Today is my second and final day of fasting for this week. I haven't weighed myself yet, because as I mentioned yesterday I've been constipated.
I suspect it's because I haven't been drinking my Oolong Tea in a week. After learning that Oolong Tea speeds up your metabolism, I've been weary about drinking it during my fasts in fear of being hungry. But I guess the Oolong was helping me with my bowel movements since it's known for speeding up metabolism and for helping with slimming waistlines.
Unfortunately, for today I didn't bring any Oolong Tea. But instead I'm drinking Green Tea. Hopefully it'll help. There is also another tea by Bigelow called, "I Love Lemon Herb Tea" which contains rose hips, lemongrass, lemon peel, lemon verbena, peppermint leaves, and hibiscus. Luckily, Lemon Verbena has some of the same benefits as Oolong Tea. So, this should help my digestion for today.
It's 11:12am and I have had nothing to eat. So far, all I'm consuming is a Lemon & Green Tea mix I concocted in the breakroom. At around 12pm, I plan to have a bit of my intended breakfast. And when I return from my actual lunch, at around 3pm I plan on having my intended lunch.
Then of course, later on after work I plan to have my half chicken burger for dinner. On a feast day, a whole chicken burger is too much food. But a half chicken burger on a fast day feels like it just isn't enough. It's satisfying indeed, but I'm still hungry.
I kept busy yesterday evening to keep my mind off the hunger. When I began to feel light headed, I decided to lay down. When it came to go to sleep, I had difficulty sleeping. I went to be at about mid-night. At around 3am, I woke up and didn't return to bed until 5am. I woke up at 8:30am groggy. I feel fine now, but it's possible it's the Earl Grey I had all day yesterday that hindered my sleep. Fasting alone, affects my sleep so that didn't help me any.
I'll try to stick with Oolong Tea. But it speeds my metabolism so much that I tend to get hungry quicker during fast days.
First thing I thought of today was, I survived my first day of fasting this week. I can't believe it's already day 2. I can't wait until tomorrow to break my fast.
This same time last week, I suffered the last evening of my fast. I think that was all due to the fact I had cereal in the morning and it didn't stay in my system long enough. I thought carbs stayed in your system forever. hah But I guess for whole grains, not so much.
Yesterday was fairly easy. Mostly a liquid diet. Which keeps me satiated. Today, I assume will be much harder as it usually is.
I haven't quite decided yet if a 2 day a week fast is much more sufficient or easier than a 4 day a month fast. I've got 4 more weeks left of this diet.