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Fat Fast Starting Monday 3rd August

Merrylizard1314 said:
This FF was easier in some ways, in that I had prepared for it in a better way, and didn't have a huge drop in BGL at the beginning, which plays havoc with the mental state because of headaches and general wooziness. That did not happen, although for other reasons, there was a slump, connected with T2T.
Generally I felt very energised, proven by the fact of a virtual party turning into an influx of unexpected guests, and a convivial evening after all! With red wine, as Baruney has said.

So, my main objective, was to increase my ketone level a bit, to be 2-2.5.
Start ketones- 1.6. Now-2.2 . My FBGL ha been under 5 the whole time. 4.3 this morning.
Weight Start 66.2kg. Now 63.4kg. Now my plan is to continue with LCHF and see what happens with the September HbA1c.
Thanks everyone for the support. It is much easier to do with support, especially the good humoured kind, and it is still amazing to me.
Glasses of red all round, say I !!!
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Great results there our man down under. And did you weigh the cast when you took it off as one concern was not to put weight on whilst your leg was recovering.

How's the BP - didn't measure mine.
 
Morning troops

Fasting bloods 5.3. Probably due to lateness of supper and actually had a meal. Hugh salad yum yum. Bit of camebert bit of feta Cople pieces salami chorizo and pancetta. 3 chicken wings. 1 wine. Hopefully that the wine out of the way now till end of the month.

5.5 mile run.

No ketone test this am. Running low on strips!
 
Merrylizard1314 said:
This FF was easier in some ways, in that I had prepared for it in a better way, and didn't have a huge drop in BGL at the beginning, which plays havoc with the mental state because of headaches and general wooziness. That did not happen, although for other reasons, there was a slump, connected with T2T.
Generally I felt very energised, proven by the fact of a virtual party turning into an influx of unexpected guests, and a convivial evening after all! With red wine, as Baruney has said.

So, my main objective, was to increase my ketone level a bit, to be 2-2.5.
Start ketones- 1.6. Now-2.2 . My FBGL ha been under 5 the whole time. 4.3 this morning.
Weight Start 66.2kg. Now 63.4kg. Now my plan is to continue with LCHF and see what happens with the September HbA1c.
Thanks everyone for the support. It is much easier to do with support, especially the good humoured kind, and it is still amazing to me.
Glasses of red all round, say I !!!
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I've already offered my 100ml glass to Baruney but I'm sure he would share it with you if you wanted. I just hope he would pack it very carefully for the long journey to you and that you would return it before next Tuesday in case I get hooked on the Spanish reds whilst I'm away.

Well done by the way.
 
WeeFergus said:
I've already offered my 100ml glass to Baruney but I'm sure he would share it with you if you wanted. I just hope he would pack it very carefully for the long journey to you and that you would return it before next Tuesday in case I get hooked on the Spanish reds whilst I'm away.

Well done by the way.
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Thank you so much for the kind offer@WeeFergus,but I already have a favourite quaffing vessel, which holds much more than 100mls. Yours sounds as though it might be a medicine glass, or even an eye bath. Are you sure it even holds enough to wet your whapple? Watch out for that Rioja, by the way - it can take insidious hold!
 
Baruney said:
Great results there our man down under. And did you weigh the cast when you took it off as one concern was not to put weight on whilst your leg was recovering.

How's the BP - didn't measure mine.
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They told me that the cast was about 1.5kg or so, and looking at my leg I can believe that all the weight loss came from there.. I did not lose as much weight as you did, but perhaps I am nearing a final set point now. In fact, I will probably slowly increase to around 67kg as I feel really well at that weight, and I won't have to buy new clothes!
One aim was not to put on a lot of weight through being perforce, sedentary, but I didn't want to lose very much either, so really couldn't be a better result for me.
However, I plan to stay in ketosis as that will give me more energy to pursue my interests.
I will be on the hill tomorrow, watching the dawn. And trying not to be bowled over by kangaroos.

My BP machine had a malfunction, so I have no idea what my BP has been doing, but I find the ignorance curiously blissful.
Baruney, you should immediately put 3.5 kg weights in your backpack for a couple of days, so that you can feel your success properly when you take them out. Or you could infuriate your local supermarket manager by piling up equivalent packs of butter, like Moshe did.
 
Merrylizard1314 said:
They told me that the cast was about 1.5kg or so, and looking at my leg I can believe that all the weight loss came from there.. I did not lose as much weight as you did, but perhaps I am nearing a final set point now. In fact, I will probably slowly increase to around 67kg as I feel really well at that weight, and I won't have to buy new clothes!
One aim was not to put on a lot of weight through being perforce, sedentary, but I didn't want to lose very much either, so really couldn't be a better result for me.
However, I plan to stay in ketosis as that will give me more energy to pursue my interests.
I will be on the hill tomorrow, watching the dawn. And trying not to be bowled over by kangaroos.

My BP machine had a malfunction, so I have no idea what my BP has been doing, but I find the ignorance curiously blissful.
Baruney, you should immediately put 3.5 kg weights in your backpack for a couple of days, so that you can feel your success properly when you take them out. Or you could infuriate your local supermarket manager by piling up equivalent packs of butter, like Moshe did.
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Well I've a lot more to lose so % weight loss rather than actual number perhaps. Plus that was easy weight to lose due to carb creep over the prions few weeks. Don't worry about the Roos- Bowled - over - too easy merrylizard.
 
Baruney said:
Well I've a lot more to lose so % weight loss rather than actual number perhaps. Plus that was easy weight to lose due to carb creep over the prions few weeks. Don't worry about the Roos- Bowled - over - too easy merrylizard.
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Well, too easy this year, There will be others.
Are you still aiming for 75%fat from now? And not heeding calories too much?
I am just heading out into the lovely morning which is almost 1degree already.
Feeling energetic and buzzing.
 
Merrylizard1314 said:
Well, too easy this year, There will be others.
Are you still aiming for 75%fat from now? And not heeding calories too much?
I am just heading out into the lovely morning which is almost 1degree already.
Feeling energetic and buzzing.
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80% for the time being. An eye on cals but not too much. Protein increase but not too much. Carb increase from salas and veg. In 3 weeks time hopefully I'll be on the home leg oh the run/walk. This weekend was in Brighton and ran up to Devils dyke - mind you had to run up a fulking great hill to get there!
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Baruney said:
Right. Hectic day. In brighton for the weekend. Was all go swimmingly well and cals and ratios for Friday looking good. However I have yet to put the 3 glasses or red wine. 60g dry roasted peanuts and 120 cream cheese that I snaffled down last night.

Paid for it with the readings. So bloods 5.0 fasting and 0.9 blood ketones. Overall very happy with the results but disappointed with my inability to have just the 1 glass of wine.

In fairness it was probably @Merrylizard1314 fault as she was having a virtual cast off party and if I read correctly indulged a wee bit as well.

So moving on.....and bearing in mind that last Sundays readings were worse than Mondays and yesterday's reading were better than today's (lesson in there somewhere methinks).

Weight: start 15 stone 9 pounds. End 15 stone 2 pounds. 7 pound weight loss. Like I said before I have this thing going on every time I hit 15 it just bounces right off it and reckon I was there yesterday. Aim for august is to slow it down a bit but loose half a stone.

Fasting bloods. Start 7.8 end 5.0.

Blood ketones. Start 0.3 end 0.9.

So happy with the results and bearing in mind yesterday's figures were better than today's.

Will get round to seeing what effect the vino had on mfp but moving forward going to up the cals as in eat til saited and eat meals rather than portions of 250 cals 5 times a day. Want a minimum of 80% fat to end of august.

Was much harder than first fat fast I did as coming from so far out. In fact it was quite brutal really but suffered the headaches and switch over because I knew what the end result would be. I think it was Thursday that the body moved over from petrol to diesel with a combo of getting 90% fat and a 7 mile run in. On the run it was a fairly consistent jog but could feel little bursts of energy intermingled with bouts of lethargy and I am reading this as my body deciding to be in ketosis or glycosis.

Thankfully fat won the day.
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Amazing @Baruney. And your journey was a fascinating read. Best wishes. AJ. X
 
@nomistheman, so glad to see that you are back.
Those are spectacular results, and no need to worry too much about stratospheric ketones if your BGLs were low-ish.
How did you do the carb re-feeding? Was it like intermittent fasting? Because that is what I seem to be doing, having moderate to high carbs, and then Fat Fasting. But I am not certain that it wouldn't be better with water fasting on alternate days, which is what I am going to do for the next 2weeks.

So glad you have been able to rejoin us. So happy. If I was a dog, I would be searching for another tail to wag - one would just not be enough!ImageUploadedByDCUK Forum1439289500.024386.jpgImageUploadedByDCUK Forum1439289524.800964.jpg

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Baruney said:
80% for the time being. An eye on cals but not too much. Protein increase but not too much. Carb increase from salas and veg. In 3 weeks time hopefully I'll be on the home leg oh the run/walk. This weekend was in Brighton and ran up to Devils dyke - mind you had to run up a fulking great hill to get there!
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That Fulking hill is very steep, judging by the contour lines! How are your calf muscles holding up? There is a very steep hill near me, but I only climb there if I feel super fit because I hate only getting halfway up!
 
The fat fast thread has been fascinating reading from the 3 lovely folk who posted their progress & results. I have no desire to do anything remotely like it, but you have my utter admiration for the success of your experiment. Congrats to you all. X I suspect the following pic sums up my idea of the perfect fat fest. ;)

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I'm so glad you all came through your ketosis!
I do believe it's been a successful trial for all three of you.

I can see reading your posts and summary that your energy levels are very good.
Do you feel better?
If tired, do you get that good tired and not lethargy?

As I don't count anything and discount calorie counting as a part of any fast. The amount you eat has dropped? Do you feel more able to control your blood glucose levels?

Have their been any side effects?

Do you plan to stay in ketosis? Or do you intend to have another fast?

I don't suffer from any ill effects from being in ketosis!

Well done all three of you! Congrats!
 
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