Day 4

The sun is now setting on day 4 of my experiment, and everything is under control! I just weighed myself and the scale indicates a number which I have trouble believing: 268 pounds… I’m not sure what causes such big variations of weight loss from one day to another, I guess the simple fact of drinking less water might have a great impact on one’s weight… Also, during the last couple of hours, I’ve been doing some strenuous excercise in very hot conditions, involving a lot of sweat, so that might have evacuated some extra water.

Today I wanted to write about ‘thinking forward’ but I will leave that for another day as something quite intreresting happened that made me realize a key element to anyone’s success, in anything, not only weight loss. This morning I woke up and I wasn’t in the best of moods…I was quite grumpy, a little foggy, plus my body was acting up, evacuating toxins in an unpleasant manner. I was meeting a lover in the evening, and I was feeling so bad that I almost cancelled on her.

But something inside me was telling me to go with the flow, and above all the date was a movie night anyways. When she arrived at my place everything changed, I was suddenly noticing my body, and my negative ideas less, and having more and more fun with her.

Not only did we watch a great movie, but we talked and did other fun things, which really took an edge off my fast. And although I’m sure that she is not 100% in peace with what I’m doing, somehow through her words, and actions I feel that I do get some support in my process of self-transformation.

Me and her are both foodies, and on our way to the fruit store we popped into some high(er)-end food stores just to window shop. The amount of interesting foods was almost overwhelming, yet at that point I was in such a great mindset that all that food surrounding me was not even remotely tempting! Of course I’m excited about being done with this fast, and eventually resume eating. Yet at that point in time I was fully aware of myself and my situation, and all of that fine food was there to tickle my senses, and give me ideas on how I want to break my fast in a couple of weeks.

The moral of this story, really revolves around having key people surrounding you (and most of us have them!) that are very special in your eyes, that you are able to forget what is bothering you, and simply live in the present and not think about anything else than the moment that you are immersed in. You can get through any situation since your attention is shifted to more pleasurable sensations.

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