From what I understand, the coated tongue is a side effect of your body being fully in the ketosis stage. You get there when all your glucose stores have been used up. The time it takes to get into ketosis varies from person to person. Its not unusual to not have a coated tongue on day 4 and it doesn’t mean you’re not detoxing already.   [End]
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Hello. Well, I finally ended my fast today. For the last 5 days or so I’ve been getting stomach cramps, some diarrhea each day, faint and tired, and so on. I felt really really bad. I was hoping it was detox or a stomach bug or my body healing my incredibly slow moving bowels, and perhaps it was, but an hour ago I decided to end my fast as something just didn’t feel right. I’d gone long enough. Most of my fast has been uneventful. Until the last 5 days or so, I had no bad symptoms or anything, just less energy than normal. I ended my fast with half an orange. At first I was reluct ...
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Well thankfully my job involves sitting on my backside typing on a computer most of the time ;) I would be too tired to do anything physically intensive. Some people seem to have more energy fasting than when they’re eating, but so far for me I get tired much much quicker than when I’m eating.   [End]
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Thats brilliant news about your blood tests. I was wondering whether you’ve been taking any supplements between the end of your fast and your blood work? Good luck with your new fast! Hope you manage to fix your skin issues with this one.   [End]
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Thats a great idea. I just don’t think I could spare the time or money to do that. I’m actually still working full time. I guess I’ll see how I feel in a week or so and go from there.   [End]
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I live in a small town on the south coast of England which is about a 10 minute walk from the beach. Believe it or not, we even get some sun down here!   [End]
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Hi. No refeeding plan worked out just yet as I’m really not sure when I’ll finish fasting, but I assume I’ll start off with fruit and go from there like the experts in here recommend.   [End]
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Hi! Thought I’d post a little update as I’m quite far along in my fast now. A patch of what I think is eczema on my ankle does look somewhat improved, but is still very visible. Face and back of hands look pretty much the same, but thankfully nothing has got worse during the fast. Sometimes I think the back of my right hand looks a bit better as it appears to sometimes have small patches of normal colored skin, but then as soon as it gets a bit colder it returns to how it was and I’m left wondering if I imagined it. I have no desire to eat at present. In fact, the thought of eating k ...
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I’m on day 24, and so far my hayfever and other allergies seem to be far less. I used to go out for a walk at this time of year, get back, and about an hour later my eyes would be red, swolen and watering, my sinuses would be blocked up. So far, none of that has happened. I guess its possible that theres less pollen about though. I’m allergic to dust too and haven’t noticed anything more than a slight tingle in the nose when I’m exposed to it. I can’t speak for allergies to cats as I’m not allergic to them, but its certainly worth a go.   [End]
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Well, thats 3 weeks almost done! Didn’t think I’d make that. Not a whole lot has changed since my last update on day 10. Eczema and other skin problems are all still there with no improvement. Bella lucia seems to be having a similar experience with their skin, so at least I feel like I’m not the only one :) I just feel kind of frustrated that I’m not noticing any improvements on this fast. I felt that as a lot of eczema and other skin problems are food allergies, simply not eating for 3 weeks would have had at least *some* effect. But so far, nothing. I’m still hopeful though. I ...
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Thanks Chris, that’s good to know. I’ll stick with it and hope the skin improves in its own time. As for the ice cold hands; I haven’t done any exercise or anything up until this morning because I was trying to rest as much as possible, but this morning I took a brisk walk and the hands got warm. Maybe I wasn’t doing enough physical activity so my circulation got bad. I suffer from slow circulation anyway, it runs in the family. I’ll try and do a brisk walk every morning from now on.   [End]
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On day 10 I’d lost a total of 17 lbs. I lost a lot at the beginning and then it slowed down after about day 6.   [End]
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This is turning out to be easier than I thought. Days 1-3 were the worst as I was so tired and weak, but the rest of the days I haven’t felt much different physically as I felt when I was eating. I just have a sort of pulling feeling in my stomach. My concern is that other than weight loss I don’t seem to be getting much benefit from it. I was hoping my eczema or whatever it is would clear up, but its worse than ever. Skin looks pretty bad on my face and hands. Hands feel like ice, even though the weather is hot. Various other internal problems seem no better, but at least no worse. ...
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