Weekly 36-hour fast number 12 complete.
I almost didn't fast this week. I've had a lingering cold. Thankfully it's not covid-19 (confirmed by testing), and the symptoms are tolerable (especially with some Sudafed), but it's been pretty long-lasting.
In the end I didn't feel I needed to skip my fast, but I'm not so hell-bent on fasting that I wouldn't have skipped it if I needed to. While I do think this weekly fast is somewhat ritualistic, I'm not fanatical about it, and it's also very much purpose-driven, with that purpose being to support my goals of losing weight, being healthy, and being mindful.
On a similar note of non-fanaticism, during my fast (and in general) I now add a little blackstrap molasses to my coffee (~ 1/3 tsp) and a touch of unsweetened fortified almond milk, both of which for the little bit of vitamins and minerals they afford, though I've discovered that I also very much enjoy the taste. The calories are negligible relative to a day of not eating, and as I say, I'm not fanatical about fasting.
Like my fasts for the previous two weeks, this week's was actually 40+ hours, and preceded by a super-low-calorie day. (More on this below.) This time, with that combination, I was down 4.4 lb in two days.
Once again I'm down 1.8 lb over the previous week at the same time, which means that I beat my 1-lb weekly goal. Next week's number to reach is 181.8.
Last week before my fast I mentioned the Stoic practice of "futurorum malorum præmeditatio", visualizing the likely or potential challenges you might encounter, and preparing yourself not to let them push you off center. I was a moderately good Stoic this week. In fact I was a pretty good one until Friday night. For days the technique helped me avoid eating any of the cookies that had arrived in a Christmas care package from my mom, and I still haven't had any. However, when my partner ordered a pizza on Friday after an exhausting week, and they first delivered the wrong one and had to come back again with the right one, _somebody_ had to eat the extra pizza. :-) Luckily it wasn't a big one.
The rational, in-control side of me doesn't endorse that sort of thinking at all. Food that will go to waste if we don't overeat is still wasted if we do, and in a more detrimental way. But I did enjoy the pizza while I was eating it, though the enjoyment was tempered by the knowledge that I was going to be able to eat a lot less food the next day if I was still going to hit my weekly goal, and the knowledge that the kind of meat on a delivery pizza isn't the kind of meat I want to be eating to be healthy.
Anyway, here I am, ready to start another week with renewed intention. I might have a cookie or two this week, but I'll try not to feel compelled to.
Onward and downward.
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82,9 kg
Bisher verloren: 7,9 kg.
Still to go: 3,5 kg.
Diät befolgt: Nicht zutreffend.
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Verlust von 11,4 kg pro Woche
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![](https://m.ftscrt.com/static/images/box/membersicon.gif) Kommentare
Hey man, thank you for going into such detail, this is a great post.
Also, pizza is THE #1 food people will break their diets for! Totally normal behavior. lol
Keep up the good work.
21 Dez 20 vom Mitglied: rightlane
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Agree with rightlane, really enjoyed this detailed post... and doubley agree that breaking the rules for Pizza is normal. Pizza is actually my very very favourite food. I could eat it everyday. On another note, your weekly fast has me intrigued. I kind of want to try it. You do a day and a half with nothing? Just water.. coffee?
21 Dez 20 vom Mitglied: TorStar80
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I love this post! It’s fresh to hear someone who has many struggles from fasting, to abstaining from holiday treats, and seems very jovial and fun to listen to. I hope you make it through this short illness and take full advantage of the rest and relaxation. Did you know that sleep burns calories???
22 Dez 20 vom Mitglied: raeann.case
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A small piece of pizza is an acceptable cheat so long as you get rid of the crust or so I hear. I have been doing the 24hr fast almost every day but as PhatPhrog says, I'm not fanatic about it, plus it helps that I don't much care about eating. How you may ask did I get to dietland? Forty years of sweets ,ice cream and chips while driving. So I fast and if I feel the need to eat a second or even a third meal, I do. I find not snacking help a great deal...the bane of my existence.
23 Dez 20 vom Mitglied: Rodgirs
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Thanks for the support, everyone, and I'm happy you enjoyed this post.
23 Dez 20 vom Mitglied: PhatPhrog
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Rightlane, you've made excellent, inspiring progress!
23 Dez 20 vom Mitglied: PhatPhrog
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Star, my fast is usually from Saturday night after dinner to breakfast on Monday morning, so two nights and a day. But when I want to make an extra push, as I have for the last three weeks, my last meal is lunch on Saturday, with Saturday meals being only protein, incidental fat, and non-starchy vegetables. During my fast proper after my last Saturday meal, I have nothing to eat but a dose of fiber on Sunday with my regular vitamins (I take magnesium, vitamin D, and a quarter each of a multivitamin and a B complex). I drink lots of water (there's no need to have more than usual, but I always have a glass available and drink as much as I feel like drinking), and I have as much coffee and/or tea as I want, which is usually two large cups but sometimes three. Others take electrolytes (potassium being the most important, as sodium is better conserved), which I might if I were to fast longer, but I'm not inclined to fast longer. (I now get a little K from the molasses and almond milk in my coffee.) I end my fast on Monday morning with my regular breakfast. If I can, I go to bed a little earlier on Sunday night. It varies as to how hard my fasting days are. I started out with a lot of motivation, and that made it somewhat easier. Then it got harder, but this past weekend was a little easier again. I'm definitely pleased with it, anyway. I wish you all the best if you try it.
23 Dez 20 vom Mitglied: PhatPhrog
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Rodgirs, at first I didn't eat the outer crust on the pizza, and then I did. And I had seven pieces, not just one. :-) Anyway, if I understand you correctly, you try to stick to one meal a day, but you have another meal or two if you feel like it. Sounds good. One meal a day doesn't really fit with the rhythm of my own life, but it seems to work well for the people that do it — more power to you. Definitely mindless snacking can be a killer!
23 Dez 20 vom Mitglied: PhatPhrog
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