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Deepening into the 2nd Long Fast
(Comfort in my Longest Fast)
Deepening into the 2nd fast.
Date: 10/12/2011 6:29:31 PM ( 13 y ago)
It's the start of day 16 today, read over my entries from my last fast and it's interesting to compare, I slept a lot that fast and felt tired - Not feeling this at all really this time round, maybe 1 day but not in general - Could be partly because that one was still winter and it's spring energy now, partly because my body just gets more and more familiar with and at ease with this process. It really does amaze me, I think back to fasts in the past and where I'm at now with it - and it really has jumped to a new level - I can fast for long periods now so easily and I mean, it's easy from the day I start to the day I finish and I can just do everything pretty much as normal - still go to the gym, might lift a little less but not a great deal, still go about my work, life etc. It's got to be a testament to how natural this is to be able to become so adapted to it - it feels like a matter of course for me now when I do this, I think I've come to understand the body so much more through this process - and de-bunking those fasting myths I mentioned in my last post - it just makes sense - the body is intelligent, it stores fat for times of no food because its function is survival and for our ancestors this was a thing that could occur for long periods - when we fast, we live off this stored energy, it doesn't start to waste away your muscles, muck up your metabolism, blah, blah - it starts to do what it's designed to do and it utilizes the stored reserves - I read a post that finally explained all this clearly, pointing out that muscle etc will not be consumed until the storage aka fat is dropped to a very low percentage - starvation sets in at that point and true hunger will be experienced, something I don't believe I ever have experienced.... I did find that link again so here it is: http://www.my-favorite-fitness-tips.com/fasting-for-weight-loss.html
Feeling good anyway, want to keep going all through this week and next, after that we'll see - might go longer still, I'll just see what I'm feeling at the time really. The other thing I've found with doing these long fasts, is that I'm getting the weight off and keeping it off for the first time, in the past I did a lot of smaller 10 or so day cleanses, and would always lose weight and maybe even for a number of months, but it would come back - doing the long fasts seems to set it in, and I've got a lot more success with transforming myself back into the way my bod was in my 20's - I'm a musician, and not 20 anymore, but still have to take care of myself to look the part.. Feels great anyway when you love your bod, I did pack on the pounds from abt 33 to 35 or something burning myself out being a workaholic in my business, now I don't work so hard, it was great in that I got the business to that level where I really can cruise now and it supports me and I love what I do - but boy, if I'd kept going like that I'd have ended up very sick with chronic fatigue from the burnout... We push ourselves way to much for success in our society and it can take a devastating toll - luckily that retreat in India really brought me back from that, I was very fortunate to be able to take that time out 4 months out of this society and doing spiritual practice somewhere very pure - It was wonderful. Going on a small 5 day retreat with the same teacher I did the one in India with next week - get to see him usually once a year when he's here in Australia, it'll be great to be there fasted, as it's such a clear state from which to absorb the teachings :) Looking forward to it as always. I've done really well so far... God, when I think back - me, a pretty tall strong girl who can carry a bit of weight and still look damn good, but at my heaviest I got to about 188 where I should really be a healthy 145 or 150... I'm down to about 158 now, and kinda have the goal of 145 in mind, maybe even less - but I'd be happy with that - the long fasts really seem to be what's working, and just exercising on top of that- they just seem to be such a good way to just permanently eat up and move all that storage - which also liberates all the toxins and so forth which our bodies deposit in our fat stores. I'm not really so image obsessed, but we are as a society and being an artist its very important your image, probably more so if you're female... I don't really like the anorexic image that's so pushed by the media, its very unhealthy... I think Marilyn Monroe is much sexier :) But packing on too much extra weight does really slow you down and make you feel like a slug! It's good to be light, I suppose even a bit underfed - a friend used to say it's good to stay hungry ;) They say underfed animals live much longer - I mean, we are in a society of messed up images, but at the same time overindulgence and excess... So living more simply and going through purification, physically, spiritually, etc - spending time with yourself and getting back to that, to nature, doing retreat, being in isolation and letting the mind and energies become calm and still enough to listen to what arises again and hear the inner callings... Been getting more and more into Yoga year by year, I've done lots of things physically in my life, martial arts - a couple different forms, tai chi, dance, weight training, isometrics, pilates, etc etc but yoga is the one I just want to make an ongoing part of my life, it's the best :) So total, and this is so purifying as the way it's designed works on everything - its like the manual our bodies should all come with, lol - do these poses, they generate health, energy, and enlightenment :) Ok, enough for today - Thanks for reading!
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