awesome! legolas
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- Re: Day 28 chirontherainbowbridge
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This is a reply to # 2,308,604Hi!
congrats on all the benefits. :-)
the spots sound to me like some sort of acid waste being pushed out the skin. Some could also be "liver spots".
You might do a liver flush, after re-feeding a bit. You might also look into Shilajit. For re-mineralizing, and for vitality and so on.
best,
Chiron- Re: Day 28 legolas
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This is a reply to # 2,308,669Thank you!
The spots don't look dangerous. Tiny (<1mm) regular circular shaped dots that are much lighter in color than liver spots that usually go quite wild in terms of shape and color.
The shilajit thingy is quite interesting I'll check whether it is accessible here to give it a try. If not than I'll rely on my usual nut/seed snacks along with my mixed diet.
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- coagulation, spots DesertLili
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