Only water during 72 hours. #IntegralFasting

It's been a long time that I wanted to try the integral fasting. The thing is I needed to have enough free days to do it without taking risks. Because before doing it we can't know how we'll react to it. So it's better, if we don't have any responsability at this time. And last week was the perfect week for me.

The day before I just ate vegetables to prepare my body. But trust me, you should prepare yourself 2-3 days before : I really wish I could have done it, one day preparation is too less. 

I will tell you in details how I felt from Monday to Wednesday. 

MONDAY

                                                                                           

I start with my daily routine : drinking hot ginger water while reading, then some yoga. After that I start to feel hungry... but I keep me busy so that I can't think about the hunger. Around 2pm I'm weak, I need to sleep : I do one hour nap and then feel better. I go in town for a walk, there I meet a friend who ask me if I ate, sponteneously I answer No. So she wants me to join her to eat one burger. By chance, at that time I wasn't feeling any sense of hunger ! And really NO WAY I was going to give up now.
Back home, I read some books, start to feel hungry but so tired that I really easily fall asleep.

TUESDAY

I didn't put any alarm, wanted to sleep as much as I needed: I had 10 hours sleep.
When I wake up, I have a slight headache. First thing: I drink water. Then I decide to stay in bed and answer to mails. I try not to think about food, eating... I do video calls, it helps a lot and it's always nice to have support. I also do yoga, and notice muscle soreness in my legs. This time, the mindfulness pratice looks different. I'm much more receptive to all my feelings.
Like the day before around 2pm, I feel tired. It's as I slept only 5 hours the night before. I take a nap, when I wake up, I have to find motivation to go out and be productive. I think, I want to feel pretty and fit : MAKEUP will help. 

In the evening, I'm going for a walk. Weirdly I have a lot of energy.
At sleeping time, it took time to fall asleep.

 

WEDNESDAY

No alarm : 13hours sleep.
Headache more strong than on Tuesday.
I feel really weak, I can barely stand. I even don't find the courage to do my makeup, so I start thinking about giving up.
But I decide to go out, get some fresh air. I was thinking perhaps I'll have more energy then. 

I go for a long walk, I feel in a kind of second state. I do some films of myself, sharing about my feelings, my experience. In the city, too exhausted I buy one bio vegetable juice. Then I meet one friend to go back home with him, by speaking I feel more strong but still I don't know if I can make it until the end.
When I arrive home, I'm pissed. I believed the third day was the most easy. Too weak, I just go sleep directly and promise myself I'll stop everything the next day and start eating again. 

THURSDAY

I DON'T FEEL HUNGRY AT ALL.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT BEFORE, I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW EVERYTHING WILL BE DURING THE FASTING BUT I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT HOW TO GET USED TO EAT AGAIN.
FEEL STUPID
LOST WEIGHT, DON'T WANT TO LOSE MORE !

-> solution : eat small portions of only one ingredient.
and then it slowly comes back to normal.

In the next article,
I'll tell you the positive things I experienced thanks to this fasting.
Any question, reactions ?

I hope you found it interesting,
Li.

Fasting ? My experience...

Bonjour à tous ✌

Cette semaine, j'ai expérimenté pour la première fois le jeûne intégral :

Boire exclusivement de l'eau 🚰 pendant quelques jours.

D'abord, je vais rapidement vous dire comment tout a commencé.

Ça fait deux ans que je m'intéresse à la nutrition, à tel point que maintenant c'est devenu ma passion... Pour moi, manger sainement est plus que capital, si nous voulons être en forme au quotidien et/ou en bonne santé à long terme MAIS surtout que nos enfants (et ainsi de suite) le soient! 

En m'intéressant à ce sujet, je me suis documentée chaque jour un peu plus. De là, j'ai rencontré des gens reconnus dans ce milieu, qui m'ont éclairé sur la façon de mieux choisir mes sources. Ainsi, après chaque échange, j'avais cet immense besoin de concrétiser les choses. On ne le dira jamais assez mais : 

LES ACTES PARLENT PLUS QUE LES MOTS ! 

J'ai donc tenté plusieurs expériences (lowcarb, rawfood, sugarfree lifestyle...), maintenant il s'agit du jeûne intégral.

(shape après le jeûne, images détaillées dans le prochain article)

La semaine prochaine je posterai un article détaillé à ce sujet, donc si vous vous voulez partager votre opinion (critiques constructives, expériences), poser une question❔..., vous êtes les bienvenus ! Je répondrai à tout le monde et intégrerez vos témoignages. 

N'hésitez pas à interagir, ce sera un plaisir pour moi d'échanger avec vous,
Bon week-end à tous,
Li. 💜

Breakfast beliefs. #AllTheTruth

Today, we're going to speak about what we believe about breakfast and about how habits make us act in a certain way.

To start, I'll ask you one question : 

Do you think that breakfast is the most important meal of the day ?

If your answer is YES, explain it to yourself. Is it your own opinion ? Or is it something you often hear ?

If your answer is NO, try to figure out why. Aren't you hungry in the morning ?

Actually as soon as we wake up ⏰, we shouldn't be hungry. The sense of hunger usually comes up one hour after waking up.

Moreover, in the morning our stomach isn't done with cleaning everything we ate the day before. It's called the night fasting, then the word "break fast" makes a lot of sense : the fasting time is actually broken through this meal. According to biological science, our first meal should be around 12pm 🕛.

So why breakfast has such an importance in our daily routines ?
By eating before going to work or to school 📚, we hope to get a lot of energy to be productive. But as a matter of fact, many people eat a lot of sugary products  (muesli, croissants, chocolate 🥐🍫...) for breakfast, and feel actually much more tired 😴.

Why do we behave like that ? 

Because of marketing. Breakfast itself is such a good way to do good business 💸. By telling us, that breakfast is such important for our daily productivity, they created a new habit. They make us eat in the morning because we think about the reward (a lot of energy), even if we aren't hungry.

With this article, I'm not telling you to stop eating breakfast! If you like it, do it. I just really believe that you should listen to your sensation and eat only if you feel hungry and not because of your habits. If you feel really hungry in the morning, you should eat fruits 🍏🍑🍓, that are easily digested and also tasty 😋.

Personally, I eat goals for breakfast. 💪

I hope this article helped you,
If you have any reaction or question, feel free to comment,
Cheers,
Li 💗