Okay, here goes… I am going to post things that I never thought I would about myself. Hahaha, just not the pictures. I may share those on my Facebook group, but I still have to work up that courage! For full disclosure, the data presented below come from the following days of this process:
Initial weights, measurements, blood pressure and pulse – Day 0 (after evening meal)
Final weights and measurements – Day 32 (this morning)
Initial blood work – Day -6 (before vacation)
Final blood work – Day 29 (Wednesday morning)
Final blood pressure and pulse – Day 29-30 (Wednesday average)
What I did: 6.5 days water only fasting, followed by slow reintroduction of real food items (no preservatives, GMO, etc), with some poor decisions thrown in for good measure. I started the introductions with intermittent fasting utilizing an eating period of ~8 hours and a fasting period of ~16 hours. This continued for ~10 days. For the next ~15 days, I mixed in a couple of longer fasts in addition to the 16/8 pattern, the longest of which I’m breaking soon, and that was ~58 hours at the time of the final weights and measurements (will be ~62 hours when I break it). The other four were 24-40 hours fasting.
Without further ado… The changes:
| Measurement or Blood Marker | Pre-Extended Fast (i.e. Previous Diet) | One Month (Extended Fast + 3 Weeks IF, New Diet) | One Month Total Change |
| Weight (lbs) | 149.6 | 129.0 | -20.6 |
| Neck (in) | 13.6 | 13.0 | -0.6 |
| Upper Bust (in) | 37.7 | 34.0 | -3.7 |
| Bust (in) | 42.1 | 37.7 | -4.4 |
| Under Bust (in) | 35.0 | 31.3 | -3.7 |
| Waist (in) | 37.9 | 32.5 | -5.4 |
| Abdomen (in) | 39.6 | 34.2 | -5.4 |
| Hips (in) | 39.1 | 36.4 | -2.7 |
| Bicep (L and R average, in) | 12.5 | 11.3 | -1.2 |
| Forearm (L and R average, in) | 9.7 | 9.1 | -0.6 |
| Wrist (L and R average, in) | 6.0 | 5.9 | -0.1 |
| Thigh (L and R average, in) | 23.0 | 21.9 | -1.1 |
| Calf (L and R average, in) | 14.6 | 13.6 | -1.0 |
| Ankle (L and R average, in) | 8.4 | 8.0 | -0.4 |
| Average Systolic BP (mmHg) | 147.3 | 119.8 | -27.5 |
| Average Diastolic BP (mm Hg) | 106.8 | 83.5 | -23.3 |
| Average Pulse (beats/min) | 101.3 |
91.0
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-10.3 |
| Resting Heart Rate (beats/min) | 75 | 78 |
+3
|
| Total Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 250 | 221 | -29 |
| LDL Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 167 | 158 | -9 |
| HDL Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 52 | 45 | -7 |
| VLDL Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 33 | 18 | -15 |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 153 | 92 | -61 |
| Glucose (mg/dL) | 83 (HgA1C was 5.7%) | 87 | +4 |
| Insulin (uIU/mL) | 6.7 | 3.2 | -3.4 |
