Re: Waterdesighn, how are you doing ?

hey WD, sorry to be a downer. :( I've been re-reading some more of the lit. and getting more respect (>re-awkened) for the *ideal* WF; that is, resting. Really resting in a way we generally don't. Then too, not breaking on a 'low'. I too expected to be bouncing back that first fast, and I was (temporarily) disappointed. It takes imperishable patience.

I believe the post-fast might be far more of a delicate business than we are aware of, and we (the great we) might be sending the impression it's easier than it is. Some are lucky, and slip right back into eating. It might be that veg. broth would be easier on you. (lots of minerals, no bulk) Or, how about some applesauce?

I had my first Bowel movement just *thinking* of breaking the fast, on that last day...

Consider a salt water flush. That's 2 tsp. of GOOD saLT IN A quart OF WARM (BOILED) WATER. That can clear the whole system, rather gently. I actually like them. You drink the water as if it were a broth, it's a mental thing.(drink it in about 10 minutes. Don't gulp it. It might start coming 'through' within a half hour. An hour or so at the most, coinsidering how empty your system is. The blood and kidneys do not absorb the salt.- since the same specific gravity is in the blood. (read up on this--it's a Ayurvedic practise--been done for 1000s of years) When it does come through,(the BM is quite liquid)you sip more plain water.
A cup or more.

Be very careful--moving around, (poor head!) and wanting your life back. :-) I found I couldn't walk up a long staircase at the local supermarket until 2 weeks later, wihout feeling just depleted. But--a moth later, two months and I felt much much better--better than before. >>>> Remember, everything you put into your body now should be the best food you can find, since you are re-feeding your cells.

But, if the SWF (Salt-Water-Flush) sounds at all blech! to you, then don't do it. Listen to your own body... Sorry, gotta rush--my comp is not working well, and keeps turning itself off.


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C