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Here is something amazing. Yesterday I took time off fasting. Now I have done this before but perhaps not enough. This time, I chose to eat every two hours no matter what. And my back pain was 80% improved. I really could not believe it. So I have decided to do that for a month and see what happens. I also found a blog that had someone fasted for a long time and she also wrote about the back pain she felt (which seemed similar to mine). I mentioned over and over again that the back pain started when starting fasting but I guess I just could not believe it. I am hopeful this is the issue.
As for why fasting would cause back pain... I really don't know. But the fact that it resolves so quickly leads me to "glycogen" in the muscles. One thing that fasting does is deplete your glycogen stores in the liver and the muscles. Indeed, you're not supposed to be able to burn off fat without depleting the glycogen. So perhaps my back muscles are just inherently weaker and when I deny them energy from the glycogen the can't perform their job. It also may not help that I eat from 9 AM to 1 PM so I am fasting when my muscles are tried (after a long day at work). I am also not sure if the glycogen (and the water attached to it) doesn't pull in electrolytes into the muscles. That are depleted when the glycogen in low. If I have strong muscles... I don't feel anything (say in my legs and feet) but in areas with weak muscles they start to fail and hurt.
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