Water Detox, Day 1

I ended up delaying the start of this fast because of something simple I should have realized, which is that while your body and mind get fantastically clear, peaceful and focused on a fast, that is so not the way it starts out.

First, you detox.

This means you get tired. Your body starts burning stored fuel (body fat) - for a really neat look at what happens when you fast check out this summary. Many toxins are reputedly stored in body fat, so during a fast they are released into the blood stream. You get sluggish, tired, achey. Focus is at a premium.

So maybe I shouldn't have planned to start a fast the same day I had 4 exams scheduled in an online course I was taking. I came to see the error of my ways yesterday, and decided to postpone the fast by one day.

So today was the first day I actually was fasting, and I don't know if it was made easier or more difficult by the fact that I have a raging sore throat. The kind where you keep swallowing just to see if it's still there - oww. Easier to not eat, definitely. More difficult to do anything else without being distracted. by. the. burning.

Other than that, detox symptoms plus cold symptoms just equals sleepy. So I'm think I'm just going to curl up for the night with a movie and a tall glass of club soda ;)