I Am Feelin' BACK After A 3 Day Water Fast

This clip from Max Dolente & Chef Donny is so relatable summing up the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas perfectly. It is pure diet hell.

And no one is immune to it. Thanksgiving, holiday parties, travel & Christmas to New Year's are an all out lush fest as they should be.

After maintaining my weight between low to high 240s the entire football season, I fell off a cliff from Thanksgiving through last weekend. The trio of NOLA Barstool/wedding trip, Stu Feiner dinners & Nashville for DraftKings trip did not help the situation at all.

I got on the scale Monday morning and was 254?!?!? WHAT THE HELL?!?!? Not good..... 

So I decided to do something this week. A close friend did a 3 day water fast recently and has been strongly recommending it. UFC founder Dana White also is an advocate of the water fast. What better place than this & what better time than now? 

Day 1 was all water & black coffee. To be honest it was not a difficult day because I was still full from lushing it up in Nashville at the DraftKings Fantasy World Championship. I just pounded BodyArmor waters all day in the office.

Tuesday morning I weighed in to check progress and was 249. Thank God and I was back below the 250 line again. My stomach also felt a ton better not having to digest food.

Beef bone broth is allowed on Days 2 & 3 to go with the water & black coffee. I ordered 2 bowls from a nearby restaurant and finished 1 during the day in 2 servings. It was surprising to see how quickly I felt full eating smaller portions. 

I checked the scale again on Wednesday morning and was down to 245! Hot damn.... this was really working! My skin also noticeably looked improved ESP in my face as some acne around my nose cleared up. The collagen in the beef broth is supposed to be good for the skin apparently.

Wednesday also was not too bad. I just kept pounding BodyArmor waters and peeing a ton. It seemed like it was 20 times a day & multiple times during middle of the night. Food wise I finished the 2nd bowl of beef broth and got one more that night for a light dinner.

FINAL RESULTS

This morning the scale said 245 again. Nine pounds in three days definitely was successful. My energy levels feel night and day better too as do my stomach/skin. 

I was shocked to not be hungry this morning and held out til noon to break the fast with a skirt steak, eggs & soup from my favorite breakfast spot in Chicago Uncle Mike's Place.

Overall the water fast was an extremely positive experience on all fronts and would recommend it to anyone. Being able to undo 3 weeks of mistakes in just 3 days is kind of incredible.

Now the real battle begins to not blow it during the holidays but at least it did not get put off til New Years........