Date:   1/9/2010 9:48:36 PM ( 14 y ago)
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As a novice at fasting, I would not deign to disagree with Chris. But I will add that for first-time fasting, beginning with a lot of toxicity can be a severe test of mental resolve. On my first fast I had multiple successive cleansing crises, and I was simply not prepared to endure them for more than a week, and broke my first fast at 8 days.

For the next two months before beginning my present fast (day 9 now) I primarily ate raw vegetables and stayed away from smoke, caffeine, and alcohol. The difference has been remarkable. I'm sure that I got rid of a lot of badness on my first go, but the combination of a curtailed first try and cleaner living before the second has facilitated my entry into a confident full water-only fast (that is, fasting until regaining a clear tongue and natural -not psychological- hunger.

For beginners like me, fasting unsupervised (and I believe that I possess relatively strong will-power) I have doubts that continuing beyond the first week with significant toxemia is likely to succeed, because the psychological toll can be immense. The trials of back-to-back cleansing crises really beat me down, even though I was powerfully motivated to achieve the full benefits of a full water-only fast on my first embarkation.

My novice advice is that if you have a very rough time at the outset of a first-time fast, don't consider it a defeat to transition into less-aggressive detox methods like juicing or a reduced & raw diet. It's like going to sea for the first time- you may not develop your "sea-legs" on the first voyage, but take courage that most of us struggle mightily the first time out, while the "old hands" take to it like ducks to water. I think it's largely a matter of visceral and psychological experience.

Aborting my first fast, and getting well-provisioned nutritionally for the next are what prepared me to enter my second fast with more comfort, and a growing confidence in my ability to complete the process this time.

A curtailed fast is no defeat, if it is regarded as part of preparation for a more protracted one. Don't let an interruption in a fast turn you off from fasting in general.

Never be discouraged!
 

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