Know, you are loved in many ways by many beings.
Don't beat yourself up, you're only human and you're grieving. That should be acknowledged and respected.
Why not consider taking a few days off from fasting and possibly everything else (if you can swing it) and just grieve, clean your emotions out. But go easy on yourself. Right now you need some serious tender loving care. Do something sweet for yourself to consciously validate your self-worth. Give yourself a little love. Pamper your spirit. Rest. You deserve it.
Then when you're feeling lighter, simply begin your fast again. If you choose not to take a few days off, just begin your fast again whenever you feel the time is right for you.
You haven't failed. A boulder fell on your head, but you've not failed. (Failing as in breaking your fast in the worst possible way...) The only time we fail is when we give up and abandon our endeavors completely. You've not done that. You're just staggering from that boulder, which is a normal reaction. Give yourself some time, take a breath and begin your fast again whenever feel ready.
And take good care of you, focus on yourself... You need you, right now.
I hope this has helped,
~ Dazzle
It's hard to say... I imagine you've been crying and perhaps the food binge created mucous after five days of no eating (You did say you were fasting for five days right?) When I am emotionally upset, or when boulders fall on my head, and I have been crying, my head and my nose are always stuffed to the point of pain... Then again, for you, this could be latent detox symptoms... ready to rear their ugly heads just before the boulder crash landed. And it could be as simple as a bug invading your system when it's most vulnerable. Emotional upsets can wreck havoc on our immune systems sometimes, making us susceptible to all kinds of bugs.
Should you choose to resume your fast, and if this is a nasty bug or detox symptoms, drink green juices with garlic (disguise with sweet carrot/apple if you like), hot lemon tea with cayenne pepper and you'll kick that bug in its sorry arse, pronto.
Seriously, I do hope you're feeling better soon. It's a challenge enough to do a juice fast, but to add a serious emotional upset to the mix can bring the most stoic of us down. Hang in there... Be strong.
Pamper yourself.
*hugs*
~Dazzle
LOL @ the chocolate cake...
I indulged in a Buger King Whopper four days after a 30 day juice fast... what a mistake! I was so sick.
The things we do to ourselves sometimes... we're our own worst enemies during the moments when we need to be our own best friend.
~ Dazzle