Fasting, a time for achivements or taking it easy?

[Guest guest]

Hi, I´m planning on a juice fast (trying water fast later) for max 30

days or as long as I feel comfortable with it, having never fasted it

might as well last a few days.

 

I tend to have this mindset of trying to solve all my problems in one

fell swoop and have cought myself thinking that by fasting I´m going

to kick my bad eating habits, quit smoking, lose weight, begin

meditating and in general make a total turnaround of my lifestyle.

 

And because fasting is supposed to give a clear mind and make one more

creative I was also going to catch up on homework for school and work

on a website project I´ve been planning.

 

Am I setting myself up for disapointment?

 

Would it be smarter to take it easy during the fast, possibly look

into meditation but otherwise do as little as I can get away with at

school etc? Your advice is greatly appreciated.

[Guest guest]

You might always be disappointed. Do whatever you can do. I did 10 days to see what it was like, then I did 36 days modifying a bit with juices. I would have like to go until I lost all fat, but I found myself adding so much I was not on a fast any more. Was I disappointed, no. I will do another fast in a few months. Concentrate on achievements and goals not disappointment avoidance. That said each mind works differently. Do whatever is right for you. There are lots of truisms, like it is better to try and fail than never to try.

 

 

Best Regards, Robert & Chloey Ratliff La Chorrera De Panama

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On Behalf Of Thor Fjalar HallgrimssonSaturday, February 25, 2006 10:56 AM Subject: Fasting, a time for achivements or taking it easy?Hi, I´m planning on a juice fast (trying water fast later) for max 30 days or as long as I feel comfortable with it, having never fasted it might as well last a few days. I tend to have this mindset of trying to solve all my problems in one fell swoop and have cought myself thinking that by fasting I´m going to kick my bad eating habits, quit smoking, lose weight, begin meditating and in general make a total turnaround of my lifestyle. And because fasting is supposed to give a clear mind and make one more creative I was also going to catch up on homework for school and work on a website project I´ve been planning.Am I setting myself up for disapointment? Would it be smarter to take it easy during the fast, possibly look into meditation but otherwise do as little as I can get away with at school etc? Your advice is greatly appreciated.

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your reply,

I guess each step in the dirction of improving ones physical

condition, and in general to improve ones life, can´t be a bad move.

 

I´m currently relying on a book called Juice Fasting 6th edition,

before that I read a book by Paavo Airola, that´s where I was

introduced to juice fasting and the concept of fasting in general.

 

Can you name any major benefact you experienced after fasting, water

or juice? Like a better feeling of being healthy? Higher energy

level after you started eating a gain? Better clarity of mind and/or

creativity?

 

Thanks again for sharing with me your experience, Thor

 

 

, " Robert Ratliff "

<bratliff wrote:

>

> You might always be disappointed. Do whatever you can do. I did 10

days

> to see what it was like, then I did 36 days modifying a bit with

juices.

> I would have like to go until I lost all fat, but I found myself

adding

> so much I was not on a fast any more. Was I disappointed, no. I

will do

> another fast in a few months. Concentrate on achievements and

goals not

> disappointment avoidance. That said each mind works differently. Do

> whatever is right for you. There are lots of truisms, like it is

better

> to try and fail than never to try.

>

>

> Best Regards, Robert & Chloey Ratliff La Chorrera De Panama

>

>

>

>

> On Behalf Of Thor

Fjalar

> Hallgrimsson

> Saturday, February 25, 2006 10:56 AM

>

> Fasting, a time for achivements or

> taking it easy?

>

>

> Hi, I´m planning on a juice fast (trying water fast later) for max

30

> days or as long as I feel comfortable with it, having never fasted

it

> might as well last a few days.

>

> I tend to have this mindset of trying to solve all my problems in

one

> fell swoop and have cought myself thinking that by fasting I´m

going

> to kick my bad eating habits, quit smoking, lose weight, begin

> meditating and in general make a total turnaround of my lifestyle.

>

> And because fasting is supposed to give a clear mind and make one

more

> creative I was also going to catch up on homework for school and

work

> on a website project I´ve been planning.

>

> Am I setting myself up for disapointment?

>

> Would it be smarter to take it easy during the fast, possibly look

> into meditation but otherwise do as little as I can get away with

at

> school etc? Your advice is greatly appreciated.

>

 

[Guest guest]

Thor, I am on day 10 of my juice/water fast and feel great. I don't have hunger pangs, but am aware of the emptiness of my stomach. I am sleeping better and with the exception of the slight sensation of tiredness in my legs when I climb stairs, I feel energetic. I have lost 10 lbs in the first 9 days of my fast at a rate of about 1 lb per day. I am not trying to do anymore than I normally do when I am not fasting (I have a very busy life with a fulltime job, massage therapy school, performing 9 massages per week, the house, pets, temple practice................... I am even getting back into a stretching program and started a pilates dvd yesterday; but I am not doing any running until April 1, almost 3 weeks after my fast ends. Though I will start light weight training when I start eating again on 3-14 (oranges only that day). The major thing that is different for me in this fast from my previous fasts (this is

by far the longest) is that my mental attitude was set for success and a full 21 days of fasting. There was no TRYING this was a fast of DOING. Best wishes to you and all our list fasters, jannHttp://www.TwoCompassionateHands.com When shopping online, please consider Two Compassionate Hands. 25% of all profits generated from the Market Place on this site are donated to non-profit organizations dedicated to end hunger, suffering and injustice in the world.

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[Guest guest]

A lb. a day is great.

 

 

Best Regards, Robert & Chloey Ratliff La Chorrera De Panama

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On Behalf Of jann griffithsThursday, March 02, 2006 9:06 AM Subject: Re: Re: Fasting, a time for achivements or taking it easy?

Thor, I am on day 10 of my juice/water fast and feel great. I don't have hunger pangs, but am aware of the emptiness of my stomach. I am sleeping better and with the exception of the slight sensation of tiredness in my legs when I climb stairs, I feel energetic. I have lost 10 lbs in the first 9 days of my fast at a rate of about 1 lb per day.

 

I am not trying to do anymore than I normally do when I am not fasting (I have a very busy life with a fulltime job, massage therapy school, performing 9 massages per week, the house, pets, temple practice................... I am even getting back into a stretching program and started a pilates dvd yesterday; but I am not doing any running until April 1, almost 3 weeks after my fast ends. Though I will start light weight training when I start eating again on 3-14 (oranges only that day).

 

The major thing that is different for me in this fast from my previous fasts (this is by far the longest) is that my mental attitude was set for success and a full 21 days of fasting. There was no TRYING this was a fast of DOING.

 

Best wishes to you and all our list fasters,

 

jann

Http://www.TwoCompassionateHands.com

When shopping online, please consider Two Compassionate Hands.

25% of all profits generated from the Market Place on this site are

donated to non-profit organizations dedicated to end hunger, suffering

and injustice in the world.

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Thanks for your reply, can you go into details on how you do it? How

much fruit and/or vegetable juice do you drink each day? What about

steem baths or saunas? How did you tune your mental attitude, do you

use affirmations or similar?

 

Best wishes to you as well, and all fasters.

 

Thor

 

 

, jann griffiths

<runningwriter262x4 wrote:

>

> Thor, I am on day 10 of my juice/water fast and feel great. I

don't have hunger pangs, but am aware of the emptiness of my

stomach. I am sleeping better and with the exception of the slight

sensation of tiredness in my legs when I climb stairs, I feel

energetic. I have lost 10 lbs in the first 9 days of my fast at a

rate of about 1 lb per day.

>

> I am not trying to do anymore than I normally do when I am not

fasting (I have a very busy life with a fulltime job, massage

therapy school, performing 9 massages per week, the house, pets,

temple practice................... I am even getting back into a

stretching program and started a pilates dvd yesterday; but I am not

doing any running until April 1, almost 3 weeks after my fast ends.

Though I will start light weight training when I start eating again

on 3-14 (oranges only that day).

>

> The major thing that is different for me in this fast from my

previous fasts (this is by far the longest) is that my mental

attitude was set for success and a full 21 days of fasting. There

was no TRYING this was a fast of DOING.

>

> Best wishes to you and all our list fasters,

>

> jann

>

>

> Http://www.TwoCompassionateHands.com

> When shopping online, please consider Two Compassionate Hands.

> 25% of all profits generated from the Market Place on this site

are

> donated to non-profit organizations dedicated to end hunger,

suffering

> and injustice in the world.

>

>

>

> Mail

> Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.

>