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Heaven Or Hell?....my FIRST 4 Day Fast

Results on completion of day 2:

10 hours 5.3 - BP 116/68, BPM 66

24 hours 4.8 - BP 119/66, BPM 68

35 hours (6AM) 5.3 - BP 116/67, BPM 62

48 hours - 4.8 - BP 118/77

Interesting identical FBG and 7pm BG measurements:)

Feeling remarkably good... The 48 hour wall has not happened yet:)

More tomorrow morning for day 3!





Diagnosed 13/4/16: T2, no meds, HbA1c 53, FBG 12.6, Trigs 3.6, HDL .75, LDL 4.0, BP 169/95, 13st 8lbs, waist 34" (2012 - 17st 7lbs, w 42").

14/6/16: FBG AV 4.6, Trigs 1.5, HDL 2.0, LDL 3.0, BP 112/68, BPM 66, 11st 7lbs, waist 30". Lifelong migraines and hay fever gone.

Regime: 20g LCHF, run 1 mile daily, weekly fasting.
 
Results during day 3:

10 hours 5.3 - BP 116/68, BPM 66

24 hours 4.8 - BP 119/66, BPM 68

35 hours (6AM) 5.3 - BP 116/67, BPM 62

48 hours - 4.8 - BP 118/77

64 hours - 4.4 - BP 115/69, BPM 66



Diagnosed 13/4/16: T2, no meds, HbA1c 53, FBG 12.6, Trigs 3.6, HDL .75, LDL 4.0, BP 169/95, 13st 8lbs, waist 34" (2012 - 17st 7lbs, w 42").

15/6/16: FBG AV 4.6, Trigs 1.5, HDL 2.0, LDL 3.0, BP 112/68, BPM 66, 11st 5lbs, waist 30", PWV 7.0. Lifelong migraines and hay fever gone.

Regime: 20g LCHF, run 1 mile daily, weekly fasting.
 
Going out soon, so publishing completion of day 3 results 1 hour early;

10 hours 5.3 - BP 116/68, BPM 66

24 hours 4.8 - BP 119/66, BPM 68

35 hours (6AM) 5.3 - BP 116/67, BPM 62

48 hours - 4.8 - BP 118/77

64 hours - 4.4 - BP 115/69, BPM 66

71 hours - 4.6 - BP 116/73, BPM 60

Strange increase through the day.... Only a dollop of double cream in two of the coffees today.

Still feeling good, but slightly hungry now:)

More results 7AM tomorrow for day 4!!


Diagnosed 13/4/16: T2, no meds, HbA1c 53, FBG 12.6, Trigs 3.6, HDL .75, LDL 4.0, BP 169/95, 13st 8lbs, waist 34" (2012 - 17st 7lbs, w 42").

15/6/16: FBG AV 4.6, Trigs 1.5, HDL 2.0, LDL 3.0, BP 112/68, BPM 66, 11st 5lbs, waist 30", PWV 7.0. Lifelong migraines and hay fever gone.

Regime: 20g LCHF, run 1 mile daily, weekly fasting.
 
PenfoldAPD said:
Are you seriously hungry? I'm sure I would be - although I know there are many fasting heros out there!
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Well I thought I would be...but....I'm really not!

Do t know why...the end is proving easier than the beginning. I am not sure whether it's a from I action of mind set or the fat burning fuel from Ketosis, but it's remarkable.


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Brunneria said:
My only concern (and I accept that other ppl may never have this issue), is that I have problems getting to sleep when hungry.
It is a cyclical little process where I notice I am hungry, worrit about going to sleep, get stressed, focus on the hunger, worrit I won't sleep, get stressed...

I can keep myself awake for hours like this - all the while fully aware that it is probably all in my head.

So I think the biggest barrier for me, as I gradually increase fasting times, is getting past that bedtime hunger.
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Doesn't being in ketosis prevent you from feeling hungry? It did for me.
 
So early morning of day 4:

10 hours 5.3 - BP 116/68, BPM 66

24 hours 4.8 - BP 119/66, BPM 68

35 hours (6AM) 5.3 - BP 116/67, BPM 62

48 hours - 4.8 - BP 118/77

64 hours - 4.4 - BP 115/69, BPM 66

71 hours - 4.6 - BP 116/73, BPM 60

83 hours - 4.4 - BP 114/68, BPM 64 - keystones using sticks based on colour looks like 4, which is high, but it's hard to match the colours and the sticks are notoriously inaccurate, but defo real Ketosis.

I feel really good and will easily make it to 96 hours (4 days) at 7pm tonight. I'm convinced by Jason Fung's contention that 7 days is perfectly possible with a ketogenic LCHF diet:)



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Robbity said:
Kevin, I'm impressed.

Are you also recording your ketone levels as well as all else?

Robbity
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No, as I find comparing the colour shades quite difficult, but Ive done it this morning...it was second from the darkest;) about 4.0 from my best guess.


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Brunneria said:
When fasting, my hunger comes in waves. Some quite intense - as described above, a wave at 11pm is going to keep me awake. And stressed.
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That would really put me off. I usually find that after the second day I feel no hunger at all.
 
KevinPotts said:
So early morning of day 4:

10 hours 5.3 - BP 116/68, BPM 66

24 hours 4.8 - BP 119/66, BPM 68

35 hours (6AM) 5.3 - BP 116/67, BPM 62

48 hours - 4.8 - BP 118/77

64 hours - 4.4 - BP 115/69, BPM 66

71 hours - 4.6 - BP 116/73, BPM 60

83 hours - 4.4 - BP 114/68, BPM 64 - keystones using sticks based on colour looks like 4, which is high, but it's hard to match the colours and the sticks are notoriously inaccurate, but defo real Ketosis.

I feel really good and will easily make it to 96 hours (4 days) at 7pm tonight. I'm convinced by Jason Fung's contention that 7 days is perfectly possible with a ketogenic LCHF diet:)



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Very well done sir.. and some great results too..
 
BOOM!! 4 day (96 hour) fast completed.

7pm BG 4.1, BP 118/68, BPM 67

Remarkably straightforward and could pretty easily do this one again.

Not sure what I gained in terms of BG stability. A big effort to drop my BG 1.4 mmol, but convinced fat as fuel makes eating less a lot more achievable.

Going to research and consider a 7 day fast in about a month...would be a real test, so just thinking it through:)

Dinner tonight at 7pm, salmon with seeds, OPPO ice cream with a few strawbs and bluebs....felt like a bit too much...so need to gradually reacclimatise tomorrow:)


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