Day Three

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Today I woke up to find that I lost another 6 pounds (2.7 kilos). That means this morning I was 252.5 pounds (115 kilos).  I know that most of the weight that I had lost in the past two days is mostly water and muscle. Still I am glad to be 11.5 pounds (5 kilos) lighter than I was when I started.

For physical effects I have had weakness, some muscle ache, some back ache, headache, some nausea, etc. None of it is too serious. I am moving slowly and I have some trouble paying attention.

Psychologically, I am a bit under stress. I had to work today for about four hours and I did not accomplish as much as I would like to have.  I have a very important project to finish by Friday and I did not do enough today. Over the next four days I am hoping to bust my ass.

I could not concentrate all that well while working, but I do concentrate a bit better than I did before I went on the fast. Still hunger is a distraction.

Still fasting does not seem to be that bad. Sometimes I forget that I am fasting. I went grocery shopping today with my wife, and food was calling me. But most of the time i am doing a task at hand and I forget about the hunger.

Another benefit is the optimism that I have when loosing weight. I keep imagining the future with me skinny. That is part of the reason that I was distracted at work today. I need to forget about the fast and focus on my work.

Right now I do not have that alarming feeling that I had yesterday as if I am doing something dangerous. I found a website about fasting with a forum, and seeing so many people fast makes me feel a bit better.

I need to stick with this. There is so many things in life that I have to worry about. I find it all so overwhelming. I wonder if my fast has anything to do with it? But the way my life was going before I needed to do something drastic.