Words of encouragement for my fast?

Question

I am beginning a modified fast next week. Now before you all get hopped up and tell me it's unnecessary or harmful, you should know that I'm experienced at fasting and it has been part of my lifestyle for the last 10 years. I'm looking for motivating thoughts to meditate on next week. Thank you!

Answer 1

There is a thing I do when I get really uncomfortable and am trying not to think about what is making me uncomfortable (nausea, pain). I close my eyes and focus intently on a black, quiet area. I work to close out all external stimuli and just try to focus on nothing at all. I think that often in our society we are so stimulated by constant sound and visual images that we forget what it is like to just sit and be quiet. It really helps me to refocus from the unpleasant stimulus. This can also work in a reverse way, by picking a favorite place or memory and focus on remembering all the details about it, and why you find it such a good memory. You forget about everything else for a while! Good luck with your fast, and avoid watching the food channel!

Answer 2

I am not sure about this whole scenario -----however it is your body so hopefully you will not do anything too drastic; the time spent preparing and eating can probably be put to so much more use as you will not stop for such a distraction as eating however resting and drinking (tea?) should still be important. Perhaps meditating on new colours you could arrange in decorating----growing some unusual pot plants----being friendlier and more polite to those near you as well as just strangers---perhaps imagine new posters or paintings you could hang. Meditating is probably on a higher level than where I'm at but don't lose sight of the real world as we are all still here....so thinking of you up there probably in a better place.....

Answer 3

Is this a religious fast? Since I met my husband I found out that his religion, now mine too since getting married, has fastings every year when it gets near Easter, like now, until after Easter is over but they are Orthodox so Easter doesn't actually end when we think that it does...sometimes it has gone on longer and that's really tough on me, I can never wait to start eating again, the first two years of marriage I was pregnant during fasting holidays (they have more than one period of fasting a year) so I was lucky, I didn't have to stop eating. Now I find it such a challenge every year and unfortunately I just can't fast the whole time....hehe I usually stop over at a fast food place to pick up something on my way to work and on my way from work to home since my husband won't know I've been eating and then I make sure to throw away the fast food bags and drinks when I'm done before I get home, just in case he might need to use the car after I get home so he won't see them and figure I've been eating.

Wow...that's so amazing that you can actually keep focused and stay on your fast!!!!!!! Bravo !!!!!!

Maybe you can share your tip with me so I'll be able to stay fasting this year without having to hide the fact that I'm still eating the whole time behind my husbands back...lol

Answer 4

I practiced fasting as a healing agent for over two years. This include water fast and juices fast. I try to take a full CBC, pH level and minerals blood tests before starting and two months later. I was impressed on how my pH had increased to a more reasonable value, my blood counting were normal and so were the minerals in my blood. This defeat any idea of fasting being harmful for the body. I felt overall improvement, more energy and that nice sense of feeling clean :)

Happy fasting :)

Answer 5

You must be doing it for a reason. I hope that you accomplish that reason. What motivated me is
1)knowing I will be healthier at the end
2) the taste of food when I get done.

Answer 6

i'm sorry i don't exactly have 'words of encouragement' for you. anyway, you're situation reminds me of THE HUNGER ARTIST by Franz Kafka :)