I just broke a roughly 92 hours fast few hours ago. I really wanted to go longer but it was pretty harsh for me (headaches) and the food cravings became impossible to resist. Plus, some damn bacterial colony loves to make my tongue white whenever I do a water fast. It's annoying as heck and even drinking water isn't enjoyable because it imparts a certain "taste" to the water. Cleaning it with a brush is useless as the colony returns in a few hours. It's like fasting accelerates the bacterial cell division or something.
I think I had already primed myself twofold. One, is that by going high protein, moderate fat, no/low sugar for prolonged periods in the months prior, shifting to ketosis was not a major issue.
However, it was only after the fasting did I finally lose the craving to eat 3 times or so during the day and accidentally stumbled into an OMAD cycle afterwards without even knowing about OMAD. I have eaten more these past few days since Thursday since
I did some physical labor and strained by quadratus lumborum last Thursday....so I got cravings for various proteins(so yeah, bison, mackerel, peanut butter, pasture-raised eggs). From June-July 2022 till the present, I had high stress from legal matters and lapsed into eating a lot of noodles and other insulin-stimulating foods. In fact, the reason I fasted was to regain some mental function for being able to focus on legal matters, not weight loss or any other more usual reasons to fast. In fact, I have come to the realization the true target is visceral fat removal.
Two, the high protein diet already made 18 hour periods rather manageable for me plus the protein might not have actually been digested until a day or two into the prolonged fast. My last meal before taking the plunge was a
rich 27% fat ground beef+ onions.
Also, based on recollection, you take a battery of supplements while I take only D3+K2 and Turmeric+pepper regularly.
Thus, if I had a major increase in peeing, it was from 1-2 times to 2-3 times a day.
Also, my body's natural wiring has always had low blood pressure and an aversion to salt(i.e peanut butter with salt is disgusting to me). I am not very insulin resistant while you still might be if bacteria is growing wild like that. Only an OGTT or Kraft insulin survey can really measure the response over time; A1C can be low but insulin resistance still be present.
If your mouth is developing oral thrush, my suspicion is that somehow, the conditions in your body is providing a lot of nutrition to the organisms.
www.mayoclinic.org
The worst part about fasting for me is the pooping experience. It was brutal and liquid was leaking out because the actual crap was stuck and laxative action was difficult.
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