Day 3--PROBLEM--Need some advice! 
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Middle of Day 3. HUNGRY!!!! This is what happens to me about this time every fast. I lose some weight, but then I start obsessing about whether I'm going to lose more, and I think I get to feeling even fatter than before. I think my skin is a little less tight now too, because of the weight loss, and that makes me feel like I don't really even look better. This is crunch time, and I'm getting a tinge of panic in my mind about whether I should give up. I CAN'T give up though! I've already paid A LOT of money to be in this pageant, and I'm not going to go onstage looking like I do. It's just so hard to push myself to go to the gym. The pilates isn't too bad, but the cardio sucks!!
I know this little monologue is a bit fragmented, so I apologize if it isn't the most coherently put together post, but I'm confused and frustrated right now. I'm finding myself thinking "if I have an order of fries, will that really hurt me?" or "maybe I can eat today and still be down to 140 by Sunday," but if I'd had some discipline last time I thought that, I'd be down to 135 by now! And if I'd been more disciplined every time I thought that since I started fasting, I'd probably be at my goal. So I absolutely cannot break this fast! I know I can't. But it's hard, because I want food now.
I have a couple of questions for anyone who can answer them. My first question is whether you think losing 15 or so pounds in 3 weeks will leave my skin totally saggy. I will be doing pilates and cardio (though I don't know how often I'll be doing the cardio, since I'm struggling to do it now), and I might do some home-made body wraps. Do you think I'll look tight? Secondly, how bad would it be for me to drink coffee? I'm really missing it right now! It's only half-caff, so it's not the caffeine that I miss, but the taste and sensation of it. It helped curb my hunger a lot, and I'm craving food so bad right now, but coffee would be a substitute that I could live with. How bad do you think it would be? I use 3 creams and 2 sugars. I'd say it's about 150 calories total.
Okay, that's all I have for now. Someone PLEASE answer my questions! I need reassurance and an honest opinion about how detrimental coffee would be to my weight loss. Thanks & good luck to you!
- Re: Day 3--PROBLEM--Need some advice... violetgrace
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This is a reply to # 698,072My first question is whether you think losing 15 or so pounds in 3 weeks will leave my skin totally saggy.
possibly. juice fasting makes you skin look better than strait water fasting
I will be doing pilates and cardio (though I don't know how often I'll be doing the cardio, since I'm struggling to do it now), and I might do some home-made body wraps. Do you think I'll look tight?
you shouldnt be doing all that working out while on a water fast. it makes your body depleted of what it needs and then you look like saggy crap and have bad skin.
Secondly, how bad would it be for me to drink coffee?
very bad. it makes you not be able to burn fat and actually triggers food cravings. you may not feel hungry at first but after the peak of the caffine you will crash and want carby stuff. also the caffine makes your body produce insulin and when you have an excess of insulin you gain weight or hold weight in fat.
if you are having cravings for fries and stuff like that. try going low carb first to get your blood Sugar level. i lost 11 lbs in two weeks and i didnt have baggy skin and i was a lot smaller than my post fasting weight. like 4 sizes smaller.
it burned all my fat and kept my muscle.
- Re: Day 3--PROBLEM--Need some advice... UserX
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This is a reply to # 698,074So you're basically saying that I will have saggy skin no matter what? I have to lose this weight. I have no choice really. I don't know what else I could do to lose 15 pounds quickly. Juice fasting will not allow me to lose it that quickly. I know that only Water Fasting will do it, so now it's like a catch-22. I can lose about 5 pounds, still be too big to fit in my gowns, still look bigger onstage than everyone else, and not be rid of my tummy bulge, but not be saggy and still have energy, or I can Water Fast and maybe lose the weight, but not necessarily have the body I want, and feel and look worn out and exhausted from it all. It seems there's no solution to this problem! I don't know what to do! By the way, I just ate a can of beans with a serving of rice, adding about 550 calories that I have to fast off now. I'm feeling incredibly depressed and now I'm getting very panicky! You have no idea how much money I have spent on this pageant already, and there's no question that I will be onstage, but the question is whether I'm going to be making a fool of myself or not!
- Re: Day 3--PROBLEM--Need some advice... violetgrace
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This is a reply to # 698,075i know how much that stuff costs. i used to do that and modeling stuff...soo been there and i totally understand the pressure.
what you ate.....
NO NO NO NO
no carbys. try going zero carbs (since you are eating now)
drink only water for your beverage. no caffine...no splenda. WATER ONLY
and have half your body weight in ounces per day. if you must for flavor add a lemon wedge and some stevia to sweeten(which also will make you shed excess water weight
no junk/processed food. it makes you retain water and fat
no breads AT ALL they can make you retain at least 10 lbs in water weights. most carbs do
no fruit - even natural sugars can hinder your fat burning when going low carb
go low sodium
eat 3 to 5 times a day of protien only. i did this with deviled eggs because i found it hard to eat all the time. but eating speeds your metabolism up
do not eat 4 hours before bed
three days before the pagent -
get a colonic if you can afford it
if not do a juice fast that you start out with a senna tea. this will shrink down the gut area. The Master Cleanse really shrunk my tummy.also when you eat carbs you get water retention and fat in the tummy area.
please start this now
you will not be disappointed.
it melts inches more than pounds.
so a 5 pounds loss will feel like 10 because you are losing water and bulky fat.
for you skin start washing with scrubby gloves and neem soap. it makes it look wonderful. and if you have really saggy skin start using a firming lotion now.
but once you start eating the protien you will notice your skin tighten up.
i really did. and start taking vitamins to replace the ones you lost in the fast.
taking vitamins can also help you shed weight faster.
i didnt even have to exercise with my low carbin and i still lost.
come back and tell me how it works out.
or you can email me:
violet_graces_place@yahoo.com
- Re: Day 3--PROBLEM--Need some advice... UserX
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This is a reply to # 698,078I know you said to email, but I am totally freaked out by what you're telling me. How can going low carb 2 and a half weeks before this thing help me lose weight? I will gain back weight as soon as I start eating! I'm not trying to be ungrateful, because I really appreciate that you're taking the time to help me, but it seems like nothing will solve this problem, except for a water fast, which may not even solve the problem, but will be the only thing to come close. I'm just so frustrated and scared out of my mind! I'm going to have to keep water fasting, because I'm just too scared to change paths now. I wish so much that I had started trying to lose weight earlier, because I wouldn't be in this boat and I'd be able to eat! I'm feeling a little better now, but I just ate popcorn on top of the rice and beans! A whole bag of popcorn at that! That's about 1000 calories I've eaten now today. Why do I keep doing this to myself? I want to just cry because I'm so disappointed. I bet tomorrow I'll be back up to 145 again. With just over 2 weeks til the pageant, I know it's not really the best idea to exercise while I'm on a water fast, but I can't honestly come up with any other solution to this problem. The only thing I have to do now is focus on not eating!!! God help me!
- Re: Day 3--PROBLEM--Need some advice... violetgrace
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This is a reply to # 698,079well you can have carbs. but right now you want to lose and lose fast.
so that means zero carbs.
and do you pagent- just think of that for now.
besides after you lose on low carb the carbs that you do take in after should be veggies mainly,some fruit.
that is not going to make you fat.
water fasting and not addressing your diet afterwards will make you fat.
and you will continue to yo yo..gaining a little bit more each time.
calm down....you will be fine.
"How can going low carb 2 and a half weeks before this thing help me lose weight?"
thats all it took for me to shed over 10 pounds and 4 sizes.
with no exercise!
which was more inches than i lost on a water fast. less weight. in ratios but more inches. and inches are what matter. inches are what everyone can see.
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- Re: Day 3--PROBLEM--Need some advice... Jenni19
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MoreThis is a reply to # 698,080everyones body is different, everyone loses diferent amounts of weight and inches, i found by fasting i lost more then i did with low carb, because i constantly craved them and wanted more and having to calculate was a pain in my but, Water Fasting is easier for me , no figuring what to eat ect. but if you can do atkins do it i just couldnt..good job violet on ur accomplishments
- to jenni19 violetgrace
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MoreThis is a reply to # 698,084whats your body shape?
i am prone to pear shape.
which doesnt do well fasting.
thanks for the congrats.
and back to you...water fasting is tough business.
low carbs and cravings are the common problem with that type of diet.
they eventually go away after you get your blood Sugar level.
the hardest thing for me on it is the crunchy texture thing.
but i eat Celery and pork rinds now. so that problem is solved.
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- to jenni19 violetgrace
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This is a reply to # 698,079Hey , you are young and so am i , i am 20 and i have fasted for 18 days and my sking didnt get saggy at all. if your doing pilates it will help more tone you. I fast and work out and my lean muscle has increased and fat decreased . I used to be a Personal trainer but i dont do it much any more just a few clients here and there. Stay positive...also i think it depends on ur body type before ur fast if you are over weight of course you will get saggy skin especially if you dont work out and have some lean muscle.
but if youare in normal weight range i highly highly doubt you will get saggy skin, but everyone is different but i didnt just to reassue you i lost 23 pouns i believe
- Re: i fasted for 18 days and no sagg... violetgrace
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This is a reply to # 698,083i didnt get elephant sagging skin either.
im 28
but i did just not feel as tight. but it went away after i started taking vitamins again.
i think my skin felt like it did from not having vitamins.- Re: i fasted for 18 days and no sagg... UserX
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This is a reply to # 698,086You guys have helped me out a lot. I just finished doing Pilates, and since I haven't done it in a couple of weeks, it was harder, and I don't feel like I got as much out of it as I did before, but at least I did something. I'm hitting the gym in a little while, to do an hour or so of cardio. I've got to burn off some of what I ate at least!
As far as body types, mine is fairly proportionate. I have trouble with my tummy and my arms, and I get big boobs very quickly when I gain. I do gain it everywhere though. My measurements right now are 38-28-39. I'm 5'8" and about 143-144. I tried low carb for a couple of weeks, but I was still eating a lot of calories (this was last year), so I didn't see a lot of difference, except that I felt very tired. I've done extremely low-cal when losing weight in the past, and it's always worked (since I don't really do anything healthy to lose weight, because I wait too long every time), but my big issue this time around is that I feel so pressured, with just over 2 weeks left til the pageant, and 15 pounds still to lose.
My concern with saggy skin is because while I am fairly young, at 26, I have gained and lost at least 20 pounds several times in my life (probably 5 or 6 times since I was 19!), so my skin probably isn't as elastic. My boobs are pretty saggy, but I can disguise that. I don't have stretch marks though, so maybe that's an indicator that my skin isn't getting stretched out too much, but I've never had much muscle tone ever, so even when I'm thin I still have to worry about being jiggly.
I guess I'll just have to be tougher. I keep saying that to myself, but I have caved in on day 2 or day 3 every time. I hope this screw up today hasn't put me back up to 145! I'm going to just give it my best shot. Hopefully if I can keep up with the pilates and cardio, it will work out. God these last couple of months have felt like years! I'm sorry I'm always on here whining every time something goes wrong! I really appreciate everyone's input and support. It really does help me tremendously! Thanks so much!
- Re: i fasted for 18 days and no sagg... violetgrace
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This is a reply to # 698,087well at least you are not fat at all!
you probably look really good at 145 for how tall you are.
i know what you mean by the jiggly thing though. i dont know what you have to wear but you should take yourself undergarmet shopping. there are these pants that you wear under things called "spanx" and it keep the jiggling at bay.
http://www.spanx.com/pls/enetrixp/!stmenu_template.main
if you do Water Fast or low carb...whatever you chose to do.
when you do start putting food into you again stay away from processed foods,caffine,sugar,smoking,drinking
- Re: i fasted for 18 days and no sagg... violetgrace
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- Re: Day 3--PROBLEM--Need some advice... #52458
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This is a reply to # 698,078Quick question...
You would eat protein ONLY - no veggies at all? Have you done the MC? If so, how was your energy compared to that?
Thanks!!- Re: Day 3--PROBLEM--Need some advice... violetgrace
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This is a reply to # 698,088if you are asking me i did eat some veggies. i was around 20 - 40 carbs a day.
all my carbs were from green veggies. i did not go for more than 4-6 hours without eating, a key in upping your metabolism with food.
energy level was totally fine. i would get tired only if i had not been eating 5 times a day or i was buring fat really fast and needed some carbs (which i got from a snack of veggies with butter) i had more focus and peaceful energy doing low carb where the Master-Cleanse made me feel speedy at times. (im sure it was from the detox)
also taking my one a day with biotin helps covert the protien to energy and it really does make a huge difference than without it.
basically how i ate:
6 am - scrambled eggs (2-6)
10am - some deviled eggs (2-4)
noon- some Sugar free lunch meat,cheese,bowl of green beans with butter
4pm - some sort of meat like tuna,shrimp,chicken or beef or pork(as much meat as i wanted to eat) 2 oz of cheddar,salad with ranch dressing that was Sugar free
8pm - 1 oz cheese,sugar free pepperoni crisps or parmesean crisps
with every meal i had water for my beverage.
sometimes i did no get as much water in as i should
i cheated one week and ate 2 snickers bars and had some juice.
if i got hungry at night i would eat a slice of turkey or a can of tuna.
but that craving stuff went away after i had my blood Sugar level for a few weeks.
its safe to stay at 20 carbs a day for 6 months
zero carbs should not be done more than two weeks
- Re: Day 3--PROBLEM--Need some advice... #52458
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This is a reply to # 698,090thanks all of the information!! i may have to give this one a try! how much did you lost over what about of time? were you exercising a ton?
thanks again, violet!- Re: Day 3--PROBLEM--Need some advice... violetgrace
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This is a reply to # 698,094i didnt exercise at all. i didnt do jack except hang out in my apt and watch movies actually.
i went from 155 to 143 in two weeks.
but it was more inches i lost in pure fat than in lbs.
i went from a tight 14/15 to a baggy 12.
my measurements would fit into a 9/10 easily (not skin tight in the least)
i wish i could find my measurement paper...
i think i lost at least 3 or 4 inches in those two weeks.
i have hit a place where i am not losing now. but i have been eating way more carbs and its a body's natural process to get comfortable at the weight for a bit before losing again. also i am only 10 pounds from as low as i should go for my frame and height. a 9/10 may sound big to some but i have a body that has wide hips and big boobs...so its just my natural shape.
the best part is that it burned all the fat on my bottom half and i look more like i want to now. (hourglass) where usually i am a pear.
i am now down to 140 today though!
- Re: Day 3--PROBLEM--Need some advice... #52458
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This is a reply to # 698,096Wow! Congrats to you! That sounds pretty good to me...I've done the Master-Cleanse twice but I'm having trouble getting started with it again. Maybe I need to switch it up a little bit with something like this. I'm usually pretty active (biking, running, etc) so hopefully I can get myself back into my favorite jeans that I have been missing quite desperately. Thanks again for the info! Are you currently fasting/cleansing?
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