Fasting Day 7 - 156.4 Pounds

11:34 PM

Well, it's safe to say that I'll make it to the 155 pounds weight range by the time my fasting is over in 29 hours. This has always been a dream weight of mine, even when I went down to the low 170s weight range back in 2016, I had 155 pounds as my goal. I just never reached it for some reason. I didn't track any of my calories at the time in 2016, but I was likely just eating my maintenance calories, since I wasn't gaining nor losing weight day to day.

Am I tired? Yeah. Am I exhausted? Yeah. Did I go through a lot of mental pain and suffering? In a way, yeah. Was it all worth it? I would say, yes it was.

I'm not delusional. When I refeed again, I expect to gain at least 5 pounds minimum, just from eating any food again and having it in my gut. This is normal and expected. I experienced it just last week, when I dropped down to 162.9 pounds, I ate a little bit, 4500 calories over 2 days, and my weight shot up by 3 pounds. It then took me 3 more days of fasting to get that weight down back to 163, so I think the same thing will happen this time around.

The cool thing is that my body fat percentage dropped by 1 or 2 percent after eating again. I really didn't expect that. I was at 16% body fat when I was 162.9 pounds, and then I ate again, around 4500 calories, shot up to 165.9 pounds but at 15% body fat. That really shocked me. Then I continued to fast, and now I'm in the 14% body fat range, which is nice.

This is because the weight I burned off from fasting was mainly fat. The weight I gained back after refeeding was mainly water and glycogen. So even though I gained weight, none of the weight I gained was fat, causing my body fat percentage to go down.

I'm honestly very tired as I write this, it's been over 170 hours since I last ate anything. I don't have enough energy to do anything. I just want to lie down and sleep, but I have a hard time falling asleep because my mind is still awake.

On my first 14 fast back in 2022, I actually went hiking both weekends that I fasted. Not sure how I was able to do that. I was fasting with another person, and I think that made it easier. Right now I'm fasting all alone with myself. It's like being in solitary confinement in a way, though nowhere near as bad as solitary confinement because my fasting is voluntary, I can eat right now if I wanted to, nothing is stopping me except me. It's called discipline and self-control, I made a goal and I want to reach it. It's reachable, it's doable, I am almost there, why should I stop now?

I'm so tired. I don't know what else to write. Oh yeah, I look significantly better in the mirror now. I can grab my waist and have my hand get a good and firm around it, with my thumb reaching the back, and my fingers on the front touching the stomach. When I was overweight, I had too much fat for this to be able to happen, I'd basically just be grabbing my sides. Anyway I don't know if I described this correctly, but I can just have a better, fuller grip around my waist than before.

Tired. Sleepy. Let's see if I can fall asleep.