Glad you are having some nice results DrDog! Awareness is also something that I find beneficial result of fasting. I'm getting more in tune with different patterns, social, time of day, physical and mental etc. that precede putting a fork or chopstick in my mouth. It's very, very interesting

I just finished a 5 day "water" fast this morning. I quote water because there are other things I'm having and they are, coffee, tea, bone broth, bullion, energy drink, and last night I added some protein (salmon and a bit of beef) having done some pretty good exercise on day 4 and 5.

Interesting to note that the baseline reading and BP and BG were all kind of not what I expected them to be. What's new I came off of 2 days of maxing out my current carb plan of ~25 net carbs / day. Day 2 was tuffest with food some musings from lunch time to dinner. Having done some IF already I have some tools to work with these thoughts. My approach is simple:

Recognize, Acknowledge, Let Go. Distractions in the evening are very helpful like getting chores done, talking a walk or socializing. Saw a movie with friends Thursday night.

Hopefully this might be helpful to someone.

Comments and thoughts, if any, are here on my journal http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthre...5&page=19&pp=15

Baseline (after 8 hours sleep)
BG: 107 mg/dL
BP/Pulse: 99/68/68
Urine Ketones: Negative
Weight: 124.4 Kg

EOD 1
BG: 106 mg/dL
BP/Pulse: 106/71/67
Urine Ketones: ~50 mg/dL
Weight: 121.4 Kg

EOD 2
BG: 94 mg/dL
BP/Pulse: 106/75/66
Urine Ketones: ~40 mg/dL
Weight: 120.0 Kg

EOD 3
BG: 92 mg/dL
BP/Pulse: 118/81/64
Urine Ketones: ~70 mg/dL
Weight: 119.4 Kg

EOD 4
BG: strip failed, 105 then 97 mg/dL (who knows)
BP/Pulse: 105/72/68
Urine Ketones: ~60 mg/dL
Weight: 119.3 Kg

EOD 5
BG: 85 mg/dL
BP/Pulse: 103/70/64
Urine Ketones: ~75 mg/dL
Weight: 119.1 Kg