#fast4foia

I experienced painful hunger pains last night as I waited to watch “Feud” on FX. I think having nothing to do and just waiting made it worse. I was not mindful to take the baking soda and water mixture before going to bed, so my acid reflux woke me up in the middle of the night.

Breakfast. I keep experimenting to discover when is the best time to take prune juice. Today, I decided to take a little bit more than a cup in the morning, before I fixed my first cup of coffee. I had a second cup of coffee, followed by a cup of low-calorie Gatorade. I had to take an aspirin, bc I got a headache this morning.

I think most of my weight loss is taking place at night, whilst I sleep. I say this, because I seem the notice the most drastic changes in my body in the mornings. In the beginning, I estimate I was maybe consuming about 300 or 400 calories per day, if you count a cup of coffee at about 60 calories, and almost no calories for the very lightly sweetened iced tea. I use small cups that I think barely fit 8 fl. oz. if you fill them to the very top, which I never do. The can of Campbell’s chicken broth soup only has 50 calories. Since I added the prune juice and the low-calorie Gatorade, I have added another 100 or 200 calories per day, I would estimate. I say this with hesitation, bc the prune juice has about 170 calories per 8 fl. oz., but I’m not sure the calories for the prune juice count on the day when it works, since I don’t see it having any nutritional value when it works as it should (to induce a bowel movement). There’s only 20 calories in an 8 fl. oz. cup of low-calorie Gatorade. Yesterday was, by far, the most difficult day I have had with this liquids-only fast. I expereinced pain when my stomach was grumbling and churning, but there was nothing to churn. I took a cup of low-calorie Gatorade last night when my stomach began to grumble, but it did nothing to make my stomach rest. I just had to wait for the grumbling to stop on its own.

Lunch. I fixed myself another cup of coffee before noon, and I took my chicken broth soup at 1:30. I used to be able to hold out until much later in the afternoon, but no longer. In the two hours after I finished my soup, I drank two cups of coffee, so I could stay alert. I feel like I am over-relying on coffee for “energy.” But, really, I have no choice. I would be in bed all day if I wasn’t drinking coffee. Because my headache never fully went away, I took another aspirin with my coffee.

Dinner. I fixed a cup of coffee, and I drank three cups of low-calorie Gatorade. It feels like I drank more calories today, because of all the coffee I drank. I think I’m trying to compensate for how much less energy I have.

I woke up at 4 a.m. with agita. It was less severe than the night before.

Breakfast. I had two cups of coffee, two cups of prune juice, and two glasses of iced tea.

I am increasingly having trouble passing a bowel movement in the morning. I went to the supermarket and bought a bottle of prune juice. That provided some relief.

It feels like I have less energy. I had to rest this morning, and I felt cold.

Here is what my kitchen sink looked like. Nothing but cups with which I drank coffee or prune juice.

Lunch. I drank a cup of coffee near noon, and I fixed my can of Campbell’s chicken broth soup around 3 p.m. I had to run some errands today. I definitely feel like I have less energy today. I felt very hungry today. For some odd reason, I have been craving a taco salad.

Dinner. I fixed two cups of coffee. I will drink a tall glass of iced tea before I go to bed.

I tried to over-eat yesterday (on Sunday), before I was going to begin the #Fast4FOIA. I ate two big bowls of spaghetti, and I bought a bottle of soda. But I could not finish the soda.

On Monday, here is what I consumed.

Breakfast. I drank 2 cups of coffee after I woke up. I had to go to Appeals Court to make some filings in the appeal of my First FOIA Lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice.

Lunch. When, I returned home, and I drank 2 glasses of soda, so that I could finish the bottle of soda from yesterday.  At about 4 o’clock in the afternoon, I fixed a can of Campbell’s chicken broth soup with extra amounts of water. The soup only has 50 calories.

Dinner. For the rest of the day, I had one cup of coffee.

This fast will run for three weeks, which is the length of time that the U.S. Department of Justice was granted an extension of time with which to file its Answer to my Complaint. This Complaint is my Second FOIA Lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice. But the fast may end sooner, if the U.S. Department of Justice files its Answer before the end of the three weeks.

The Second FOIA Lawsuit seeks records of speeches given by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara. The U.S. Department of Justice refused to process the underlying FOIA Request on an expedited basis, then the U.S. Department of Justice denied my request for a fee waiver. After I filed administrative appeals of these early determinations, the U.S. Department of Justice never answered my FOIA Appeal, necessitating the filing of the Second FOIA Lawsuit.