One Week Long Water Fasting Sedona

Jan’s 8-day water fast: March 12 thru 19, 2011 for Liberation of bodily toxins that stop this little body from absorbing more nutrients.

Day 1, Saturday:

I am hosting a party tonight with tons of food and about 15+ guests. So far I desire some breakfast, though my bowels are still chalk full from 3 days of hevy eating tht began with friend Gregg Mikeljohn visiting from Canada with his girlfriend. By evening, partytime, the smell of food is quite delicious and almost overpowering. But the mind is set on doing the 12 days of fasting, so there is no chance to go back on the decision. So headaches and hunger, as I was used to honey, soda, etc, and this is sugar release.

Day 2, Sunday:

Starting to feel really tired, exhausted. Feeling some bowel movement down under, but nothing’s come out. May do an enema to help it along. Cleaning up after the party, and emptying the fridge, and the sights of such nice food is challenging. Body caving in on itself, with throbbing at the temples. The more I live from the heart and breath in the energy from around me then more the pains go away. Laid in sun, which was divine. That’s my only food. I have lots of new ideas re marketing and helping more people, yet too low on inspiration energy to move much. I washed half the dishes at a time, due to feeling of passing out. Tried to do Vipassana meditation, but maybe did 1.5 hour s all day, as I’d start then almost pass out. Used an enema in the evening to induce that grumpy to come out. So 1 bowel movement thus far, and it felt as if more was in there. Breaking out quite a bit. Went to Red Rock Crossing for the first time in 2 years. Didn’t feel like facing anyone, cause I had some blemishes that weren’t too good-looking.

Day 3, Monday:

Woke up noticing like a bruise at the bottom of my right foot as if I banged my foot on the bed overnight really hard. But this couldn’t have happened, so it appears to be some sort of release from the body? Today I have to work 9 hours in a shop, so this will be interesting. Fortunately I’ll be alone, so I can integrate the experience without a boss throwing curve balls. I feel a lot better today; the body is converting into its new state, and the dizziness and headaches have passed. I am clear enough to load some ads online to promote my services. Fewer blemishes, but in all they are passing. Interesting I’m passing gas when I eat nothing for 3 days.

Day 4, Tuesday:

Where does the time go. I went to sleep at midnight again and woke up at 7am. Not too good, cause I love the morning energy and taking advantage of yoga, walking, and meditation time. Woke up with one big blemish, so they’re burning themselves off. Still feeling quite weak, and to me, I don’t like this, cause I manifest things really fast. So if I attach myself to the weakness, surely I become weaker. I meditated one hour this morning and it brought so much balance. This fast is releasing so much I don’t know which way is up, and not a single client has called me in days. Today I work again- the last day of the work-week, so I can begin focusing on John Positive again. That’s a good feeling. So work was challenging for the lst 3 hours. Definitely not recommended to work while n a fast, especially if you are a ‘vata’ body/ mind type. This type of person is traditionally skinny, airy, scattered, high risk, and with fast metabolism. For us, missing one meal can mean life or death, cause there’s little skin on the bones to begin with. But it’s ll in the mind I am noticing. Massive tooth aches for 2^nd day in a row. I have some cavities that need work, yet I haven’t gotten around to it. The bruised right foot continued today. I noticed this evening there are actually 2 large bulging red spots on either side of my right heal. Sensitive to touch and very obvious when I place my foot under light to look at it. Interesting I’m passing gas when I eat nothing for 4 days.

whelps forming at bottom of foot during long water fasting.

more whelps at bottom of right foot during one week (8day) water fast

Day 5: Wednesday:

Lots more bitchiness today. Few blemishes too. Had a session with a friend to pinpoint some of the areas I’m rough on. “I want things now”. Is a big one, and I’m having to let go of what I want and begin allowing for life in this new environment of Sedona to bring me things in its due time. Trying to get a part-time job to supplement, as my fasting state doesn’t bring in clients, and I’ll have to make up for lost wages. My little body manages to manifest things in record speeds. Whelps on bottoms of my feet are more pronounced. I’m told they could be bladder release and pelvic release. 

Did lots of YouTube video watching on fasting, and I’m so excited about what I’m doing. Not only does it help someone loose weight, but as in my case, it also helps people gain weight. I feel I will be gaining more weight when I get off this fast and reintroduce a very balanced and mostly raw diet. One of the biggest things I learned today was that I really have Celiac Disease, or gluten intolerance (read How to cure celiac disease). Furthermore, there are fascinating things this does to a body if one has it, and I know it’s affected mine. Gluten is in wheat, mustard, bread, grains (oatmeal doesn’t have gluten, but it has a protein similar, and some bodies can mistake it for it), couscous, and so many other items. There all little villi or tubes in the small intestine walls that help absorb nutrients and better assimilate foods. Any gluten product actually cuts off these villi and leaves the body with a lack of being able to absorb food nutrients. This results in enamel problem, height & weight problems, blemishes, and a looooong list of issues. So needless to say, I’ll be staying away from gluten from now on. Cause I want my villi!! And I know this fast is giving them a chance to grow again. Interesting I’m passing gas when I eat nothing for 5 days.

Day 6: Thursday:

Acne has disappeared with the exception of a minor blemish. I feel wonderful as a matter of fact! I woke up and felt better than any day before- ready to tackle something- but then again I have little energy. So I do work an 8hr day. I will ask my boss to take it easy on me. I’m also intending about 10 clients to call me for a ‘free tarot card reading’ offer this weekend where I’d offer sessions in exchange for donations to help me drive back to Houston. Can’t wait to see the turnout. Whelps on foot have reduced in size slightly. I saw the dentist today. Turns out I exchanged today’s day of work for next Tuesday. She fixed 4 cavities, and we agreed I’d work on my large molar with energy healing for a week before deciding what to do with it. Turns out it’s the culprit in all the pain in my mouth. Poor thing had a deep filling done that reaches the nerve pulp back in January (2 months ago). It’s become really sensitive to hot and cold, and I can’t put anything into my mouth without acclimating the temp of it to the body temperature. So for a few hours a day it shoots pain into my face and the other teeth nearby. I went to see my neighbor, Nayan, and I was grateful for his guru to send some healing love into it. In the evening I spent a few hours filling out applications for a spiritual raw eatery and a spiritual renewal center in the south of Arizona. I sat there feeling lost afterwards. I wanted to call some friends, but I realized I had no friends in Sedona; no one I could just call up out of the blue. Then I wanted to watch a movie, but none would play in my dvd player. I wanted to walk around, but I was too weak to do it. All I had was me. I just went to bed early. I did Vipassana at 5, 10, and even 20 minute stretches, but still I’ve found the discipline for dedicated meditation to be extremely challenging for me. If I were in a group, with a family feeling, then I know my spirits would be much higher, and I’d be able to function and meditate at higher levels.

Day 7: Friday:

It’s Friday morning. The sun is coming up over the Sedona ridge. The whelps on my foot are all but gone. I have lost quite a bit of  weight, but I know that after this cleansing, I’ll be gaining it back in a healthy way. I looked at myself for the first time in days without a shirt on. It’s shocking how many ribs I can see. I do feel a bit weak, so I decided to meditate and ask my body when to get off this fast and begin juicing. 

My body said to take juices on either Day 8 or Day 9, my choice, but that Day 10 or Day 11 (the original ending of the fast) would be too challenging for it. So that means by this Sunday, in 2 days, I’ll begin with a shot of wheatgrass mixed with water. Then I’ll chew celery much of the day. Perhaps even do a small scoop of green drink to introduce some probiotics back into the gut. There were stories from the Panama fasting center (Tanglewood) where skinny people who couldn’t gain weight no matter how much they ate and worked out were fasting 42 days to recalibrate their bodies. 42 days! I also hear of Paul Bragg through Dr. Gabriel Cousens, the health food nut who opened the country’s first health food store. He used to fast 21 days each year and he lived to around 96 years old. One time, years into his fasting regimen, during a fast, he began peeing red. He took a sample, and it was stated as being DDT. It took so long for the body to reach that impurity and release it. 

Still I’ve noticed a blemish here and there. Very small, yet I wonder how long it would take to release them all. I definitely says something. I’ve also had some psoriasis spots on my face and the tip of my nose (red How to Cure Psoriasis). These have decreased somewhat. I welcome a longer fast where I know these would go away completely. Yet I feel with a new raw and fruit veggie diet, my body will continue cleansing for about 3 months, and health will continue to skyrocket. I must stay strong, cause in all of society, it tries to give you cheap filling treats, cheap meals, things that really should not be eaten but taste amazing. A grumpy! I knew I had one in there! It was stirring for days, so I took an enema, and sure enough a few came out. That’s nuts and exciting.  How cool is this?! I just ran to the bathroom over the last two hours three with the runs and a couple mini-grumpies. The second one had a real stench- that means good release! And again in the evening I had to release a little diarrhea. On a very good note, I went to see a movie, and I felt so fantastic afterwards, I walked Sedona for a half hour before stopping at my favorite eatery. I and met up with a few old pals who were really happy to see me. We all talked for awhile about raw foods and fasting, before I headed out to rest again. This raw eatery and a raw life-improvement center in the south of Arizona are the two things really keeping me inspired lately. I have a lot to learn about taking care of this body properly and there are lots of culinary and nutritional experts who have pioneered this path, that I can learn from. When I told one guy at the eatery that I was on Day 7 of the fast, he said, “Oh cool, go another week,” without skipping a beat. The opposite end of the spectrum is my mom who has called me for days worried on end that I’m trying to kill myself. 

looking like a veitnam vet.

Day 8: Saturday:

Well, I made it past a week. The mind has calmed down. I feel connected to everything around me in a humble way. One reason is that by default I must scan my body keeping my awareness on myself often, so as to check my life-force levels. So I had a great conversation with a couple from out of town in Sedona last night. The whole time, my awareness was on me, and I rarely projected onto them. That’s such a positive sign. If only I can maintain this humility. Today I believe I’ll lounge at home or in a coffee shop working on websites and perhaps even go to a sauna to squeeze out the last bit of impurities before having a small juice tomorrow. I did wake up with another blemish, so I know there’s lots more release to come if I stick it out. In fact, I read that oatmeal could be a mucus-causing culprit, and I always have a string of mucus down my throat. Today I hocked a lougie outside my car, and for the first day since beginning this fast, the mucus that came up was soft and more dissolved. I believe it’s more an incentive to stay off oats.

So the body knows. At about 1:30pm this afternoon, I felt a murmur in my chest. I was also hunched over in utter loss of energy, so I listened to my body. This is the first real fast I’ve ever done besides a 3-day apple fast, so I accept that 8 days on only water is quite admirable. While lying in bed I smelt rice, and I thought how nice a warm meal would be. I went to the health shop and picked up some of the best smelling apples, cantaloupe, lettuce, and watermelon ever. So until Tuesday, another 3.5 days, I’ll be a fruitarian and lettuce-arian. Then for the 2+ day drive home back to Houston…. Who knows. But it will be something that passes easily through the bowels, like spinach, millet, soaked nuts, apples, etc. Real simple foods. I feel good about this. I drank 12 ounces of coconut water and ate a slice of cantaloupe. I will eventually begin the Tree of Life Phase I raw foods program which will last 3 months. 3 months of raw foods that will slowly convert all my cells back to a live and vibrant state :) This time period rarely allows any sweets except for stevia and a little agave nectar, so it’ll be a challenge with my sweettooth- but very positive. Still feeling low, but my spirits are rising. The fasting will now continue on a new level; with very watery simple foods. I’m off to the sauna to sit for an hour and squeeze out a coupe impurities of the body ;)

I mentioned it to  friend that I had placed a lot of ads out for almost free spiritual services on Craig’s List. I also have my 5 websites up, yet not one person called during this fast. It’s amazing the power of the universe. It felt the vibe I was giving off, and it allowed me to heal in peace. Next time I’ll know that when I do a fast, there will be no money coming in. Only on Friday, when I began to feel uplifted did someone send me a very heartwarming email about the challenges they’re going through and the help they need.

Ooooh, post sauna and eating that sliver of cantaloupe and wad of lettuce, I just went to the bathroom with the darkest runs ever. It was horror show. Twice! Nice….. I am so happy I did this experiment. At the sauna there was a woman, typically figured working behind the desk. She was plump, and you could tell she didn’t regularly exercise. I told her I was getting off my fast today and she said, “Oh, that’s wonderful! But don’t do what I did. A few ears back I did an 8-day fast, and when it was over I ran to the closest craving I could find, and I ate chili. My stomach was like, Nooo!”

Chili! Oooooohhh……. That’s gotta hurt.

I weighed myself at the sauna. I weighed 122lbs. Before the fast I was around 140. So that means approx 18lbs of water, fat, and muscle weight dropped in 8 days. That’s intense for a small guy like me. But the incredible news is that I found out about the celiac disorder, and now, after this cleanse, my body will be able to gain a better weight than before with healthier foods, cause it will be able to absorb the nutrients. I’m super excited.

I started out thinking this was going to be a Vipassana/ water fast, where I would have lots of chance to meditate. I was dead wrong. I am very sensitive to things, so this quote from a master faster told me why, “Generally the more toxic we are and the more aggressively we detox, the weaker we will feel.” I was pretty weak and whiny most days.

Thanks for reading, if any of you out there benefitted. I’m off to make a bok choi, celery, onion, green chard, and garlic soup, so I can drink the broth. One things for sure, if you decide to do a water fast, don't expect any business to come in for you :) You will probably be releasing very deeply, so the universe will support you being left alone.

All the love to you,

Jan

 

Hints from a master faster: He has done a few 30-day fasts (read his stories at: http://www.stevepavlina.com/forums/health-fitness/32718-beautiful-fast-2.html)

• Only live juice and fresh vegetable broth 1 day for every 4 days of water fasting.
• Generally the more toxic we are and the more aggressively we detox, the weaker we will feel.
• DEFINITELY SUNBATHE AND DO A LITTLE OUTDOOR WALKING.
• Some common detox symptoms: weakness, tiredness, light headedness (be careful not to get up fast and faint), feeling lousy, coated tongue/mouth, bad breath, headache, sore muscle(s) .......... also heartburn, nausea. If we remember that the fasting body is sending toxins from our cells into our bloodstream for elimination, it should be anticipated that we might feel less than 100% as this is taking place. 
• …brisk walking… slowed the detox, but masked certain symptoms including feelings of hunger, not to mention feelings of weakness. (he is saying that if you lay around more (resting), then you’ll detox stronger. 

God bless you all~