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   From: aon2@hotmail.com   
      
   Hi Eldon,   
      
   "I love you" too :), plus there's nothing to "worry about me", I know   
   what I'm doing, I've done it twice before. And I'm not "dreaming of   
   baked potatoes the whole fast", actually 'food' has been my last   
   thought/concern over the last twenty nine days (with a notable   
   exception, see below:). With the surprise benefit of suddenly having   
   plenty of time more than before, I mean, then it probably were at least   
   three hours that I used to spend daily on "dreaming", thinking about,   
   searching, finding, preparing and eating 'food'.   
      
   Now all of a sudden I'm free to use this spare time any way I like, so   
   I prefer to increase my physical activity. It came from within, I just   
   started exercising more now, which might by one reason for this feeling   
   I have of my muscles (joints,...etc.) getting stronger by the day. I   
   somehow feel in charge of (all 'parts' of:) my body.  Yesterday evening   
   I even managed to beat my old speed record, that is, I finally took the   
   long 'track' and did sprint from start to finish; turned out much   
   easier than I thought, my fears (of "failure", explained in detail a   
   couple of posts ago) were to no avail.   
      
   {As an aside (reply to Slider's "9 days on water":) this time round I   
   also had just nine or ten 'pure' days only on water or tea (no sugar,   
   though, and no honey:) before I opted for more variety, i.e. added   
   apple juice every second or third day. The previous two 'marathons' it   
   happened a bit later, around day fifteen or sixteen, yet it might have   
   been orange juice then, I can't recall. Anyway, in all those instances   
   I did it for one main reason: not because I needed 'energy' or   
   something, but simply (i.e. mysteriously:) because the fruit juice puts   
   somehow a brake on the rapid process or weight-loss -- others call it   
   'cleansing', but since I'm not feeling dirty I have no need to get   
   'cleaner':). Moreover, I wouldn't like to attract unnecessary attention   
   or scare people, e.g. by turning skinny/scraggy/"anorexic" virtually   
   'overnight' (or in a week), thus if I notice I'm losing weight too   
   fast, as I did the first eight days, I just drink a miraculous glass of   
   apple juice, which immediately 'freezes' the 'cleansing' process, go   
   figure. After that my bodyweight remains more or less steady, for which   
   I personally have no rational explanation, but do I have to.}   
      
   Well, so far so good with the fast, but unfortunately it has had an   
   extremely negative impact on my social contacts, I had to turn down   
   many a 'worthy' of invitations. Which I'm afraid cannot continue   
   indefinitely, I mean, while I still manage to find some original   
   excuses soon my small repertoire will be exhausted, leading to a   
   natural "break of my fast"... in fact much sooner than I'd like. It's   
   hard to explain but for whatever reasons people prefer to talk to me on   
   a table.. full of drinks and meals, say, in a restaurant or other   
   fashionable place: the more serious the conversation/occasion, the   
   posh-er the venue. It now looks ridiculous to me but it has become the   
   social norm, so alas, I have to comply with the 'regulations'... from   
   time to time :).   
      
   As to your mentioning of (the craving appetite of:) the "potato   
   dreamer", despite its tragic end I found it funny, for yesterday (and   
   totally 'out of the blue', one may say:) I too dreamed of... a strange   
   dish -- cold cheese melting over hot/cooked beans -- no idea, will have   
   to give it a try some day.   
      
   Best,   
   Ann   
      
      
   > On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, Eldon Leighton Donovan wrote:   
      
   > Ann,   
   > I don't even know you and you know I don't even like you... LOL! But   
   > just be very very careful breaking your fast and remember to be gentle   
   > with yourself and your body about when to end your fast. If you are   
   > fasting just for discipline's sake, there are so may other things you   
   > can do beside extended fasting.   
      
   > Just don't break your fast on a bunch of baked potatoes...LOL! I heard   
   > about a guy who dreamed of baked his whole fast and when he finally   
   > began eating again he scarfed a whole bunch of potatoes all mostly   
   > before he could help himself.   
      
   > His intestines were so glutinous from his extended fast that when all   
   > the start from the potatoes moved into them, they basically turned to   
   > concrete. He didn't believe in modern medicine so he died a very   
   > painful death that lasted more then a week. Severe, intense agony then   
   > a slow, slow torturous death.   
      
   > That pretty cool, huh?   
      
   > i always liked to start back with prune juice and either soaked fresh   
   > dates or black or red grapes for a day or two before i began eating   
   > other fruit and taking non-diluted juices.   
      
   > One time I was coming off and I drank some non-diluted fruit juice too   
   > soon and had some serious pain for a few hours.   
      
   > Just be careful, Ann...   
   >   
   > I love you and worry about you.   
   >   
   > (I bet you look hot naked right now too....   so what are you wearing? ;^)   
   >   
   > Eldon   
      
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