Fasting Update - midway through day 3
Now I'm definitely in keto - I'm getting a stronger and stronger metallic taste in my mouth and I started getting symptoms of the keto flu. I know it well from my time experimenting with the keto diet - dizziness on standing up, headache, and nausea. I also know the antidote - The Broth. 2 bullion cubes in 2 cups boiling water, and add just a pinch of potassium chloride powdered supplement. Just 1/32nd of a teaspoon, which is the tiniest dab on the tip of the spoon, don't want to take more than that or it can cause problems that I don't recall at the moment. And also I spray on a couple of squirts of a liquid magnesium supplement that absorbs through the skin. The bullion is for sodium, and I also add a couple big pinches of celtic sea salt. These replenish electrolytes that a keto diet doesn't supply enough of.
Do this once each day for a few days while going into keto and you can avoid the worst symptoms of the flu but usually you'll still get some. Much better than going in totally unprepared though, that gets brutal!! Keto flu is a transitional thing - it should only last a few days or maybe a week. If you keep experiencing symptoms then keep drinking the broth.
So technically i guess this is no longer a true water fast, since the chicken bullion cubes have 5 calories each. A single calorie technically breaks a water fast, but I'd rather not go through that hell right now.
Since I did that, I might as well also drink some green powder, for all the vitamins I might need. A few more calories, but really does a body good. And recommended by many fasting experts. Though again, technically it isn't a true water fast this way.
Oh, for those who don't know, keto is a state in which your body switches from running on glucose (sugar) to running entirely on stored body fat. Also being in keto has many benefits to the body that I won't attempt to list here. During a water fast about 3 days in you'll drop into keto, and that's around the time you start getting some of the real benefits of a fast.
I should also add, I hardly felt any hunger at all, and day 3 is supposed to be the worst part. Just a few mild flutters late in day 1 really, plus a mild headache that lasted 2 days but is gone now, probably from stopping coffee. Ever since I started feeling the keto effects, I'm feeling amazing now! I was really tired all day yesterday, slept quite a bit. I think that's pretty normal for the early part of a fast.
I did a workout 2 days ago and today to use up any glucose stored in the muscles or liver, and it was right after today's workout that I started noticing signs of being in keto - I think the exercise really helped get me there.