It Keeps On Going and Going

I'm still in the middle of the fourth fast of "Fasting February" which is definitely the longest fast of my life. As I write this I'm over 266 hours (over 11 days) fasted.  NOTE:  Fasts over 7 days should always be monitored by your physician. I'm pretty psyched about accomplishing such a long fast.  But it really hasn't been that hard.  I've been very diligent about keeping up on my salt, magnesium and water to keep my hydration and electrolytes normal.  I am also officially in the 230's although I expect that when I start to re-feed I will go back into the 240's for weight.

I'm  not sure when I will break this fast, but it will probably be today or tomorrow.   I will only have another couple of days to fast to meet my goal of 20 days fasted in February. In any case I consider this quite an accomplishment.  I've also gotten my largest blood ketone reading of 6.7.

I also have the next meetup for the Minnesota Ketonians group scheduled for March 10.  I'm also working on some projects to make it a valuable group to all of its members that I will announce when I'm further along.

That's all I have for today. Keep Calm and Keto On!

 Date  Fasting Day?  AM Pounds  AM Glucose  PM Ketones
1/31/2018   No 262  95  1.1 
2/1/2018   Yes 263  105  2.0 
2/2/2018   Yes 258  96  3.0 
2/3/2018   No 254  77  1.9 
2/4/2018   No 258  81  1.4 
2/5/2018   Yes 262  105  1.3 
2/6/2018   Yes 258  89  3.2 
2/7/2018   No 254  79  1.9 
2/8/2018   Yes 258  94  3.3 
2/9/2018   Yes 255  83  1.4 
2/10/2018   No 255  89  2.2 
2/11/2018   Yes 257  91  2.5 
2/12/2018   Yes 253  90  3.8 
2/13/2018   Yes 250  86  4.7 
2/14/2018   Yes 249  78  4.7 
2/15/2018   Yes 246  78  4.8 
2/16/2018   Yes 244  79  6.1 
2/17/2018  Yes 243  78  4.6 
2/18/2018   Yes 242  80  6.1 
2/19/2018   Yes 241  85  5.6 
2/20/2018   Yes 239  86  6.7 
2/21/2018   Yes 238  83  5.7 

My next blog post will include "Fasting February" updates.  You can also read my last post which describes this fast at the 200 hour mark.
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