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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AloeSvea" data-source="post: 2696865" data-attributes="member: 150927">So, Woke up on Day 3.(Actually woke up three times during the night care of my housemates, not my fasting!), but daydreaming about breakfast, and had to remind myself - no food! Then reminded myself I could have a cup of decaf, a pot of earl grey, followed by a pot of coffee to get me through the morning. Felt a lot better! I have a good sense of smell usually, particularly sensitive, folks close to me have mentioned over the years, so when my Indian housemate made himself a curry for breakfast I went into the kitchen and praised his cooking abilities, his cuisine, and the food in the pan, which I was closely perusing. Poor man, he was a bit taken aback. (Fasting definitely heightens my already keen sense of smell.) (Very pleasing to smell his food, though, for sure!)So here I am now in the true-blue part of no-food fasting - post 48 hours. If my blood glucose system wasn't so derranged I would be in ketosis by now (past fast experiments with keto pee strips and keto meters). But my BG is still too high by my own reckoning, for anything so healthy, alas. My FBG dropped from 10 to 8, but still means glucose still too high for insulin to drop. Even in ketosis by the third day I have brain fog (some folks have a good mental clarity response to extended fasting, I never have), and no different today. Waist and belly measurement dropped a centimetre or two but no big deal. (This measurement fluctuates a lot in my life, and I am capable of seeing marked drops due to various metabolic influences. This is not one of them.) (Last year it was a job where I worked like a dog for long hours, and lifted heavy weight frequently - obviously very good for my waist size and musculature. Did nothing for my blood glucose though, in fact my BG health declined along with my waist size. So, cortisol too high? Re the dog's life thing, I put it down to.)Yesterday Day 2 I was able to take a wee hobble (I'm partially disabled now) up halfway an old volcano, which is new. Might reflect my still too high blood glucose. Which even went up slightly after the walk, which is not typical for me when being fueled by food. It was very good for my mood, as there are great views from old paa sights/hills/volcanoes. It was good to get out of the house, as I'm too weak to work on my computer, so getting bored. Went to bed very early, which is typical by this stage of a fast. Went to sleep very early. at end of Day 2 yesterday (6ish?).</blockquote>

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