Day 8 of Water Fasting to Cure My IBS + SIBO

Monday, Day 8
Weight: 152.4
Sleep: Yes
BM: No
Belly bloat: A bit better

I slept through the night—did not even get up to use the bathroom—and woke up at 5:30 feeling very refreshed. I drank down two glasses of warm water, then got ready for work. I drove to the office. Traffic was very good, as this is a week many people took for vacation, given July 4th falling on a wednesday.

I worked steadily through the morning, then took a break and walked at lunchtime in lieu of eating. Then came back and plowed through more editing. My mind is very alert, my body takes a more leisurely pace than I generally do.

My senses are alert as well. I’m noticing smells more—good and bad. I’m noticing the different flavors of water at different locales. For example, the water at the office is far more sweet than our filtered tap water at home.

I’m noticing painful points in my body where I’ve had injuries in the past—knee, foot, shoulder—ache and tingle. I read that the new stem cells being created by this process are focused on healing, and that makes me want to continue this fast longer.

I’m not sure yet where I’ll end it. I thought I’d let my body tell me. At first I was going to do a week, now I’m on week 2 and thought I’d do 10 days, now I’m leaning toward 14.

I notice I had no weight loss today, and that’s fine. Weight loss is a nice side effect, but I’m doing this to heal my intestinal mucosa (my leaky gut). There haven’t been a lot of grumblings from the gut. Some gas, which I find curious. If there’s no food, how is gas forming. I googled it and it turns out many people swallow air when sipping. I noticed that I do this. I’m trying to stop that.

I think about how I’ll end the fast. I’ve read up and many of the prescriptions are vegan and fruit-based. I don’t want to raise insulin. Remember, I was approaching prediabetic A1C and fasting glucose and that’s another health hazard I hope to reverse.

I’m going to have beef bone broth (no onions) that I prepared last night, some braised spinach, and an avocado with ACV and salt. I’m looking forward to this, but not craving it at all. It’s an interesting feeling.

I watched the videos of Dr. Jason Fung last night. I think hormones vs. calories is the most succinct. He says something that stays with me. He regularly sees the worst diabetes cases. His patients are often 350 pounds or more and taking max doses of insulin when they start. After they lose all that fat, he says there’s no need for the type of skin surgery that you see with bariatric operations. The body eats the fat proportionally. How wise the body! I’ve lost 10 pounds, most noticable in my face and collar bone I think, and there’s no sagging chin, which I’m pleased to see. I hope when we get to my stomach and thighs the same holds true. ;-)