Hey everyone! Have been reading since day 1 (of course, I have been checking into this forum for well over a year, never posted in here though!) and just decided to post today. Hope you all are doing well and are excited for the weekend. :)
Today is day 6 of my pure water fast. Haven't even come close to any little 'cheating', nothing but distilled water has passed these lips, I am quite proud! I have completed a few 3 day & one 6 day
Water Fast in the past. I feel this one is going to last for quite a while, although I am not putting a certain number of days on it, because if I don't reach that number of days I do not want to feel like a failure and overshadow the tough days that I did manage to get through!
The reasons I am fasting is to attempt to get my energy levels back, clear my food addiction, and the main reason is to build up my self-discipline. I seem to have been indulging in whatever I felt like for a couple years and have been feeling like I have no self-discipline or willpower at all. I also quit smoking 1 day before I began my water fast. The fast must be extremely helpful in quitting smoking, as after only this long I feel like I really will never smoke another cigarette again!
My sleeping has been good, I am able to sleep for more than 8 hours a night which is surprising. I am loving the ridiculous dreams, I had 3 crazy ones last night and I can still remember each one perfectly! Really good ones the last two nights also, I am enjoying this!
I haven't had any lower back pain (I always assumed it was my kidneys) at all, which I did experience on previous fasts. I also have not had one headache which I was thinking I would have. The thing that is bothering me the most is the past 4 days I have constant acid reflux. It is killing me!! It has to be the most annoying thing ever. I am curious as to what acid coming up and eating my esophagus could possibly be healing (this is a sincere question, not sarcastic as it sounds!)? I'm just hoping it stops soon, wondering if anyone has any tricks to make it stop, maybe sitting a certain way, I just don't know how much longer I can stand it.
Yesterday was a NO energy day. I am hoping I get a little more energy today as this morning I have to go to a one hour orientation for an online class for school. I actually have a few of these to attend this week, about four more, so I'm hoping I'll be able to get to all these as these are the only outside engagements I have for a few weeks.
The weightloss has been steady, approx. 2lbs a day so far.
Also- this is a weird one- I have been getting the strangest feeling in my stomach, calves, & shoulders. In my stomach it is the exact feeling right after you get up from doing a bunch of crunches, a feeling like your muscles are stretching back out. The same goes for the calves & shoulders, feel like I just got up from doing leg presses & weights. It's not a pain so much as I do enjoy the feeling, I just find it odd and am wondering why I am getting that feeling. It is very frequent too, I've probably felt it 4 of the past 6 days.
Anyway, I'm very grateful for this forum, I love reading all of your posts! And please, if anyone knows anything about this awful heartburn, let me know, it's driving me insane!