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Jan. 30th, 2012 04:06 amSo the fast is over. I had a giant platter of disco fries (vegetarian gravy, onions, cheddar cheese) and a small 8oz strip steak with some delicious red cabbage and a tolerable good potato pancake. Also, about two pints of beer.
The meal was pretty decent but it wasn't OMG orgasm good, the way I expected a meal would be after that long without eating. It wasn't such a big deal.
In fact, if I had to summarize the experience, it would be with that line: "not such a big deal". It was mildly uncomfortable, sure, but not so horrible that it made a serious impression on me. I feel like I could easily have gone a few more days at that level of unpleasantness without being seriously tempted to give up.
So, bottom line: I tested myself and succeeded. I lost a couple of pounds -- if my math is right, I should have shed about two lbs of adipose tissue, and maybe three or four of water weight which will undoubtedly return shortly. I learned some interesting things about my body, and I saved some money, too.
It was not a life-changing experience. My other senses were not heightened (except, in the last day, for my sense of smell), and I did not pass into a zen-like satori state. I had no hallucinations, no visions, no spiritual epiphanies. I was ravenously hungry for the first 36 hours, mildly to moderately hungry for the last 36 and... that's it, really.
The meal was pretty decent but it wasn't OMG orgasm good, the way I expected a meal would be after that long without eating. It wasn't such a big deal.
In fact, if I had to summarize the experience, it would be with that line: "not such a big deal". It was mildly uncomfortable, sure, but not so horrible that it made a serious impression on me. I feel like I could easily have gone a few more days at that level of unpleasantness without being seriously tempted to give up.
So, bottom line: I tested myself and succeeded. I lost a couple of pounds -- if my math is right, I should have shed about two lbs of adipose tissue, and maybe three or four of water weight which will undoubtedly return shortly. I learned some interesting things about my body, and I saved some money, too.
It was not a life-changing experience. My other senses were not heightened (except, in the last day, for my sense of smell), and I did not pass into a zen-like satori state. I had no hallucinations, no visions, no spiritual epiphanies. I was ravenously hungry for the first 36 hours, mildly to moderately hungry for the last 36 and... that's it, really.
