Fasting Journal : Sunday Fast

This is nearly 48 hours. Monday is shopping day, I leave about 11:am with some friends, so I think I will have to break my fast early so I don't make the mistake of shopping while hungry.

I'm really bad about that, I buy everything in the store, on the list or not.

So this will be about a 64 hour fast if I break at 10:am, that's fine. As always, it's not about bragging rights on the hours, it's about the effect. For me, since I am always in ketosis, autophagy probably starts after about 12 hours. Increased HGH production probably starts around 24 hours. I haven't read any good numbers on apoptosis yet, just some hints that it might increase during fasts. I don't have any actual measurements on the effects, but as I mentioned before, two of my tumors are noticeably smaller. One has gone from the size of a big coffee store cookie ( about 3" diameter by 1/2 inch thick) to less than two inches across. This was always the arguably least dangerous tumor (I won't allow biopsies), but I hope that it's decrease is indicative.

I can also record that I do not has as much loose skin as I did the last time I was this weight. I believe that can only be due to the fasting and HGH. I lost slower before (3 years), was younger, lost doing a more strict keto diet. But very little fasting. A couple of short 3 day fasts over one short period and a barely intermittent fasting schedule, maybe a 16/8 at best. I even developed a small panniculus that time and have not done so this time.

I'm going to defrost some stew meat for tomorrow and some chicken to cook ahead for Wednesday.