Notes from the November 2016 10 Day Water Fast (work in progress)

(as per title, this is still a work in progress, so there may be updates)

Yuuuuuup.  Did a 10 day water fast (242 hours).

I did my first extended fast - 7 days, 168 hours - back at the end of April 2016, and at that time thought I'd do this every six months or so, and holy crap it's been more than six months!   Better get a move on!
So, with mindful abandon, and less preparation than the Spring Fast,

Why?

Improving iinsulin sensitivity
https://intensivedietarymanagement.com/fasting-physiology-part-ii/

Stimulating autophagy
https://intensivedietarymanagement.com/fasting-and-autophagy-fasting-25/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3106288/

Immune system support - can eliminate old white blood cells and replace them with more effective new ones
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1934590914001519
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550413115002247


"Rules" for this fast
- water, black coffee, tea only ... coffee being important, IMO, for caffeine's ability to mobilize fat ... that being said, no caffeine after 3pm, so as not to keep me wired all day
- (mostly) no supplements, no greens powder
- only supplements I took were electrolytes, to ensure I didn't get depleted

• mornings (after waking up and taking stats)
• ~2 Tbsp ACV, ~2 Tbsp salt solution, with water
• ~400mg magnesium bisglycinate, ~1 tsp Vitamin C powder, 198mg (2 caps emptied) potassium,, a little salt solution in a glass of water
• evenings (before bed)
• ~2 Tbsp salt solution, with water
• ~2 tsp unflavoured magnesium citrate, ~1 tsp Vitamin C powder, 198mg (2 caps emptied) potassium, in some warm water

Last meal finished Wed 2016/11/09 1pm ... working on the assumption it takes ~3 hours for the stomach to empty, the fast starts at 4pm!

Stats:
blood glucose, blood ketones, blood pressure, pulse, weight

2016/11/11 8.30am
4.2, 1.1, 115/77, 82, n/a

2016/11/12 11:15am
3.8, 3.6, 101/66, 97, 76.3kg

2016/11/13 1pm
3.8, 4.8, 108/67, 98, n/a

2016/11/14 8:05am
4.0, 3.7, 114/68, 86, 75.4

2016/11/15 8:50am
4.0, 3.3, 118/74, 83, n/a

2016/11/16 8:10am
3.7, 5.3, 115/71, 83, 73.5

2016/11/17
3.6, 4.7, 106/72, 84, n/a
Kind of missing food as a general *thing* ...

2016/11/18 9am
3.6, 3.9, 103/70, 79, 72.6

2016/11/19 9:30am
4.1, 5.1, 111/75, 82, 71.9

2016/11/19 4pm ... 240 hours /  10 days  done, end of fast!

2016/11/19 6:15pm ... 242 hours, fast broken!

2016/11/20 1am
4.3, 3.2, n/a, n/a, n/a

2016/11/20 12:30pm
5.7, 1.7, 110/71, 85, 73.1

2016/11/21 9:30am
4.6, 2.6, 106/62, 81, 75.1

2016/11/21 10:50pm - 40 min after eating shitty breaded wings (stupid me forgot to ask if they were breaded, so it was either eat 'em or toss 'em)
5.2, 0.4, n/a, n/a, n/a

2016/11/22 9:10am
5.5, 0.8, n/a, n/a, n/a

2016/11/23 8:50am
5.4, 0.4, , n/a, n/a, 76.9

2016/11/24 9:20am
5.7, 0.3, n/a, n/a, n/a

2016/11/25 9:00am
5.4, 0.3, n/a, n/a, n/a

2016/11/26 4pm
6.3, 0.2, , n/a, n/a, 78.4

After this?  A full week of eating ... no IF.  (I typically fast for 24 hours twice a week, before my strength training sessions on Monday and Thursday evenings.)
What did I learn from this fast?   Honestly, I dunno ... my blood ketone levels shot up sooner this time than the week-longer I did in April.
What'll I do in 2017?  Not sure ... maybe tweak it to a 7 day fast every 3 months?  

4DX In A Nutshell ...

... too much butt stuff!

Eine Kleine More Detail

+++ elevated platform for feet.  This was my biggest complaint with D-Box.  With the platform, the viewer gets a very good sense of immersion for scenes with graceful chair movement
+ wind effects provide some nice complementary immersion as well

--- sharp, jarring seat movement during action/fight scenes makes viewer lose focus on the screen ; turns the viewer into another level of shaky-cam!
--- air jets at the back of the viewer's head do nothing for the experience ... may be effective in a creature feature where the creature is literally breathing down someone's neck ... #properuseofliterally
- seat rather hard, uncomfortable after an hour or so, assume it's necessary to cover up the machinery required for the butt stuff
- rain effects lame - simply arbitrary spritzes of water ... not that I'd *want* to be drenched during a rain scene, but that would be more immersive than "hey, rain!  we'll spritz you with water at random times!"
--- snow effects lamer ... just some additional snow-like confetti that was dropped in front of the screen ... perhaps the intent was to have the confetti blown across the audience ... but whoop-de-freaking-doo ...



-tak! thbbft!