Re: honest possibilities (mouseclick or anyone with experience)WOW~~

Hi,

I had also thought that God was telling me to fast to get over my bad eating habits, but since I was never able to complete a long enough fast, I realized that, if anything, He was showing me that a fast wasn't the answer. I'm not saying it won't work for you, but maybe you could tell yourself that if you don't make it this time, you will try other alternatives, instead of trying over and over. The times that I kept trying to fast, I was usually overeating the day before, and I actually ended up gaining weight.

Since then, I have started exercising 5 days a week (this is my 4th week), and am still trying to fast one day a week just for regulation, but even that is hard for me. The last two weeks I only made it for 20-23 hours because I would end up eating at dinner time.

One thing that I found out about myself is the more I obsessed about fasting, the more I obsessed about food (go figure!). Now that I'm not relying on fasting to get me started, I'm actually eating better and have just dropped about 3 pounds due to that and the exercise. I'm sure I've lost even more fat than that since I've gained some muscle.

So whatever works for you, go for it! But if you find that fasting doesn't work after several tries, I would recommend trying something else for the weight loss. I may achieve a long fast one day, but I won't be doing it to lose weight.

Best wishes!

Wendy