Hi friends,

Whew! I can eat again! And good news is any food seems and tastes like a treat. This really helps with the pleasure eating and makes healthier foods easier to choose over junk food. :)

Thanks to all of you who shared your fasting journeys with me. I loved learning about them and picked up a bunch of new information!

I'm not sure why I really struggled with hunger for this fast, even though this is the shortest one I've done, some previous ones as long as 30 days. Possibly it was due to getting older, a lower quantity of juice or that this was purchased instead of made fresh myself.

In any case, I thought you might enjoy seeing the results which are down below the books on offer today.

(To save time and make my NLs shorter and easier to read, I will be alternating tips with writing updates in the future)

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Juice Fast Results!

1. Weight loss (BMI for my height indicates a healthy weight of 121-153 lbs):

• Starting weight: 155.6 lbs
• Day 1: 153.4 (loss of 2.2 lbs - weight often comes off fastest at the beginning as your digestive system empties out)
• Day 2: 151.6 (loss of 1.8)
• Day 3: 149.6 (loss of 2.0)
• Day 4: 148.8 (loss of 0.8)
• Day 5: 147.2 (loss of 1.6)
• Day 6: 146.4 (loss of 0.8)
• Day 7: 147.4 (gain of 1.0 - not sure why)
• Total weight loss = 8.2 lbs
• And then this morning after my first day eating yesterday: 146.6! Which would put my total weight loss at an even 9 lbs.

I'm totally happy with this because I was creeping up out of the healthy range and am glad to be back within it. In the past, I've seen about 5 lbs come back once I start eating again, so I was surprised to see this morning's weight drop. I'm just happy to meet my goal to be within the BMI range.

2. Diabetes - My average daily glucose sat around 135, which translates to a Ha1c of 6.3. This isn't too much better than where I normally sit, though my last Ha1c was 7.1 in December which is an average glucose of 157.

In any case, I've had drops to the low hundreds in previous juice fasts, so I was disappointed seeing some 200+ responses after drinking a juice.

It was only when I started eating my normal lower carb, healthy diet yesterday, that I saw a big difference. My glucose response to my normal meals was much lower than usual!

Yesterday, my average glucose dropped like a rock and at this moment it's 108 for the last 24 hours! Very nice!

The fast has definitely improved my diabetic response to food.

Then last night, I actually had some lows, which indicates I might be able to discontinue the second diabetes medication, at least in the short term. I was forced to add it recently when my nighttime numbers had crept up.

So, if I can reduce back to a single medication, instead of two, this seven days of fasting was completely worth it!

Thanks for your support, and stay healthy out there!

— Misty :)

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