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Even the Daily Mail (my least favourite newspaper) agrees with us.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1250798/How-fasting-help-slow-ageing-process.html
One of my favourite journalists is Giles Coren – Restaurant Critic of The Times and surely one of the funniest writers of our age. So you can imagine my delight to find him investigating the whole world of eating less in this weeks Times Magazine. No great conclusions are reached and I certainly wouldn’t recommend what sounds like a morale sapping diet but notice his interest in the joys of an empty stomach and marvel at his wonderful wordsmithing. Enjoy!
We are getting excited about FirstMonday – see above – and if you want to join in and help us to get more people involved then please feel free to send them the link or call me on 07956 368 504.
One of the surprising things about FastMonday is how many people who have not signed up are either doing FastMonday themselves or doing their particular version of the practice.
I’ve had messages from people who now just eat fruit on Mondays or go without something on Mondays or fast to a particular time on Mondays and other people who do a one day fast on another day of the week because Mondays doesn’t work for them.
One of the founding principles of FastMonday is “it’s your fast” and you should know from us that whatever you do is fine. The main aim of FastMonday is to interrupt the relentless daily over consumption of food.
A great question and a difficult one to answer but someone who would have a strong claim is Sir Stanley Matthews – the oldest man to play for England and to play in the top flight of English football.
And guess what? He fasted every Monday! That’s where I got the original idea from.
You may have all seen the press about the fattest man in the world. I have tried to contact him with an invitation to FastMonday but have heard nothing so far.
A great news story and one sad end of an increasing problem in society so well documented in a recent Observer article:
Who’s to blame for Britain’s obesity epidemic?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/oct/25/obesity-rights-discrimination-nhs-cost
The danger with these news stories is they take the focus away from the middle ground – the fact that so much of our population is overweight. We are naturally slim creatures but our bonkers lifestyles are making so many of us fat and bloated. For me half a stone is too much. So here’s a message from FastMonday. Don’t worry about the 70 stone guy – focus on your unwanted 7 pounds.
Happy Fasting. Happy Juicing.
To all FastMondayers – participating or aspiring.
At the time of writing – Oct 26th 2009 – Argos have our recommended Juicer at Half Price.
Happy Juicing!
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/catalogId/1500001801/partNumber/0504269.htm
Most people use the words hard and easy with out really thinking. They refer to their feelings – not the physical Universe.
Climbing Everest is hard. You have to fly to Nepal, Trek for a week to get to base camp. Hire Sherpas, be part of an expedition, pay fees to the government etc etc.
Setting up a restaurant is hard. You need premises, chefs, waiters, pots, pans, plates, food, tables, menus etc etc.
Stopping smoking is not hard. You don’t need anything.
Fasting is not hard. You don’t need anything.
Now – I am not saying it is easy – just don’t overcomplicate things. And watch what words come out of your mouth. You can literally language your life – and take a stand for own future at the same time!
In case you need any more evidence – check out a new food variation from across the pond.
http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14587405
If you do searches on fasting there are lots of great sites out there with rafts of information and stories of people fasting for 20, 30 or 50 days.
Which is brilliant and people report all kinds of miracles through fasting – cancer cures, stomach ulcers and depression.
If you’re new to fasting, which I was a year ago, it can all be a little daunting! So take it easy – take it a day at a time – lots of small changes make big ones. By getting to grips with the basics, you can build up over time and take on bigger challenges when the time is right.
