My Second 5 Day Fast
Earlier this year a girlfriend showed up at book club with noticeably less energy than she usually exuded and a slight hoarseness in her voice. At some point I screwed up the initiative to ask what was going on. Covid was still lurking. "You got the Covid?" It turns out she was on day 4 or 5 of a five day fast, water only. I was intrigued. I decided to try it. What I remember about my first 5 day fast was that I had a killer headache and body aches until about day 4 when I had a good poop. After that it was cake. That's what I remember anyway. I'm doing another 5 day fast and decided to take some notes this time since my memory is shit. So, day one was easy. After that first 5 day fast I started fasting every Saturday. And I started this fast on Saturday so it was like a normal start to the weekend for the most part. There was the small nagging thought in the back of my mind that this was just the beginning and I had a long way to go. That mad...