I got my groove back :)

So in the last 12-18 months I have been so busy with work and miscelleneous stuff beyond work that anything not directly affecting both went to the bottom of the ‘to-do’ pile. I have been involved in a project, X, that basically consumed me outside of work.  The only place Project X did not interfere with was work LOL. I slept, ate, drunk Project X. So last week I finished the first phase of Project X, and for the first time in a long time I came up for air. And things that were subconsciously relegated to 101th position started to come up. And one of the things I had noted in the last year though did not really pay attention to was that I get hungry real fast. And in the recent months it got worse. I would get hungry 20-30 minutes after eating a huge meal! And I thought I was running more, so it made sense. However, last week I really thought about it and it wasn’t normal! I couldn’t be eating so much and still hungry like all the time! I was always looking for fillers: cookies, crisps, chevra, even breakfast cereal became a snack-nibling on it dry for it to seem different hehehehe.

End of last week I started to really think about it, and decided to google possible causes and solutions thereof. Found an article with several possibilities but one jumped out at me: detox. It said that if you didn’t detox regularly, your body would reach a toxic point where even though your stomach was filled, it was unable to absorb nutrients from the food and so would send a hungry signal to the brain minutes after eating. That made sense! I knew that was it! I used to do it regularly back then even though I thought this detox business was overrated LOL! In addition to that, once upon a time I would do 24-36 hour water fasts for spiritual reasons. One of the detox methods suggested just that, and it occurred to me that it had been simply ages since I did a fast that long. In the last 12-18 months I been doing one meal fasts :). Mmhh…! Immediately I decided to do one last Friday.

Now, parallel to the food challenges, last several months I have had really fatigued muscles in spite of regular therapy that I had. I felt it when running and it didn’t make sense why regular therapy wasn’t ‘fixing’ me like I knew it should, and can. I made an appointment to have an investigative session.  There had to be something wrong, I reasoned. So after the fast, I ate regular portion, and this time did not get hungry afterward. Had dinner at 6:30pm and by the time I was going to bed at 11pm, I was still OK. What? My problem solution was that simple? And then the next morning while out on a long run, I realized that my muscles were feeling as good as new!!! Now that, I did not see coming. The water fast had not only detoxed my insides, but the muscles as well! What??? And… that’s what was wrong with my muscles all this time??? I kept my appointment all the same, and my physiotherapist commented that my muscles were not as fatigued as they have been. Also, therapy sessions are usually quite painful and so I was pleasantly surprised that this time it was bearable hehehehe. And this, I found out because my muscles were not fatigued :). I was in pure shock, truth be told. I used to know that fasts were good for both physical and spiritual reasons, but clearly in the business of life I forgot. And now I have another reason to be consistent with my practices, so help me God! And thank you, Lord, for reminding of important stuff that fell by the wayside. Wow!  Simply, wow!