Day 46 - "Tweeking the Diet"

Day 46 - Wow, long time, no post. Mike and I are still doing the fast diet...but we've had to alter it some. I'll give you some small highlights from the past few weeks.

• Mike's headaches seem to be twofold when fasting. After doing some research, Mike discovered two things - first, caffeine is really bad to have when you're fasting. So Mike cut out drinking yerba mate tea. Second, he learned that he might be hypoglycemic, which can cause headaches. So now Mike is eating throughout the day. He's still staying close to his 600 calories on fast days, but he drinks a mug of miso soup when he feels a headache coming on. Since he's implemented these changes, he's had better fasts and has continued to lose some weight.
• We went on vacation for a week. And the great thing about the fast diet is that we were able to say, "We're on vacation. No fasting this week." By the time our vacation was over, we were ready to get back to fasting. I have to say, this was the quickest way to lose the few pounds I tend to gain on vacation. One fasting day and I was back to normal!

So, we're doing well. We're at our lowest weight yet...and we're continuing with the fast diet. Fasting has become quite easy now, though there's one more change we have done - when we really start getting hungry around dinner time, we eat. No more waiting 12 hours between meals before eating. We are still fasting, just not for two 12 hour blocks. I actually extend my fast into my "feast day" by waiting to eat breakfast until 11 or even just skipping breakfast and going straight to lunch.

Things are looking up!