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Before the Fasting and the First Day
Yes, I did it! Five days of fasting with carrot juice.
What happened was that, since September/October last year, my face had been breaking out with pimples and I was always feeling fatigued. My mentor, Christina, kept telling me that I should fast but I was too stubborn, or I should say “scared,” so I always made excuses to postpone the fasting.
While in Japan for my grandmother’s funeral last Feb, I was busy but didn’t feel so tired and actually noticed that I was getting fewer pimples. It may be because I ate a lot of healthier, more balanced and nutritious food, with fresh natural water, and I took a good long bath every night, instead of the quick shower I take when I’m here in LA. The clean air may have affected my body and skin as well. Anyway, I was happy that I was getting my fine skin back on my face.
But I was wrong!
As time went by, my body started to feel so heavy again and the pimples came back. I couldn’t stand it anymore. So I told Christina I was ready for the fasting and asked exactly what I should do. She recommended that I drink mainly 100% pure carrot juice and some veggie juice with 1 teaspoon of Psyllium husks three times a day for five days. I stopped by Whole Foods after work to check what they were and I planned to fast from Saturday onwards.
On March 23rd, Saturday, I stopped eating in the morning but started drinking carrot juice with 1 teaspoon of Psyllium husks.
Yikes!
Uncooked carrot was never my favorite but I was drinking it with some kind of weird powder stuff that melted and expanded in the juice. It smelled like carrot and tasted like carrot (duh! It is 100% natural carrot juice)!
Oh boy…the first day was the hardest, as people say. My stomach was filled with Psyllium husks, so I didn’t feel hungry as often as I expected, but I couldn’t stop thinking about food. I absolutely missed “eating” something by using my teeth to chew. My place was also filled with all the goodies I had brought back from Japan. It was hard to avoid just looking at them…
Every time I wanted to give up, I’d think, “Well, this is gonna be only five days out of 80 years or so of my life. These five days will be just like a second when I look back my life at the age of 80.” That’s how I continued.
But at the same time, I promised myself “I’ll keep myself healthier and cleanse more because I never want to do this again!”
We’ll see what happened after. To be continued….
Fasting Life:
- Before the Fasting and the First Day
- Fasting: A Healthy Torture and After
[tags]fasting, cleansing, the fast, fasting with carrot juice, Psyllium husks [/tags]
Yes, it’s often good to approach life more positively when trying something new.
In your mind, you are already set to go to 80 – cool.
thanks Mary. Actually I miss doing fasting:( It’s strange. I should do it again sometime soon!