Re: need your support, I am ready to start. I think.

I don't know about the antidepressants, but I can speak from my experience to a couple of your issues. I have have eaten for comfort all of my life and have been a pretty serious Sugar addict. I also drank Diet Coke by the gallon. I started the fast for one primary reason: I felt like Hell and was desperate to do anything to feel better. It was that desperation that gave me the impetus to start and the desire to stay with it. Today is day 25 for me and I can honestly say that I have not felt this good, had this much energy, and been this free from food cravings in years and years. I am craving nothing and feel this huge relief from having been freed from the whole obsession with food. I'm even o.k. cooking now. It was a little hard at first, but not now. I am feeling calmer, more stable, and even feel good first thing in the morning with no coffee to look forward to!

I think it's really, really important to prepare yourself mentally for the fast and have really strong reasons for wanting to do it. Like you, I wanted to lose weight, but more than that even, I just wanted to feel good again. Today is day 25 for me, and I have lost 22 pounds. However, in the past 6 days, I have lost nothing. Even if I never lost another pound, I would still stay with this because I just want my health back and want to feel good again.

If I didn't feel so rotten to begin with, I'm not sure I could have hung in there this long. This is not to say that you have to feel rotten in order to start the fast, but I think it's really important to get very, very clear about why you are doing this. Once you have your reasons fixed in your mind, and they are strong reasons for you, you are more likely to hang in there when the going gets tough.

You might have headaches, but I only had a day or two of a really low-grade headache. You might have some nausea, but I never did. You might be hungry--I was ravenous for the first 15 or 16 days, and now I am almost never hungry. You might have muscle pain--I have had leg pains many nights. Everyone's experience is different. However, if your reasons for doing this are strong enough, you can very likely endure the discomfort.

So, I would suggest that you make your decision very thoughtfully. It's a big commitment and not always an easy one. I thank God that I made this decision, but only you can know if it is right for you.

Best of luck with whatever you decide.

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