The longer I do intermittent fasting, the more I feel the need to eat is more mental than physical.
I wrote this text on the 21st of December, 2022. It was a day when I decided that after Christmas and New Year’s Eve, I would try fasting for two weeks. Is it the first time I will be fasting? No, in the first half of 2021, I was fasting for 94 hours. Speaking shortly: during 94 hours, I was drinking only water, coffee, and broth. This time, I am inspired to do it longer. Why? Because I returned to Dr. Jason Fung’s book about intermittent fasting (full title: “Complete Guide To Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting.”). I need something more potent for myself. That’s why I decided to fast for two weeks. I want to challenge myself during the first month of 2023.
What if I won’t manage to fast for two weeks? Nothing. I will continue to consume between 7 p.m. and 12 p.m. like I’ve been doing for two years.
Overeating ruins our bodies. People who eat regularly tend to believe they do something good for themselves. I am afraid they do not. Intermittent fasting is the ancient way to be healthy. I think the seven deadly sins, including gluttony, did invent God, but someone intelligent and clever. Famine is something disastrous. It is an occurrence when people die because of starvation. They do not eat because they do not have anything to eat.
Contrary to fasting, where food is within reach of each arm. Speaking shortly, during fasting, there is always a possibility to break a fast and start to eat. Still, I want to prove to myself, for not the first time in my life, that the need to eat is more mental than physical. The state of being hungry for most of the XXI century humans who live in a broadly defined Western world is a state of mind, not a stomach.
