Re: End of day 11--reply to maverick494

I would defintely like to see that article about muscle sparing. It is the thing that makes the most sense since why would the body go for essential things if it still has plenty of fat reserves?

Glad to hear someone else is at about the same point as me. The other phantom pains went away from the night before only to be replaced by other serious pain in the shoulder area that lasted all day yesterday and only went away this morning. I spent most of my youth and teenage years playing contact sports and then I was into really heavy weight-lifting which helped to cause the degenerative condition I now have in my knees. It took over a year of physical therapy to even make it to the point where I could walk without pain. Add in the fact that I've been a waiter for over ten years and the wear and tear on my body seems tremendous. I feel so lucky to have this time to give the various parts of my body a chance to really heal since I often did not have that luxury in the past.

This is day 13 for me and I am a little sick of the fast. I read that what usually makes people stop is the boredom and I was feeling that yesterday. Today I am feeling more positive again. It amazes me the rollercoaster of emotions and moods that happens.

But I feel I have really made it to the Holy Grail of fasting where the really intense deep cleaning and repair is taking place so I certainly cannot let boredom get in the way of that. I tell myself that in terms of my whole life, this period is really minuscule and will be over before I know it. I am looking forward though to the breaking-the-fast-period and I am daydreaming about that.

I wish you success with your fast. I know for me this has been really worth it so far.

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