Recently, I got my hands on some Low Carb Soft Tacos from La Banderita. I had heard about these “flour” tortillas some months back and wanted to give them a try, but they are not available here in the Philippines where I live. Thankfully, my son is in the States right now, so I had […]
Why I fast
The other day, I got an email from a close friend. He used to be against my fasting when I first started, but now he is more ambivalent about it, and personally supportive of me because it is working. He told me though, that he just could not understand why I had a “need” to […]
Difficult: Sleep
Fasting has been very good for me. It has healed problems for me, sicknesses. It makes me feel good, and I enjoy it. It has also taught me a lot. But fasting is not all pleasure, not all good. I have found that there are some negatives to fasting too. So far I have written […]
Difficult: The Plateau
This week I have been featuring a few articles about why fasting is difficult. So far, I have written the following: Fasting is difficult Difficult: Dealing with People Today will be the final installment in this series of articles. The Frustration In actual dietary terms, the most difficult thing I have experienced in fasting is hitting […]
Difficult: Dealing with People
As I said on Tuesday, fasting is very difficult. Most people think that fasting is difficult if not impossible, but they think it is the not eating of food that makes it hard. As I explained in my previous article, not eating food is actually easy. The hard part about fasting is dealing with other […]
I had a scare, a real scare
Yesterday morning, I was halfway into day 11 of my fast. I felt good, no problems at all. I had some water in the morning and took the medications that I take in the morning. No issues. I had a meeting scheduled with a fellow that is a good friend on Facebook. We were scheduled to meet […]