I wrote recently about my first fast. I loved the experience and I hope you decide to look into it for yourself to see if it’s something you’re interested in doing. But now that a few days have past, and I’m back to eating, “normal” again, I wanted to let everyone know how things are going.

Since the fast I have had a few highs, some mild depression (psychological, as well as physiological), but overall some WONDERFUL blood sugars!

Going back to regular foods was exciting. I started out with an assortment of fresh veggies and fruits, something that I plan on making up at least 50% of my diet (big goal of mine anyway). Everything that I read on fasts talked about slowly re-introducing your body to these healthy foods and that a person should make them a regular part of their normal eating routine anyway (duh, right!). (We’ve all heard that before…)

So despite a few diet slip-ups (consisting of too much starchy foods at one time – a common cause for high blood sugars in type 1 diabetics), I have REALLY seen an overall VAST improvement in my sugars. Since getting very “familiar” with my body during the fast, and all the foods that really benefit me instead of hinder me, I’ve have found myself eating much more “consciously” and really having a better understanding of what’s being put into my body and what’s happening inside. Thus, the result is that I have seen many more normal sugars - more frequently!

In touching on what I mentioned briefly earlier (about mild depression), I feel that because my mind and body went through a radical transformation, both physically and mentally, that I have experienced the following effects. Physically, I felt GREAT and CLEAR without any food in my body. As strange as it seems, when I began eating foods again I felt a bit more sluggish at times because of my bodyIn touching on what I mentioned briefly earlier (about mild working on digesting and processing the foods I was putting in now. It takes energy to do that. Psychologically, the effects of going from no foods, (and being rather content), to loading up my body, I have witnessed my mind struggle to “digest” (sorry for the pun) what is happening. My mind was beginning to be ok with having no foods in me. Now, all of the sudden, my mind is dealing with the abundance of having it all time, endlessly!! That’s where the deep appreciation for even having foods came about when I was enduring not having any during the fast! Another wonderful and humanizing experience rec’d from the ordeal.

With experiencing these sensations I can see the draw and potentiality of an eating disorder becoming present, although I am clear on what that is and how that feels and will avoid that at all costs!

Looking back on it, I still feel that fasting was one of the best, most peaceful things, I’ve ever done in my life - hands down.

I think I’ll go eat an apple now.