Today is my first day. I've heard about this a while ago and I'm finally committed to following it throught. Though I'm terrified I won't be able to do it. Can some one be a buddy to me or is there a group I can get into. In my head I know I can do this because I've fasted before but now I put all my problems into eating so, something goes wrong I eat. Can anyone help with some suggestions for when it gets bad and I want to eat? I'm weak when I'm alone.\
Keep doing exactly what you are doing - drinking and posting! Post all day if you have to. Sometimes commiserating with like-minded people is the best thing you can do when you feel like you're in it all alone. Hopefully a few others have started today as well - your post might bring them out of hiding ;)
Sounds like you have some misdirected energy. Things go bad and you feel like you want to fix them, but you have no control over them? So instead you eat? Eating and food can be deeply emotional issues for some. Fasting can either put you in touch with some of your attachments, or exacerbate the problem. I'm no psychologist, but I'd suggest you give yourself plenty of time every day to sort of be alone, somewhere quiet, to feel whatever feelings might come up ... whether it be hunger, fear of hunger, fear of starvation, fear of losing control, or whatever else, and try to explore those feelings, with a glass of lemonade or a cup of peppermint tea close by! It's a great way to really learn about yourself.
And you know, I once ended the fast early because it didn't feel right to keep going. You have the ability to do that at any time, remember that. You're in complete control. And just because you don't make it the first time doesn't mean that you *can't* do it.
Sometimes when I get really hungry, I seek out the smell of things ... or drink more lemonade ... or look through cookbooks to think about what I'd like to try cooking once the fast is over ... you could also do something creative, write a letter, paint a picture, go for a walk.
I'm starting the fast tomorrow morning! Feel free to keep in touch with me these next couple of days. :)
Wow you hit the nail on the head. It blew my mind. with me it's all about misdirected energy. Would you know how to get back on track? I use to be there once a long time ago.
Gosh, I suppose it's just something intuitive, really - but I agree with magicogar's suggestion of getting a hobby. For some, that's a vague suggestion, but that's the way it ought to be! Your hobbies are a reflection of you, so they should be personal, not something that someone else just TOLD you to do.
Besides hobbies, I think it's important to remember the serenity prayer ... although I like to revise it to be atheist:
Please let me find the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
;)
Of course, I might also add that a lot of people benefit from doing something physical with their extra energy. That has more benefits than one !
Oh my god do you have a hidden camera to my computer. But this is going thought much to my surprise. I just went to the supermarket here by my job to get mint tea I couldn't believe it no cravings as I walked through the store. Just a question about the tea I got Bigelow Mint Medley I read the ingredients (boy it's great to do that again):peppermint leaves, spearmint leaves, rose hips, lemon peel, hibiscus flowers. Are these ingredients okay?
Man, isn't it silly just how hard it is to find SIMPLE ingredients? EVERYTHING has additives, even the teas.
You know, those ingredients that aren't peppermint leaves are all natural, so it doesn't sound like it'll do a LOT of harm, but the purpose of the mint is specific for odors and, personally, to give me something else to taste ...
All I can say is, try it, but also try to find plain peppermint, like this one:
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