After eating my final real meal the night before at 9:00pm, the next day went pretty smoothly up until lunch, when the smells of other people’s food started to hit me. It was a strange feeling, I definitely wasn’t yet “hungry” but I wanted food badly. After the smells died down I was clear for the rest of the day up until 3, where fatigue started to set in. Being tired is probably a combination of a few things, I recently went back to a standing desk at work and my toddler was up for a lot of the night. I’ve regularly been tired for some time due to being overcommitted and stressed, so this experiment is giving me more motivation to go to sleep early and get better rest.
I did have 6 pieces of asparagus and 2 bertolli ravioli last night. I wasn’t actually hungry but my wife made dinner and felt guilty for starting this experiment without first telling her. She is very supportive, she wished me luck and told me she thinks the experiment is stupid, that I am stupid, and that if I get cranky she’s pulling the plug. She loves science.
I started this weighing around 180 pounds (taken the night before starting this) and, after 37 hours of eating just the asparagus and ravioli, now weigh 176 pounds. That’s already more than I expected, but shows how much waste was/is present in my system and isn’t likely indicative of any fat or muscle loss. I’m really interested in how quickly I burn through stored fat once my digestive tract is clear. Really shallow and unscientific estimates place my loss at about 1.5 pounds a day given no consumption and average (for me) activity,
I’m expecting 160 pounds to be a good stopping point, with 150 being an absolute bottom if I choose to go further.
I’m still not “hungry” in the way that I would expect to feel yet. I definitely want food, and there are cookies in the break room that I would destroy with vigor, but I’ve never been a responsible man with cookies so that’s not much of a change.
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