{"id":3456,"date":"2026-01-08T03:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T03:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=3456"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:31:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:31:17","slug":"fasting-experience-day-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=3456","title":{"rendered":"FASTING EXPERIENCE &#8211; DAY 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think today was the easiest day yet &#8211; hardly any hunger pains and plenty of energy still. I think starting on electrolytes yesterday made a big difference.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My pushup count was down even more, but I was able to go on a two mile walk this morning without getting tired.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mentally clarity is still high. That&#8217;s good considering all that I have had on my plate this week. Some important things might have slipped through the cracks otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is most surprising is that I didn&#8217;t even feel like napping today. Most days, after lunch, I can hardly keep my eyes open. You would think that I would have less energy and want to sleep more.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And since it was no problem staying alert through the church meeting tonight, I feel confident that I can continue the fast all the way through tomorrow night without fear of messing up anything at the funeral. In fact, I am certain I will be sharper than I would be after a day of snacking on junk food.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My weight this morning was 193.4 &#8211; only a single pound decrease. That&#8217;s not as big of a jump as previous days, but I will still take it.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think today was the easiest day yet &#8211; hardly any hunger pains and plenty of energy still. I think starting on electrolytes yesterday made a big difference. My pushup count was down even more, but I was able to go on a two mile walk this morning without getting tired. Mentally clarity is still [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3457,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3456\/revisions\/3457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}