Re: confused and disappointed...question for Chris and anyone who can help me!

i would support you to fast longer. i am thin, too, and dealing with persistent infections, too, and my therapists of all kinds, including MDs, have always supported my fasting at length to heal my conditions. thinness is not a bar to fasting. also fasting literature supports even "emaciated" persons fasting. I read of a person recently who, though "emaciated" to begin with, fasted 30 days and cured his ulcerative colitis. I personally, intuitively, believe that the general reaction against thinness is the neurosis (sometimes "scientifically" supported, in authoritative-seeming ways which yet do not really stand up under scrutiny) of a food-addicted society. Look at us: 2 out of 3 (in USA) overweight and one half that number clinically obese... there is going to be an understandable reaction against thinness and fasting, and a lack of understanding of the realities (the non-pathology/safety) of having a low body weight.. this is just how it is, I think. I think aversion to and over-pathologizing of thinness really blocks many people's paths to healing via fasting. ... This is just my soapbox, but I am sincere. ... all this said, I am struggling to learn to fast for long enough to receive therapeutic benefits -- because of my emotional attachment to food. it's a nightmare! I just want to be DONE with that, and fast a good long time. I can feel very clearly and strongly that this is what my body wants, too. I do see, however, that what fasting I can do always benefits me more than anything else; and that I can progress in my ability to fast if I have support. Someday soon I will fast at least 21 days . Tweet