Today
is a fast day for me, tomorrow will be a normal food day….in a few days (Summer
Solstice) there will be a couple days of feasting. Each week and every day
brings something different to the table….
Because
I am eating this way, I look forward to my food like never before. Even a bowl
of porridge takes on a new meaning when you are truly hungry – and I fill up
faster. I am satisfied after eating less.
My
stomach empties out on the fast days (I usually just drink water and herbal teas), providing extra energy for detox, repair
and rebuilding reserves. I work out as usual – feeling better and more myself
–perhaps because I can actually ‘feel’….
My
digestive system isn’t stuffed with food (all the time) – it’s a cycle of
eating that has brought me back to myself in so many ways; old and new. I have
discovered there is a spiritual element to eating that I never even knew
existed….
Oh
and the feast days! When following the Celtic or Pagan Calendar there are many
feasts throughout the year. When you add in birthdays and a couple of other
celebrations…there is something to plan for every few weeks.
Right
now we are gearing up for the Summer Solstice or Midsummer as we know it here.
This is a BIG deal for us and we have been planning our menu for weeks. Of
course everyone wants a BBQ – so we are hoping the weather will cooperate too!
Fasting
before a feast is not an issue at all…in fact – I think I have moved beyond my
food ‘issues’ because I have permission to eat what I want, when I want it and
as much as I want, during our feasts.
Of
course, I’m not going to eat rubbish on my feast days either; my cleaned out
digestive system enjoys organic, natural, wholesome, homemade, unprocessed and
wild harvested food.
Anything
I can raise, grow, make from scratch or dig up – is on the menu!
It’s
hard to hang onto thoughts of deprivation when you have 3 or 4 days of non-stop
cooking, baking and eating to look forward to. Once the feast is winding down I
am more then happy to return to a fast day and normal eating, mostly because I
am tired of all that food. LOL
Fasting
has become an easy ‘out’ for me. On these days I get a breather…time to think,
do some things I keep putting off – be creative and savour the feeling of a day
off from eating and watch (feel) my body get stronger.
Since
I started eating this way (food, fast and feast) I sleep more soundly, I wake
earlier, I am less obsessed with food or eating. I think about food all the
time (it’s what I do) however, those thoughts are on a far healthier level.
I am
slimmer now and find it far easier to maintain a normal body weight. I work out
nearly every day in some capacity (free weights, walking, Yoga etc.) – short
term, intermittent fasting even enhances physical activity.
On
my food days, I am the one ‘in control’ of how much I eat and when to stop. I
find eating earlier in the day might be nice one day…or a big meal after a
fasted workout is great too.
Everywhere
I go people mention to me how healthy I look. I don’t feel tired, I have more
then enough energy to do what I want to do and I feel younger then my years.
Actually…it’s
far easier to take care of myself because I am eating this way then ever
before. Life has found a gentle rhythm bringing my body into balance is, and I
have found all this, by following a natural cycle of eating.
April
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| The Pagan Diet |
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