Day 7

I was of course hoping that the hunger would recede and I could go back to my happily ignorant of (if somewhat missing) food, without the gawing pangs and stomach rumbles as constant reminders of my state of eatlessness... no such luck, but such challenges were will power made for and it will make it all the sweeter when I get to my eventual target.



The run this morning was as previously mentioned easy, no more than a jog pace really, following the principles of chi running, which basically involve fast cadence, mid foot strike and minimising effort and exposure to injury, just 2-3 easy miles on an upliftingly beautiful morning, high tide, the sun sparkling off the sea and decent conversation. I was happy with how well it went and didn't suffer any ill effects, dizziness, lack of energy or anything else that might have been expected.



I followed the run up with a 2 hour walk along the south east coast, through bluebell wood for those that know it, the perfect time of year as they have just bloomed and the ground was a carpet of lilacs and purples.



The general obsession with food that dogs me somewhat has now turned into a bit of a game, so if I find myself fantasising about a certain food I will turn that into a reward that I will enjoy come the end of the fast, so far topping my list I have Sardines Poori from the Taste of India http://www.tasteofindiaci.com/dinein/ a dish that sets my taste buds alight at the best of times but that I imagine will explode them after they have been asleep fo over a month, yes my mouth is watering at the prospect!



Of course that is not the only thing on the list, I also have seafood risotto at the Fermain Beach Cafe, crispy aromatic duck and crispy beef with singapore noodles and a pad thai and if I can find somewhere that does a decent one a calzone pizza! OK enough about the food fantasies, mouth is watering a stomach rumbling again ;)



Back to work tomorrow so hopefully the distraction of a full day will get me back into a more easily managed routine to see me up to day Friday, which would be day 12.



Day 7 in itself is actually a pretty welcome achievement. As I mentioned in an earlier post my 21 day water fast last year was punctuated with 3 feed days on the Friday of each week, so I guess in reality it was only an 18 day fast, or more accurately 3 fasts of 6 days each with a day of 1000 food high in nutritional value, nuts, seeds, leafy greens etc.



So today sees me hit the milestone of the single longest fast I have undertaken, now we just have to see how long willpower can hold out, assuming that health doesn't suggest to me that I stop before.



Weight today, because I was out the door early for a run I didn't weigh myself until after I'd got back and had already consumed 1.5 litres of water, normal routine is to get up, evacuate and the weight, to get an accurate benchmark. Anyway for the record today read 184.8lbs which is the first time the scales have risen in a week, but I'm putting that down to the water, which would weigh approx 1.5kg or about 3.5lbs, I hope for a more sensible reading tomorrow!