Starving and fasting are two completely different things. I've done a lot of reading on fasting, here's a link that will explain fasting a little more. http://www.falconblanco.c om/health/fasting.htm Those are other good alternatives but simply reading a book or picking up a new hobby may not always work for everyone if you're having a serious issue in your life. I've only fasting once before and it turned out to be a very positive experience. It wasn't fun while doing it but it really did help me very much and it turned out to be one of the best things I've ever done. I swore that I would never do it again because water fasting is so hard but I'm at another point where I need to do it. This kind of thing isn't for everyone but it works for me :-) Read this link, this will explain more :-)
ok ok, so I lasted only 2 and half days lol. I was determined but I started to have pains around my heart after the second day which was unusual to me since that is not a typical fasting side effect . I thought if I just ate one spoonful of vanilla icecream that it would make it go away....and indeed it did, then I thought that spoonful would taste a lot better if it had a little blueberry sauce on top, so I had to have another, and then I did it again but with a marshmallow on top....ugh I am so weak :-( I will try again this next Thursday,(thursdays are good because I can clear my schedule for those next few days to get past the first 3-4 hell days) and if I started next Thursday, my fast would end just before Passover which would be perfect! I will probably start some stupid blog next Thursday posting a day to day update. At the very least you all can have a good laugh at my misery lol ;-)~
I decided to begin a 10 day spiritual fast tomorrow, I think it will be good for me. Normally you don't advertise something like this but at least if I do I'll look stupid if I don't complete it :-) ....But tonight after I get home from class I'm eating cupcakes and icecream for my last meal LOL
As an atheist, I hate recommending spirituality, but it seems to comfort people who have lost control of their lives, and provides them a framework for basic human functionality.
How condescending can you be?
Well I lasted 4 and a half days this time lol but I do feel much better and that's all I wanted :-) :-) :-)
sorry I wasn't signed in lol
Starving and fasting are two completely different things. I've done a lot of reading on fasting, here's a link that will explain fasting a little more. http://www.falconblanco.c om/health/fasting.htm Those are other good alternatives but simply reading a book or picking up a new hobby may not always work for everyone if you're having a serious issue in your life. I've only fasting once before and it turned out to be a very positive experience. It wasn't fun while doing it but it really did help me very much and it turned out to be one of the best things I've ever done. I swore that I would never do it again because water fasting is so hard but I'm at another point where I need to do it. This kind of thing isn't for everyone but it works for me :-) Read this link, this will explain more :-)
Do you really have to starve? What about quality meditation, nutrition, reading, writing...?
ok ok, so I lasted only 2 and half days lol. I was determined but I started to have pains around my heart after the second day which was unusual to me since that is not a typical fasting side effect . I thought if I just ate one spoonful of vanilla icecream that it would make it go away....and indeed it did, then I thought that spoonful would taste a lot better if it had a little blueberry sauce on top, so I had to have another, and then I did it again but with a marshmallow on top....ugh I am so weak :-( I will try again this next Thursday,(thursdays are good because I can clear my schedule for those next few days to get past the first 3-4 hell days) and if I started next Thursday, my fast would end just before Passover which would be perfect! I will probably start some stupid blog next Thursday posting a day to day update. At the very least you all can have a good laugh at my misery lol ;-)~
a good hard spanking is always a spiritual thing for me
I decided to begin a 10 day spiritual fast tomorrow, I think it will be good for me. Normally you don't advertise something like this but at least if I do I'll look stupid if I don't complete it :-) ....But tonight after I get home from class I'm eating cupcakes and icecream for my last meal LOL
As an atheist, I hate recommending spirituality, but it seems to comfort people who have lost control of their lives, and provides them a framework for basic human functionality.
To learn to paint well from life requires more discipline than these other things.
Everyone, stand in line.
It's not how many times you fall down, but how many times you pick yourself back up that matters. Or.... you could join the OCD club.
It was a tie ;)