Feeling pretty fricken amazing right now to be honest. I'll do a quick overview of the fast before I move on today. So started at 10 PM Friday 22nd August, Brisbane time, and went to 5 pm Wednesday the 27th. Only thing I allowed was water, Powerade zero and coke zero (though I didn't end up drinking any coke zero). I was pretty strict this time and didn't really break, although there were two 'instances'. The first was on day three near midnight, someone left a really soft delicious cheese and bacon roll on the counter that I wanted to try. Chewed two mouthfuls and then spat out without swallowing any, very minimal if any cals would have come from that. Second was this morning (day 5) someone asked me to try a chocolate for them, so I had a very small bite (had to swallow, in company). Again probably very minimal cals. In terms of how I feel, I'm pretty fine now. All in all it was an easy fast.
Day One: Was a little hungry mentally since the day before was a binge day, I was still in the I want Food mindset. That passed sometime that night. Didn't exercise much that day and finished up at -100 net cals after my Powerade zero.
Day Two: Was super easy, no hunger, the mental hunger had passed by now. I found exercise really easy and honestly didn't even notice I was fasting half the time. Finished up -610 net cals after my Powerade zero.
Day Three: Another really easy day, exercise was pretty normal and didn't exhaust me too much though I didn't do as much, finished up at -450 cals after my PZero. This was the night I chew/spat two mouthfuls.
Day four: Started off fine, but REALLY felt the drain by the afternoon. Exercise was a real struggle and I almost didn't make it through my job that afternoon, first feeling of actual physical hunger hit me that night and lasted for an hour or two, then passed. Finished up at -600 cals after PZero.
Day five: Feeling great again, hunger has passed, not feeling weak at all though no major exercise today. Don't think I would cope with strenuous exercise though. Ended fast at 5pm and went on to eat 300 cals.
In total I lost 8.8 pounds on the 5 day fast, which I am pretty happy with. I noticed some changes in my body this week, mainly collarbones and sternum showing a little more, definitely a decent reduction in my thighs, arms are a bit slimmer, stomach is definitely flatter and more toned. So I consider it all a big success!
Now the original plan was to eat 500 cals tonight and then fast again for 115 hours, but I have decided this isn't going to be realistic when I'm forced to do 400-600 cals of exercise every day at work. Days 1-3 were fine but I really struggled after that and think it is effecting my performance too much past 3 days. I will try the 115 hour cycle another time when I have time off, for now I am just going to eat 300 cal tonight and then fast 2 or 3 days, then eat another 300 cal. Or I might just go back to heavy restricting under 400 cals for the next few days, haven't decided yet.
I went shopping today and thought I would post a photo, this is probably a week or maybe a week and a half's worth of food for me, if I don't fast and eat every day. Found some great new things to try this time so pretty excited!
So we have here my savior, powerade zero, found some nice rye wraps at 69 cals each, corn thins, my amazing couldn't-live-without healtheries roast chicken flavour popped chips (LOVE LOVE), my light cruskits, and then my two new finds sugar free ovaltine and sugar free jelly. Can't wait to taste them!!
I'm back, aaaand they were great! The sugar free jelly is a HUGE hit I love it, satisfies that sweet craving and only 7 calories per serve! Hell yeah! The sugar free ovaltine is also pretty good, I had one teaspoon with 50 ml of almond milk and it was like a normal (but very small - only a few mouthfuls since I didn't want any more almond milk going in) chocolate milkshake! Only 5 cals in three teaspoons of ovaltine, plus about 10 cals in the almond milk. The corn thins are also pretty great, and at 27 cals each they are a great snack. Also can't speak highly enough of the rye wraps, I had one with plain chicken and it was really tasty, and only 69 calories for a decent sized wrap! People ask how I manage to eat a day's worth of food for 300 cals, well this is how!
The wrap plus the 80 cals from the chicken, plus the above mentioned snacks and also a serve of the healtheries chips pictured at 80 cals and a powerade zero, brings me to a total of 278 cals, for a decent meal, desert, and two separate snack times. Pretty happy with that!
Now on to today's thinspo; in the spirit of, I'm currently rewatching all the seasons of Grey's Anatomy (just got through the episode where Denny died, noooo!) it has majorly triggered me, Meredith and Christina especially with their amazingly thin bodies. So today will be Ellen Pompeo (Meredith's actor).
Firstly I LOVE this dress on her, very cute but chic. First photo legs and arms are just, wow, so thin and perfect. Shoulders are gorgeous too. Second photo what jumps out is those shoulder blades, and beautiful thin arms. Her arms are the arms I would choose to have out of any of my thinspo collection! She has a great back, very delicate and refined.
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I love both these shots for her collar bones, and of course those arms make another appearance in the second shot. So beautiful, I can see why she had all the hot doctors (and vets!) falling over themselves for her!
Well that's it for today, hope my info was useful!
Mayli xx
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