Join me on my 3-day fasting journey!

January started off slow as I was visiting family in Minnesota but the second week was full of surprises…that I created 😆 I have been thinking about the “next level” to health for myself, as last year I went alcohol free (see other blog) and what kept popping up was better food choices for health and releasing a few pounds would be great too! Little did I know the “signs” were all aligning and all I had to do was be open and opt in. 

While I was in MN I met up with a friend who mentioned they were reading a book that was teaching her all about gut health and as she continued to share I felt I knew who and what she was referring to. Dr. Mindy Pelz and "Fast Like a Girl". Yes were were speaking the same language. However, I was aware and had been following Dr. Mindy on IG for a few years, but I wasn’t actually AWARE. I wasn’t learning because I couldn’t get beyond the word FAST. How on earth could I do that and that isn’t for me. Sign number 1!

I got home and trying to look through all my personal emails that I had paused with family and there it was. Hay House was having an event with Dr. Mindy called the 3-Day Fast. Sign number 2! So instead of deleting it I clicked on it. I read what the layout was - 12 pm ET every day Dr. Mindy would go live for an hour to prep, talk us through the fast and then breaking the fast - so 4 days of videos starting Jan. 8th. It was free, so I registered. (Cuz in my head it was free and I could still just not attend right 😂) I wasn’t committed. 

Over the weekend I had a float session where I did Reiki and meditation and a download I got was YOU CAN DO IT! Sign number 3! So then I committed, when I get downloads I do them! ENTER my mind…What the heck? You have no idea what you are doing? You won’t be able to do this? You haven’t prepped so this isn’t going to work? (The Itty Bitty Shitty Committee was out in full force 🙄)

I jumped on the first video and Dr. Mindy gave me a sense of ease and there seemed to be quite the following of supportive people and those on who had no idea either. I learned a lot!! Fasting is a healing state, when you go without food you turn on an intelligence inside you, that is designed to know what to do. The Inner Wisdom! ✨So I went with it and then texted my sister, she replied back, “You are a strong girl” 😭 Yes, Yes I am, I have got this and I do drink water all day and night…..and if I don’t, it’s a learning experience.  

That night I ate my last meal, literally that is what my mind was saying too. I had all sorts of experiences in my physical body from hunger pains and growling to occasional fogs rolling in AND no pain anywhere in my body the entire time I was fasting. That was pretty much evident the next morning. The first 24 hrs was the hardest for me because of ritual, my body is use to eating at the same times every day and it was telling my mind I needed to do something about it. So the mind game was a constant that first day. The 2nd day around 40 hrs I got a dopamine hit and had energy to for for a walk and it was so much easier to not be thinking about food constantly. All of day three I prepped to eat — ok not all day - but I wished to break my fast the “right way” with bone broth, then 30 minutes later the 3 P’s (Probiotic, Prebiotic, Polyphenols) so I had avocado, sauerkraut and green olives, then 30 minutes later steamed broccoli and then 30 minutes later protein- I had a shake since it was getting later at night - 730 pm. 

Overall it was very successful and for my first fast ever, happy I had such ease for the 72 hours. 💫 Now I am continuing on with a 5:1:1 IF variation that Dr. Mindy explained to see how this works for me and my lifestyle. Stay tuned….

So you can see the physical and mental experiences I had from my story AND there are spiritual effects too! 

"Fasting empties us and prepares us to receive God … We grow in trust in God and wait for HIM to fill our needs.” Snapped from the Girlfriends podcast

1. So the quote above caught my attention, when we empty ourselves our physically, we become prepared to receive God’s grace, strength, love and presence. I truly felt his presence and his strength and why I think it was so “easy” for me to do. I literally just had water with occasional sprinkles of pink Himalayan salt. 

2. I can do hard things, I accepted some of the suffering and was patient in it. I knew it wouldn’t last forever and if the very worst happened I could simply stop. 

3. Gratitude for the food and my body. It surely has taught me to appreciate food, and think about those who don’t have access. AND gratitude to know when I am really hungry, I think I eat as a ritual and out of boredom more than anything else. 💡

4. Fasting quieted my inner self. I was super clear and had focus and clarity. I did Reiki multiple times to release minor things, like the first day I had a headache, and it went away. It’s like I had my spiritual ears on and knew what I needed and how. My inner wisdom was speaking to me and I heard every word. 

It was a beautiful experience and I plan to continue on this journey of fasting so see where it leads me. If you have any curiosity around fasting at all, I encourage you to take a look!