Day 4 Fasting - 166.7 Pounds

9:52 PM

It's been 4 days since I last ate any food, over 96 hours now. Yesterday I was 169.2 pounds, and today I'm 166.7 pounds. I lost roughly 2.5 pounds in just a single day from not eating. That's insane.

This is a great way to lose weight, but it requires a lot of mental strength to pull off. Every moment I feel like giving up, but I just keep on going for some reason.

My mood, energy, and hunger fluctuate from moment to moment. Sometimes I feel good, good enough to do any activity. Today I did a few things, I shaved and took a shower. I went to a different Marshall's and I found some dates this time, so I went ahead and bought those. The rest of the time, I was basically in bed just browsing the Internet or sleeping.

I asked ChatGPT for any signs or symptoms that I should just give up, and it gave me a list of things to watch out for. These were basically all extremely scenarios, none of which I'm facing, so I take it that it's fine to keep going. The symptoms to stop are severe such as passing out, having an irregular heart rate, vomiting, mental confusion beyond dizziness, shivering, blurred vision, or the inability to stand due to lack of energy or weakness. Some other symptoms are cramping and shortness of breath. If I experience any of these symptoms, then it's time to stop the fast.

So far the only thing I've experienced is some dizziness when standing up too quickly and walking. It's hard to describe the feeling, but my vision becomes blurry or fizzled, with the sides of my vision having these "sparks" flying all over and becoming blurrier. Then consciously, I feel like I'm losing control of my body and not able to control it as much, and I have a hard time even just standing straight. I asked ChatGPT about this and it said that's called orthostatic hypotension, and it's common in fasting, but not a symptom that I should stop. If I do pass out though, then it's a sign that I should stop.

240 hours left. That's a long time. You know what? If I can reach 155 pounds before then, then I'm stopping. Otherwise, I'm going to keep going up to 14 days. I'll stop on whichever one comes first, if 14 days passes and I'm still 160 pounds or something, then I'll stop at 14 days. If however I reach 155 pounds in only 10 days, then I'll stop.

I've been texting updates to a friend this whole time about my fasting and other activities I'm doing. He says that he weighs 157 pounds, and that if I reach that, then we'll weigh the same. That sounds like a dare or a challenge to me, so that's what I'm going for.

Random things have helped kept me going. The timer on my watch only has 2 digits for the hour time, and right now it's at 96 hours. So I've always been curious as to what happens if I make it to 100 hours, which is 3 digits. Will it malfunction or just add a third digit to the hour time? Random things like this keep me going.

The next random thing keeping me going, is seeing if I can last 7 days. I'm already 4 days in, so over 50% of the way through. Can I make it another three days? Who knows. Even I don't know if I can make it.

Like I said above, every moment I feel like giving up. Even right now, I feel like giving up. Oh yeah, I put a bag of dates next to my bed, because one of the symptoms that I should give up is not being able to stand up. Well, if I can't stand up, how am I going to get access to any of the dates or any of the food in the kitchen? So I just put a bag of dates beside my bed for this emergency. I should also probably put a drink right next to my bed, like a carton of almond milk that doesn't need to be refrigerated, just in case I can't stand up and need some liquid.

In my first 14 day fast in January 2022, I fasted with a friend who set the rules for me, I was allowed some salt that I could chew on. There was also some oat water allowed, which is water strained through oats. There was also coconut water allowed, and I even had miso soup some nights I think. On my second fast in January 2023, I fasted with the same friend who set rules for me, I was allowed the same things, and I had them scarcely, but around a week in, I was allowed some dates and ginger candy because I kept complaining about starving. So I pretty much cheated on that second fast, and in a way, in the first fast too. I still made it though, greatly limiting what I took in, but it wasn't a pure water fast like I'm doing now.

So far, I've had nothing except water. Just water. No oat water, no miso soup, no coconut water, no salt. Just plain and pure water. It's going fine so far I think.

Both of my previous fasts took place at this same exact time period. Isn't that cool? The past versions of myself were all fasting today I think. Yeah, so the first time I took a fast, was from January 9th 2022 to January 23rd 2022. The second time I fasted was from January 14th 2023 to January 28th 2023. So today, January 19th, overlaps with those dates.

I'm going to try and keep going. It's really hard, it's really not easy doing this. Again, every single moment I feel like giving up, and yet I still keep on going somehow. I have a bag of dates next to me, it would be extremely easy for me to just tear it open and eat some dates, and yet I don't. It's weird how much self control I'm having right now, because normally I wouldn't have any.

Anyway, that was my day today.