No matter what form of fasting you choose, I’m not going to lie, fasting is tough. Even for someone (like me) who’s incorporated a variety of forms of fasting in my healthy lifestyle over the past 10 years – there’s still times that it sucks and I want to quit too. Because we live in such…
It’s been just about 50 hours since I ended my 12 day January Water Fast. (my fast ended on Saturday morning, right now it’s Monday morning) I’ve actually learned so much about my body and my eating habits in such a short period of time that it’s astonishing. First of all – I sincerely love…
Well my fasting is over. And while I’m excited to get back to eating, as I mentioned before, I’m not looking forward to the chaos of a food-driven life. Our final fasting results are pretty impressive; In 12 days of water fasting Ray and I both lost a total of 26 pounds. We were also…
Admittedly, I’m going to miss fasting and our decision to end it I’ve turned over and over in my mind – I can’t say it’s the right time to end it, but I can’t say it’s the wrong time either. This is definitely a bittersweet goodbye to the calmness of a food-free life. I’ve officially…
See that in the picture above.. yeah that’s no bueno. It is, however, part of the journey. No I haven’t fell off the wagon, I just honestly haven’t felt like working this week. And by working I mean doing anything of substantial seriousness other than surfing pinterest. After my record breaking 7 day weight loss…
I woke up today with what felt like a mouth full of white school glue. My tongue, teeth and gums were coated with a  thick yucky film – I’ve never been so happy to brush my teeth. But it’s a small price to pay for dropping 18 pounds in just 144 hours. I want to…
We’ve officially decided to end our Water Fast on Sat. Jan 16th – Did I mention that Ray is fasting with me?? Oh yeah and he actually has a job that entails physical labor…. he’s rolling along just like me. Our combined weight loss (in just 5 days of fasting) is a whopping 31 pounds! Ray’s…
Despite a rough night, this morning was pleasantly surprising…. My fasting blood glucose reading dropped to a healthy-normal 83, Ketones are 2.1 (which puts me in the ketogenic, fat burning sweet-spot) and I lost another -2.2 pounds (-13.7 total weight loss). I am over joyed to see that my morning-fasting BG has dropped. Now I’ll be…
Tuesday, Day #3: I woke up at 4:30 am with a POUNDING headache and lower back pain. I felt awful, all of which is to be expected when fasting. My stats today were improved Morning BG 126, & Afternoon BG 86, Ketones 1.7 and I lost another -3.2 pounds (total fasting weight loss -11.5 pounds)…
It’s day #2 of my January Water Fast and I really want a cup of coffee. I’m not a habitual coffee drinker but I do enjoy a cup in the winter, especially on a cold morning like today. My first day (yesterday) was uneventful, I drank roughly 1.5 gallons of water total and hope to…
Rice, the lifeblood of so many nations’ cuisines, is perhaps the most ubiquitous food in the world. In Asia, where an estimated 90 percent of all rice is consumed, the pillowy grains are part of almost every meal. In the Caribbean, where the starch is often mixed with beans, it’s a staple too. Even here in the United States, where…
First of all, kudos to you for eliminating grains from you diet! As the author of the cookbook, Without Grain: 100 Delicious Recipes for Eating a Grain-Free, Gluten-Free, Wheat-Free Diet, it’s obvious that I’m an advocate for eating a grain-free diet for health, but did you know that adding Fermented Foods to your grain-free way of eating is…