Fasting February Completed

Fasting February has come to an end and it is time to look back upon my results.  I ended up having 5 different extended fasts in February.  My shortest was 46 hours and my longest was 309 hours.  I was on an extended fast for a total of 554 hours, or just over 23 days.  I had to accommodate having the flu early in the month which made it a little tricky. But I managed to persevere and exceeded my goal of 20 days of fasting in February.

I had been plateaued at 260-265 pounds for two months prior to the start of February.  I broke through that plateau and am currently at 242 pounds, 20 pounds down from the 262 pounds at the start of the month.  I feel like I learned quite a bit.  I think 7 days is long enough for my longest extended fasts.  3-5 days is probably my sweet spot.  I also reaffirmed that fasting is a great tool to have in my tool belt.  It helped me shatter that plateau.

I also realize how hard it was to keep up with my electrolytes and hydration after 7 days.  Despite me thinking I was doing everything right, I ended up dehydrated which was evident in my 9 pound re-feed after the 309 hour fast.  I will watch how things go from here to see if I gain any more of this months weight lost back.  I plan on doing 42 hour fasts on Monday, Wednesday and Friday for the next 2-3 weeks to make sure I'm fully re-hydrated and yet try not to gain back the weight I have lost.

Monday I will be having another Dexa scan to see how the month impacted my body composition. I'll report on the results of that scan next week.

This is a log of all of my fasts in February:

Fast Begins	Fast Ends	Fast Hours	Total Fast Hours	Total Fast Days
1/31/18 7:31 PM	2/3/18 11:38 AM	64:07	64:07	2.67
2/4/18 9:20 PM	2/7/18 12:36 PM	63:16	127:23	5.31
2/7/18 8:09 PM	2/9/18 6:46 PM	46:37	174:00	7.25
2/10/18 8:55 PM	2/23/18 6:34 PM	309:39	483:39	20.15
2/25/18 8:23 PM	2/28/18 6:55 PM	70:32	554:11	23.09

This is a log of my weight, morning blood glucose and evening ketone blood ketones throughout the month:

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
2/22/2018	Yes	236	80	5.7
2/23/2018	Yes	235	92	4.8
2/24/2018	No	237	88	4.5
2/25/2018	No	240	104	2.4
2/26/2018	Yes	244	90	3.6
2/27/2018	Yes	243	81	3.1
2/28/2018	Yes	242	86	2.3

Overall the month was a huge success.

My next blog post will discuss the Ketofest 2018 Kickstarter going live.  You can also read my last blog post which described my longest personal fast of 309 hours.