Welcome back.
My name is Samantha Linden,
Also known as the Blissful Soul.
This is our series,
Happy Hormones,
A 30-day gut reset for women.
If you haven't started from day one yet,
I highly recommend doing so to maximize your success and understanding.
In the next four days,
Days 16 to 19,
We're trying another series of longer fasts.
These will be 13 to 15 hours,
Including our longest yet.
These days usually come after women ovulate.
During this time,
Women tend to have a lot of energy and feel more emotionally stable.
We can focus on our goals and responsibilities with clarity and determination,
Making us more productive and confident in our abilities.
So this is an excellent time,
Over the next four days,
To do a few longer fasts before stopping for the rest of the month,
And the cycle begins again.
For the last 10 days of the month,
We won't intermittent fast at all.
During this short period,
We will try to push ourselves out of our comfort zone a little for one longer fast.
I want you to try to push yourself up to 17 hours.
Again,
Since I'm not working with you one-on-one,
Use all your tools to monitor what's best for you.
We plan during this series of talks to schedule 17 hours tonight.
However,
You can switch it for any of the next four days.
We want to try to reach around 15 to 16 hours on the other days.
So for example,
You might do 15 hours the next two days,
Then 17 hours the third day,
And 15 hours the fourth day.
Or 17 hours tomorrow,
Then 15 the rest of the three days.
Or 15 for the first three days,
And then 16 hours on the fourth day.
However,
You feel it is pushing you a little more,
So that your body is benefiting from releasing the toxins stored in it,
But you are not putting yourself at risk either.
Even 13 hours during this phase is intermittent fasting.
However,
As my mentor Dr.
Mindy says,
Whatever you attempt,
There is no such thing as a failed fast.
And you're making progress and you're making progress by pushing yourself a little and healing your body along the way.
If the longest fast you can do is 13 hours,
Great.
You still gave your body a rest,
And it's repairing.
Before you do that,
I want to discuss some signs that it's time to break your fast.
How do you know when to break your fast?
You must immediately break your fast if your blood sugar is below 50 milligrams per deciliter or 2.
8 millimoles per liter.
However,
Watch your symptoms.
You know best and should monitor them.
When you feel any of these,
Don't be afraid to break your fast.
Dizziness,
Lethargy,
Fatigue.
With that in mind,
Remember,
This process should be a fun journey in which you restore your health and learn more about it daily,
Not putting more strain on your hormones.
So do not push yourself too hard.
I want it to be enjoyable,
One in which you want to take control of your health and learn more about yourself along the journey.
Embrace each step with curiosity and self-compassion,
Allowing yourself to grow and thrive at your own pace.
Tomorrow,
We will discuss how fasting for 17 hours can trigger autophagy,
A fat-burning state.
In the meantime,
Keep your fast between 13 and 17 hours and monitor your glucose in the morning if you have a monitor.
By now,
You should be seeing it start to move down slowly.
The goal is to wake up near 70 to 90 milligrams per deciliter or 3.
9 to 5.
0 millimoles per liter.
I will talk to you again tomorrow.
