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Nov. 12th, 2019 09:43 amHoly cow, I've not posted since December 2018. That's hard to believe and as I wonder what I've done instead of posting here, it must be my "Girls" group on facebook. I've got fandom and real life friends there and it's closed/invite only so people (meaning me) feel "safe" there. Or some such.
Anyway I just did a five day fast and I feel like I should document it.
Fasting day one: it’s fine. It’s okay. I really hope this works. I mean, I’ve been suffering from a bad gut for about 6 years now. I’ve tried everything, even had a colonoscopy. Fasting was always one of the things suggested to help re-set your gut bacteria when I was researching but I had no interest. Insert Ivar. He’s been asking me to fast with him for a while and I kept just knee-jerking No, No, not gonna do that. So here I am, doing that. My normal state of burping has increased about 15% so I’m burping 3 minutes of every awake hour or so
Fasting day two: Morning: down 2.5 pounds Where is all the poop? I mean, that’s one of the things you’re told is that you just explode poop and you feel so much better for it. I pooped like a normal human being (something I only do about 5 times a year) and ??? Okay. Post “lunch”: Not gonna lie, I was sort of hallucinating. I kept seeing trails and I felt fucked up as hell. Not a full trip, but Something. Was. Not. Right. Teaching yoga was a hoot. I’m not burping any longer, I’m officially belching. The volume has increased dramatically
Fasting day three: Morning: no weight loss still down 2.5 pounds no, really, where is all the poop? Day one and two I actually pooped less than I normally do. I’ve drank eight shakes full of psyllium husks, drank all the water, and the weird turmeric tea. WHERE IS THE POOP? Afternoon: oh look! I found all my tucked away irritation, anger, frustration, and general helplessness AND I’M FUCKING HUNGRY.
AND I CAN’T STOP BELCHING
My mom thinks I’m hysterical and that I should film myself and put it on Youtube. She asked me what I wanted from all of this. And I said I wanted my poop to come out of my body in one piece 3 times a week. I’d take not pooping the other days. No more explosive liquid diarrhea (ELD), no more mush, no more rocks, no more 35 minute sessions and still feeling like I have to go more. No more days and days of not going at all. I just want to poop solid turds without straining! What’s so funny about that? I drink a bowl of broth, eh whatever, I’m good.
Fast day four: Morning down 5 pounds. I’ve not had food in three damn days and I’ve only lost five pounds and I still haven’t pooped? THIS SUCKS. My gut looks huge despite having lost five pounds, it must be all those psyllium husks hanging around. I have broth for breakfast and suddenly all is bright and shiny in the world.
Except for THE BELCHING. It’s like I’m belching without stopping for 10-15 minutes at a time with a ten minute reprieve between sessions It’s awful.
Afternoon comes and so with it “lunch” and my mom gets all over my nerves again. I’m due to start my period tomorrow, I’ll just blame that. Evening rolls around and I have my third bowl of broth since all of this started. I sip it slowly and watch a ton of tv with Sally. She’s the best roomie she’s only eaten in front of me once during all of this. Ivar said I could have an occasional alcoholic beverage and he had his last night so I get a Ginger Beer (Mule Kicker) out of the fridge. I manage to drink half of it over the course of about 3 hours. And if I thought I had bad belching before, I was naive as to how far things like that could go. I belched without stopping for two fucking hours. Not the little burps I normally have, full on BELCHING it will Not STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Day 5: No period, but plenty of cramps. I’ve lost 5.5 pounds now. And the Pooping has finally begun! Woo Hoo! The bloating is going down as well!! Poop out, bloating down, period due in about 8 hours. Yay. You should hear the sounds in my gut. They don’t really stop. I hope the bacteria in there is building up properly. Tomorrow, I will start some heavy duty gut supplements and I’m planning to start eating again. Was going to go for 7 days but I have to take my Aunt for a doctor’s appointment Monday and I’d rather not try to break the fast when I’m not at home.
Cooked for eating: baked some sweet potatoes, peeled them and mashed them with a pat of butter. Turmeric (and other spices) rice. Salad with romaine, peeled carrots, peeled cucumbers, and radishes. Chicken soup lots of onion, garlic, celery, and carrots. Sliced some pineapple, plucked and washed grapes. Ivar comes with lobster broth. We have it for dinner. It’s so rich I can’t finish my cup. We drank some very yummy mead. My gut is happy.
Recovery Day 1: I wake up and I’m not one bit hungry. Coffee with cream, coming right up. Belching: coming right up. These sweet potatoes are the best thing I’ve ever eaten in my life. I drink some of the broth from the soup I made. So good. I’m not eating anything out of it, just drinking the broth.
HOLY GOD THE BELCHING IS WORSE THAN IT WAS BEFORE. I didn’t think that was possible. It will not stop. I get an occasional 10 minute reprieve, but all day belching. Bought honeycrisp apples from Brushy Mountain and made applesauce (peeled apples, cinnamon, and nutmeg). Fingers crossed I can eat this, apples are on the do not eat IBS list but applesauce is on the safe list so I’m taking a chance. Plus it’s apple season and when else can you get 5 pounds of honeycrisps for $5?
Dinner time more homemade broth, more sweet potato, some applesauce. THE BELCHING WILL NOT STOP. I have taken two gas-x at this point and I am beyond miserable.
Recovery Day 2: One black chai tea bag and hot water coming up. Sweet potatoes for breakfast. Everything is good. No burping or belching. The doctor’s appointment does not yield good results. More sweet potato for lunch and some scrambled eggs. No belching. This is good. I have applesauce for a snack, no belching. I try some of the salad with a balsamic vinaigrette from Panera. Wait a couple hours. No belching. Turmeric rice, same.
There are foods I can eat! I don’t feel bad!
Recovery Day 3: One black chai tea bag and hot water + my fasting shake.
I have pooped like a normal human being! This was my ultimate goal. The on-going plan is to slowly add foods back in to determine what I truly can and cannot eat. And then abide by those lessons. I feel better eating less, so for now intermittent fasting (I’ll only eat from 10 am to 7 pm) eating only foods from the good list.
( fasting process )
Anyway I just did a five day fast and I feel like I should document it.
Fasting day one: it’s fine. It’s okay. I really hope this works. I mean, I’ve been suffering from a bad gut for about 6 years now. I’ve tried everything, even had a colonoscopy. Fasting was always one of the things suggested to help re-set your gut bacteria when I was researching but I had no interest. Insert Ivar. He’s been asking me to fast with him for a while and I kept just knee-jerking No, No, not gonna do that. So here I am, doing that. My normal state of burping has increased about 15% so I’m burping 3 minutes of every awake hour or so
Fasting day two: Morning: down 2.5 pounds Where is all the poop? I mean, that’s one of the things you’re told is that you just explode poop and you feel so much better for it. I pooped like a normal human being (something I only do about 5 times a year) and ??? Okay. Post “lunch”: Not gonna lie, I was sort of hallucinating. I kept seeing trails and I felt fucked up as hell. Not a full trip, but Something. Was. Not. Right. Teaching yoga was a hoot. I’m not burping any longer, I’m officially belching. The volume has increased dramatically
Fasting day three: Morning: no weight loss still down 2.5 pounds no, really, where is all the poop? Day one and two I actually pooped less than I normally do. I’ve drank eight shakes full of psyllium husks, drank all the water, and the weird turmeric tea. WHERE IS THE POOP? Afternoon: oh look! I found all my tucked away irritation, anger, frustration, and general helplessness AND I’M FUCKING HUNGRY.
AND I CAN’T STOP BELCHING
My mom thinks I’m hysterical and that I should film myself and put it on Youtube. She asked me what I wanted from all of this. And I said I wanted my poop to come out of my body in one piece 3 times a week. I’d take not pooping the other days. No more explosive liquid diarrhea (ELD), no more mush, no more rocks, no more 35 minute sessions and still feeling like I have to go more. No more days and days of not going at all. I just want to poop solid turds without straining! What’s so funny about that? I drink a bowl of broth, eh whatever, I’m good.
Fast day four: Morning down 5 pounds. I’ve not had food in three damn days and I’ve only lost five pounds and I still haven’t pooped? THIS SUCKS. My gut looks huge despite having lost five pounds, it must be all those psyllium husks hanging around. I have broth for breakfast and suddenly all is bright and shiny in the world.
Except for THE BELCHING. It’s like I’m belching without stopping for 10-15 minutes at a time with a ten minute reprieve between sessions It’s awful.
Afternoon comes and so with it “lunch” and my mom gets all over my nerves again. I’m due to start my period tomorrow, I’ll just blame that. Evening rolls around and I have my third bowl of broth since all of this started. I sip it slowly and watch a ton of tv with Sally. She’s the best roomie she’s only eaten in front of me once during all of this. Ivar said I could have an occasional alcoholic beverage and he had his last night so I get a Ginger Beer (Mule Kicker) out of the fridge. I manage to drink half of it over the course of about 3 hours. And if I thought I had bad belching before, I was naive as to how far things like that could go. I belched without stopping for two fucking hours. Not the little burps I normally have, full on BELCHING it will Not STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Day 5: No period, but plenty of cramps. I’ve lost 5.5 pounds now. And the Pooping has finally begun! Woo Hoo! The bloating is going down as well!! Poop out, bloating down, period due in about 8 hours. Yay. You should hear the sounds in my gut. They don’t really stop. I hope the bacteria in there is building up properly. Tomorrow, I will start some heavy duty gut supplements and I’m planning to start eating again. Was going to go for 7 days but I have to take my Aunt for a doctor’s appointment Monday and I’d rather not try to break the fast when I’m not at home.
Cooked for eating: baked some sweet potatoes, peeled them and mashed them with a pat of butter. Turmeric (and other spices) rice. Salad with romaine, peeled carrots, peeled cucumbers, and radishes. Chicken soup lots of onion, garlic, celery, and carrots. Sliced some pineapple, plucked and washed grapes. Ivar comes with lobster broth. We have it for dinner. It’s so rich I can’t finish my cup. We drank some very yummy mead. My gut is happy.
Recovery Day 1: I wake up and I’m not one bit hungry. Coffee with cream, coming right up. Belching: coming right up. These sweet potatoes are the best thing I’ve ever eaten in my life. I drink some of the broth from the soup I made. So good. I’m not eating anything out of it, just drinking the broth.
HOLY GOD THE BELCHING IS WORSE THAN IT WAS BEFORE. I didn’t think that was possible. It will not stop. I get an occasional 10 minute reprieve, but all day belching. Bought honeycrisp apples from Brushy Mountain and made applesauce (peeled apples, cinnamon, and nutmeg). Fingers crossed I can eat this, apples are on the do not eat IBS list but applesauce is on the safe list so I’m taking a chance. Plus it’s apple season and when else can you get 5 pounds of honeycrisps for $5?
Dinner time more homemade broth, more sweet potato, some applesauce. THE BELCHING WILL NOT STOP. I have taken two gas-x at this point and I am beyond miserable.
Recovery Day 2: One black chai tea bag and hot water coming up. Sweet potatoes for breakfast. Everything is good. No burping or belching. The doctor’s appointment does not yield good results. More sweet potato for lunch and some scrambled eggs. No belching. This is good. I have applesauce for a snack, no belching. I try some of the salad with a balsamic vinaigrette from Panera. Wait a couple hours. No belching. Turmeric rice, same.
There are foods I can eat! I don’t feel bad!
Recovery Day 3: One black chai tea bag and hot water + my fasting shake.
I have pooped like a normal human being! This was my ultimate goal. The on-going plan is to slowly add foods back in to determine what I truly can and cannot eat. And then abide by those lessons. I feel better eating less, so for now intermittent fasting (I’ll only eat from 10 am to 7 pm) eating only foods from the good list.
( fasting process )
