Detox day 4

Wednesday (Day 4)

 

Weight:            71.5kgs

Food:                        none

Liquids:            approx. 5 liters

 

I still have a lot of energy.  I even worked out today with weights for 30mins.  I really don’t get why this fast is so different than the other ones.  I’m starting to wander whether I secretly sleepwalk and have food somewhere.

 

But really I have zero hunger.  Today, Lisa finally broke her fast and Jason is sort of cheating, somewhat breaking his fast (on day 6).  Apparently Lisa and Jason already cheated last night and had a bunch of cashew nuts (I don’t think Lisa is really cheating given she hás alreasy been fasting for 8 days).  We all (I, Lisa, Jason, Eric and Vee) go to Long Beach for the afternoon, an amazing deserted, unbuilt beach on the southeast side of the island, which requires taking a ridiculous gravel road over steep hills and through the jungle to get to.  The beach has a couple of shack restaurants.  While I have a coconut (liquid only – Lisa scrapes out the flesh), Lisa has a great-looking som tum salad, Vee hás noodles, Eric hás a curry, and Jason – cheating – hás egg fried rice with red curry sauce on the side.  I really enjoy the smell of the foods and would really like to try them, but not because I’m hungry, just because I would enjoy the taste.  I realize that that is why I do sometimes miss food right now – for the taste, not because I’m hungry.  Also, while a lot of foods appear compelling (like the Thai foods in front of me), it is only a few specific foods that get my saliva really flowing when I think about them – they include eel sushi, foie gras, and marzipan.  Unfortunately, except for possibly the eel, none of those are really part of the initial post-fasting diet.

 

In the afternoon, Eric and Vee leave the resort.  We all swap details, I’m sure that I will be in touch particularly with my “mortgage buddy” Vee.

 

At dinner, with Jason and Lisa, I have to watch others eat again.  While Jason is being good and not cheating (probably due to the fact that the waitresses are like schoolteachers and know exactly who is fasting and who is not and chastise fasters who just even dare to ask about food on the menu), Lisa’s post-fasting eyes are significantly bigger than her fasting-reduced stomach and she orders three main courses – pumpkin salad, curry salad, and spring rolls – they all look great.  While no waitresses are around, Jason quickly steals a few bites.  Later during the dinner, he gets a massive stomach ache and leaves to go to his room – egg fried rice apparently wasn’t a good idea.