It has begun!

My first day of fasting !!!! Woooo Hoooooo

 This morning I went to Dr. Chartrand who is just as amazing as all my crunchy friends have said. He took blood to check my liver functions and run a CBC. I am supposed to go back every ten days of my fast to have blood drawn for the liver test. Then this afternoon I visited my local friendly chiropractor Dr. Reif who popped all 206 bones in my body. It was quite impressive. I am now sitting in my Biblical Communications Seminar and all I have consumed today is two bottles of water. I haven't actually had time to juice and I am not really feeling hunger pains at this point. I will say it has been very nice not to have to worry about food. I didn't have to make sure I had breakfast or run home for lunch or worry about what I will have for dinner. Not eating makes life much easier but it is weird. We eat three or four times a day every single day. It makes up a large part of our day and our social calendar. So really what my body is craving right now is the physical act of sitting down for a meal. My intention today was never to go without juice. That is just how today ended up. I am absolutely exhausted but that is pretty normal for me. I live in a constant state of sleepy when I am not eating clean.

 Fasting for weight loss 

 I have done short water fasts many times but last summer I decided to do an 8 day juice fast and I realized I could go much longer using juice but still get the same spiritual connection and intimacy with the Father. Fasting will bring you closer to God. It will break you, humble you, open you to His healing love. I do not believe, especially after my last 20 day fast, that it should be used as a weight loss program. You can lose a great deal of weight. I lost 27 pounds in 20 days. I gained 20 pounds back in the next six weeks because I went back to eating the way I did before. I know that everyone is in such a hurry to lose weight and they want to do it the fastest way possible but I would highly recommend a clean vegan life change if weightless is your goal. Fasting is one of the greatest spiritual disciplines God gave us so while I will be sharing the physical aspects of this fast, I will also share the spiritual.


 My goals: 

 Ideally, you want the time you would normally spend eating to be replace with prayer and time in God's word. I have wanted to do a prayer scrapbook for years so one of my goals is to get a good amount done on that during this fast. Another goal is to spend more time in God's creation meditating in nature. We spend so much time in our houses or in our cars or in restaurants. We are always inside and it is not healthy. We need sunlight and fresh air. And my last and most important goal is to focus on admitting to, confronting and asking for forgiveness for my sin. Now as far as God's goals for my fast.......we shall see ;p