Fri, Aug 14 at 10:44 AM

For the past three-plus months, I’ve abstained from food for 24 hours, followed by a feast where I eat whatever I want.

Previously, whenever I have practiced daily fasting, the habit didn’t stick long-term because after a short period, I rushed into longer fasts to get quicker results.

And yes, the longer fasts did yield faster results, but inevitably, I went back to what I was doing before, which was eating more than one meal per day.

This time around has been different. I removed the goal of getting results faster and focused only on the process of doing a one-day fast – every day.

I don’t weigh myself to ascertain if progress is being made because as soon as I do so, I want even faster results, which leads to me doing longer fasts to see even more progress.

Two of the questions I asked myself last April, before I began this journey were:

1. “What if I took my focus off the results I sought and focused only on the process?

2. And what would happen if the daily process of fasting was the only goal I focused on?”

As a result of taking my focus off the externals, such as the scale, I have grounded myself in the foundation and the fundamentals of fasting. It is now a part of my daily life, a habit that I want to and choose to keep because the results are truly shocking.

Yesterday toward the completion of my 24-hour fast, I decided it was time to do one that lasted 48-hours. After I completed those 48 hours, I feasted, per usual – then immediately got back to my daily practice of one meal a day.

Although I am currently contemplating making the 48-hour fast something I do once a week, the entire process of success in this practice is built upon one feast a day.

This is a slower approach to fasting than others teach, but my senses tell me it is one that is sustainable and maintainable – long term.

And that’s the point.

Almost anyone can fast for a day; and many can ramp it up and do much longer fasts.

But when the short or long fast is over, was a new habit installed?

That is the question I now have an answer for.

“To lengthen thy life – lessen thy meals.” – Benjamin Franklin.

Matt Furey

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