Today I had lots of self discipline. I'm approaching the end of day 7, with a decent amount of energy. I'm even up late studying for a midterm I have tomorrow yikes! Days 1-3 were full of energy, very little hunger. But day 5 was like hitting a wall. Couldn't even get out of bed to drink water it felt like. Even dreaded walking the 20 steps to the bathroom. Day 6 I went on a fieldtrip for school. Had a decent amount of energy and didn't feel too wobbly. Now it's day 7.

I managed somehow to cook dinner for my co-op with 2 other people. We cooked falafel, tabouli, hummus, swiss chard, and pita bread. I have no idea how I managed. I miss food dearly but am not quite hungry for it, if that makes sense. I know I have a goal in mind and plan on reaching it. I've done a successful 16 day fast over a year ago and a few short and rather unsuccessful ones since. Gained quite a bit of weight over the holidays and stress from school. I think I comfort myself too much with food, so it feels good to focus my mind on other things for a little while.

I'd love to make it another 7 days to complete a 14 day fast and then spend 4-5 days on green smoothies using my vitamix. I haven't been weighing myself throughout the process but I definitely feel lighter and my clothes are fitting looser. My roommate has noticed that I haven't been eating but I haven't told anyone just to avoid the negativity. I even had a small bowel movement today that was very dark and looked like mucoid plaque. There wasn't too much of it but I felt energized after the bowel movement.

I'm going to try and rest as much as possible this week. I have 4 midterms over the next few weeks so my schedule may force me to be up late in the evenings but I've been sleeping LOTS over the course of this fast. No trouble with insomnia thank the lord. Took a 5 hour nap after my field trip yesterday and even slept another 9 hours after the nap. Will keep posting but I'm hoping I can push through!! Good luck to all you fellow fasters out there, may the force be with you.

~tcon