Yesterday I ended my rawfood fast. I didn't intend to do it
but I didn't want to be the only one at the table with my State Senator not
eating.
You see, I'm on a Board that planned this big dinner to schmooze with the state legislators. It has been planned for a year, so I had to go. I knew it was going to fall during our Gradual Fast week so that is one reason that I started my own Raw Food Fast nearly 3 weeks ago. I wanted to end tomorrow with all of you but when I was sitting there at the table, and realized that it wasn't buffet that they were bringing plates of steaming food over and that I had no choice, I just ate along with everyone else.
This is not the best way to end a fast.
Coming off of a fast is just as important as starting one....gradually. Sacred and Fit employs a method that is supposed to not shock your system and not deprive you of eating but to focus much more of the intentionality of fasting and the healthy beneifts of giving your digestivie system of break on easy to digest (liquid) and highly nutritious (raw) food.
So, when you come off of the fast, please be gentle to yourself. You may notice as I did that cooked foods are much too salty or sweet. You may want smaller portions. You may also notice that your appetite has changed. What you used to like, you may not want so much now. Just let your body be your guide.
For the last weeks of the program, the aim is to begin to create a more permanent type of lifestyle eating plan. This plan could include smoothies or raw food on a regular basis. I have a friend who eats only one full meal a day but has a breakfast juice and smoothie and a dinner juice and smoothie. There are many ways to add some of the components of the fast to your lifestyle eating plan. Another choice is to eat one raw food meal a day or to fast one raw food day. There are endless choices. The goal is now that you know you could eat only raw food for at least one day, how could you use this knowledge and incorporate into you regular lifestyle.
Of course, fasting on a regular basis is a good idea for health and spiritual reasons. In the Sacred and Fit curriculum, it is recommended that you repeat the entire 8 week curriculum 5 times within the year and fast for at least 40 days total within that year. You will find that each time you do the 8 week curriculum you will get better and better at Meditating, more proficient at writing in your journal and more effective at managing yourself during the Fasting week. It is almost impossible to do everything right on the first go round. It is not MEANT to do everything right on the first go round. You are creating a new way of living for yourself. This will take more than a couple of months.
So congratulate yourself on the work you've done, so far. The loss of the weight is a good thing but the changes on the inside are what I'm most proud of for you.
You see, I'm on a Board that planned this big dinner to schmooze with the state legislators. It has been planned for a year, so I had to go. I knew it was going to fall during our Gradual Fast week so that is one reason that I started my own Raw Food Fast nearly 3 weeks ago. I wanted to end tomorrow with all of you but when I was sitting there at the table, and realized that it wasn't buffet that they were bringing plates of steaming food over and that I had no choice, I just ate along with everyone else.
This is not the best way to end a fast.
Coming off of a fast is just as important as starting one....gradually. Sacred and Fit employs a method that is supposed to not shock your system and not deprive you of eating but to focus much more of the intentionality of fasting and the healthy beneifts of giving your digestivie system of break on easy to digest (liquid) and highly nutritious (raw) food.
So, when you come off of the fast, please be gentle to yourself. You may notice as I did that cooked foods are much too salty or sweet. You may want smaller portions. You may also notice that your appetite has changed. What you used to like, you may not want so much now. Just let your body be your guide.
For the last weeks of the program, the aim is to begin to create a more permanent type of lifestyle eating plan. This plan could include smoothies or raw food on a regular basis. I have a friend who eats only one full meal a day but has a breakfast juice and smoothie and a dinner juice and smoothie. There are many ways to add some of the components of the fast to your lifestyle eating plan. Another choice is to eat one raw food meal a day or to fast one raw food day. There are endless choices. The goal is now that you know you could eat only raw food for at least one day, how could you use this knowledge and incorporate into you regular lifestyle.
Of course, fasting on a regular basis is a good idea for health and spiritual reasons. In the Sacred and Fit curriculum, it is recommended that you repeat the entire 8 week curriculum 5 times within the year and fast for at least 40 days total within that year. You will find that each time you do the 8 week curriculum you will get better and better at Meditating, more proficient at writing in your journal and more effective at managing yourself during the Fasting week. It is almost impossible to do everything right on the first go round. It is not MEANT to do everything right on the first go round. You are creating a new way of living for yourself. This will take more than a couple of months.
So congratulate yourself on the work you've done, so far. The loss of the weight is a good thing but the changes on the inside are what I'm most proud of for you.
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