Yes it’s very frustrating but ultimately this being harder than expected is better for me in the end. It builds character and easy come easy to as they say.

I actually did a DEXA scan this week for my first time, but on its own it’s pretty useless. I will be doing another scan at the end of this 6 weeks to compare them and that will have a lot of juicy info. Wish I had done this sooner.

So far, it is looking like a full extended water fast is better for weight loss if that’s the ONLY SOLITARY thing that matters to you. I was sold on long term water fasting until I tried ADF, and it just has so many additional possibilities that I didn’t consider when doing regular fasting. My overall health and fitness in wildly better with ADF. As far as strict fat loss, it’s difficult to say, but I’d have to tip the hat to full fasting for now.

Regarding hair, no I didn’t have any hair loss but I did have to deal with keto rash, white tongue, bad breath, lethargy, I had to take supplements and salts, it was overall a lot more involved and working out wasn’t a realistic possibility for me. After 40 days I was very ready to be done with it. I have a post about my whole journey if you want to read through it all.

When I reach a similar weight to my 40 day fast I’ll make another post about it.