I woke up feeling like crap today and mostly attribute that to my son kicking me in the face all night, but it is definitely compounded by not eating and probably the fact that my wife was cooking bacon this morning, a smell that is still intoxicating. I took a bite, I’m only human.
I weighed in at 170.8 for a 1.2 pound loss.
I ate a handful of raw baby spinach (20 cal) and had one small bite of bacon (approximating 1/5th a slice, 9 cal) to see how that would kickstart the day. It did reasonably well but at about 2:00 I started to lose focus and feel drained again.
My speech is something that is deteriorating as well. My ability to get words out and to recall words quickly enough to speak is noticeably lessened. I’m not sure if it’s yet noticeable to other people, but I definitely feel it. I’ll see how I feel tomorrow but if better sleep doesn’t remedy this then tomorrow may be my last day.
Some people have likened this experiment to the the master cleanse but the significant difference is the maple syrup in each glass of the drink accounts for a little over 100 calories. When 6-12 glasses are recommended a day, you are consuming 600-1200 calories to provide energy to your body, which is a lot!
For comparison, our current calorie tally:
- ~63 calories for the two Buitoni ravioli (approximating a quarter cup)
- 11 calories for the raw parsley (about half a cup)
- 20 calories for 6 asparagus spears
- 68 calories for two cans of V8
- 350 calories for a little over 2 bottles of shock top (!!!)
- 4 calories for a pistachio
- 20 calories for 1.5 cups spinach (above)
- 9 calories for a bite of bacon (above)
- 40 calories of half and half (approximated) for small coffees
- 4 calories coffee (2 8oz cups)
- 2 packets sugar
That comes out to 591 calories over the past 5 days. Given 2600 calories being my recommended daily amount (choosemyplate.org), I’m averaging about 4% of my recommended intake and about 118 calories a day. Half of that consumption was centered around a 2 hour period, too. The last 2 days have seen around 50 calories total.
One thing I didn’t account for was how the sleep rhythm we have adopted in modern society is probably very counterproductive to hibernation mode and conserving limited energy. I can’t nap when I want and I need to force myself to stay awake for a significant portion of the day. Oh how I would love a nap.