Re: Has it been 8.4 days Already?

Well done Mighty. A fine post.

Sardines are wonderful an important and occasional indulgence for me. The fresher the better.

Amused by your mental progression to nuts and your ability to let all that musing go. Best of luck with your progress.
You would appear to have it well under control. It is a nuisance having to "budget" you energy and then mucking it up. For me the most difficult thing about my fast. I enjoy physical work and lots of it. I don't like my current lack of real energy.

I am on day 12 and so far no issues bar energy. Except this curios phenomena: My saliva is back to normal, my tongue virtually clear, Breathe back to normal, skin has lost any pallor. But as yet no decided hunger pangs. Just occasional thoughts and short under two minute "pangs". Does anyone have any thoughts?

I have the start of what I set out to do: reduce my Blood pressure to where I want it and set a platform to reform my eating habits. I look forward to the diet work I now need to do carefully and slowly. I am still working through and understanding where I may have been wrong in the past. Mainly fine tuning I suspect.

chrisb1 in your pursuit of people's accounts of fasting have you come across Wole Soyinka? A Nigerian with a distinguished record as a writer mainly for the theatre and author of two searing accounts of political incarceration. Soyinka wrote "Why Do I fast?" It is a powerful account of self disciple and his conviction to remain true to his ideals.

Mighty Sun Tzu if you are a reader Wole Soyinka's short story would be a fine addition to your literary experiences. A short purely personal account of "The Art of Fasting".

All the best.