Crazy few Weeks
April started with a bang for me, when I made a somewhat unplanned decision to challenge myself to a 72 hour fast. When I started, I initially was going to challenge myself to do it on nothing but plain water and tea, but very early into it, the plain water was leaving me with horrible cotton mouth and I knew that would lead to me drinking less water, so I decided to allow my Skinny Mixes water flavoring. They are sugar-free and I have tested my blood sugars with them and found they don't have any affect on my blood sugar, so I wasn't super worried about them. A few things surprised me about this longer fast. One, was that physically, the hardest part was the first 24 hours. My hunger pangs typically kick in around 19 hours, but I find, once I make it past 24 hours, I don't have a lot of hunger. That, and seeing my body get into deeper ketosis, helped me to continue through and make it the full 72 hours. I felt pretty good overall, my mind felt sharp and my body felt l...
