break-fast

Well, today was the big day! I had my last juice-psyllium-bentonite combo at lunch today (I made fresh OJ, my favorite!) and actually chewed something for the first time in 15 days today.

You have to go back onto foods carefully after fasting, so while everyone else dined on several courses of health food that Anna and one of the guests cooked yesterday, I had a fruit salad. It had the usual juicing fruits – kiwi, apple, pear, orange – and a special treat, persimmon.

Before my first bite (I resisted nibbling when I was cutting up the fruit!), we had a little ‘ceremony’ and everyone watched me eat the piece of persimmon I’d selected to eat first…and there was a photo, but it was blurry, so I had to re-enact it, which I happily did.

I’m really glad I fasted here – I think I’ll be a lot healthier for it, not only because of the benefits during the fast, but also because it’ll definitely change my eating habits going forward. The Pujjis was also a wonderful place to do it, and it was easier having someone else fasting at the same time. Dean has set tomorrow, his 26th day without ‘real food,’ as his absolute last day of fasting. We’ve heard that one before, but I think this time’s for real.

After dinner, I had my last required sauna – I’ve gotten pretty good at them, I hardly sweated at all when I started – and we watched ‘Broken Flowers’ on Pujji-Vision. It’s definitely the worst movie I’ve seen in a long time, but Jane traded me a shoulder massage for hair-brushing during the movie, so it at least wasn’t a total waste of time..