Water Fast- Day One

Today I started the first day of my four/five day water fast. For those of you that don't know, a water fast is where you drink water all day long and do not consume any solid foods or other types of beverages. A lot of people think that it is an unhealthy or dangerous thing to do, but they couldn't be more wrong. This is actually the natural way of detoxing your body...has been done for years and often medical professionals recommend fasting as a means of healing certain ailments. The water will flush out the toxins that have built up in my body.

Today was actually a lot easier than the other first days of my past fasts. I barely had any hunger pains and no food cravings at all! The last few times that I have fasted, the first day was the hardest, but I guess since I've done this quite a few times at this point, those little things don't phase me. One thing I learned about myself the last fast I did, which was a 48 hour fast, was that hunger is mental. Of course part of it is physical, but when you are doing a water fast, you drink water all day long, so the hunger pains are subsided by water. The thing was, that I ended my last fast not because I was hungry, but because I knew we had Cheetos in the pantry and I just can't say no to Cheetos! Pretty quickly after I caved, I was disappointed in my reason to end the fast. Had I ended it because I did not feel well physically, emotionally, etc...or had reached my goal, I wouldn't have been so disappointed. I've learned from that experience and my goal this time around is to complete a 5 day fast, but will not be disappointed if I end it at 4...I always set high expectations for myself, but will give myself a break, if I need it. Anyway, for the next few days, I will use this blog to document how I am doing. Wish me luck!