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Long story short, Eric and I managed to goad each other into fasting for 72 (him) and 36 (me) hours respectively, after which we used some pee strips to determine that we were ketosing. I then went on a month long keto diet just to see what it would be like.
If you want to experience the endless purgatory of never being hungry or full, try the Keto Diet!!!
That's the short of it, at least.
Normal fasting glucose:
91 upon wakeup
109 throughout the day
During diet:
24 h: 72
36 h: 64
It turns out that I carry about 5 pounds in water/starch on my body, and can drop it in 4 days.
I think purgatory describes the experience pretty well. The one (quite large) benefit of doing this diet was that my hunger response was quite suppressed. I'm usually starving after just a couple hours and am always seeking food, but on the keto diet, I was just completely normal all the time.
3/10. Probably wouldn't try again. Carbs are definitely evil though.
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