Orion
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Completed 54 day fast, from Oct 16th to last Saturday Dec 9th, combined 1 week water fast and 7 week Breuss fast(juice and teas). Found the fast was actually fairly easy to get through, energy was quite low in the final 8th week, but I was still able to work, walk, sleep well, take care of child, etc... My goal was skin and hair health, after two time post accutane use. Never really had libido or mental sides, just really bad oily skin(acne mainly face, neck, chest, back and upper arms), lots of hair shedding and sluggish metabolism. At end of fast skin is near perfect, still hair shedding though.
I am 6,2(188cm), and went from 205lb to 195lb on a 14 day water fast in Sept, and from 195lb to 150lb on this fast. I am quite lean now, muscle mass does seem to have been preserved quite well, but strength is definitely down, starting weightlifting again today, and will slowly start to increase strength back.
My heartrate stayed at ~78bpm throughout the fast, and my morning basal temp never went below 98.0C
Only two major complaints of the fast were cold hands, very hard to keep them warm, this would only happen at work though, building not kept very warm, no issues at home or when mobile. Second was mood could easyily shift, very easy to get grumpy!
Breaking fast with; Broth(chicken and vegetable), egg, rice, lemon, well cooked vegg (onions, celery, carrot, garlic, cauli, broc, beet, daikon, cabbage, kale, collard, chard, lettuce, spinach, parsley) Following MattyB's outline, with gboldeuv's rec's of egg lemon soup.
Have been using Betaine HCl, but will attempt to cut it out, not sure if needed, and might be best to avoid for now. Will try small amounts of malic acid instead.
Also using very small amounts of brewers yeast for B's and aminos, less then 1tsp.
Going forward will use this log to track skin, hair and body comp health, weekly/monthly post fast re-feed and progress.
I am 6,2(188cm), and went from 205lb to 195lb on a 14 day water fast in Sept, and from 195lb to 150lb on this fast. I am quite lean now, muscle mass does seem to have been preserved quite well, but strength is definitely down, starting weightlifting again today, and will slowly start to increase strength back.
My heartrate stayed at ~78bpm throughout the fast, and my morning basal temp never went below 98.0C
Only two major complaints of the fast were cold hands, very hard to keep them warm, this would only happen at work though, building not kept very warm, no issues at home or when mobile. Second was mood could easyily shift, very easy to get grumpy!
Breaking fast with; Broth(chicken and vegetable), egg, rice, lemon, well cooked vegg (onions, celery, carrot, garlic, cauli, broc, beet, daikon, cabbage, kale, collard, chard, lettuce, spinach, parsley) Following MattyB's outline, with gboldeuv's rec's of egg lemon soup.
Have been using Betaine HCl, but will attempt to cut it out, not sure if needed, and might be best to avoid for now. Will try small amounts of malic acid instead.
Also using very small amounts of brewers yeast for B's and aminos, less then 1tsp.
Going forward will use this log to track skin, hair and body comp health, weekly/monthly post fast re-feed and progress.
