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Day 2

Day 2 of my zero carb life. I want to find an IF pattern that's doable but challenging. 72 hours might be a little bit too much, even though I've done it in the past. 24 hours is very doable, and I think I like to do a 40-hour fast which I started last night at 10:00 p.m. I realize that even though I had beef from my one meal at dinner yesterday, it contained cornstarch and sugar in the spice mix, which makes me really disappointed. I think I must always prepare my own food or know exactly what's in the food, I can't trust anything!  Want to have better self-control when it comes to fasting. Like if I tell myself I'm going to fast for 2 or 3 days, I just need to stick to it. I'm getting two lacks in myself control and it's not making me happy. That's going to be definitely a goal next year.  Unrelated to food, one of my goals next year is also to keep my thoughts to myself. My mouth gets me into a trouble a lot especially with MPS. So this is going to be...
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Day 1

Today, Thursday, December 19, 2024, is the first day of My Zero Carb Life. Let's backtrack... Nov 1, 2021: Day 1 postpartum. I was determined to lose all my pregnancy weight, and I did. Over the next year, I started lifting weights and cutting carbs. I went from an average of 155 lb to 135 lb.  Jan 1, 2022: My weight usually hovered around 130-140lb, and I wanted to start getting toned. I decided to adopt a modified DASH diet with low-fat and low-carb because I had high cholesterol. I also aimed to walk 14K steps a day, and often did. Jan 1, 2023: I continued much of what I had done in 2022. My weight ranged from 130-135. I also started intermittent fasting, anywhere from 24-36 hours, usually once a month. Jan 1, 2024: I found a personal trainer and started serious resistance training in April. I also adopted a keto diet in the summer (high fat, moderate protein) and transitioned into carnivore in the fall (zero carb). I continued 16:8 and up to 72 hours of IF. I thrived on this. M...
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