avatarPretheesh Presannan

Summary

The author shares their personal experience with fasting during the Covid lockdown, finding it beneficial and considering it a worthwhile challenge that can be revisited occasionally for its positive effects.

Abstract

The article "Joy Of Fasting" recounts the author's journey with intermittent fasting during the initial Covid lockdown. Despite family concerns, the author enjoyed the sense of achievement from fasting and noticed weight loss. They consumed one meal a day in the evening and later stopped the practice, only to revisit it when feeling sluggish. The author reflects on the benefits of occasional fasting, suggesting it as a manageable endeavor that can bring joy and a refreshing change to one's routine.

Opinions

  • The author views fasting as a personal challenge that provides a sense of accomplishment.
  • Fasting is seen as having potential health benefits, such as weight loss, which the author experienced.
  • Family members were initially resistant to the idea of fasting, expressing concern over the author's weight loss.
  • The author found that even a short period of fasting, with the occasional cup of tea, could be invigorating for the body and mind.
  • There is a recommendation to incorporate fasting once in a while or even weekly to experience its positive effects.
  • The author believes that previous experience with fasting makes it easier to adopt the practice again in the future.

Joy Of Fasting

A short note on experience with fasting

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It was sometime before during the initial lockdown period (Covid) that I tried to do fasting. It was probably the exact time when I began to write regularly on Medium.

I researched blogs and some inspiring videos on fasting.

And ignoring the resistance from family members, I considered doing fasting for quite a number of days as I thought it might be of some benefit to me. If nothing else, it would at least gives a sense of ‘yeah, I can go through this.’ And so it was kind of an inspiring challenge.

I did have one meal per day, which was in the evening — some hours prior to sleep. And certainly, it felt good to know I can do fasting.

And then, after quite a number of days, I did lose some weight naturally which made others in the family and those close to me quite concerned. But I was having a good time.

Later I stopped fasting and then forgot about it. And so after many months, last day, I was feeling very sluggish (perhaps from the last night's heavy meal), and then the thought of fasting came up in my head. And so I considered fasting and told myself I will still have enough cup of teas as I want. Not to mention, a sudden change felt good for the body-mind with an occasional cup of tea. :). Thanks to my previous fasting experiment, this time I felt this is just a piece of cake. I am not going to fast for days, but I think it would be nice to consider fasting once in a while (for a day) or even once in a week to experience the change — the joy of fasting.

Thank you for reading this.

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