I wanted to fast the whole month of January, but I ended up getting sick of not eating on the 28, and dug into the gorgeous pomello that was waiting in my fridge. It didn’t help that my roommate had broken his fast days earlier! Since then, overall, I’ve been doing really well, staying very organic, unprocessed, vegan, and although far from 100%, very fresh-foody indeed!

Two types of cooked food I have been enjoying without guilt are 1) my root veggie and bean/lentil stew, which, although indeed slightly difficult to digest, is very nourishing, and 2) Japanese style kimchi nabe, using all organic goodies which have been rather expensive, but well worth it. These two recipes been eaten every second day or so since I broke my fast. I am now back into the morning green smoothies, salads, and yes! Low and behold: a few dehydrator recipes: flax crackers and raw cookies! Yum! The down side is that all these nuts and seeds are indeed high in fat. MUST be careful. I am also into making raw chocolates, what with Valentine’s day coming and all. On the upside, I’ve been cycling every day, hoping to keep the calories at bay.

I think my calorie management efforts are working actually. I recently got a bit of software for my iphone called loseit, which I highly recommend. You input your food and exercise and it gives you a nutritional breakdown. It’s also easy to use!

It’s been months and months since my last entry! How time flies. It is already 2010, and I can’t believe fall just disappeared. My raw food journey went back a notch, to say the least, but I did hang on to those morning green smoothies. I am glad I did!

I have moved house and it feels great to have started off the New Year in a new home. I’ve downsized quite a bit, so it’s been a challenge to fit everything where it belongs. I am currently on day 7 of what will hopefully be a 3-week fast. Many people say winter is a bad time to fast; it’s better to do so during the change of seasons or when it’s warm in the summer. But psychologically, I am liking having day one of my fast as the first day of the new year. I have ordered a shipment of herbs from “Blessed Herbs.” In the meantime, I am using leftover psyllium husk blended powder to make me feel full. I take it with apple juice, diluted, and drink lots of water during the day.

It hasn’t been a perfect fast so far (no surprises). I’ve been out for soy lattes on a couple of occasions. Caffeine, along with meat, tobacco, alchohol and refined sugar and salt, is on the top of the list of no-no’s for not only fasting, but for life! STILL not ready to part with my soy lattes…. Even if they did have decaf, coffee is still high acidic…

I also started off day 1 with a few solids - just some mikan, papaya, and kinkan fruit that would go over during the course of the fast if not consumed. I HATE to waste good, healthy, delicious, and in Japan, also very expensive food!

My roommate is also giving the fast a go, though he complains of hunger more than I, and isn’t “blessed” with reserves of fat deposits like yours truly.

Neither of us has experienced any hard core healing crisis or general lack of welbeing yet, aside from the hunger. Umm, wait, I did feel a tad feverish yesterday, and took a 2-hour nap after work… I’ll try to keep writing over the course of the fast.