Day 1 down for another new faster! 
roseofvenus
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I am so glad I found this forum! I have just started my Water Fast (which began as a juice fast... but with my loads of research over the past few days... I have been swayed to try the water fast). I became interested in fasting when reading about it in my natural health and nutrition and yoga books and Im really excited to try it out.
I am 27, 5´6¨ and about 145 lbs. I am already a healthy vegetarian and (part time) organic eater... I am always trying to improve my health (physical, spritual, mental)... even after all this though, I must admit I really want to lose about 15 to 20 lbs too! I am really afraid though of gaining the weight back after I have lost it... what can I do to prevent this? ANy advice?
I would love to have a fasting buddy to communicate with to keep my motivation up... and I promise to return the favor!
Oh and with day 1 down... I feel pretty good... I mean Im kindof hungry... but not the horrible nightmare at all I was expecting. I have been battleing with food my whole life, and the past few years I have really found a deep love for nutrition and whole healthy foods... but even then there are days where I still feel out of control, eating out of bordom, and eating jus because food is there... so I really feel passionate in this new undertaking of a fast... I think it will really give me a new perspective of food and teach me a lot!
Please write me! Feel free to email!
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- Re: Day 1 down for another new faste... High on Water
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This is a reply to # 843,354You will find yourself craving only good food on your fast, once you get past the first couple of days (if you're like me).
Commitment after the fast is just as important! You still have to learn whatever it is that makes you want to eat more than you should.
I'm hoping that my problem in the past was my deficiencies. I learned recently that I've been iodine-deficient all of my life (I'm 50) and have regained new health and amazing vitality through the Iodine support forum (here at curezone) starting in late January. I believe it has been pivotal in getting me through my present fast.
Blessings to you, and to your journey in life!
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- Re: Day 1 down for another new faste... brw1178
17 y
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This is a reply to # 843,354roseofvenus:
I agree with you on this forum it is really great! This is my first time attempting a water fast, my goal is 14 days. I started my fast yesterday. Last night was pretty tough, I had a headache. When I woke up this morning I felt a lot better. I feel okay this morning. I really want to achieve the full 14 days but I feel that with this forum it truly helps. I encourage you to continue your fasting with much health and success.- Re: Day 1 down for another new faste... roseofvenus
17 y
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This is a reply to # 843,617Yes... Im on day 2, too! I feel fine... not really hungry, but I really want to eat... the smells of food, seeing food...mmmmmmm! BUT I wont give in because Im really looking forward to the great energy and euphoria everyone talks about (Oh... and losing some lbs!!!) And Im coming to see how psychological food is too... because really I dont feel all that hungry, but I miss the feeling of food in my tummy... that warm comforting feeling... but hey! food will still be there waiting for me after Im done and I try and think of it as only 14 days out of my life... that 14 day will come and go whether I stick to this or not, but at the end of the 14 days will I rather look back having accomplished my goals... or look back at a failed attempt having not learned or experienced a true fast (or lost lbs, :)!)
What type of fast are you following? Straight water? or anything special?
When I really feel hungry or cravings are bugging me, a nice hot tea (I have a great organic kind with no caffeine called India Spice from Yogi Tea... its delicious! And honestly my cravings go away! (for an hour or two! ha ha)
But I really want to stick to this, it´s kindof a test for myself, If I complete this fast, really I will be amazed at myself! And Im looking forward to that feeling!
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- Re: Day 1 down for another new faste... brw1178
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This is a reply to # 843,780I am on a "water fast". Thanks for the herbal tea suggestion. I agree my desire for food is very much a psychological issue. I am feeling great actually right now, a bit of congestion, but not much else. I am not really hungry but I smell everyone in my office cooking food and bring in take out, and I just want to go get me something to eat. But I keep telling myself that I am really not hungry. I to hope to complete 14 days. I truly feel that if I complete this fast will prove to myself that I have discipline, and I want achieve that feeling of euphoria. Well I wish you much success and health completing your fast, I know that the support through this website has helped me tremendously. Know that I am here for support if you need a boost.
- Re: Day 1 down for another new faste... brw1178
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- Re: Day 1 down for another new faste... roseofvenus
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- Re: Day 1 down for another new faste... ginkgo
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This is a reply to # 843,354
During the fast, you have extra time. For advice on how to break fasts and the benefits of fasting according to 17 different MDs (exact quotes from them) see this site on FASTING. Also it has a page on ENLIGHTENMENT which you should find interesting, which also tells about yoga.
It has info about losing weight from The New England Journal of Medicine and a hospital study on fasters trying to lose weight. You can buy granulated kelp in shaker bottles. Use it instead of salt. It is a sea vegetable (seaweeed) and is loaded with iodine and trace miinerals and it is a food. Dirt with trace minerals is not a food. I have done a great deal of fasting and I do not feel euphoria from it. Although on ENLIGHTENMENT page above it explains how I feel euphoria a great deal of the time.
- Re: Day 1 down for another new faste... High on Water
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