Days 1 & 2

Hiya future readers,

I'm writing this at the end of day two, I have officially not eaten anything since the evening of the 18th and it's now the evening of the 20th. To be honest i'm not feeling too bad, having read a lot of descriptions in books of people feeling 'constantly hungry', I can only surmise that the writers have never been hungry for any length of time. I'm not feeling constantly hungry, it kind of comes and goes, for the majority of the day I'll be feeling light and floaty but not actually hungry  The actual hunger pains come in half hour bursts of stomach pain, maybe five times a day, and don't get me wrong they hurt like crazy, but it's not unbearable. If i have a fag or some water, it generally mutes, although doesn't stop the pain.
I'm not having any of the other side effects supposed to come with food deprivation, my skin isn't considerably worse, I haven't noticed any thinning of my hair and i think my mood is generally quite stable, although you might get a different answer if you asked people i live with! It might just be too early to see the side effects, or i might weight too much at the moment to see them, or they might simply not be as bad as people have made out, but time will tell.
I do have a little confession to make though, although i haven't eaten anything in over 48 hours, i have had two herbal teas and one coffee with milk. This is a water only fast, so technically I shouldn't consume anything that isn't water, but it doesn't seem to be affecting my weight loss. I was 97 kg on the 18th, 96.5 on the 19th and today come in at just over 95kg, so I've lost 2kg in two days, waaaaay more than i could expect to loose with any diet I've ever heard of. And i only have 26 days left to go, so i'm feeling confident, i really do think i have the will power to go the full 28 days with no food, although i'm going to have to keep an eye on what i drink. No more herbal tea for me unfortunately :(
I'm really looking forward to see what i look like at the end of the month, I can already see that i'm carrying less weight around the stomach, which is my most hated body part!!! I can't wait to be slim again, and thinking of that when i go through the hunger phase really helps to motivated me. But what i have started doing which i think might be a little weird  is looking at videos of fat people eating food on youtube, strange right! I think i like it because it makes me make the link between food and fat but also because if i'm not allowed to eat, i like watching other people eat as, i don't know, comfort? It's a little odd but it helps so i'm going to keep doing it. I'm thinking about posting my tips to stave off the hunger pains on this blog, to help anyone that might be reading this any trying to do the same thing.

Anyway, that's a log of my first and second days on the water only fast! I'll upload my tips and tricks as soon as i can and i'll post more pictures and measurements at the end of the week so you guys can tell me if you think it's working. I always love to read comments, so don't be shy to post them here or follow me on twitter @28daystillperfect.



Till you read again,



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