I'm often intrigued by moving fast,
not my gait ~ I'm the slowest walker you'll find
trying, as I age, not to become a "shuffler"
No, I mean moving fast and
making quick decisions
Has made me rich,
has made me poor.
I love the thrill of the hunt,
the smell of the kill.
when it comes to business, investments
blue-sky, you name it
I'm on it like a tiger on meat.
The fastest six-gun trigger in the West,
and I revel in my ability to pounce.
When it comes to food, and booze, unfortunately ...
I'm also on it.
With the same intensity, the same vigor.
Punishing my digestive tract, organs
and brain ... until it cries "Uncle".
Fast can hurt. Speed kills.
I've had the opportunity to experience
another kind of "fast" for the last 24-hours.
I'm going to get a 28-in camera (Sigmoidscope)
wormed in my place-no-man-should-go-hole.
But I'm in awe of the vast differences in the use of the word,
and how opposite the meaning and purpose when
applied to "not eating".
I'm thinking back to a colon cleanse fast
I did 3 years ago (for 5 days); and how cathartic
the experience was for my whole system;
but mostly my clarity.
Reading more on fasting here http://falconblanco.com/health/fasting.htm
I've decided to take a few more days after
my uncomfortable rectal probing
to continue to detox the body.
It's supposed to clear up arthritis, toxins eliminate
and a by-product of the fast is also removal of weight and fat.
We have been conditioned to store fat,
from our primitive ancestors, for times of lean grub
(no food in the perverbial pantry)
Problem is we haven't in our modern society
needed to rely on this biological mechanism
to use stored energy.
This morning, not only did I due the normal elimination,
but follow on (more) elimination.
The knuckles are freer, the knees less painful
the shoulders less stressed and the mind a little more active.
I'll post some more results in a few days ...
I like the analogy to a wounded animal,
and it not eating.
The power of fast,
the healing by taking it "slow".
The play on words ~ priceless.
The wounded animal,
in me will be fasting to a healthier me.
(Friends and readers; not intensive - 5-7 days,
a "spring cleaning" of sorts, ... after all I have a wedding in San Diego to go to :-)
m.