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mike  ·  3746 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Just finished a 3-day fast

Awesome Jeff! Keep it up!

I've noticed how easy it is now to skip dessert. Pass up extra calories I don't need. Or if it's late for dinner or I miss dinner, it's easy to say "oh well, I'll eat tomorrow." I'm gluten-free now, also, which makes a difference (I have a rare allergy, not an intolerance or celiac disease). When we have tacos for dinner instead of a tortilla I wrap up my tacos in big leafs of lettuce -- wonderful! And at restaurants I'm ordering a salad instead of a burger because of the bun. My veggie intake has gone way up and that is making a difference I'm sure.

I feel extraordinarily good as of late. I'm keeping active, walking every day, doing pushups, and doing hard work in the yar. I see a change in my body, leaner and more muscular. I think I'm doing pretty well for "an old man" of 46. Three years of chemo were pretty devastating to my body, but you wouldn't guess it to see me know (except for the tatoos from radiotherapy). Have I grown a new immune system? It will interesting next month when I get a scan and blood work and can see if there's any change in my numbers.

The last 24 hours of my fast were really interesting. It felt like a buzzing in my bones, which was probably psychosomatic, but fun to feel anyways. Kind of like a phantom phone vibration. But while those are annoying, this felt wonderful.

I'm going to do a 3-day fast every six months. I've got everything to gain!