(Dare I say?) I am delighted at how easy this has been this time.  Perhaps it is the conviction I felt when going into it.  Before on a fast I tended to victimize myself.  When everyone else was eating I would lust and whine.  Not so much now.

Of course that is not to say that food has not crossed my mind.  Last night we watched a movie and as different words were said in the movie I--without meaning to--related them to food.  Hard to explain.  Here's an example of what I'm trying to say.  If the actor said Chinese I heard Chinese food.  If they said movie, I heard popcorn.  It surprised me how often it happened (well, really, it started to annoy me) but rather than pulling the blankets over my head I tried to learn from it.  What I learned, is that practically every activity I do involves some form of eating!  Food has become a past-time rather than what it was designed to be; nourishment!  I am looking forward to the heathier choices I will (automatically) make after the fast.  Already, I am dreaming of some nice steamed broccoli : ) 

I do want to add that yesterday morning I was feeling very blah.  The best thing to do to aleviate any symptoms (unless you are in healing crisis I suppose) is to stay active.  Everyday I go to the gym and walk on the treadmill at a moderate pace.  I do this for about four miles.  It  only takes an hour and I feel like a million bucks when I'm done.  Then as my reward, I take a sauna then a nice shower.  Then I feel like two million bucks.  Mild/Moderate exercise can only speed up the cleansing process.

Hello fellow fasters....

Today is was the first day of my water/juice fast and I seemed to sail through it.  I am allowing myself some juice but find I rarely want it.  Water fasting and juice fasting are a topic I have researched well and I find it easier to stick to it when I listen to my body rather than the rules.  Usually after the third day I cannot bear the thought of juice anyway so no worries.

Something I have found to be quite useful during a fast is to make myself an 'apple margurita'.  Lol...okay, there's no alcohol but it's great in the sense that it gives your mouth something to munch on and has a much more interesting taste than water.  Just take a cupful of ice, throw it in the blender and then, while it's running, add enough apple juice to make it slushy.  Grab a spoon and dig in.  Fantastic!