WT 188lbs
Day started out good. A little tired though, been having headaches at night while I try to sleep, but other than that, it's been good. Then at 2 in the afternoon a friggin migraine hit. Nothing to do with the fast I don't think, probably some weather change.
So tonight I'm just kicking on the couch and surviving this migraine. Sigh... not too much to report today.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
Day 5 of Fast
WT: 192lbs
BP: 142/90
MUCH better day today. No much for headaches anymore. Thank GOD. I was able to work and focus on it. The only downside is I have nose like a blood hound. I can smell a bag of doritos being opened clear across my office. It kinda sucks at times. Fortunately the hunger phase has also ended. I can see and smell food without salivating and wanting to eat.
And the really nice thing about fasting is I have more energy than I should. I didn't sleep well last night, woke up almost every hour, but in spite of that, I had lots of energy at work. However, when I walk around I sometimes have to catch my breath. My mouth sometimes taste like I liked a sewage drain too... Not much I can do about that. It usually passes after a while though.
I've also bought a 4L jug of distilled water. I've read somewhere that it might make the toxins stage pass faster.
Anyways, it's all looking really good here. BP going down, weight going down, head feeling better... I can handle this.
And yes - my BP IS getting better for those who are worried. It's come down to the levels it was when I checked it on Thanksgiving. I'm hoping it'll go down even further. 120 or less would be nice.
Cadmanz onward and upward!
BP: 142/90
MUCH better day today. No much for headaches anymore. Thank GOD. I was able to work and focus on it. The only downside is I have nose like a blood hound. I can smell a bag of doritos being opened clear across my office. It kinda sucks at times. Fortunately the hunger phase has also ended. I can see and smell food without salivating and wanting to eat.
And the really nice thing about fasting is I have more energy than I should. I didn't sleep well last night, woke up almost every hour, but in spite of that, I had lots of energy at work. However, when I walk around I sometimes have to catch my breath. My mouth sometimes taste like I liked a sewage drain too... Not much I can do about that. It usually passes after a while though.
I've also bought a 4L jug of distilled water. I've read somewhere that it might make the toxins stage pass faster.
Anyways, it's all looking really good here. BP going down, weight going down, head feeling better... I can handle this.
And yes - my BP IS getting better for those who are worried. It's come down to the levels it was when I checked it on Thanksgiving. I'm hoping it'll go down even further. 120 or less would be nice.
Cadmanz onward and upward!
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Day 4 of Fast
Wt: 194lbs
BP: Unknown
Last night was absolutely wretched. I slept waking up every 2 hours, needing to drink and sometimes use the bathroom. My head was absolutely pounding, but felt better when I elevated it with a second pillow. Go figure.
All the glucogen should be completely gone from my body now. I feel alot weaker, needing to catch my breath just walking up the stairs. My wife told me to go brush my teeth ASAP cuz it smelt like boiled eggs. LOL I guess my body really is detoxifying now.
Got a wee headache this morning, so I'm still running deaf. Gonna camp on the couch and watch TV. I'm more worried about how it's going to go tomorrow. I gotta go back to work and I can't really just lie on a couch to do my job. :P Unfortunately, I can't really take time off either. I'm looking forward to when the friggin' "detox" part of this is over... It's getting old. :P
Oh and I had alot of food dreams last night. LOL I would dream that I ate something, and then run to the bathroom to spit it out because I'm fasting. It's kind of like when you quit smoking, for the first while, you keep having smoking dreams and then feel ashamed you're smoking and put the cigarette out.
In fact, quitting smoking is alot like fasting... It's just as hard, believe me. So if you ever quit smoking, you CAN fast. And another thing... Once when I was a smoker, I did a fast... on day 2 I was craving a cigarette SO bad... Well, lets just say, after that, cigarettes didn't appeal so much anymore and I stayed away for nearly a year after that. The memory of how SICK I felt after I smoked...
So if you ever want to try quitting smoking... go for a fast. LOL Two birds with one stone, and it's pretty effective at getting ALL the nicotine out of your system, DAMN fast. I kid you not.
Anyways, if I get around to checking BP today, not sure if I will, I'll post it later. It's probably still in the 140s or 150s... Until this detox and headache goes away, I don't think it's really going to drop. My neck is totally throbbing and my eyes hurt when I see sunlight. I've turned into a vampire and gone into the dark of my basement.
Catching up on alot of shows and comics though... I'd game, but with the way my head feels, I just don't feel like doing anything that takes any real mental work... which is why I'm not looking forward to tomorrow if I'm still pushing out toxins.
Why do they have to go out through my bloody head anyways? I think I'd rather have diarrhea than migraines. :P
Cadmanz - Keeping keeping on...
BP: Unknown
Last night was absolutely wretched. I slept waking up every 2 hours, needing to drink and sometimes use the bathroom. My head was absolutely pounding, but felt better when I elevated it with a second pillow. Go figure.
All the glucogen should be completely gone from my body now. I feel alot weaker, needing to catch my breath just walking up the stairs. My wife told me to go brush my teeth ASAP cuz it smelt like boiled eggs. LOL I guess my body really is detoxifying now.
Got a wee headache this morning, so I'm still running deaf. Gonna camp on the couch and watch TV. I'm more worried about how it's going to go tomorrow. I gotta go back to work and I can't really just lie on a couch to do my job. :P Unfortunately, I can't really take time off either. I'm looking forward to when the friggin' "detox" part of this is over... It's getting old. :P
Oh and I had alot of food dreams last night. LOL I would dream that I ate something, and then run to the bathroom to spit it out because I'm fasting. It's kind of like when you quit smoking, for the first while, you keep having smoking dreams and then feel ashamed you're smoking and put the cigarette out.
In fact, quitting smoking is alot like fasting... It's just as hard, believe me. So if you ever quit smoking, you CAN fast. And another thing... Once when I was a smoker, I did a fast... on day 2 I was craving a cigarette SO bad... Well, lets just say, after that, cigarettes didn't appeal so much anymore and I stayed away for nearly a year after that. The memory of how SICK I felt after I smoked...
So if you ever want to try quitting smoking... go for a fast. LOL Two birds with one stone, and it's pretty effective at getting ALL the nicotine out of your system, DAMN fast. I kid you not.
Anyways, if I get around to checking BP today, not sure if I will, I'll post it later. It's probably still in the 140s or 150s... Until this detox and headache goes away, I don't think it's really going to drop. My neck is totally throbbing and my eyes hurt when I see sunlight. I've turned into a vampire and gone into the dark of my basement.
Catching up on alot of shows and comics though... I'd game, but with the way my head feels, I just don't feel like doing anything that takes any real mental work... which is why I'm not looking forward to tomorrow if I'm still pushing out toxins.
Why do they have to go out through my bloody head anyways? I think I'd rather have diarrhea than migraines. :P
Cadmanz - Keeping keeping on...
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Day 3 cont'd
Spent the day relaxing, watching TV and napping alot. It seems to have helped, my BP has dropped down to 147/89
Thank god, the high BP was worrying me. Although I've had my CI turned off all day. Every time I turn it on, it ends up hurting like hell.
Thank god, the high BP was worrying me. Although I've had my CI turned off all day. Every time I turn it on, it ends up hurting like hell.
Day 3 of Fast
Wt: 195lbs
BP: Unknown
Day 3, the last day that most people have any glucogen in their system. Thank God. My heart and my pulse feels like it's quieted down. My head hurts alot less. I slept pretty well last night, only waking up periodically to drink some water. It turns out, I can now sleep without a second pillow under my head. I have very mild sleep apnea, but with only one pillow, it's guaranteed to act up. So I always prop my head up.
It's terrible on my neck, but it's the only way I can get any sleep. Fortunately, this fast, so far, has allowed me to be rid of that.
Today is mainly being spent at home, relaxing, and enjoying my family and not doing much of anything. I don't want my heart to work too hard, and I want my system to rest up. The work week and fasting is hard enough.
I also found a yahoo group all about fasting. Which is great for me, there's even a few doctors who drop in there from time to time. It's hard to find others who are trying this...
Oh - I'm also spending most of the day being deaf. My implant is turned off, it seems to help keep the headache away as well, which oddly seems to feel like it's inside both of my ears pounding away last night. :P Not fun.
Cadmanz... be back later.
BP: Unknown
Day 3, the last day that most people have any glucogen in their system. Thank God. My heart and my pulse feels like it's quieted down. My head hurts alot less. I slept pretty well last night, only waking up periodically to drink some water. It turns out, I can now sleep without a second pillow under my head. I have very mild sleep apnea, but with only one pillow, it's guaranteed to act up. So I always prop my head up.
It's terrible on my neck, but it's the only way I can get any sleep. Fortunately, this fast, so far, has allowed me to be rid of that.
Today is mainly being spent at home, relaxing, and enjoying my family and not doing much of anything. I don't want my heart to work too hard, and I want my system to rest up. The work week and fasting is hard enough.
I also found a yahoo group all about fasting. Which is great for me, there's even a few doctors who drop in there from time to time. It's hard to find others who are trying this...
Oh - I'm also spending most of the day being deaf. My implant is turned off, it seems to help keep the headache away as well, which oddly seems to feel like it's inside both of my ears pounding away last night. :P Not fun.
Cadmanz... be back later.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Day 2 of Fast
Wt: 202.5 lbs
BP: 171/93
Ugh, finally near the end of the second day of the fast. The headache has gotten progressively worse as the day goes on. Sleep wasn't too bad last night, but the pain was still there while I was sleeping, albeit I was getting migraines at night the week before anyways, so that means little to me as it is. However, I can't use any drugs to assist.
Tongue has gone white, and there's a crack down the middle of it. From what I've read this is normal. One more day and the glucogen should be completely exhausted. I'm hoping by Sunday or Monday the pain will receed and I'll feel worlds better.... one can hope.
Here are some interesting links on fasting;
BP: 171/93
Ugh, finally near the end of the second day of the fast. The headache has gotten progressively worse as the day goes on. Sleep wasn't too bad last night, but the pain was still there while I was sleeping, albeit I was getting migraines at night the week before anyways, so that means little to me as it is. However, I can't use any drugs to assist.
Tongue has gone white, and there's a crack down the middle of it. From what I've read this is normal. One more day and the glucogen should be completely exhausted. I'm hoping by Sunday or Monday the pain will receed and I'll feel worlds better.... one can hope.
Here are some interesting links on fasting;
http://www.vegsource.com/articles/goldhamer_high_pressure.htm
Anyways, I'm going to kick back on the couch the rest of the night and relax.
Cadman signing out.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Day 1 of fast
Day 1 of Fast
Weight: 201 lbs
BP: 150/90
First day of the fast has begun. I've removed most situations where I'm confronted with food from my daily routine. However, you still drive past fast food, and people in the office still snack. The only way I could entirely avoid food is to stay in a sanitarium for the duration of my fast. Unfortunately, that's not really an option. As nice as it would be.
I finished my last bite of food at roughly 8pm last night. I started the day with a very clear head, no migraine but by 11am the fasting headache kicked in. I don't expect it to be gone for at least a few days. The headache has two purposes. It's removing toxins from the bloodstream, and also, the body is starting to starve for glucogen and trying to get me to eat again.
By the end of the 3rd day, I should be completely exhausted of glucogen. After that, my body will switch to metabolising ketoacids. Hopefully not long after that my headaches should diminish. This is probably the hardest part of the fast, as it can be quite painful and difficult to sleep during this stage. It only serves as a good signal that I need to eat and live more healthily in the future.
As tempting as it is to give up and get a juicy Wendy's burger, and have a bottle of wine to cap it off, I have a focus, and a goal, and I'm not going to give up this time, for any reason aside from extreme danger to my health.
I particularly don't like where my blood pressure is at, it seriously needs to come down. I want to live to one day see my daughter graduate and get married and have kids herself. Drugs aren't going to improve that, exercise and healthy food alone won't remove the problems from my body either. So I'm driven to continue this and see where it leads me.
Travis Penner
Weight: 201 lbs
BP: 150/90
First day of the fast has begun. I've removed most situations where I'm confronted with food from my daily routine. However, you still drive past fast food, and people in the office still snack. The only way I could entirely avoid food is to stay in a sanitarium for the duration of my fast. Unfortunately, that's not really an option. As nice as it would be.
I finished my last bite of food at roughly 8pm last night. I started the day with a very clear head, no migraine but by 11am the fasting headache kicked in. I don't expect it to be gone for at least a few days. The headache has two purposes. It's removing toxins from the bloodstream, and also, the body is starting to starve for glucogen and trying to get me to eat again.
By the end of the 3rd day, I should be completely exhausted of glucogen. After that, my body will switch to metabolising ketoacids. Hopefully not long after that my headaches should diminish. This is probably the hardest part of the fast, as it can be quite painful and difficult to sleep during this stage. It only serves as a good signal that I need to eat and live more healthily in the future.
As tempting as it is to give up and get a juicy Wendy's burger, and have a bottle of wine to cap it off, I have a focus, and a goal, and I'm not going to give up this time, for any reason aside from extreme danger to my health.
I particularly don't like where my blood pressure is at, it seriously needs to come down. I want to live to one day see my daughter graduate and get married and have kids herself. Drugs aren't going to improve that, exercise and healthy food alone won't remove the problems from my body either. So I'm driven to continue this and see where it leads me.
Travis Penner
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