As I told you a week or more ago, one of the most difficult things about fasting, in my opinion, is that it causes insomnia. It makes it difficult to sleep. One of my personal mantras is “Listen to your body.” I really believe in this. Whether I am fasting, feasting or anything else, I […]
Feasting to Fasting
Well, today is transition day! By the time you read this, I will have been fasting for 15 hours already. On the weekend, I ate both days. Saturday I ate only lightly, but Sunday, I made it a real feast day. I did not eat breakfast but did eat a nice lunch and a nice […]
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 […]