I have never fasted before, I am a little nervous. No, I am a lot nervous.
This is a major commitment. I had to pull out my calendar and really do some planning to even come up with a way that I could potentially do this. Between house guests, friends coming into town who will need to be taken out for meals, conventions to attend, and summer life in general you would be surprised how hard it is to commit to radically changing your eating habits for 21 (+) days. (To be safe you have to spend several days before and several days after the fast with moderated eating habits as well.)
I am going to go on a juice fast. It seems healthier to me than water fasting. I believe you should always have calories going into your system, even if the amount is greatly reduced. And juice fasts are easier to come out of because you haven’t completely flushed out the microbes in your digestive track.
I haven’t felt right for a long time now. I feel heavy (internally), I am fatter than I want to be and it seems no matter how I change my diet nothing is making me feel any better or lose weight. I think I need a “reset” of sorts. Plus I am interested to know if I have the mental fortitude to do this.
Fasting is one of those mental challenges that I have always admired slash shook my head at. Sort of the, “Why the hell would you bother?’ mentality on my part. I find myself wanting all of the sudden to prove that I do have that level of mastery over myself. Too many times a Big Mac has called my name and I have given in, not enjoyed it as much as my brain said I would and then wondered, “Just who’s in control here?”
In preparation for the fast I just said goodbye to my last can of soda. I am trying to kick caffeine and refined sugar well before my fast begins to help fight the cravings.
Starting the 12th of next month (the 10th is the last day for anything but fruit), I will begin figuring out just exactly who is in control here. Expect daily posts of bitching and maybe some triumphs. This isn’t exactly something I am advertizing to my friends and family that I am doing so I will be turning to the internet. I don’t know if I can make it 21 days through my own negativity much less the doubt of people I know.
