New Years Resolution x 52 Weeks…

By on January 1, 2010

is fasting one day each week.

Years ago when I had a really busy schedule on the road as a truck driver… I decided to fast one day a week for an entire year.My body and mind felt great, not to mention lighter! Keeping busy makes fasting quite easy and very doable so long as you pack enough liquids to carry you through the day. A gallon is great amount to strive for – it can come in the form of herbal teas, fresh juice (or diluted bottle juice), plain water or by adding raw apple cider vinegar or chlorophyll to your water. I also I like drinking the “Master Cleanse” drink as part of my one day fast. Hot broths are another option. Whatever the liquid, I still chew – helps enzymes in saliva break it down further.

Anyone can fast successfully when you wean yourself off food the day (or more before). My goal the day prior to and after my one day fast is to eat as much raw vegan food as possible. By this I don’t mean to stuff myself, what I do mean is in place of cooked heavy foods. Eating raw and vegan is by no means a requirement, it just makes easing into and out of fasting a healthier approach with fewer side effects.

I have not made a New Years Resolution in decades, however… what I have done is get people together for what I call a Detox Challenge. This one day of fasting was one way for me to help a friend get back on track with her health. Fasting does wonders for the body, mind, and spirit – it’s an easy way of getting more productive hours in a day.

Got a health promoting New Year Resolution? Dietary resolutions would not be needed if we simply ate healthy most hours of the day and days of the week. It’s that simple. No rules, no counting calories, no being accountable to anyone but yourself. What is worth striving for is purpose and passion – with that… diet is no longer an issue. However, fasting helps put us in touch with our divine design.

 “If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am.”  ~Cyril Cusack~

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