Month: August 2017

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Journal Entry: August 29th – Fasting Three Consecutive Days a Week II

August 29th 2017

Fasting Three Consecutive Days a Week II

Tonight I’m finishing up my third day of dry-fasting. As I mentioned in the previous post, I’m trying to to do the same three consecutive days of dry-fasting as I did last week. Only this time, I won’t be eating out at all. This week has been pretty amazing so far in terms of productivity. On Sunday I was still digesting the cooked Peruvian food I had as my last meal on Saturday. On Sunday night I slept about 12 hours. I felt pretty guilty waking up late, but then I had such clarity of mind and mental energy, which made me feel better about my time investment in sleep. The following night I was feeling a bit hyper at bed time. I stayed about three hours in bed without being able to fall asleep. I got up around 3:00AM. I did some work on the computer. Then went back to bed around 4:00AM. Woke up at 7:30AM. Since then I’ve been busy doing things. It’s so liberating to not have to worry about food. I can do things all day. I have been keeping busy these days by recording music, building my band’s website/ blog, working on this blog, getting interviewed for jobs, and taking one class at the university. In about two days, I have a fourth round of interviews for a job opportunity. If I get it, it’s going to be an interesting experience for this blog.Continue reading

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Journal Entry: August 27th – Fasting Three Consecutive Days a Week I

August 27th 2017

Fasting Three Consecutive Days a Week I

I was able to increase my productivity this week. I ended up dry-fasting for three and a half days (for about 90 hours to be more exact – From Saturday night to Wednesday afternoon). On Wednesday and Thursday I’ve only eating raw food prepared at home. On Friday I went out and had a raw dish at Buenos Aires Verde.  Last night, my last meal of the week was some cooked fish in shrimp sauce at the Peruvian restaurant La Conga.Continue reading

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Journal Entry: August 21st 2017 – Trying to understand the moments when I’m not fasting

August 21st 2017

Trying to understand the moments when I’m not fasting

It has been a bit over two weeks since my last seven day dry-fasting experience. I ate regularly for about 2 weeks. On the first Sunday I had a 40 hour dry-fast. The following Sunday, meaning yesterday, I started a new fast. I’m not planning on breaking it after 40 hours this time. I’m planning on keeping going for a few days. The past couple weeks, I was able to observe that the periods when I am eating on a regular basis are not optimum. Most of the food I’m eating is raw and organic, but I feel like I’m eating way too much, and way many different things. This situation results in me having a lot of pleasure while feeding myself, but I can feel my body not functioning as well as when I’m fasting.Continue reading

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Journal Entry: August 12th 2017 – Back to Eating Regularly

August 12th 2017

Back to Eating Regularly

It has been almost a week since I broke my last seven day dry-fast. For about three days after breaking the fast I was able to maintain a mindset similar to the fasting one by drinking green juices, and eating raw. On the fifth day after completing the fast, I had a job interview, so I ate at this organic grocery store where I buy my some of my produce. Their food is pretty good, but probably not as healthy as my own preparations. I had a raw falafel, a cooked soup, and after eating all that food, I was still hungry. I decided to have one of their cheeseburgers. I guess it’s the healthiest type of cheeseburger you can find in Buenos Aires, but it still a cheeseburger.Continue reading

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Journal Entry: August 8th 2017 – Defining my Core Practices

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August 8th 2017

Defining my Core Practices

I started my healthier living attempt 17 months ago. During the first eight-month my approach was pretty radical. I had a quasi complete raw diet. I had kicked out completely alcohol, diary products, and cereals out of my life. After the eight-month period I decided to be more flexible, and allowed myself to eat traditionally cooked food. I started having a diet where once or twice a week, I would allow myself to eat out more often. I decided to not restrict myself, and follow my desires.Continue reading

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Journal Entry: Jul 30th – Aug 6th – My Second 7 day Dry-fasting Experience (day by day)

July 30th – August 6th

My Second 7-day Dry-fasting Experience (day by day)

 

July 30th 2017

I just started a new seven day dry-fast. This is the second time I’m attempting a fast of this length. Yesterday was my birthday. It was a beautiful day in Buenos Aires. Despite winter time here in the southern hemisphere, the weather was warm with moments when I could see and feel the sun through the multiple thin layers of clouds. My main objective on my birthday was to enjoy the day as much as possible.  I decided to not do my regular daily warrior diet on this day. After my jog to the “Lago de Regatas” in “Parque de 3 de Febrero”. I had about 700ml of yellow beat, celery, fennel, apple, orange juice I had saved from the night before. I add garlic, ginger and curcuma to pretty much all my juices. After having my juice, I went out for lunch, and later at night I also had dinner. Probably not the best way to go into a seven day dry-fast, but at least all I ate was of plant origin.Continue reading