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The 3 Day Fast: Day 1

I start my fasts based on the last time that I ate or drank anything. Today I had 2 eggs fried in olive oil and a cup of black coffee. This was at eight in the morning.

The last time that I underwent a 3 day fast I just jumped into it. The shock was almost more than I could handle so I decided to make some adjustments.

Yesterday I cut my total calorie intake by more than half. I only ate one meal, which was at 4 in the afternoon. My meal consisted of a couple spoonfuls of peanut butter, 4 eggs and some salsa. Yum

How do I feel?

As of this writing I feel pretty good. I have a minor headache, which is to be expected. I was very hungry around one in the afternoon.

I had to officiate a basketball game at 3:30. That took my mind off of my hunger for a while.

Most of all I feel tired and rundown. I'm not very motivated to do anything right now.

Also I cannot wait till I eat on Friday morning.

I am looking forward to tomorrow for two reasons. One, because it is one day closer to when I can eat again. And two because after roughly 24 hours the feeling of stomach hunger goes away. Hell Yes.

Looking toward the future I see a problem arising. Every morning I have one cup of black coffee. I not only enjoy this because it gives me a morning jolt, but I also enjoy the taste and the warmth that it brings me on a cool winter morning.

I would say that I am mildly addicted to coffee and I am not looking forward to going two days without it. I have done it before and I just feel run down all day. Add in the fact that I won't have any food in my system and the result is a pretty shitty couple of days.

After writing this I have noticed that I am being extremely negative. I suppose this is warranted as I have not eaten and I am hungry. I apologize for the negativity I will put forth an honest effort to be more proactive.

If bowl movements gross you out then I would skip the next couple of paragraphs.

The reason that I ate this morning was because I wanted to induce a crap. That didn't happen. So now the waste from the two meals that I have eaten will be rotting in my colon. Yay.

I hope I do not develop a colon cancer from all the shit that is just sitting in me.*

* When we eat, it sparks the large intestine to move feces through to the colon. The large intestine moves food by contracting  sphincter muscles (a circular muscle). Picture a load of poop being pushed through the intestines by circular muscles that are contracting. Like squeezing cookie dough out of a plastic wrapper. Nice visual huh

I really want to watch TV but I hate watching it because it is a massive waste of my time. I need to sum up the motivation to do other, more productive things with my time.

I made the HUGE mistake of telling my roommates that I will be fasting for the next couple of days. Naturally they tempt me with food every chance they get. I guess I deserve it. They actually just walked in with Dairy Queen Blizzards. Terrific

If you have any questions or comments please leave them in either comment section or you can email me at bryantheryan@gmail.com.

I will again be posting my "progress" tomorrow. I hope you all follow me on my fasting adventure.

Have fun eating food,

Ryan

PS: I just got a craving for pretzels. I have not had a pretzel in 3 months.