I used to be fasting but now I am not

[Azaria]

{WARNING: There will undoubtedly be mention of food in this thread!}

Good idea for a thread, HG!

It is only day one of not fasting and I miss it already. I still feel like the timing is right to end this fast, and I am soooo looking forward to spending the morning and later tonight with people I haven't seen since beginning the fast (a whopping 9 days ago :D). And OF COURSE I am loving every single morsel I am putting into my mouth.

More than anything, I am looking forward to some reflection once a bit removed form the experience. I am in awe of this thing called fasting that came into my life just under 4 months ago.

Anyone else?

[IamLoved]

I am still fasting but this is cute. A post fast support group. :)

[HolyGuacamole]

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[Azaria]

Ah, avocado....with some lime jucie and salt and peeper maybe....

So sorry to hear your neck and shoulders are whacked...that sounds very painful. What do you think is the cause of it?

I feel good, trying to get re-adapted to this feeling of fullness. It is such an anticlimax in a way. When one is fasting I think the intensity of the feeling of hunger (or the emptiness) makes us think that the opposite of this - feeling satiated - will be just as intense, just on the opposite end of the spectrum. I find that this might be true initally, but I don't think it lasts. We just become desensitsed to the beauty of food.

God the grass is always greener, eh?!

I am headed to watch my nieces while my SIL goes across the street to yoga. I may see what she has in her fridge and make something yummy for the (small) class for afterwards. See, THIS is the sort of thing I miss doing as much as food! Of course I will be picking as I prepare....yum....

It is so grey and rainy here right now, it reminds me of your funk HG :o

[Azaria]

We're here whenever you need us IamLoved!
Unless we are back to fasting. Hmmm. Might be tag teaming it.....

[Eva]

LOL, don't know why I clicked here. I am (finally) fasting without any struggle.

Why not go into ALL of the details of the lovely food you're eating now?Teehee. :eek::D

[HolyGuacamole]

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[Azaria]

Eva, you know what...I am not even that impressed with what I have eaten yet! If I get a real winner I'll be sure to let you know though!

HG, I cannot call you HG anymore. It makes me think of Hyperemesis Gravidarum (extreme morning sickness). Henceforth I will call you, lovingly, Guac, if that is okay with you:)


I can understand what a pull eating food (as opposed to fasting) must be for you since you get to gather around family and friends with it. Knowing that makes me so amazed that you went for as long as you did. I'm pretty isolated and alone (a fact that's contributing greatly to my glum frame of mind - it wasn't always this way), so I wasn't missing anything except anesthetizing myself by diverting all my energy toward digestion.

I'm single with no kids...and food is a huge presence in my life! That is what the fast taught me - exactly what attachment those little morsels of goodness hold other than fuel and nutrition.

You are right, I am very blessed right now. But everything is soooooo transient! I live every day in utter gratitude but I am actually ok if it crumbles tomorrow. We are not made up of our blessings. We are made up of what we do with them, just like we are made up of how we react and what we do with our struggles too. YOU are not your funk. I am not my blessings. Who is the real Guac? Does fasting help you in that regard or am I way off base?

[Eva]

Azaria, I love what you said about blessings. I am finally realizing that -- and I see that I can be happy in many circumstances. And I do not need to be in control, either. Love it.

HG -- This sounds silly as I say it in my head, and I can only assume it will be silly in writing too... but have you thought about looking at the many blessings that you do have and simply reveling in the privacy for now? I know, nothing is simple... but things that seem difficult (in my experience) are often also not so difficult as I make them to be.

Well, when I'm done with my fast, I hope I will enjoy not feeling empty. There is nothing I can do to satiate my hunger, but I don't need more juice. Sigh. I guess I'm in the wrong thread. I'll show myself the way out. :eek::o:p

[HolyGuacamole]

I'm single with no kids...

I meant your nieces. ;)



I will keep it light from now on. ;)


I wonder when I will fast again.
I think about it quite a lot.

[Azaria]

Gosh it is so different being on this side! Eva, I hear you say you can't satiate your hunger but you don't want more juice. Aaaarrggghhh! I so remember that. It is THE most infuriating place to be!! I don't miss the infuriating part of it but I do recall the feeling that I had with it - that there was so much freed up energy in my entire being - all the attention usually spent thinking about food, all the time, all the physical energy to digest. When we get tuned into that space, that's when the real beauty of fasting comes in, at least for me. But it's easy for me to say now when I am not inside of the experience (and not satiated but not wanting more juice!!).

What a coupla fasting junkies:) I don't know when I will either. But I am looking forward to working towards getting there again!

[Aleesha Sattva]

ah glad to see you guys did this...

rawk on!!!