I felt myself struggling at 180lbs so I decided to have a well deserved cheat day.  I had rapini, apple pie, cookies, hamburger, brocolli, porkloin, salami, and some bread.  After all that I only gained 2lbs.  No I'm going to consume nothing but coffee, water, and tea for the next three days to flush out my system, then back to the routine.  Next stop, 176.

75% of your hunger has nothing to do with nourishment.  Hunger is a pig with a bottomless stomach.  Hunger wants constant submission.  Food is not entertainment.  Splurg once you hit a plateau.  Regroup with just coffee, tea and water until you break through the barrier.  Stabalize with your food.  I just want my face to be more defined.  I want my cheakbones to shine.  When I hit that target, I'll just increase the calories.  But fasting is a way of life.  It's my testimony.  That's what 'Road to 150' is, a fasting testimony.  Do your own research.  I'm not a doctor.  

So after my cheat day, I had nothing but coffee, tea and water for two and a half days losing 2lbs a day.  I would have easily done 5 days but my foot started to swell.  I couldn't stand on it at all.  I feared this was related to my fasting so I stopped the starvation and ate something.  My foot swelling and pain persisted for 3 days and nights.  I finally went to emergency.  Turns out because most of the walking I've done has either been in sandles or walking barefoot in my kitchen that impact is responsible for my foot.

I was prescribed an anti-inflamatory and pain meds.  My foot is 95% better and I've started walking again.  Getting past 184 is a big deal for me because it represented my latest plateau.  The next big goal is 176lbs.  A couple years ago during my last successful fast, the lightest I acheived was 177lbs.  I'm getting pretty skinny but I'm not happy with what I see.  I'm sticking to my routine because it works.  I am going to the doctor today to schedule a full body checkup to see if everything is ok.  Stay tuned.

So my strategy didn't work.  After a few days, I ended up weighing myself and I was still stuck in the 187's.  So I decided to eat like shit for a couple days.  Now I'm going to attempt a 24-48 hour fast.  I'm hoping my body will respond well.  I hope I can successfully complete a 48 fast.  Then I'll return to consuming 500 calories a day.  I've been in this situation before.  I just need a breakthrough weightloss and I'm back in the saddle.  I'm not giving up.  I've come too far to give up.  150 is still my goal.

When you break your fast accidently, you want to get back on that horse.  Switch to a week out.  Do not look at the scale until a week has passed; remember the last weight you were at.  Think of a number that would make you happy.  A number that would be a welcome suprise.  For me, it's one lb less than what I should have been.  So I was 185 on track to 184.  My suprise weight is 183 in a weeks time.  When I broke my fast I shot up to 187.  Weight is a one dimensional metric.  Just go by the feel of a belt/jeans around your waist.  If you HAVE to obsess...make it convenient.

Ok, here I'm going to write down my routine for future reference:

Wake up at 5:30am.
Fasted-Walk for a hour.
Have two coffees at 6:30am no more than 2 cream 2 sugar each.
One Tims small dd at 9:30am.
11am to 12pm eat 100g of ground beef, plus a few slices of mango.
​Multi-vitamin
One Tims small dd between 1-3pm.
Water, water, water, water, water.
Walk for an hour at 8pm.
9:00pm bedtime.

Do not deviate and you will lose up to 1lb a day.

HINT:  At the beginning, weigh yourself every morning when you wake up.  Tweak your routine until you start losing 1lb a day.  Then you only weigh yourself once a week.  This will go a long way in preventing the daily pressure of losing weight.  After a week, you'll lose weight and you won't be dwelling on the days you fluctuate in wieght.

Cheat days are inevitable.  Don't spiral.  No more than 2lbs gain.  Stop yourself any way you can.  Sometimes its good to reset your system, but other times it knocks you off your horse.  Don't panic, don't give up.  Stick to the routine for a week and weigh yourself at the end of the week.  If you make ANY progress, that's a huge win.  If you make no progress, that fuckin sucks.  Don't give up, exercise more.  Add an extra walk in your day.  Do new routine for a week and then weigh yourself.

​Add more walking until you break through.