27.11.2018 - Fasting, weight bet
All right, so the morning weight was about 102kg today, so I am 5 kilograms from the goal. I have only a few weeks left, so I decided to make some radical change: Not easy anything. Fasting for as many days as I need to.
I've been doing it for 24 hours now and I feel pretty good. I would say the worst thing is, food was my way to get out of boredom and sometimes when you have nothing to do, you get the worst cravings. My advice: Keep yourself busy. Keep studying poker, reading books, watching a movie. Don't stand still, because that's when the hunger is going to get you and don't visit too good restaurants. Haha.
My fasting diet:
No eating.
Max 3 liters of water during the day.
One soup spoon of Apple Cider Vinegar with the morning glass of water
Magnesium tablet (once a day)
2x 300mg C-vitamin tablets per day.
Mentally?
It's been a challenge, but a good one! I think I enjoy not eating. This is probably the first time in my life I haven't eaten for 24 hours and I can't believe how good I feel. I never knew you could live without food for this long.
Anyway, It has taught me a lot of things already. I used to eat a lot for boredom and lack of activities! I can't believe I would go to the fridge and grab something, because I was bored. Now I try to fill every moment in my life with some activity, so I don't have to think about eating.
Today I had one of those moments "LET'S GO FOR LUNCH MY DEAR!!!" and then I wake up from my day dream: "**** I can't eat", so we just went for a walk instead, which was very nice!
Is this madness?
I think in some sense yes, some sense no. Fasting can teach us valuable lessons, that we don't need as much as we think and my attitude towards food has certainly changed. I think I always overestimated how much I actually needed food, not that much, especially when you're poker player, sitting on a chair and moving at gym 5 hours a week, you don't need much energy to sustain your body.
I do enjoy the challenge fasting gives me and I hope it will give me the results I want, but If not then I'm done with the challenge and I will pay the price. I feel extremely motivated to get this done. I expect worse struggling to come soon, though!
To be continued..