Saturday was my last day fasting, and I was feeling so great I wanted to continue!  It’s amazing that after one gets over that threshold of day 3 or 4, it often feels so euphoric, natural, and easy that people just want to continue.  What did I do on Day 7?  After a week of not eating?  Went on a BIKE RIDE.  That’s right!  I fully enjoyed my 7th day, spending time outside and going to sleep before 9pm.

Daaaaaaaaaay SIX!  Can you tell I’m feeling good?  Yes, feeling good.  Great, in fact.  Days 4 and 5 were really smooth and easy.  All the days through day 5, I was impressed to notice that not only did I feel focused and creative, I felt more focused and creative, and could stay that way for more hours in a day than I normally can.  Often I hit a point after a certain amount of hours of focusing intellectually and/or creatively where my capacities for effectiveness in both those areas fall away a bit.  Not since fasting.  I’ve been really productive this week, felt really enthusiastic about my projects, and felt like my creative channel is much more open.

Today is day 3 of my fast and I am feeling wonderful.  So far, this fast has had the least amount of detoxification symptoms of any I’ve done.  I’ve had better mental clarity and focus and been able to work, in my observation, even more effectively for the same amount of hours per day.  My energy has been pretty stable aside from a few extra naps that I normally wouldn’t need if I weren’t fasting (I really almost never need naps).

Yesterday, I began a 7-day green juice fast!  Fasting is such a welcome experience for me at this point in my life.  It feels like an invitation, an opportunity, to sink into myself and relax within my life, giving my mind a break from thinking so much, taking a relieving step back in perspective, and of course, re-setting my physiology.