Fast for 5 days

I’m tired and a bit cranky. I’m craving lasagna, hummus and feta cheese (not all together). I really want to eat some food. (Surprise, surprise.) I feel like I’ve been smoking a lot more weed than usual in an attempt to compensate for the lack of hand-to-mouth action that is usually provided by my daily food consumption. My tummy hurts, and I have a minor headache at the moment. Did I mention I really want to eat some food? Well, I do.

I’m really hungry right now and momentarily cursing myself for ever having decided to add this goal in the first place. To be completely honest, I just wanna wolf down all the Ding Dongs that are sitting on my kitchen counter and then lie around basking in the sugar high. As I type this, I’m vividly imagining stuffing them into my mouth.

FROM: 12:00 AM on Monday, July 6th, 2009

UNTIL: 12:00 AM on Saturday, July 11th, 2009

Items permitted for unlimited consumption during the fast are coffee, tea, sugar free juice, diet soda and other beverages containing few or 0 calories. Chewing gum, in moderation, is also allowed. Each morning, I will drink 1 can’s worth of a vitamin and mineral rich nutrition shake containing 230 calories and 2 grams of fat per serving. (A little supplemental nourishment is healthy, after all.) On 3 of the 5 fasting days, I will engage in some form of light exercise in order to combat the slowing effects of fasting on the metabolism. Following the fast, I will ease gently back into eating solid foods and thereafter adhere to a reduced daily calorie limit with unflappable determination and renewed vigor to lose weight and get fantastically fit.

My digestive system could really use a break from all the junk I’ve been stuffing through it over the past few years (an abundance of processed foods and very little raw fuel, unfortunately), and I certainly wouldn’t mind dropping a few unwanted pounds during the course of a successful fast, either.

I had originally intended to begin this thing yesterday and finish it up on Friday, but stuff didn’t exactly work out as planned. (I wasn’t totally committed, and I found myself being taken in by the intoxicating allure of some cookies and cream Pop Tarts almost immediately. It was all downhill from there, baby – shame on me!) I’m looking at getting totally serious, committing myself 100% and giving it another shot in earnest at some point in the very near future (within a couple of weeks, for certain).

Today is Tuesday

I had a pretty unhealthy Easter weekend there.. easter dinner (pretty small) followed by two easter eggs . Easter Monday i’d another egg and a taco chip and a lot of other junk food too.

So, today I’m going to fast for the rest of the week (probably 5-6 days)

I was down to around 137 pounds a few months ago and I felt really good about myself even if everyone was telling me I was too skinny. Then all this shit started happening to me and the healthy eating went out the window. I basically don’t eat anything and then binge. I still only weight about 144 pounds but I feel and look a lot worse.

Hopefully this diet will make me feel better and then I’ll start eating healthy again.

Anyway, day one! I had a yoghurt drink (60 cals), black tea and some veg soup (er, 80 cals maybe!) I don’t know if it’s still fasting when I’m eating!

I’ll let you know the results on Sunday :)

Ok so I said it wasn’t too bad just a few hours ago.

I can’t help but feel the negative connotation to fasting.

It feels like I’m an insecure person trying to starve myself.

I do have insecurities about my weight (I’m 227) but I do love myself!

This is definitely hard.

I think it’s irrational for someone like me to just fast for 5 days.

Well, I’ll see how long I can hold up but I’m not doing this for more than two days for now.

Gotta take it slow.

There are too many things going on to do this right now.

I decided to try this today. Being it my first day, it wasn’t too bad!

I want to do this to humble myself a little and other things too.

My mom doesn’t want me doing this because of my sugar levels but I want to.

They say I’m borderline diabetic but my last 2 bloodtests reported that my sugar levels has been fine.

I don’t know how to explain it, but I truly feel that I am not diabetic though. I can just…feel it.

I don’t feel like tiptoeing around and fasting but I want to try this out.

Maybe I should do small intervals of time that are less noticeable.

Any sugesstions?

Hi all im 129lbs and want to be 110. I have decided that if i fast every month for 3-5 days I will achieve my target weight for my 5ft 3 inch frame. Anybody that can give my advice I would greatly appreciate I do like my food :(

im starting a week long fast tomorrow. Anyone want to do it with me?

I’m going to start tomorrow also for non-religious reasons. I’m not fat but feeling very down about my body. I’m 115 pounds and about 5’1”. I drink lots of water each day, so that will be no problem at all.