Fasting Mimicking Diet Day 5

After five days of very low-calorie dieting, the overall feeling is that I’m ready for it to be done so I can eat real food again. That said, it has been an excellent learning experience, and it appears that my body responded well.

So far, I’ve lost 7 pounds and may lose even more by tomorrow morning. I will also perform a body composition test at that weigh-in to determine how much fat versus muscle and water I lost. I suspect most of the weight loss was water, but I have noticed a significant tightening in the waistline as well.

Glucose levels increased slightly this morning but were still within the healthy range. Ketones continued their steady climb of 0.2 mg/dL each day, putting me within optimal ketosis levels.

Day 5 Metrics

	Current	Change
Body Weight	169.7 lbs	-0.7
Fasted Glucose	88 mg/dL	+10
Ketones	1.0 mg/dL	+0.2

Yesterday afternoon and evening, the hunger started kicking in more, and I even became a tad irritable. However, this morning, the hunger was not bad at all, with decent satiation from the breakfast and lunch meals.

I expect this afternoon and evening to be more challenging as the snack is tea without any calories, and the dinner is only soup. Since it’s the final night, I think I can muster up the willpower to push through any minor discomfort.

Day 5 Meal Plan

Meal	Food	Protein	Carbs	Fat	Calories
Breakfast	Nut Bar, Tea, Algal Oil	5g	18g	20g	272
Lunch	Soup, Crackers	7g	36g	15g	307
Snack	Tea	0g	0g	0g	0
Dinner	Soup	3g	24g	2g	126
All Day	L-Drink	0g	4g	0g	16
	Total	15g	82g	37g	721

I’ll do one more final check-in to let you know how it ends and how I feel the day after.