1 day water fast, getting hard!

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Hey,

The fast has been easy so far, but now its getting hard! Ive bought some dates and their calling me!

Ive also bought some raw nuts in their shells because I'm going to make a pie.

I don't know whether to do a chocolate one, or berry and banana one...or perhaps i should do 2?

the base: soaked almonds, dates and vanilla or soaked walnuts and seeds with dates

the filling: 2 avocados mixed with cacao powder, coconut oil, dates and cacao nibs or banana (and another exotic fruit) with mixed berries.

Id love to do the chocolate one, but i have ran out of cacao powder and I'm not going to be able to get some until next week, and my avocados are ripe now.

You see, all this thinking is making me crazy! Ive never ate or made a raw pie before, so this is a new experience :D

day 2 water fast ended early

Well my fast was going really well, i felt no hunger at all but so much weakness, so i decided to end the fast a few hours early because i was scared i wouldn't have any energy for tomorrow at work.
I broke it with a pink grapefruit, which made me feel a lil yucky for a few Min's and then i had some seeds and a frozen banana.
For dinner i have just had some pasta and i feel awful. I feel bloated, sick to my stomach and heavy, as well as now feeling drained. I wish i could just get it all out of me :(

Ive done my lunch for tomorrow though, parsnip, Swede and carrot chips with an avocado and paprika dip.

I bet i'll feel like crap tomorrow morning though!

ugh, i really do feel like crap. Im so looking forward to being 100% raw food tomorrow, and starting afresh, although i wish i hadn't eaten that pasta. ugh, lesson learned.

Im thinking about fasting once a week on Saturday or Sunday. i think it will do me the world of good and keep raw fresh and interesting as well as giving my digestion a little break and help me with any food problems/cravings/ over eating i might be experiencing.

I defiantly think fasting is the way forward. Once i get some money, im going to get a vita mix and do a juice fast/feast.
Ive just watched 'rawreform's' video and she has just broken a 92 day juice feast and she looked amazing!

I find it easier to fast than to restrict my eating because while fasting i cant eat ANYTHING, so im not tempted to eat anything i shouldn't, unlike when im only eating certain things im tempted all the time to eat food i actually don't want to eat.
Im just programmed mentally to want to eat it. Like today for instance i was going past ASDA and i remembered some food i liked. They are redwoods southern fried 'chicken' (soya pieces) and they are big greasy lovely tasting things, but i shouldn't want to eat them...and i haven't had them in like 2 months yet all of a sudden i am really craving them.

I cant remember who said it, but someone i spoke to said that they think that as the body is detoxing all the old cells, there is a taste memory attached to them, so say if you ate chocolate alot, you will go through periods of craving chocolate, or what ever you ate alot of you will start to crave as the body detox's itself.

I just think that's SO true.
Im so looking forward to tomorrow and i'll keep my blog updated.

peace x

And later that day...

Hello again!
Well its still day 1 of the waterfast and it has been great so far. I haven't been thirsty at all (i could have done a dry fast!) and so far my body has been very kind to me.
Ive cleaned the house, done washing and went to down to pick up some bits for next week, and carried 2 heavy bags back (which did wear me out!).
I have had no bad hunger pangs, just little ones that i just easily ignore, ive had energy all day, although i am really low on energy right now so im taking it easy tonight.
Ive just started to get a slight headache which i also get after a full day of raw- i think its the 1st sign of detox .
So im sitting here with my glass of mineral water- only the second drink ive had today.
* I know people are always saying 'you must drink lots of water when your fasting' and all the crap about 8 glasses a day, but to be honest, i just listen to my body about how much i should drink. I mean, if im not thirsty, why am i going to force a glass of water down my throat?*
In town i got some flax oil, raisins, goji berries, kingfisher toothpaste and 3 bunches of bananas.
I made lots of ice cream with those bananas. I did chocolate ice cream, Cinnamon and raisin, goji berry & banana and banana & coconut, as well as freezing a couple of whole bananas, yum!
I smelt the lovely banana fragrance and i wasnt even tempted! I think my body must want to fast!

I did expect today to be a little rougher, i mean im not complaining, but its not been at all like my last one. Ive been able to do everything ive needed to do today, ive been able to think about food without getting cravings or hunger, and ive been able to think about things other than food and it has been so smooth and pleasant! i hope tomorrow is just as good! I have a feeling it wont be, but i am looking forward to it. In fact i wish that i didnt have to go to work next week so that i could carry on my fast!

A 2 day waterfast before jumping right in

Hi!



Its been a quite exciting few days, i have been thinking alot about the coming weeks and im thinking about going into raw 100% instead of gradually. Doing this will be quite hard but it will pay off (if im successful!) because i will have less reason to reach for sad food if i am not eating it at all and my detox will be more powerful and quicker.

Another thing i decided yesterday was that i was going to do a 1 day waterfast on sunday to help prepare me for monday, and then my boyfriend told me his next tattoo sitting was today (saturday) so i thought hell, il do a 2 day waterfast! An opportunity like this doesnt come along often, im normally doing something at the weekends, so its great to do this while i am able to take a break.

So im sitting here, its 12.27 in the afternoon, a little hungry, nothing major, but excited. Im going to potter around and do some cleaning, blogging, research and im going to pop to down to town and buy aload of bananas so i can make lots of ice cream for next week.



Ive only ever done 1 fast before, and that was a 1 day waterfast. It was so hard. I was constantly thinking about food, BUT i didnt actually get THAT hungry all day! I LOVED the fast, i learned so much about myself. I learned that i could go to bed and sleep without having a full stomach, that just because i am not full doesnt mean im hungry. I have a big problem with boredom eating and i realised during this fast how much more time i have on my hands if i dont eat!!!



I know this fast will be VERY hard for me, i dont have a strong willpower when it comes to food. A few of the things i may go through:

Bad: Hunger, temptation, confusion, sad, low, no energy, lost, and my gemini sides will come out and argue with each other.

Good: Liberation, moments of high energy, freedom, excitement, discovery,



These are some of the feelings i had during the 1 day waterfast, and 1 day is just the tip of the iceberg, as is 2 days. I would love to try a 10 day waterfast in the future, god that would be hard, but amazing!

For now 2 days is enough of a challenge for me!



I am actually a little suprised at myself at this decision to fast before i go raw because normally i would buy a load of bad sugary food and refined carbs and stuff my face before hand because i will no longer be 'allowed' these foods.



Another thing i have a problem with is i often think

'i will no longer be able to eat these foods, or do this again' and i start missing it, instead i need to change that though process to:

'i'll never want that poison again, i cant believe i used to eat that!' It will take time, but i'll get there!!!!!!