My Fast - Day One
@just4him (305965)
Green Bay, Wisconsin
October 24, 2016 11:43pm CST
They say the first day is the hardest. You don't know how much I wish I could eat something, but Thursday is looming close in my brain, so I kept myself away from food and drank mostly tea, some water, and a cup of apple cider. To say I'm not hungry would be a far cry from the truth, but I can do this. Tomorrow should be easier.
I've done a three day fast before and it always worked out well, not for the same reasons, then it was a church thing for prayer and fasting. I always felt so much better afterwards.
This time it will be a little more than three days, but I will eat sometime on Thursday. The colonoscopy is early in the morning, so that's a good thing.
I'm also happy to say I'm going to start October 23rd tomorrow in the notifications, so I'm almost caught up. I only have 240 to go. 
So if tomorrow is anything like today, I should get caught up. I got the 17th to the 22nd done today. Of course I've been here most of the day too. I did take some time away to watch a bit of TV, but I was also determined to get another day accomplished and finally did so.
So for now, being as it is going on midnight, I'm going to head on to bed. This week I'm not going to the pool. That wouldn't work out so well with this fast going on. I'll be back in the pool on Friday when all is said and done.
Enjoy a picture from my trip. This is taken from the ferry heading to Washington Island.
So if tomorrow is anything like today, I should get caught up. I got the 17th to the 22nd done today. Of course I've been here most of the day too. I did take some time away to watch a bit of TV, but I was also determined to get another day accomplished and finally did so.
So for now, being as it is going on midnight, I'm going to head on to bed. This week I'm not going to the pool. That wouldn't work out so well with this fast going on. I'll be back in the pool on Friday when all is said and done.
Enjoy a picture from my trip. This is taken from the ferry heading to Washington Island.18 people like this
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@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
26 Oct 16
That's Plum Island on the way to Washington Island. That's the lighthouse there.
@celticeagle (158958)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Oct 16
You are doing really well on catching up on here. The fast sounds interesting. We usually fast around here the last week or two of the month. Not a forced thing either. LOL
I bet you will be glad to have this week done and over.
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@celticeagle (158958)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Oct 16
@just4him .....Good to have something like a birthday celebration to look forward to after the colonoscopy.
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@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
27 Oct 16
@celticeagle Yes it is. I'll be going over there tomorrow to do my laundry and hopefully see her and give her the present I got her on my trip to Washington Island. I also plan on going back tomorrow night and be part of the cake and ice cream. She'll be at work while I'm doing my laundry.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 Oct 16
By now you are two days into the fast, I hope you are holding up well. I never fast except for maybe one day at a time.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
27 Oct 16
@just4him I hope that they schedule mine for really early in the day.
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@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 Oct 16
@BelleStarr When are you having yours?
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@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
26 Oct 16
I'm fine. Drinking a lot of water, tea, and apple cider. No problems.
@silvermist (19702)
• India
25 Oct 16
@just4him That is a good picture.You will be okay.Wish you success with the four day diet.Also best of luck for the colonoscopy on Thursday.
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@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
26 Oct 16
Thank you. I'm on day two right now and doing well. Looks like I'm going to be drinking that yucky stuff tomorrow to get things moving. I've been drinking for two days now and not much to show for it in that way.
@Tampa_girl7 (48908)
• United States
25 Oct 16
Just try not to think about food.
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@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
26 Oct 16
That's easier said than done with a lot of people talking about what they are making for dinner, including your chili that sounded fantastic. 
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
25 Oct 16
I am never hungrier than when I cant have food for some reason lol, I wish you well on this
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
26 Oct 16
@just4him lol, we currently dont have live tv, so all we get is previews
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@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
27 Oct 16
@Jessicalynnt Do you watch a lot of Netflix then or movies?
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
25 Oct 16
that pics looks both eery 'n exhiliratin' 't the same time :) i'm still a tad confused 's to why yer fastin' prior to the prep? but reckon such aint none'f my biz, lol. ya do need nutrition though 'n i'd so hoped ya get'cha some chicken 'r beef broth 't least.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
26 Oct 16
@just4him i jest worry 'bout'cher electrolytes 'fter fastin' fer 3 days'n then that prep, hon. i'll be thinkin' 'f ya! that prep schtuff 'tis the worst :(
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@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
26 Oct 16
Well since I don't want to be sick, I could get some beef broth. Though at the moment I'm fine as I wind down day 2 on this fast. I chose to do the three day fast. I was hoping to be cleaned out before I had to drink the nasty stuff, but such is not the case.
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@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
27 Oct 16
@crazyhorseladycx It sure was. They want me to drink two of those things and it isn't going to happen. I drank it a few hours ago. I'm clean and suffering the after effects of that stuff. I'm not drinking the second one before I leave tomorrow morning.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
25 Oct 16
nice photo ...very atmospheric... I hope you get on ok with your fast... if it gets difficult .. just think of it as though you were doing it for church...
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
27 Oct 16
I just realized you probably figured since you fasted ahead of time that you wouldn't need the final drink? I tried to fast some before mine this summer too and I'm sure it helped clean things out faster.
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
3 Nov 16
@just4him I began eating less before I began my actual fast too and I thought I was cleaned out until closer to the event. It appeared that I was wrong, but they weren't too concerned about it once I got there.
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@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
27 Oct 16
Yeah, I don't need it, despite what they said. I'm clean. I know when I was in the hospital last year drinking that stuff, that I wouldn't need to drink it all if I came clean before I finished it. So that's the philosophy I used yesterday.
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@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
3 Nov 16
@MarshaMusselman I didn't eat anything, so I was cleaned out. They didn't mind that I didn't drink the second portion.
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