Day 26

January 26th, 2010 → 8:48 pm @ Michael // No Comments

Jan 26th 2010

I haven’t been consistently posting on this blog, but I am still fasting. I feel as though I am ready to go back to food soon. Usually when it is time for me to stop the fast I will have several days of feeling ready to eat. Such is the case with this fast. Although I have not eaten, I don’t think it will be very long before I do. We’ll just have to see how it goes the next few days. Today was alright, I ran some errands, worked on some projects and went for an evening run that was rather good…felt like I didn’t even break a sweat. I mean I like to work hard, but the run was just so easy tonight. I could have easily kept running for quite awhile.

My sleep is still very much interrupted with the new baby schedule. The lack of quality sleep makes fasting difficult. The cut backs in caffeine are also a difficult adjustment and I am having 1 cup of coffee a day on average. What I do not want is to be lacking in energy during the day. Creativity is largely dependent on energy. High energy people are much more creative then those with moderate or low energy.

I am less able to come up with new ideas or be highly constructive when my energy is low. Kicking the coffee habit is wonderful, but not at the expense of my face dragging on the floor to make it through the day. There is a balance to these things and a right way to do it. The goal is still to be coffee free and “high energy” soon.

Some fasting gurus would say that I am not actually on a detox if I am ingesting anything that is not alkaline forming. My argument to that is this: If I have eliminated 98% of acid forming foods from my diet and give me body a break from having to digest food, and consume 75% more alkaline producing juices then I normally would, I will have cleaned up the machine considerably. Throw in colon cleansing during the month with that regimen and I don’t see how that body is not going to experience an improvement.

That’s what its about for me….improvement.

General Energy Level – 6/10

Difficulty Level – 2/10

Cleansing Reactions – None

Weight – 182

Blood Pressure – 112/84

Resting Heart Rate – 76 bpm

Workout – Run 2.5 mile – Walk 1

Fuel – Water, Coffee, Goat Milk, Celery-Cucumber-Carrot Juice, Carrot-Orange Juice

Intestinal Care – None