Day 3, and I’m down 6.5 lbs! My body and metabolism is amazing, and I’m grateful and lucky that it still kicks this much ass at 36 years old.
I haven’t been doing the SWF, no time in the morning, as I get up at 4 am for work. In lieu of the SWF, I’ve been drinking an herbal laxative tea in the morning, and at night. It is very important that you do something to flush the toxins out, otherwise fasting like this is pointless.
Last night was difficult. I was going through cravings for all kinds of crap. I was standing outside of the Stillwell train station in Coney Island and smelling McD’s, Nathan’s, corn dogs, pizza. I almost never eat any of that shit, in fact, can’t remember the last time I sunk my teeth into a Big Mac. On days 1-4 of the MC, you will crave the most disgusting food! That’s your body going through the detoxification process, and while it sucks, if your willpower is strong enough, you’ll power through and by day 5, you’ll be happy you did.
I know a lot of people who have tried this. Some have failed after the first, or second day because they convince themselves that “it’s not healthy,” or, “it’s too extreme.” It’s neither, that is just your addiction to eating talking. Chances are, if you’re overweight, you emotionally eat. When you remove food from your life, even for 10-17 days, you have an emotional hole that needs to be filled. For me, the MC is almost a spiritual experience. Depriving myself of food, and alcohol shows me that I am strong, but it also makes me more self-aware than I am.
The fact is, I’ve been miserable for a long time. Food, alcohol, social life, work… Anything to distract me from myself. I do this fast often, and it’s to keep me emotionally grounded, and keep myself in check before I sink into a depression that makes me fat, and completely unaware of what I’m doing to those around me.
I digress…
On day 3, your tongue starts to turn colors. It’s nothing short of terrifying. Right now? It’s a yellow purplish color. Gross. You can spend 45 minutes brushing the shit out if it, and it does nothing! When your tongue turns back to pink, that is how you know you should stop the fast. The longest I’ve gone was 17 days, but after day 4? Not eating is cake! After a while you don’t even want food because you feel so amazing.
Anyway, day 3, 6.5 lbs down, cravings subsiding a bit, tongue yellow/purple, and the insane motivation to keep going!
Happy Thursday. 🙂
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