no pics (hotel internet is being janky…)
Read Fasting Part 1: Preparing for a Self Imposed Famine here.
 Or Fasting Part 2: the Beginning here.
 Or Fasting Part 3: 33hours in here.
Or Fasting Part 4: listening to my needs after 60 hours here.
Vitals:
Weight: 162lbs
resting pulse: 47bpm
Blood pressure: Unknown
It’s the beginning of day 8 (172 hours) and I feel I’ve gotten everything I can out of my time without solid food.  There are undoubtedly still lessons to learn, but they would come much later in the fast.  My body has dealt with this extremely …

 
Read Fasting Part 1: Preparing for a Self Imposed Famine here.
 
Or Fasting Part 2: the Beginning here.
 
Or Fasting Part 3: 33hours in here.
 
 
Vitals:
Weight: 165lbs
resting pulse: 63bpm
Blood pressure: 118/75
 
I hit a wall today because I was in the cleanroom until 8pm without many breaks to drink some juice and replenish energy. I’ve found that while I am able to keep drinking juice I can sustain my energy pretty well, but solid food has the effect of integrating the energy spikes, and allowing me to go for longer periods without eating because …

Read Fasting Part 1: Preparing for a Self Imposed Famine here.
Or Fasting Part 2: the Beginning here.
 
Vitals:
Weight: 164lbs
resting pulse: 56bpm
Blood pressure: 119/75
 
It’s been an intense day, with a few big energy lows, and some serious food cravings.

Four astronauts visited Ball today, and did an awesome presentation on the last servicing mission for the Hubble Space Telescope. This has special meaning to me, since I worked on one of the instruments that they installed. (WFC3 Pictured Below) The photos and video they showed us were heartstopping amazing. I fell in love …

 Read Fasting Part 1: Preparing for a Self Imposed Famine here.
Right after my last meal I weighed myself 167lbs. This will be a baseline, and something I’ll hopefully track throughout the fasting process.
 
Baseline Vitals during prep phase.
Weight: 167lbs
resting pulse: 52bpm
Blood pressure: 106/80??  (will verify this with Mike T. later)
 
It’s been 11 hours since solid food. I’ve been really active, maybe a little more than normal, climbing/slacklining, then ultimate frisbee, then more climbing then an urban climbing adventure.
 
There was a moment of terror that hit when I came back from ultimate …

My body burns about 3400 calories a day if I don’t get out of bed (or so tests show).  I can’t even skip lunch without getting worried that I’ll wither up and die.  I eat a lot! I once complete one of those pizza challenges by eating my quarter, and then helping another team mate finish his, then drinking a pitcher of beer.  Food sustains me… lots of food…  This scares the heck out of me.  It something that I feel absolutely dependent on, and so I mean to change …