Day 22 Of The Paleolithic Diet

And Breaking The Fast

I made the decision last night to break my fast today. I think for the first time doing a fast, which was mostly a water fast with the exception of some juice, 3 days is a good effort and probably reaped some benefits. I lost about 7 pounds in the three days, which is probably a combination of water and fat, along with some toxic material. I’m not sure what the proportions of each were, but I am sure it was what my body needed.

Also my food cravings really have gotten ridiculous. Although it’s funny how my body hasn’t been sending me hunger signals. It has been all in my head. They say that you realize what you really like to eat when you are on a fast because you obsess about it. Apparently I really like pizza, calzones, cheese steaks, and oatmeal, peanut butter and egg pancakes.

Anyway, back to today. I made sure I had some juice in the morning so that my stomach wasn’t totally empty. Then at around 11am I had a banana. I chewed really slow, and really well. I was kind of paranoid about running into problems like I’ve read about, although the fatalities resulting from people breaking fasts were in situations far more extreme than mine, ie. 20+ days, breaking with several sandwiches, or diabetics breaking with dates, etc.

A couple hours later I had 2 bananas. An hour or so later, I munched on cashews. Then bananas and PB at home.

Then late night, I went to my favorite sushi place with my buddy. I had some edamame, an order of shrimp, an order of crab. The servings are very small. I also had a bite of some chicken dish, and a few bites of white rice. That wasn’t too smart. We’ll see how I feel in the AM. As of now, no issues.