Re: 33 Days

Mighty,
Thank you so much for posting all this. I just want to say, what courage you have, going through all these symptoms, and congratulations. and Waterdesign, thank you for an amazing and supportive post, too. What an achievement for both of you , and i hope to be in touch with you both as I learn to do likewise...

Thank you for your narrative, Mighty. My comment on the amount of time it takes to get up and go to the bathroom, is, "only 3 minutes to stand up?? God! I could take an hour, at only 3 days of fasting, just to DECIDE to stand up and get out of bed!!! :) )... this is "psychological" (or a curious mix of physical and mental) for me - but maybe it's good, too... I recently read Dewey's Alcoholism cure book (google books) and he talks about the supreme importance of resting (and YOU, Mighty, get THAT, too, resting 23 hours a day). So when I move SO slowly, maybe it is actually really good, since I am taking it SUPER-easy. One thing I want to do in my fasting is to change my mindset about food and really work on not focusing on it or craving it. I only speak for myself, but I find this anticipation of food tends to stress me and place a strain on my fasting process. For me,and again, I am only affirming for myself, thinking of food CAN start to introduce an "agenda" that my body isn't ready for. I guess I want to learn to trust in the return of natural hunger. I think this trust is challenging to learn. I think it takes experience.

It is the most wonderful service you (both) are doing, sharing these experiences of long-term fasting with the group. I feel myself being healed a little just reading about them, and I look forward to experiencing the same healing myself as I learn to fast.

Thank you again
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