1000 followers, Gratitude Day 6 and Water Fast Day 3

Today I hit 1000 followers and am grateful for Steemit. I’m feeling better on the water fast too, so the day is a winner all round!

We’re all grateful for Steemit

So I’m not going to blather on too much about why - just a succinct summary:

• Thanks for the sense of community
• Thanks to the 1000 people who are following me, and future followers
• Yay for the fabulous friends I’ve made
• So pleased I’ve regained my enthusiasm for writing
• The Steem in my wallet is greatly appreciated
• But even better is the introduction to cryptos, and the knowledge gained, which meant we were able to invest (hopefully wisely) when we got the opportunity. So far, so good.
• Thanks for the laughs, the love and the education, and the many years of fun we may still have together.

Today’s water fast report

Later in the evening yesterday, my energy picked up a bit and I choreographed some exercises for my arthritis class. We start back on Monday and I want to have a whole new routine for them, full of songs about summer and sunshine. I’ve still got a few songs to go, but need to get them finished tomorrow.

I slept pretty well but didn’t have masses of energy first thing. This morning, I wasn’t terribly keen on the idea of a walk, and took it a bit more slowly than usual, but kept up a steady pace. I’m doing ok on my water intake, though possibly not as much as previous days. The hunger has been ok, and my energy has been fairly good. So all in all, I’m happy with how things are going.

I did some muscle testing and tested that tomorrow morning is still a good time to finish the fast, or at least the first stage of it. Tomorrow, I’ll be cutting my water down to two litres and drinking several mugs of bone broth, and I can tell you I’m looking forward to it! The next day I will add back eggs – some beaten up with broth in the morning, and a couple boiled later in the day. Then I’ll add back two new foods each day.

So what exactly is muscle testing?

Amongst other modalities, I’m a kinesiologist. The kind of kinesiology I do is stress testing a muscle to see how it responds to different stimuli. Often I muscle test my clients for food allergies. This involves them holding the suspect food, while I press down on an extended arm. If they have a bad reaction to the food, the muscle will generally go weak and they won’t be able to hold their arm up.

That’s a very simplified explanation, but you get the idea. I can also test myself, using muscles of one hand and testing with the other. This is commonly known as the O-ring test.

Why I didn’t get headaches or other symptoms

Other people have reported headaches or other unpleasant symptoms while fasting. But apart from some hunger and some fatigue, I’ve felt fine. I think this is because our diet is pretty good anyway. We eat nearly 100% whole foods, and a lot of that is organic. We don’t eat gluten or processed foods, and know what foods we have bad reactions too.

In the past I’ve done elimination diets where I’ve eaten only certain foods, and have felt pretty ill for a few days. But this time I’m only getting reactions to no eating, without any withdrawal symptoms from coming off foods that I might be allergic / addicted to.

Thanks for reading.

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