Novidez's Journey - From non-Wai to Wai

[Novidez]

Monday, May 2, 2016

Weight: 71.8 Kg (+0.1 Kg)

11:00 Wake Up
17:00 400g Honeydew Melon, 1 Avocado
19:00 400g Honeydew Melon, 2 Bananas, 1 Peach, 20 Hazelnuts
20:30-21:00 1.3L OJ, 6 Egg Yolks - 1 palpitation
21:30 Bowel Movement - Type 4
1:20 2 Bananas, 2 Egg Yolks
1:45-12:00 Sleeping

Energy: 2176 kcal
Protein: 47.8 g
Carbs: 359.3 g
Fat: 74.7 g


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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Weight: 71.7 Kg (-0.1 Kg)

12:00 Wake Up
15:30-16:00 1 Avocado, 2 Peaches 8 Egg Yolks
19:30-20:30 Simple Workout (Abs and Biceps) + Stretching
22:20-22:50 2 Peaches, 4 Kiwis, 3 Bananas, 5 Hazelnuts, 1 Orange, 2 Egg Yolks
23:00-0:00 2 Oranges, 15 Hazelnuts, 3 Egg Yolks, 125g Raw Wild Salmon
1:00 2 Bananas
1:30-8:00-12:30 Sleeping

Energy: 2430 kcal
Protein: 84.4 g
Carbs: 307.1 g
Fat: 111.1 g


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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Weight: 72 Kg (+0.3)

12:30 Wake Up
18:00-18:40 1 Avocado, 800mL Honeydew Juice, 2 Kiwis, 15 Almonds
21:00-22:00 1.2L OJ, 1 Banana, 7 Egg Yolks, 125g Raw Wild Salmon
0:10 2 Bananas
1:00 Bedtime
2:00-8:30-12:30 Sleeping

Energy: 2229.42 kcal
Protein: 68.98 g
Carbs: 309.08 g
Fat: 88.65 g


- I miss some Olive Oil. I am going to try introducing it again and raise a little bit more my fat intake and see how it goes. I'm kinda curious, actually.

[Novidez]

Your body adapts. If you eat a certain diet, the secretion of digestive juices will be adapted to that diet.
If you then change your diet, the mix of digestive enzymes may be inappropriate, which may lead to gastrointestinal discomfort.
After a while your body will have adapted to the new diet.

There isn't such a thing that we need to produce different digestive enzymes regularly to be healthy, is there?

When your skin is greasy and you want to clean it, you may use (dilluted) rosewater.

I read somewhere that it's best to only wash my face with low mineral spring water or something. This seems impossible to me because my face is going to get wet when I take a shower.

Of course its not impossible.
Your face will get wet if you let the water run over your face, yes.
But most shower heads can be lowered, so that you can aim it at your chest, for example.

Wait a sec, so washing my face every morning with tap water isn't that good for my skin, right...? :/

[Novidez]

I have been noticing some symptoms while I am fasting and also after I break it:

- When I fast, I have this need to breath less. The way my body seems to do that is to contract my chest and my trachea (or whatever it is inside my chest). Also, I noticed that my upper back tend to be more compressed/tightened; I easily get in a slump position if I am not aware enough.
I have too this urge to keep moving or running and, in fact, when I do it, I feel much better and my breathing becomes normal.
Moroever, I can easily stop this feeling of 'can't breath naturally' when I start eating.
What I am thinking:
> Low CO2 in the body?
> Low glucose levels in the body?
> Both?

What to do to solve this?

- The other problem is regarding palpitations... I still have them and I can't really figure out the reason. The only thing I know is that when I eat too much energy in a short period of time, I tend to experience them more. So, I believe this is the main problem (I think. Sometimes I still experience them randomly. Nevertheless they are always more common after eating). Breaking a fast of 16 hours, for example, with such amount of energy is safe? It's best to start slow, right?

- Another thing I want to ask is if I am not hungry, should I still eat that much energy (I am talking about 2300 kcal) in a day? It's just bothers me when it is already 19h or 20h and I am still not hungry. I don't want to start eating at 22h, 23h, or maybe not eat at all that day.
I still eat because I am afraid that my hunger will spike in the middle of the night, for example, which will disturb my sleeping, or in the middle of the morning, this is, when I am not at home and where I don't have any food with me (specially egg yolks and salmon are the issue. Unless I wait till night to eat the protein... Though, probably, my body would want to eat it earlier (I guess)). I never tried to eat, for example, only 600 kcal in a day.
In a listen to your body perspective, what do you think?

[Novidez]

(Ah!, and of course, I feel colder while fasting: cold hands, purple/blue nails.
All this solves when I do what I said above.)
Also, could the fact of the Wai Diet being essentially alkaline contributing to this also? More alkaline, the body wants to compensate increasing its CO2 levels by breathing less in order to be more acidic. Does this makes sense?

[Novidez]

Thursday, May 5, 2016

Weight: 71.8 Kg (= Kg)

8:30-12:30 Wake Up
18:00-18-45 1 Banana, 1 Avocado, 1000 Santa Claus Melon, 2 Kiwis - 1 palpitation
18:50 Bowel Movement - Type 4, a bit dry/sticky (had to strain a bit and my 'walls' were hurt, like if they have been scratched. Burned sensation. Not a huge problem tho)
19:45-21:30 1L OJ - 1 palpitation
21:40-22:30 100g Raw Wild Salmon, 5 Egg Yolks - bought another salmon from the supermarket - Oncorhynchus kisutch. I have been eating the Oncorhynchus gorbuscha. This one was frozen only with plastic. Damn, those sensations of 'aliveness' and feeling a little scare. Also blurps in the body, feeling bloated and gases[/i]
0:15-0:40 100mL Bottled Water (thirsty because of the salmon?) 5 Egg Yolks2 Bananas, 1 tbsp. OO
1:00 Bedtime
2:00-8:30-10:00 Sleeping

Energy: 2783 kcal
Protein: 79.7 g
Carbs: 363.3 g
Fat: 128.7 g


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Friday, May 6, 2016

Weight: 71.8 Kg (= Kg)

10:00 Wake Up
18:30-19:45 2 Apples, 1 Avocado, 1 Banana, 2 Kiwis
20:30-21:45 400g Honeydew, 1.2L OJ
21:45-22:00 125g Raw Wild Salmon, 7 Egg Yolks
1:00 2 Bananas, 10 Hazelnuts, 5 Almonds, 2 Oranges, 1 tsp. CO
1:45 Bedtime
2:00-11:30 Sleeping

Energy: 2355 kcal
Protein: 70.4 g
Carbs: 358.3 g
Fat: 85.2 g


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Saturday, May 7, 2016

Weight: 72.1 Kg (+0.3 Kg)

11:30 Wake Up
15:00-19:00 1 Avocado, 1 Kiwi, 500mL OJ + 2 tsp. OO
19:30-21:00 700mL OJ + 3 tsp. OO, 1 Avocado, 2 Apples, 1 Banana, 25 Hazelnuts, 5 Almonds, 125g Raw Wild Salmon, 6 Egg Yolks
22:00 2 Bananas
1:45 Bedtime
2:30-6:00 Sleeping

Energy: 2589 kcal
Protein: 68.9 g
Carbs: 305.3 g
Fat: 136.1 g


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Sunday, May 8, 2016

Weight: 72.5 Kg (+0.4 Kg)

6:00 Wake Up - My brother had to catch a plane to get back to his immigrated country
9:30-9:45 1 Apple, 10 Almonds, 5 Egg Yolks
11:45-12:15 600g Watermelon
12:30 2 Avocados - 1 palpitation
12:50 Bowel Movement - Type 4, and a little bit of type 5 in the end)
13:00-15:00 900g Watermelon, 10 Almonds, 1 Egg Yolks - 2 palpitations
15:30 1 Banana
16:30 125g Raw Wild Salmon
20:00 - 1 palpitation
20:40 2 Bananas, 1 Orange, 3 Egg Yolks
0:00 Bedtime
1:00-6:30-10:50-13:00 Sleeping

Energy: 2314 kcal
Protein: 76.8 g
Carbs: 274.1 g
Fat: 118.8 g


- I was at my parents' house this last week.

[Novidez]

*I noticed that even after initiating the carb intake, i still have this discomfort on my chest. But, when I take my protein, specially salmon, it goes away.
**Also, immediately after waking up, I usually feel better regarding my breathing too.

[Kasper]

What I am thinking:
> Low CO2 in the body?
> Low glucose levels in the body?
> Both?

If you have the urge to keep moving or running, I doubt low glucose levels. It seems more like high adrenalin to me (which rise blood glucose).

[RRM]

yes, and may also cause palpitations.

I never tried to eat, for example, only 600 kcal in a day.

Well, that is actually also a way of doing IF; eating very little one day, compensated by eating more the day after.
You can do IF in many different ways.
You may (for example) eat absolutely nothing on one day, compensated for in the following day.
Maybe consuming only 600 kcal in one day may suit you better than going from fasting to bulking up within 24 hours.
Everybody has a different rhythm.

[Novidez]

Maybe consuming only 600 kcal in one day may suit you better than going from fasting to bulking up within 24 hours.

But before being on Wai, I could fast quite well, I didn't have this kind of problems at all.
Even doing Regular Wai, I tend to continue feeling feel this discomfort on my throat and chest and be still restless. As I said before what I find interesting is the fact I become in a much more comfortable state after eating the salmon.

Being in this state everyday has been very counterproductive to me: I am missing much more classes, being more irresponsible, more lazy during the day and lack of will power. This is, at the moment, Wai instead of helping me is kinda doing the opposite. I really miss those days when I started it... Seriously, there was a huge spike in my mood but then it all has gone away after several weeks. Probably now, I am in a worse state than I was before being on Wai. This wasn't my goal being here for sure...

I know that feel better right after waking up - then it all goes away few minutes later after getting up - and right after eating my salmon - usually during 2/3 hours after eating it.

So, day after day, I am thinking what can I do differently to improve this situation. I know that when people are sleeping, our acid levels raise. Could that be an explanation for feeling better immediately after waking up?

Knowing that after eating my salmon I feel better, I tried to figure out what salmon has more than other foods. One thing came to my head: it has more salt (Now that I am thinking, doesn't salt makes us more acidic too? Well, I didn't think about that when I made this conclusion. So all my next steps were not based on this).

Ok, I had to try it out.

I did an experiment 3 days ago: I took some bits of salt. I actually took them while I was still fasting (I suppose that shouldn't be healthy at all), but I had to test it without any interference of any other food. Okay, this may all be placebo, but for my surprise, the tension on my chest and throat disappeared almost immediately. Somewhat weird how fast it was, actually.
My bowels also reacted to it: the sensations were the same when I ate my first Raw salmon. My body isn't adapted to salt at the moment, I guess. But, I felt better for sure.

Since then, I have been experiment it and gradually increasing its intake. Yesterday, I put around 3/4 tsp (the max dose till now) on my OJ. Or, should I say, I make two different OJs: one with salt and other without. I am literally trying to see how I feel after taking each one. I did feel a little better yesterday... Still, when I eat the salmon I tend to feel even better.
I must say also that I find it easier to notice some differences when I put some bits of salt in my mouth alone.

And here I am today. I am still feeling relaxed and (finally!) with the will to write this. I am still fasting. I have been gradually eating a bit sooner every day after waking up (kinda doing Regular Wai as I said before) because I wanted to see if foods helped me. Today, the way I am feeling now, I think I can fast all day long. But one day is one day and I do not want to start rushing conclusions.

After adding salt on my diet, this is what I have been experiencing:

Positive effects:
- I feel warmer. But seriously, waaaaaay much warmer, jesus! I have been feeling cold and with blue/purple nails every single day. Now, I can finally experience some warm hands, finally turn off my heater and not having blue/purple nails.
- Today, I am indeed feeling more relaxed: still no discomfort on my throat nor on my chest (it is still too early in the morning, so I can't really know how the rest of the day is going to be)

Negative effects:
- I am gaining weight. I don't feel like I am gaining it, because I am still pretty lean, but that's not what the weighing-machine says. It's probably due to water retention, I suppose. After being without salt this period of time, my body is clearly not adapted to it. But I guess it will adapt after some time, right?
- My right pointer is a little bit swollen (it has been such a long time I experienced this! I remember having this problem in the past quite often). Again, my body is still adapting... right?

Odd (positive? negative?) effects:
- My eyes are whiter, kind of little blueish around the iris. They are like this https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/73 ... a7c4df.jpg. Actually, I can say they are exactly the same when I started Wai.
- I (re)start yawning. You may not believe it, but I don't remember yawning, or at least yawning satisfactorily, for such a long time. I simply didn't yawn or had not need for it. And, when sometimes I had some feeling to yawn, it felt so incomplete and unpleasant. It was just me opening my mouth and closing it voluntarily, not really yawning.
- I'm noticing that Salt is quite addictive. The moment I start taking it, my mind is all over the salt. Why does this happen? Is it related to any mineral imbalance in the body? Does salt have addictive properties on the brain? Does it act like a drug?


Few things I still want to find out:

- What it my upper intake.
Here, I must be honest that I am essentially focusing on my mood and how I feel. Also, trying to know if it really influences or not on my throat and chest discomfort.
But... Regarding my skin, what can be the side effects? Perhaps, my skin can also helps me finding what's the best intake when it starts reacting too much.
Start taking some salt, will ruin all the pores that were closing on my face, won't it? :/

The max intake I had was yesterday - 3/4 teaspoon. Today I feel pretty well, I must say. Still, I don't know if this will remain and if I will increase or not the dose.

[Novidez]

Monday, May 9, 2016

Weight: 71.4 Kg (-0.4 Kg)

6:30-10:30-13:00 Wake Up
While fasting I experienced 3 palpitations. But they were less intense.
18:00-20:30 1 Avocado, 1500g Watermelon
19:30 Bowel Movement - Type 4
20:30-22:15 15 Almonds, 10 Hazelnuts, 2 Bananas, 800ml OJ,, 125g Raw Wild Salmon, 5 Egg Yolks - 1 palpitation
23:00 1 palpitation
23:25 200g OJ, 1 tbsp. OO, 2 Bananas
23:35 1 palpitation
23:40 1 palpitation
1:00-1:45 2 Egg Yolks, 200g OJ, 1 Orange, 2 Bananas, 0.5 tsp. CO, 1 Avocado, 1 tsp. Sugar
2:00 Bedtime
2:30-10:30-12:00 Sleeping

Energy: 3191 kcal
Protein: 83.7 g
Carbs: 462.8 g
Fat: 134.8 g


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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Weight: 71.4 Kg (= Kg)

12:00 Wake Up
13:07 1 palpitation
13:45-14:00 1 Apples, 25 Hazelnuts, 2 Egg Yolks 100mL OJ
During the afternoon I had a total of 4 palpitations
18:00 40 min walking and running
21:15-23:10 1 Avocado, 1.7L OJ 125g Raw Wild Salmon 3 Egg Yolks
23:16 1 palpitation
23:22 1 palpitation
23:40-1:05 300mL OJ, 4 Bananas, 1 tsp. CO 3 Egg Yolks
1:30 Bedtime
2:30 200mL OJ 1 Egg Yolks
2:45-8:30-10:30-12:00 Sleeping

Energy: 2741 kcal
Protein: 79.3 g
Carbs: 394.4 g
Fat: 106.2 g


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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Weight: 72.3 Kg (+1.1 Kg)

12:00 Wake Up
14:15-15:15 700g Santa Claus Melon, 25 Hazelnuts, 1 Banana, 1 Avocado 2 Egg Yolks 100mL OJ
18:40-19h40 1h simple workout arms & abs
20:30-22:00 700g Santa Claus Melon, 800mL OJ, 15 Hazelnuts, 1 Banana, 3 tsp. OO
22:00-22:20 125g Raw Wild Salmon, 4 Egg Yolks
23:20 200mL OJ
23:56 2 Bananas
1:40 1 Banana 3 Egg Yolks 100mL OJ, 0.5 tsp. CO
1:50 Bedtime
2:00-5:00?-9:00Sleeping

Energy: 2952 kcal
Protein: 82.3 g
Carbs: 416.1 g
Fat: 124.2 g


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Thursday, May 12, 2016

Weight: ? Kg (Forgot to weight myself)

9:00 Wake Up
16:00 15 Hazelnuts, 1 Banana, 1 Avocado, 100mL OJ
18:15-18:30 1 Apple, 500mL OJ, 1 tsp. OO, 1 Banana, 15 Hazelnuts
19:00-19:15 500mL OJ
19:45 400mL OJ, 1 Apple
19:50 Bowel Movement - Type 4
20:05 4 Egg Yolks 1 Banana
21:30 100mL OJ 1 Egg Yolks 125g Raw Wild Salmon
22:20 1 Egg Yolks 300mL OJ
0:15-0:45 2 Bananas, 1 Orange, 1 Avocado 2 Egg Yolks
1:00 Bedtime
2:00-12:00 Sleeping

Energy: 3065 kcal
Protein: 81.6 g
Carbs: 433.0 g
Fat: 129.6 g


- Introduced some bits of salt.
- It appears I still have a problem in my left knee... I had to do a MRI. Let's see how are the results. It was advised to me to not do any efforts.


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Friday, May 13, 2016

Weight: 72.8 Kg (+0.5 Kg)

12:00 Wake Up
18:45 2 Apples, 1 Kiwi
19:05 2 Bananas, 1 Kiwi
19:30-19:45 500mL OJ, 1 Apple
20:45-21:10 15 Hazelnuts, 2 Banana, 1 Kiwi, 1 Apple, 200mL OJ
22:25-22:51 1 Apple 125g Raw Wild Salmon 4 Egg Yolks 100mL OJ
1:30 1 Banana
3:00-3:25 1 Banana, 250mL OJ, 1 tsp. OO, 1 Avocado
3:40-11:30 Sleeping

Energy: 2388 kcal
Protein: 61.5 g
Carbs: 410.5 g
Fat: 73.0 g

- Less than 1/2 tsp. of salt

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Saturday, May 14, 2016

Weight: 73.2 Kg (+0.4 Kg)

11:30 Wake Up
14:30-14:15 500mL OJ 1 Egg Yolks
16:30 2 Bananas, 1 Apple, 200mL OJ, 1 Avocado
17:45 300mL OJ, 1 Banana
19:20 125g Raw Wild Salmon 2 Egg Yolks
20:00 Bowel Movement - Type 4 kinda sticky
20:00-21:25 1L OJ
22:00-22:15 2 Bananas, 3 Egg Yolks 300mL OJ
23:45-0:00 200mL OJ 2 Egg Yolks
0:00 Bedtime
1:30-5:00?-7:30 Sleeping

Energy: 2585 kcal
Protein: 74.8 g
Carbs: 421.8 g
Fat: 78.0 g

- Nearly 3/4 tsp. of salt

[Novidez]

(Btw, I'm using purified salt, no additives.)

[Novidez]

I have already talked a lot about having cold hands and blue/purple nails all the day. Thought being on Regular Wai would improve it, but it seems not.
Yesterday, just for curiosity, I measured my body temperature before going to bed: I was at 34.8ºC - 35.2ºC
My pulse was also low: 52 BPM
Even now, and having already eaten, I am at 35.5ºC and 57 BPM. Ok, not so low, but my hands are freezing.

I have read this:

3. Eat More and Drink Less

Eating more was the single best thing I did to raise my metabolism (second was eating more carbs, and third was getting enough sleep). I’m the type to go all day without eating because I’m too busy working and I don’t have time to sit down and eat a meal.
(...)
“When you are cold, especially in the hands and feet, your urine is clear, the urge to urinate is strong, or you are peeing frequently… YOU NEED TO EAT MORE AND DRINK LESS. When you are hot, especially in the hands and feet, your urine is dark or you haven’t peed in a really long time… YOU NEED TO EAT LESS AND DRINK MORE.”

4. Eat Enough Salt

Most people are terrified of salt these days. That’s because everywhere you look, people are warning you not to eat salt. But humans need salt and limiting salt lowers the metabolism.

Ok, it may not have scientific evidence, but I have to admit that I identify myself with this somehow.

There's this also

If your hands and feet are cold, you have high cortisol, or low thyroid. Try drinking a couple cups of orange juice every couple of hours. If they remain cold, you have a thyroid or gut problem.

I know that some of the purposes to add salt it to compensate a diet essentially liquid.
When I added Salt, I noticed that I peed less and I immediately felt warmer. However, the water retention is not that welcomed.

What can I do?

- Continuing with the salt? Does it make sense? Does the body really adapts to it regarding water retention?
- Is it possible to be on Wai with lower water intake? Like eating whole fruits instead of juices can help or eating more dried fruits? Will this solve anything?

I would really, really appreciate some help. Seriously.
My life has completely stagnated. I am even start lying to my parents saying that university is going ok, but it clearly isn't... I have missed most of all my exams because I didn't study. Also, I am missing most of my classes... It has been counterproductive to me.
It's ironic, because I feel like I have better focus doing things. I can say that my mind is indeed sharper. However, now the problem is within my body: constantly feeling uncomfortable, restless, cold and with this I'm constantly afraid, lost, worried and can't really focus on another things unless it is related on finding a solution for this. Wherever I am, that's how I feel most of the time.

I am willing to do everything to solve this.
And, sadly, the last option is to do a break on Wai.

[Novidez]

The other day I went to a dermatologist because two browns things appeared on my skin. A have them for about 3 weeks, I think. She said that are eczemas. I have two of them: one on my belly and one on my lower back. I must say that I completely ignored them.

Now, reading this - http://draxe.com/7-signs-symptoms-you-have-leaky-gut/ - I don't know what to say. It appears Eczema is a symptom of a Leaky Gut.

I'm not quite comfortable knowing this. Maybe all this I'm feeling could be explained because I having a leaky gut.

[Novidez]

Or maybe I just ate something that my body didn't like and create those...

[RRM]

If you think that a normal diet may serve you better, then please do not hesitate, and try.
Maybe it will bring you peace.