So today I finally broke my 3 day fast. I think that's the way faster's talk, but today I ate food again!

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I made is 67 hours, so I did stop a few hours short than the full 72hrs that would be 3 days, but not because of any undue effects. I wasn't sure what to expect from eating again and wanted to ease into early since I had plans to go out tonight and didn't want some sort of bodily disaster on my hands.

I do feel like the fast effected my sleep last night and feel I was a but more restless than usually and awoke often. I feel like maybe I was dreaming of food or eating, but when I awoke I couldn't say I was hungry or anything and fell back asleep quickly. This morning I had my first vague physical symptoms as well, which was just a mild achyness in my legs. I took a glass as water with salt in the morning, in case it was an electrolyte thing and it did subside over the morning, not sure if the salt helped or just walking it out. Otherwise today interestingly there was no hunger, not even a little bit, it just kinda went away. I feel like I could have cruised on much longer and definitely plan to try it again and maybe try for 4 or 5 days. I would prefer when my wife is home and around, just in case things did somehow go off the rails, as it did make me a bit nervous when she suddenly left town yesterday and I was alone with the kids, but in the end it worked out fine.

Here is my very first meal to break the fast, it was suggested going pretty light and adding some fruit juice. So I went with this organic beet juice blend that the kids actually loved when they had it at Costco from the sample lady. I had half a slice of a vegetable and nut and protein loaf I make. I'll actually have to share the recipe at some point. And some bread crust from the kids sandwiches at lunch. Back to garbage can Dad finished all the remnants of there food so it doesn't hit the garbage. I did feel surprisingly full after eating this small amount, but otherwise once again felt totally fine, with not other symptoms. I pushed it a little bit and also ate the kids almost stale goldfish crackers in there snack cups they have been dragging around the house but not eating over the last couple days and once again felt totally fine.

For supper I had one of these meatless burgers, they are actually quite good, and not something we normally have, but we got them for when my vegan cousin came over for dinner, but turned out it was a fail nevertheless since it included some sort of modified milk ingredient so we have been eating them. I made two but was actually full after just one. I also ate a small spinach and garden green salad as well. None of this seamed to have any effect on me and felt fine eating again.

Reflection

Overall it was a good experience. The whole thing was actually much easier then I expected and felt totally fine through out. I don't have any sort of biomarkers or anyways to determine if my body rejuvenated itself or purged any damaged or precancerous cells or anything. So far I don't feel any different since eating again, but I do think it's something I will try again and continue to experiment with different duration in the future. I think any potential theoretical benefits outweigh any negatives. I did loose around 5 lbs during the fast, but I don't expect it to magically stay off and expect most to come back once I eat again and weight loss certainly wasn't a goal.

I continue to think the biggest benefit will be my relationship to food and hunger. I hope I can lean on this experience to be able to forgo some of the cravings for snacks I have at times. Even tonight I was able to pass on desert that I made for the kids, which rarely usually happens.

From my experience it was safe and easy, but of course if you want to try to yourself, stay smart and seek medical advice first and blah blah blah

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