mommytofour,

First of all, well done for your 7 days of success and steadfastness when faced with the children's meals. I've slept on my back pretty much since I cleaned up my diet years ago having read plenty of advice on how this is the best sleeping position. It's only possible because the new me rarely if ever snores!

Now that I'm fasting, I sometimes find that I need to lay on my side to relieve pressure soreness or to just get the benefit of more warmth but cannot do it for very long comfortably. I've also experienced the lower back, during my long, non-fasting detox and whenever I fast as well. Mind you that stopped this time after the first week and it's only the backache under the shoulder blades that continually troubles me if I'm using my arms for anything. That was something that went away with my exercise program that I started a year ago but came back after I stopped doing them in preparation for the fast.

I cannot help with the sore throat as there are so many reasons why this could happen. How much water are you consuming daily? Are you getting enough to keep things moving? The multiple fast method is not always avoidable and is no doubt much quicker than the slow burn of just eating well. The June fast sounds like a good idea as well.

The clouded mind and rashes sound to me like detox symptoms but just add a bit of care and reaction time to your normal activity!

I'm sure there are other references about this but my only one to hand is Dr Isabelle in her book, How and When to be Your Own Doctor (http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0201hyglibcat/020102moser/020102Moser00toc.ht... where she described her breasts reducing to nothing during her 42 day WF but seem to indicate that this was about the time that her ribs were sticking out. Given time, it all disappears but even if you don't go that far, excess unhealthy fats will eventually drop off with a healthy Diet lifestyle. If however, it is a breastfeeding hallmark, then wear them as proud proof that you gave your children the best start in life possible.

NH... :-)

It's an up and down affair, and sometimes, hopefully not often, a bit like the teacup ride at an amusement park.
But everything passes...

I'll just speak to the cloudy mind...this will surely pass,
Mof4, and you will have real brightness at the and. Have, as one poster used to say, *imperishable patience*. I remember well the feeling sometimes as of blankets or veils over my mind... it's all very transient, and changeable; so much is going on!

At the end of the wfast, I spontaneously recalled a long number that I'd never been able to retain before. Every time I use it now, and it effortlessly flutters up, I recall how good a Water Fast can be. :-)


I know what you mean about the food preparation. My companion never ate so well, as when I was water-fasting!!! And of course, I had to hear "how is it?" by which I wasn't fishing so much as just very interested,jajaja.

Shelton I think it was,or one of the fasting masters, talks of fasters on retreat going down to the dining room to hang out, where others had already broken their fasts, just to gaze with rapt attention -head on palm for being a bit fatigued- at the whole fascinating enterprise of eating, the way one never tires (at first!) of gazing at the beloved.

There's a lot of humour in a water fast--not the bogus hilarity of the "normal" world, but some rather charming
amusement. You'll get there!

best, C