Gaia

I've fasted several times. This is the 3rd time doing the master cleanse and usually i feel alive and full of energy. Man, I am the opposite today. I have no energy and am feeling a bit weak. this morning i did yin yoga, 5 minutes each posture for about an hour and a half, all very restorative. But now i am at work and feel like i want a nap.

I don't feel hungry, I just feel weak. It's interesting to me how fasting is such a challenge, but for different reasons for different people or for different reasons at different times for the same person. I like the idea of working to cleanse and work with the insides (intestines, colon etc...), but also the mind. it is a mind fuck. this food thing. I had a friend once say she couldn't believe how great she felt while she was fasting and she was like "food is so overrated". Kind of like propagananda. Of course we need it to live and to function and to be healthy, but we ( a very broad and stereotyped we) over eat and have too much food and tv tells us to eat this and that and it makes us hungry and the stores are stocked with so many options and we buy and then we eat and then we get fat and become obsessed with food mentally as well as physically. Overall, I don't have any major overeating problems, but I have some issues around food and I have a slow metabolism and some bad genes. so, i really have to watch what i eat and this frustrates me because i like sweets so much.. This fast helps all of that stuff for me. so, i am doing it and i hope i can make it until friday..

Last night i chilled out, rented two movies and can't believe it, but watched them both. Both were good in different ways. a documentary called Romantico about a Mariachi player from Mexico and his life and struggles and then a movie called Little Children also good, but a bit challenging to watch at times..