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I rotate dayshift to nightshift twice each month. I think going forward I am going to fast on my nights and not sure of the eating amounts on the non-fasting days. Mostly I'm going to ensure the fat to protein ratio is better than it has been the last month or two. 

I am not sure how long this one will last. On the last one from 72 hours to 96 hours it felt like someone hit the nitrous or the boost button. I sustained that energy til later the following week. If anyone told me that before I actually experienced it, I would think you had a couple screws loose. Just doesn't make sense from the outside looking in. 

After the first 12 hours my blood glucose was a bit higher than I expected at 97. I am sure there is some 'dawn effect' in there somewhere but I'm good at 97.

My ketone level was 1.1 which is in the middle of the 'optimal range'. I feel like I will get a bit deeper as the fast continues. 

After 11 months of some inadvertent eating miscues as well as some experimentation, I think I am starting to dial in where I want to be long term between carnivore and fasting intervals. 

I could very well be changing lanes from it being a "diet" to it being a "lifestyle". 

Time will tell.

Scott

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Knocking on wood as I type but this one has started off as well, if not better than the other three. So far, so good.

I read/watched a video with Dr. Bikman and he said the more one fasts the more the body learns/adapts quicker. 

This morning my glucose is 91 and my ketone level is 1.5 which gives a GKI of 3.6. Not that the strips are all that accurate, but I have more excess this time that I did the previous two times. I wish I the strips had come in last time but I think I am a tad bit deeper in ketosis this time than last, but no real data to support it. 

At about 36-38 hours in I am feeling good and still have 'normal' energy. I worked last night and did a pretty good workout this morning.

So far, so good.

Scott

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Maybe 60 or so hours deep. Blood sugar still higher than last time but it is in the morning but still less than 100 at 97. My blood ketone level is 3.6 and my GKI is down around 1.5 or so. 

I worked last night and went to the gym this morning for about 45 minutes. I got the entire workout in by skipping the rest periods in between. Probably could have gotten a little more intense if I rested in between but just powered thru. 

Energy level is still pretty high and I feel good/felt good all night. 

I spent most of the last two nights reading articles and watching videos on fasting both intermittent and extended. I'm doing a water fast but I read quite a bit on a dry fast. I think I am aways away from trying a dry fast. I probably need some more water fasts to get more tuned in to recognize signs just to be safe. 

Again, so far so good.

Scott

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