Fasting - to Date

After Spain, I just ate everything and to excess. At one point, I weighed 240 pounds. Everything was normal until I had to take a physical to qualify for life insurance in the early 90s. The exam came back with an abnormally high blood sugar count. I convinced the examiner that it was anomaly and set the re exam for the next week.

I immediately went to my local doctor to find out what was the matter. His tests concluded that I had contracted Type II Diabetes. He said I would be on pills or insulin for the rest of my life. I told him the hell I would. Ironically, here was one fat doctor giving me a "death" sentence. I was so arrogant because I knew fasting would bail me out. Unfortunately my doctor had a heart attack the next week and didn't recover for four years.

Knowing what I did about fasting, I went on a several day fast before that second exam. I brought the second reading down to 75 from the 300+ on the first test and passed my insurance exam. Knowing fasting was my secret weapon, I went about abusing myself with food. Too much food.

1. Fasted Blood Sugar................86
2. Weight ..........................218
3. Waist ............................43.5
4. Calorie Intake (6/1/04)........... 0
5. Prescription Drugs ................0
6. Vitamins ..........................0
7. Exercise-class hours ..............0
8. Exercise-weights ...................5
9. Exercise-treadmill, bike ...........5

This fourth day I had lunch and dinner at restaurants. I had no cravings just water. I was completely surprised by my response. I still have had no hunger pains. I keep reading my fasting books every night to reinforce my will. Strangely enough, I had read more about salt last night and found myself looking at the food my friends were eating today trying guess how much salt, bleached flour, chemicals they were ingesting. It seemed to help.

In four days I have lost 11 pounds and brought my blood sugar count into the safe range. More tomorrow.