I didn’t sleep well.  I kept waking up.  It seemed like people were coming and going so early in the morning.  But I didn’t have the intense weird sleep either.  I still woke up feeling good despite the lack of sleep.

I watched a couple of educational films today.  One was on fasting.  The other was on salt, sugar and oil and why eating them in large amounts is bad.  I tried doing my breathing exercises, but they made me dizzy.  I had a skype call with one of my classmates.  We  have been meeting once a week and it’s very grounding to talk with her.  There was restorative yoga in the afternoon.  Restorative yoga for someone on a fast meant doing mostly stretching while lying on the mat.  Next time, she recommended I try chair yoga.

I went out the labyrinth, but based on how difficult it was to walk last time, I just took my shoes off and stood in the sand until the sun chased me back to shady areas.  The weather here has been delightful – not too hot in the shade and a nice warm breeze.  I’m so use to breezes being very cold and uncomfortable.  I’ve left my windows open the whole time.  How do I work it out to live here in the spring and fall and in Colorado in the summer and winter?  Part of what I’m hoping becomes clear while I’m here is what the heck am I doing next.  Am I moving to Europe, buying a house in Colorado, staying an engineer or becoming an artist or an awakening coach?  Decisions can be so tough sometimes.

I had intermittent nausea and headaches today, but less than yesterday.  The hunger is almost gone.  I think I only had 2 or 3 hunger “attacks” today.  But remember, I can’t count to 3, so who knows.  My lips are chapped, my feet are dried and crackly, but I can’t put on lotion.  The doctor recommended coconut oil or olive oil, but there’s no way for me to go out and get that.  I lost 1 pound my first day here and 2 pounds yesterday.  This is going in a silly direction.  But, I was told that weight loss tapers off too – that was mostly water weight.  I had a “bath” today.  Basically a wash cloth bath, but it was still delightful.  I wonder how it will go without deodorant.  I also was able to brush my teeth without toothpaste, just water.  But, since I’m not able to do anything that would make me sweat and I’m not eating, I feel quite clean.

Tomorrow I should go into keytosis which is where the body stops looking for carbohydrates as fuel and starts burning fat as fuel.  This is why most people feel better on day 4.  When I talked to the doctor about the tingly muscles last night where they felt like stuff was coming out of them, he said that was probably the fat in the muscles starting to metabolize.   On day 3 or 4 people get energy back, the headaches and stomach problems go away.  They feel like they could conquer the world.  I’m pretty sure conquering the world is not allowed while fasting though.  I’ll have to conquer the world another time.

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