Day Eight

Friday, September 19, 2008

Today I started on a high note by measuring 242 pounds (110 kilos) which means that I lost 2 pounds (.9 kilos) since yesterday.

Today I feel a bit better. I am having a wicked heartburn. Sometimes I feel weak and dizzy. In fact when I came home from work, I slept for an hour. Sometimes I have pain in my stomach. The stink that I described earlier is gone, except when I urinate.

I was optimistic today, but then I was pessimistic later. My emotions change a lot. I am full of toxins that mess with my head. I need to keep it one day at a time.

Around day seven the elasticity of my stomach should be back to normal, which means that I would not be able to eat as much as before my fast.

At work I was better at concentrating but in the evening I was not so good. My other big problem is that I told several people at work that I am fasting and couple of them seem to want to talk me out of it. I really cannot fast an have people nag at me about it. One woman said that she might tell my father and I cannot have that. I think that I will tell everyone that I stopped at day ten. I hope that satisfies them.

I crave food and think about food a bit more every day. I have to fight that.

No words of wisdom. Just keep moving forward. I keep thinking about being on day 20, or 30 or 40. I keep thinking about all the weight I am about to loose. Slow down cowboy. Just take it one day at a time and try to forget about the fast. Weekend is ahead of me but it is that appealing when I cannot eat. But my wife said I look years younger and that makes me feel really good.