5Day Water fast. DAY 2, Tuesday

Morning Steemians. I couldn't post last night so here's Tuesdays thoughts and actions:

I had a bad night's sleep for some reason. The last time I did this I slept well in general. So who knows?

On waking I didn't feel too good. Rather tired and uninclined to go digging. I decided to have a peaceful day. As I am retired I can choose such a path if I desire. Here's a list of what I am keeping track of:

Glucose level
Ketone level (serum betahydroxybutyrate - BOHB)
Glucose-ketone index (glucose divided by ketone level)
Weight, first thing in the morning after visiting the loo
Blood pressure and pulse
Waist circumference a) around the belly button and b) just above around the narrowest part

My morning readings were Glucose 5.1 mm/L up a bit from Monday and Ketones, 1.6mm/L, which I was very pleased about. After I'd been out in the evening (only green tea of course) I was incredibly surprised to find glucose down and ketones 2.6mm/L Great stuff. Much better than last time (early November 2017)

Here's a graph I'm making of my progress:

You can see Monday's. I didn't measure ketones Monday morning as I thought it would waste a ketone strip and I haven't got too many at the mo'. They're at least a pound each off ebay. Glucose strips are about 20p.

The last time I did this, Monday and Tuesday weren't so favourable as you can see, here:

You can see I reached 1mm/L ketones about a day later then, so I am very encouraged. I must be more fat adapted.

During the day I mainly did work at the computer, read and was generally rather lethargic. I drank water with ice and a chunk of lime (as much as I felt like which wasn't too often) green tea, turmeric gold tea and in the early evening I had a feast of half a stock cube in hot water with added Himalayan salt. That was tasty.

Here's a picture of my Optium Neo blood glucose/ketone meter I got off ebay for about £28:

Beautiful ketone reading for Tuesday...

So that was about it. Basically I didn't feel too good not too much fun during the day but the evening was better with my Chan (precursor of zen) friends.

Next time I'll mention the 'Fasting Mimicking Diet' during which some food is allowed, but of a particular makeup.

ps I lost 2.4 lb. Probably about half of that is water, the rest fat. A small amount of muscle might go until the ketones kick in, as they are muscle sparing. I don't expect to lose muscle mass during the week and might even gain a little overall.

PJ