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Even though I supposedly knew better, I still decided to 'prep' for my fast tomorrow wasn't to authentically prep, but rather to enjoy some rich food before I go without for a week. Which means last night, I had red wine (a grenache/syrah mix) and prosciutto and humboldt fog as appetizers, and then a dinner of buffalo chicken strips. Today I had coffee and 2 bananas for breakfast, a BLT and fries for lunch, and for dinner steamed mussels, spinach artichoke dip, and 2 jameson-and-gingers. I must pause for a moment to discuss where I ate this meal -- a typical fancy big Chicago Water Tower restaurant type place that serves steak and seafood and everyone is wearing expensive suits (well except me). But during the week they have a happy hour food special from 5 pm to 6 pm where everything is $1.99 and it's delicious and decent-size portions. I'm not telling you where it is. Though I might take you there if you ask nice.
I had lunch with my temp gig BFF and she helped get me all psyched up for the fast by telling me all about her miraculous experience with one years ago. She was so excited to hear I was doing one that she decided to do one soon because its been awhile. She also was encouraging about stair-stepping down, and if I start to have adverse effects, to just eat fresh fruits and vegetables for a day and then go back to fasting the next day (instead of just caving in and going to McDonald's).
My last bite of food was around 7:30ish. Let's just say 8 pm to be neat. It's 10 pm and I'm now about to drink the tea with senna, the herbal laxative. Sidenote to the brand Republic of Tea -- if your tea is designed to only steep a certain amount of time, why do you package it in round bag with no string so it's difficult to remove? Is it just because you're an American company and the majority of Americans don't know how to make a decent cup of tea? Ok, I'll put my cranky british guy back in my pocket now.
Let it begin.
I had lunch with my temp gig BFF and she helped get me all psyched up for the fast by telling me all about her miraculous experience with one years ago. She was so excited to hear I was doing one that she decided to do one soon because its been awhile. She also was encouraging about stair-stepping down, and if I start to have adverse effects, to just eat fresh fruits and vegetables for a day and then go back to fasting the next day (instead of just caving in and going to McDonald's).
My last bite of food was around 7:30ish. Let's just say 8 pm to be neat. It's 10 pm and I'm now about to drink the tea with senna, the herbal laxative. Sidenote to the brand Republic of Tea -- if your tea is designed to only steep a certain amount of time, why do you package it in round bag with no string so it's difficult to remove? Is it just because you're an American company and the majority of Americans don't know how to make a decent cup of tea? Ok, I'll put my cranky british guy back in my pocket now.
Let it begin.
