40 hour fast - Half way through.

I started this fast while forgetting that I had a lot of appointments and things to do today. But it worked out great so far.

I stopped eating closer to 6:PM yesterday and not 8 like I had planned. After my previous 24 hour fast I had two high fat, very low carb meals, one of seafood and another of beef. I also had a little salad and two coconut oil based fat bombs. Putting it all in Fitday, which seems a lot more tedious than it used to be, I came out with 85% fat, 12% Protein, and 3% carbs. Very close to what I was aiming at, especially given the accuracy of that method of measurement.

One of the appointments I had was with my Doctor, so I had her do a couple of tests. My blood sugar was low but good, 89, my blood ketones were high at 125 (which is good) and best of all, both of those agree, more or less, with my home testing methods. My Blood Pressure was a little high, 140/80, but not out of bounds of my typical 120/70. Could have been caused by the excessively pretty and friendly nurse.

Physically, I feel pretty good. I did wake up hungry at 6:am, but a few minutes later that passed. I also had a bout of hunger about a half an hour ago, but typing and editing this post pretty much distracted me from that. I was active and fairly encouraged all day, which is different for me. Also, I just checked my weight, which I normally don't check at this time of day, and I'm down 5 pounds from three days ago.

Well, I had typed a closing that said, "22 hours down, 18 to go" but then a friend came by and now it's almost 23 hours down. As long as I can sleep tonight, I've got this.

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