Today marks the one-month anniversary since the end of my fast. I have three posts that I need to put up: a summarization that I wrote at the end of the fast, a menu for the Valentine's day feast, and a one-month retrospective. I'm going to back-date the summarization so the posts will appear in order in the journal and to keep from flooding ( Read more... )

I owe y'all a couple of posts - the Valentine's menu, recovery, and a retrospective. I'm currently editing these pieces and will resume posting in a couple of days.

Today is the first day of Lent, or maybe the second day. I weigh 125. I am starting a new diet ( Read more... )

Morning
Fresh pastries from the local bakery
Oysters
Salmon gravlax w/ cucumbers, dill and crème fraiche
Blanched asparagus
Fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice
Coffee

Noon- Planned
After brunch, we realized we’d bought way too much food. Since scallops go bad quickly and were easier to prepare, we decided to forgo this meal until the next day. We ( Read more... )

During my fasting project, I had been posting my updates two days behind the actual events because (a) I was making complete day posts which means I had to first finish the day and (b) I wanted to leave myself enough time for editing ( Read more... )

I am almost done with my fast and aside from being easily tired, I feel more or less normal. I definitely feel as though I could go longer. In fact, if it weren’t for Valentine’s day coming up, and the need to taper back to normal food, I might. I want to do another fast, even though the hoped-for euphoria never happened. I think it’s good for me. ( Read more... )

I think my weight loss has slowed. It’s hard to tell if this is the case or if the scale has just offset again (it needs frequent adjustment). We’ll see tomorrow ( Read more... )

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This post is part of a series documenting my 10 day fast. If you want to start from the beginning, click here10:30 ( Read more... )