25 Days

25 days now.

Though i have been weak every step of the way, everything had been quite smooth until day 23 when i stepped into an intensified state of weakness.   Interestingly, in my previous fast this same kind of "crisis" occurred from day 24 to 26, but this time around it is a milder version, last time feeling somewhat sickly as well.   As long as i am laying down it's not bad,  but energy is nearly at zero to get up and do anything.  I believe i may already be easing out of this stage. 

Also about 3 days ago i began to have bloody saliva each morning upon awakening, again something that happened for a period in the previous fast.  I am not the least bit concerned about it, but would be curious as to the source of this blood. 

In the previous fast before i hit day 24 i was coasting along so nicely i felt i could go 50 days if nutritional stores held out... but once the turbulence arrived, 50 days seemed an abject impossibility and i very quickly changed my mind, forcing myself even to reach 30 days.   This time around i will just have to see what happens.  I would absolutely love to reach the return of genuine hunger and otherwise i would be  happy to reach 30 days once again with the possibility for more.

My weight has become ridiculously low, but as i have stated before, it has everything to do with copious amounts of temporary water loss which through experience i expect to see back on my body within about 3 weeks of breaking the fast, returning at a rate of about a pound per day.  Starting at 177 pounds, i weigh 147 today with an estimated 21 pounds of this being temporary water loss, 8 pounds fat and a pound of easily re-buildable protein-type tissue, much of it unhealthful as the fasting body will preferentially choose to utilize the worst tissue first. 

A picture at the end of the fast compared with another one 21 days later would provide quite an amazing contrast.  If a person is reasonably lean, the 21 pounds of normal water looks fantastic back on the body.