Today was the hardest fast yet. I was more active than previous days and more tempted by junk. I reached a point where I felt very weary and it seemed that my brain was not properly processing information. Talking to people was a bit of a challenge.
Having said all of that I still think that a lot of the resistance against fasting is in my head. People are not made to eat 3 meals a day. That is not how the wilderness works and it is a recent development in human history. Hunter gather people even today must sometimes go without food for long periods of time followed by periods of abundance.
It is unusual for our bodies to be in a state of homeostasis they are used to constant change. Change with the seasons, change with the hunts, and change with the changing surroundings. We are made to be wanderers.
Todays fast was followed by a day off from exercise which was relaxing and I have actually been more widely awake today than on previous days when I exercised. Not sure if it had to do with the fast or the coffee. I’ll probably never know.
Another interesting thing that I found today was that because of my lack of distraction with food I was able to be highly productive. I was not required to go find food and I didn’t have to waste time eating. We people spend a lot of time eating. If we can reduce that expenditure we would be able to get so much more done. I would be curious to see a calculation of the time humans actually spend on food procurement during a lifetime.
Still looking forward to lifting on a fast day and seeing how that feels. Not expecting much except for the learning of it a probably a pretty significant amount of pain.
Didn’t weight today because it was my day off and I didn’t make it to the gym where the scale happens to reside. Eating after the fast was great today and it will be difficult to refrain from going a little crazy tomorrow.