So that is great. I am now quite confident that I will make my goal of losing 50 pounds in 90 days, thanks in part to this 10 day fast.
I am feeling really good this evening. I was feeling pretty light headed and lacking energy earlier today. I helped a friend work on his car, and every time I squatted down and then got back up my head would swim for a while. Then our family went swimming, and I was feeling pretty sluggish there and just wanted to really take it easy, walk slow, and just be pretty docile. The kids did talk me into going on the high dive, which I fought at first but then gave in and went on it. It was fine, but it got my heart rate up, and I had to swim pretty quickly to the other end of the pool so I could get out and the next person could dive. I was feeling pretty sickly for a few minutes after that and had to get myself settled down.
I had a couple NSV's during that time. I had to work under my friend's car, which I've done before. Usually I have a hard time getting under there and have very little room to work, with my chest often being wedged under there. That's not a good feeling, especially since I'm a bit claustrophobic. Well, today I had plenty of room under there to work freely, so that felt great. Also I was able to wear a swimsuit to the pool that my wife had gotten me at the beginning of summer. It was to small and never really fit. Well, today I couldn't find my regular suit, so I grabbed it and it fit great! So that was awesome too!
Today the kids had fish fillets with salad and zoodles and that looked really tasty, especially the salad and fish. I fed the baby again while they ate, which is fine. So I was feeling really hungry today, and then my wife and I went on a "date" to the mall and walked through the food court. I wanted to do that, I'm not sure why. I just like seeing and smelling all of the food, even when I can't have it. I also torture myself by watching food reviews and recipe videos while I'm fasting.
Anyway, so I was really hungry today and feeling kinda crappy, and when we got home tonight I was sitting in my chair thinking about how I was feeling, and it came to me that I felt like I had a salt imbalance. That's a risk of drinking only water, your body can get out of balance because you are not taking in enough salt, like the infamous "hold your wee for a Wii" challenge. So I was going to eat some salt, before when I've done extended fasts I just put a teaspoon or so of salt in my palm and eat it, which would have worked, but the kids had just finished up a jar of pickle spears, and I figured I could drink the juice and get my salt that way:
So I drank the juice, and let me tell you it tasted really good. I usually don't like pickle juice, but it was just what I needed tonight. I drank the whole thing, and now afterward I feel 1000% better. I don't feel light headed anymore, and I really don't feel hungry either. I think my big problem was just the salt imbalance. I think the acid helped my stomach too, because I was having quite a bit of indigestion/heartburn, but after the pickle juice that went away as well.
So that's about it for today, I am excited to finish out this journey, and I'm excited to finish out my fast and get back to eating one meal a day!
Oh, almost forgot to mention, I also made an update video today on my YouTube channel:
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