fasting and what I'll be doing.......

[Guest guest]

I think I mentioned in my first post that school is out on June 20, hence I

do not have to work.

 

My plan is sleep, rest, water, lay around, sunbathe, sleep some more....a

true, successful does you do NOTHING, no reading, no television, not even

music. I am trying to give my body a total rest from everything enervating.

I do not want any outside stimulation (music, noise, printed words, etc...).

I'm not saying I will be a success at this, but I'm going to give it a try.

 

I've had some scarey physical things going on and before I try the medical

route, I want to exhaust all my alternative routes. Fasting is one of them.

 

My children are 21 & 23 and while they do live at home they are not here

very often and work many long hours. My husband knows what I'm planning to

do and is very supportive. He's actually jealous, but his job is a year

round job.

 

Shari

[Guest guest]

Shari:

I have done water fasts. I remember the first time I did one, I was

traveling across the country, from Virginia to Berkley, California,

and, when I told my travel companions that I was fasting, they were

concerned, because that meant that I wouldn't be sleeping much.

If you do a fast in a positive mind set, i.e., you don't stand around

thinking " oh, gee! I can't eat today! Poor me! " , but, instead, just

not think about food at all, because you will not be eating any, so it

is fruitless to think about it, you will find it relatively easy. The

first two or three days, you might feel strange, but, after that, you

will find that you can just go and go... *you SHOULD stop at 40 days*!!!

Unless you are feeling sorry for yourself, you should not need to lie

abed much more than you would do any other day. You may well feel more

energy. All of this will depend on you.

I often do water fasts at the same time my Muslim students are doing

Ramadan. The difference is really interesting. My water fast is 24/7.

The Ramadan fast simply involves getting up early to eat breakfast

before sunrise (not so difficult, as Ramadan comes in the fall, when

we are on standard time), then skipping snacks and lunch, then chowing

down after the sun goes down again (actually, most of them GAIN weight

during Ramadan. They get really interested when I tell them I am

fasting, too, and even more so when I tell them that I am not eating

anything at all for X number of days. I do this fast because they

tire me with their whining about how they are so hungry (over a

skipped lunch?). They usually stop fussing when they hear what I am up

to, and see that I have energy to give away.

Margaret

 

rawfood , " SV " <shavig wrote:

>

> I think I mentioned in my first post that school is out on June 20,

hence I

> do not have to work.

>

> My plan is sleep, rest, water, lay around, sunbathe, sleep some

more....a

> true, successful does you do NOTHING, no reading, no television, not

even

> music. I am trying to give my body a total rest from everything

enervating.

> I do not want any outside stimulation (music, noise, printed words,

etc...).

> I'm not saying I will be a success at this, but I'm going to give it

a try.

>

> I've had some scarey physical things going on and before I try the

medical

> route, I want to exhaust all my alternative routes. Fasting is one

of them.

>

> My children are 21 & 23 and while they do live at home they are not

here

> very often and work many long hours. My husband knows what I'm

planning to

> do and is very supportive. He's actually jealous, but his job is a

year

> round job.

>

> Shari

>

[Guest guest]

I want to thank everyone for their concerns and all the advice, even though

none was asked for. I simply was inviting anyone who wants to join me.

 

While I doubt that it is any of your business I can tell you I fast with my

naturopath and this is not the first, nor the second nor even the fifth time

I have done a fast of two weeks. I have done longer fasts. I have done

shorter fasts, but they are always a fast - water only. Juice fasts are not

a fast. I am a Natural Hygiene student and follow their philosophy as close

as I can.

 

Now, back to my original question: " Is anyone interested in joining me in a

fast from June 21 to July 4? " If yes, please write to shavig.

With all the unsolicited comments, most to the negative, about this fast I

have decided to not publish any commentary here.

 

Shari

[Guest guest]

Good for you, Shari! I wish you every success!

Jera

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Margaret- funny how they probably wouldn't be hungry at lunch, if they hadn't

had breakfast that morning... what a thought lol

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Shari- don't let it get to you. i am with ya.. but, i thought it was this

month.. LOL i started today.. ooops

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Shari. I hope you have a great fast! I'm with you, although, I won't be

able to get the peace and quite with seven children, homeschooling and two

Newfie puppies! (smile). But I NEED to fast, too. This is my favorite site for

fasting: www.freedomyou.com Maybe you might like it as well.

 

Be free,

 

Holly

Chicagoland

 

 

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.. .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Shari,

 

I am planning on a 5-7 day fast from 4th June as I have a week off work. I

have only done short 1-2 day fasts before if I was ill, so this should be

interesting. I plan to do the Costa Rica thing with Doug at some time. I may

have to seek some advice from you during my fast if you don't mind. I am

also trying desperately to avoid the conventional route for my health

issues.

 

Jenny

 

 

_____

 

rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

SV

Monday, 22 May 2006 8:25 AM

rawfood

[Raw Food] fasting and what I'll be doing.......

 

I think I mentioned in my first post that school is out on June 20, hence I

do not have to work.

 

My plan is sleep, rest, water, lay around, sunbathe, sleep some more....a

true, successful does you do NOTHING, no reading, no television, not even

music. I am trying to give my body a total rest from everything enervating.

 

I do not want any outside stimulation (music, noise, printed words, etc...).

 

I'm not saying I will be a success at this, but I'm going to give it a try.

 

I've had some scarey physical things going on and before I try the medical

route, I want to exhaust all my alternative routes. Fasting is one of them.

 

My children are 21 & 23 and while they do live at home they are not here

very often and work many long hours. My husband knows what I'm planning to

do and is very supportive. He's actually jealous, but his job is a year

round job.

 

Shari

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Shari, sorry if I butted in where I shouldn't have. I will have to

work that week. I'll be on vacation next week but I won't be fasting.

I won't have time to rest and I wouldn't have supervision available. I

wish...but it isn't possible.

 

Good luck!

Tommie

http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com

 

rawfood , " SV " <shavig wrote:

>

> I want to thank everyone for their concerns and all the advice, even

though

> none was asked for. I simply was inviting anyone who wants to join

me.

>

> While I doubt that it is any of your business I can tell you I fast

with my

> naturopath and this is not the first, nor the second nor even the

fifth time

> I have done a fast of two weeks. I have done longer fasts. I have

done

> shorter fasts, but they are always a fast - water only. Juice fasts

are not

> a fast. I am a Natural Hygiene student and follow their philosophy

as close

> as I can.

>

> Now, back to my original question: " Is anyone interested in joining

me in a

> fast from June 21 to July 4? " If yes, please write to shavig

> With all the unsolicited comments, most to the negative, about this

fast I

> have decided to not publish any commentary here.

>

> Shari

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Holly. And I know you meant well, but I do not need a fasting site.

They are publishing untruths at that site and I stay away from them because

of that. Example being - there is no such thing as a " juice " fast. Fasting

means to be without nourishment and juice gives nourishment and takes energy

to digest.

 

Shari

 

-

" Holly Funk " <dancewarrioradoration

<rawfood >

Sunday, May 21, 2006 7:45 PM

Re: [Raw Food] fasting and what I'll be doing.......

 

 

Hi Shari. I hope you have a great fast! I'm with you, although, I won't be

able to get the peace and quite with seven children, homeschooling and two

Newfie puppies! (smile). But I NEED to fast, too. This is my favorite site

for fasting: www.freedomyou.com Maybe you might like it as well.

 

Be free,

 

Holly

Chicagoland

 

 

It is the Law (the Ten Commandments) that makes the Cross make sense

.. . . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+

countries) for 2¢/min or less.

 

 

[Guest guest]

I would like to go on a grape fast does anyone know where I can get raw organic

grapes?

 

 

Jenny <jennyc wrote:

Shari,

 

I am planning on a 5-7 day fast from 4th June as I have a week off work. I

have only done short 1-2 day fasts before if I was ill, so this should be

interesting. I plan to do the Costa Rica thing with Doug at some time. I may

have to seek some advice from you during my fast if you don't mind. I am

also trying desperately to avoid the conventional route for my health

issues.

 

Jenny

 

 

_____

 

rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

SV

Monday, 22 May 2006 8:25 AM

rawfood

[Raw Food] fasting and what I'll be doing.......

 

I think I mentioned in my first post that school is out on June 20, hence I

do not have to work.

 

My plan is sleep, rest, water, lay around, sunbathe, sleep some more....a

true, successful does you do NOTHING, no reading, no television, not even

music. I am trying to give my body a total rest from everything enervating.

 

I do not want any outside stimulation (music, noise, printed words, etc...).

 

I'm not saying I will be a success at this, but I'm going to give it a try.

 

I've had some scarey physical things going on and before I try the medical

route, I want to exhaust all my alternative routes. Fasting is one of them.

 

My children are 21 & 23 and while they do live at home they are not here

very often and work many long hours. My husband knows what I'm planning to

do and is very supportive. He's actually jealous, but his job is a year

round job.

 

Shari

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Kelly wrote:

Margaret- funny how they probably wouldn't be hungry at lunch, if they

hadn't had breakfast that morning... what a thought lol

 

Kelly:

Many people experience this. The most common group are people who

have carbohydrate sensitivities, particularly since carbohydrate-

sensitive folks *would* eat high carbohydrate foods in the morning,

but, if they don't get them, forget that they are hungry, often all day.

 

Before I went low-carb/low glycemic-index, I used to think that

breakfast was really bad for me... because, if I ate breakfast

(typical American high-carb -- best bet: an egg on a roll on the way

to work), I was starving all day and would eat anything in sight.

When I figured out the problem, and substituted high-protein foods in

the morning, I noticed that I could go all morning without a snack or

anything in between breakfast and my mid-day meal.

 

I know this information flies in the face of what many people on this

list believe, but, in fact, it does apply to raw foodists, as well.

 

Many people have food sensitivities, and, once they pinpoint these,

and eliminate the foods which trigger the sensitivities, find that

eating sensibly becomes zip-less.

 

When we are fasting, there are a couple of ways to go.

 

It is easiest to skip breakfast for most people, primarily for so many

of us *are* carbohydrate-sensitive.

If we can easily skip breakfast and go on to lunch, then it is very

easy to continue on to dinner, then on....

 

The major sticking point when you are fasting, as far as I see it, is

if you start feeling sorry for yourself, or thinking about what you

are missing.

A positive mindset is essential to a successful fast.

If you go in thinking that you might get hungry, or that you might get

light-headed, those are the things that you will experience, because

you, yourself, are bringing them on.

I have fasted many times alongside people who had to give up by the

afternoon of the first day. Most interestingly, the people who have

given up have been the people who had the most body fat (which would

support them through the fast!). What stymied them was the *thought*

that they had to eat. A lot of eating is psychological.

 

I had found that water will do the trick when I think I am feeling

hungry on a fast. (Okay, sometimes I " imagine " a flavor in the water.)

 

Another one of the tricks that I use (which may or may not work for

you) is to read cookbooks as novels. This works particularly well

for me when I am about half-way through a fast. I get a new cookbook

and read through it, marking things that I think will be interesting

to eat someday. (This technique depends on your ability to visualize

-- visualization can work for or against you. If visualization makes

you salivate, you might have a problem. If visualization only helps

you think about what you will do after you finish your fast, you will

just make sure you have the right ingredients on hand at the right

time.) One of the easiest ways to do a fast is to make sure there is

nothing to eat in the house (this only works if you are in a place

where it is not so easy to get food fast if you start to get crazy...

things are hard in New York City, where there are all-night delis with

fresh fruit!)

 

margaret