Fasting Journal: Day 26
- Subliminals: Paragon Complete (2x), Dragon Stage 4 (2x), Blueprint (2x), Alchemist Stage 4 (4x)
- Blood Pressure: 109/88 at a 74HR. Bit high on the diastolic (the pressure between beats).
- Temperature: 37C/99F
- Water: 1.4L/49oz
I think I may have come to a realization. A very annoying one. For the past few days I’ve been getting some leg cramps. Between the leg cramps, the insomnia and some other assorted little things I think I’m once again running short on electrolytes. I thought I had been able to prevent it this time around by supplementing them thoroughly pre-fast. The body should have enough, replacing the use of Sodium after the initial water loss (with Ammonia if I’m not mistaken).
The good part is that I did finally find a complete supplement in my area which takes care of all 4 electrolytes without any additives. The “bad” news is that if that is the issue here, it’s a bit late to the party since I still intend to end the fast this weekend. Yesterday I caught myself reaching for food like Bilbo for the ring around Frodo’s neck, saying “Soon, my preciousss.”
More disconcerting than me talking to food (and pictures of squirrels) was that I got the voice acting spot-on.
Moving on…
The ring for some reason missed about 2 hours, since I got out of bed 2 hours later than it states. Once again the audio worked to force me into sleep for bits at a time. Still not perfect. It’s not very happy for obvious reasons.
I find myself slightly dizzy and… difficult to put into words but at the edge of feeling nauseous. Come on, baby, hold on just a little longer.
It frustrates me, you know? How is it that I used to be able to go for two months while commuting to work every day and renovate my house, but now I can’t last one? Does chronological age really matter that much? Is it my diet, the things I ate in the month(s) leading up to the fast?
This is why medical professional that consider fasting to be beneficial will always tell you to do it under supervision. So they can check your blood and see what’s happening.
Personally I’d say 3-7 days should be safe for anybody not taking medication and without liver and kidney damage. The Internet is filled with journals of people doing that. But 1-2 months… carefully consider if you should have somebody on call or not. I’m no medical professional and you know your body better than I do.
I ended up gently sipping diluted bone broth, which itself is already mostly water. A dozen, two dozen calories at most, sipped within the hour. I fully expect that even if it did break the fast, I was back in ketosis an hour later. Boy, did it have an effect. But that will be in tomorrow’s post.
Most of the symptoms are gone now. And I’m tired. I’m gonna tell my ToDo list good night and lie down in bed, see what happens. Maybe those few sips were enough to give my body whatever it was missing. Either way, the fast doesn’t officially break until Saturday, so tomorrow I’ll still be fasting.
So g’night!
Yes. 
It is humor, but I do have a tendency to… how do I describe it? When my nails get too long I kind of get the side of my nails stuck between teeth and then get annoyed and gently peel it off by hand. Which is why I keep a nail file at hand, to keep them nice and short.
Nothing serious, I’m not one of those people where you can literally see the nail bed. I still have nice little white edges and cute half moons. A manicurist ex of mine was quite impressed.
Literally answered several inches above your reply. I don’t know if I should feel insulted or not.
I listen to my body. I have a very high tolerance and have gotten to know my body well enough to know when it can handle something and when not (near-death experience does tend to have that effect), but there are moments when I have to admit that enough is enough.
One such moment was above in this post. The symptoms each individually are little to be concerned with (although leg/muscle cramps are something to monitor as they can indicate water or electrolyte shortage), but when all put together, combined with all these subliminals telling my body to change and rewire, as well as heading into a very stressful time at work I figured I had to slow it down a bit, gently step on the brakes.
The challenge is in knowing when you’re dealing with detox and when you’re dealing with something serious. Last weekend turned out to be detox even though it felt horrible. If I had caved then, the stuff that made it happen would simply have gone back into the fat cells and I would still have had to deal with it later, much like past trauma. It remains until you finally deal with it.
As for today, I made a conscious choice. Could it all have passed? Probably. But this past week has been stressful on my body and I have been suspecting that there is still an imbalance of something in my body.
To be honest, I did not expect all the symptoms to go away within an hour after sipping what was basically water with a slight taste of beef. There were next to no nutrients in there.
So for me to choose to end a fast is a matter of listening to my body, doing my best to understand what any discomfort indicates and more importantly how much simultaneous discomfort I believe I should be dealing with at any one time. I pretty much know the fast may punish me for my lifestyle and I can mentally take it. Most of the time it’s a breeze, sometimes it’s challenging.
But when it could start punishing my liver and kidneys with an overload, that’s when I have to slow it down.
After all, I can always fast again in the future. And I probably will.
I’m already considering my next journal: Getting RICH in the Fast Lane.
