Please encourage me?
Okay so woke up at like 6:10 am and had:
Poptart: 400
Then at 10:30 am had:
Chocolate: 420
Soup: 200
Today's Total: 1020
Started 3-day fast at 10:50 am (11:03am right now) with a laxative. Will drink some lemon green tea later.
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Fasting Tips
#1 Stay Distracted
We have all heard this one, obviously, but seriously think about this: why are you fasting? To lose weight? To get rid of water weight? Get rid of cravings?
Well the best distraction is to form a habit, let's say your fasting to cut down on eating/lose weight, every time you think about food or get hungry stretch or do yoga. Every. Single. Time. This way when you aren't fasting, instead of the usual times when you get cravings / snack attacks, it will be at the back of your mind to stretch. It really does help. As you will notice you have a lot of free time when you stop eating, so you need to fill that time with something: a show, writing, stretching/working out (lightly), craft projects, studying whatever.
#2 Stay Focused
Nothing, and I mean nothing, should be more important than your ultimate goal. Do not let yourself forget that during the trails and tribulations this journey contains. You will get a desire to indulge, you will feel overwhelmed and uncomfortable, you will get hungry... it is okay because you are human, it's your decision, however, on how you deal with these things. Rise above all the human desires to obtain inhuman perfection. Write down your goal everyday, keep a journal, have a favourite thinspo picture and look at it everyday, an article of clothing, a song, a movie, a book ANYTHING to remind you what you really want is to be thin, not a fucking slice of pizza.
#3 Results
Don't happen in the first 3 days. They just don't so stop whining and get over it. It will take to the fourth sometimes fifth day to see any results as your body is burning through stored energy in your liver first, dropping water weight (this is why your weight will fluctuate from high to low) before moving to fat reserves. EVEN THEN once you start losing weight, it won't be so noticeable except in your stomach, it may appear a little flatter without the water weight or previous bloating from food etc. but measure/weigh yourself daily and you will see results. Please just wait until the fourth/fifth day before you start getting discouraged by changes, by then you'll be so happy you fasted that long you will want to continue on that bases alone.
Read about other people's results:
Change doesn't happen by sitting around and waiting for it ~
If you want it, you have to DO something ~
Stay strong ♥
