The Vikid Fast - Day 6 of 20
Furry Crashin’ Loneliness
This fasting is a funny thing. You can feel like your cruising one minute and feel like your crashing the next. The main thing is to learn how to ride the waves.
For example, this morning I went for another Vikid Freestyle Walk. 45-50 mins. I did everything, handstands, duck walk, near walk, monkey jumps, pseudo-sprints, press ups, dips, yadi yada…
I felt pretty good when I got home, I’d say like 60% but before I got in the shower I crashed to about 15%. I guessed I just needed a quick rest so I lay down on the floor Shavasana style and focused on my heart beat (high) and breathing (normal). Within 3 minutes I was fine and have been fine ever since.
Also, here’s an excerpt from what I noted down yesterday:
11.30 am - A strong feeling in my stomach area - not really hunger but something like it. It’s like a collapsing burning sensation.
I get these weird feelings just take over but so far I’ve found that if you keep a cool head and follow the feeling, it either dissipates or disappears.
Then by the afternoon, my tongue felt funny like some furry talcy residue lay upon it and my breath, a turn for the worse.
(Picture below shows the white residue not normally found on my tongue)
Within a couple of hours I distinctly tasted a metallic flavour in mouth. This is known to happen in fasting and is considered a sign of detoxing, so I wasn’t overly concerned. By the evening and a brushing of the teeth (and tongue), it left.
The same evening after got home another interesting phenomenon happened. My wife and kids are away on holiday so I am kinda alone in the house. Mum’s around but she was in her room doing her own thing. I plopped my self down on the sofa. I have quit TV, all media, including social media, all reading, and all diversionary entertainment, obviously the food thing isn’t happening either, so all I could do was sit.
As I sat or lay as is the case, time dilated and I felt it would be this way forever, like a prisoner in solitary. I felt the walls close in around me and a profound sense of loneliness surround me. However, unlike usual, I decided not to explore this feeling… too dark. I escaped and spent the rest of the evening with my mum and even my sister came around, fun! Though, I now do empathize better for people with loneliness or prisoners that have been put in the ‘cellar’, kids left alone, etc…
Other things are well, the mediation routine is established. 30 mins on awakening, 30 before bedtime.
Tomorrow’s a whole week without food!
How should I celebrate?
That’s all Folks,
The Vikid Truth