I’m getting quite excited about fasting and am really looking forward to not having to think about what to eat for a few days! That is a bit strange because I’m usually a big fan of good food. Of course, I still am but my body is asking for a break and so is my mind. I need time to reset my whole system so that I can figure out what my body wants and needs at this time. I used to fast every spring for many years, until I moved to the USA five years ago I stopped. I’ve fasted for a week a few times, and 4-5 days a few times and my longest fast was 14 days. A couple of times only I was juice fasting and my favorite way to fast was to mix maple and palm syrup with lemon and a little bit of cayenne pepper. That was so easy, so nutritious and very refreshing. I believe it is called as Master Cleanser Diet here in the US. I never got tired of that drink. I loved it and it was supereasy! However, I did have to learn to do a colon cleanse as it is always recommended during fasting. It was also surprisingly easy and refreshing. If I skipped it in the morning, Id get more easily a headache or feel dizzy that day. So I recommend doing that each day if you are about to start fasting as well!! I almost got tempted to buy that yummy maple and palm syrup this time as well but then recommended by two friends I watched the movie “Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead” and got inspired to do juicing. I have a juicer already and been doing very similar juice like in the movie also so I decided thats what I’ll do!

So I’m still creating my Fasting plan with a friend who will join me too but I intend to get started soon! Instead of 5 days I’m actually wanting to go for a bit longer so my plan at this time is to fast for 10 days. I have a fairly healthy diet already I eat a lot of vegetables and fruit so I don’t need too long time detoxing before the actual fast can begin.

I know my ANGELS are with me on this and as excited about this as I am. I put the Mean Green Juice ingredients (1 bunch kale, 4 stalks celery, 2 apples, half lemon, ginger root, 1 cucumber) into my calorie calculator and the amount I put in totaled to 444 calories!! 444 is a powerful Angel number and it really was a sign that this fasting is heavenly guided! I’m so excited to see how it will affect my physical and my spiritual well being! I got a physical check up a while ago and all the levels were perfect so I’m all ready and good to go!! My main purpose and intention for this fasting is to learn about what kind of food my body wants and what kind of changes it needs. Also Ill be happy losing a few of pounds but that is not my reason for fasting since fasting is not the best weight loss system at all especially for someone my size (38/40 European size, I believe that’s about 11 US?). I am also curious about the sensations of “silence” in my digestive system.

I definitely intend to meditate and listen to how my body is reacting to this processs.

It should be interesting!! Although, I am a little nervous about how strong Ill be this time.

So Id love to receive your comments and support during the fasting as well!! 

Im hoping to get started with the countdown to fasting at the end of this week and then the actual 10 day Juice Fast starting March 26th, 2012!!!!

Angel Blessings to you all!! Much love,

Anu

This year has been a very strange experience for me. It in fact, started already last year but has become more and more intense this year. First of all I want to tell you that I LOVE FOOD. I have always been like a true Italian at heart: I love red wine with some good pesto pasta.  In October, all of a sudden after having a glass of wine the night before, I woke up feeling sick. I couldn’t believe I had a hang over from one single glass of wine. But I did and I had the strangest feeling coming from within saying wine is no longer good for my body and I just needed to let it go. I’ve had cravings for red wine every now and then since October, especially when I walk by an Italian restaurant and see people enjoying romantic time together over a glass of wine. But other than that the transition has felt very good and natural for me and I’ve had no intentions of having even a sip of wine. The idea is beautiful and romantic but the thought of actually tasting wine makes me feel sick. Very strange indeed.

So, my body no longer likes wine, but little did I know this started a big process in me and suddenly I am not liking hardly anything. Now, I’m an Angel teacher and a healer and work with clients from all over the world daily.  I have been seeking change in my life style for years now, step by step cleansing more and more.  Years ago, after an experience in an Egyptian pyramid (I talk about my Egypt adventure in my show  ”Secrets of Ancient Egypt” , you can listen to it here: http://anushiasta.podomatic.com/entry/2012-02-06T17_55_41-08_00 ) which finally lead me to stop eating any kind of meat. I had been on and off vegetarian before then but that was big life and death type of grand moment in my life.

Now this year I have been experiencing boredom in my existing diet. I am a mother of two teenage boys and I watch them eat pizza and pasta all the time. Although we all have a vegetarian diet, their needs and cravings are very different from mine. I haven’t really thought about that before and I have been eating same foods with them on a daily basis. Recently, I have noticed every day that I simply can’t eat the normal “homefood” anymore. The only thing I am really craving now is Thai food! Veggies and rice with some yummy peanut sauce!! Healthy and Light!  But, I have been eating lots of Ezekiel bread though because I have been a bread junkie all my life. Sometimes I live on that bread a whole day alone because I dont know what to eat. Yet I am becoming bored of that too.  I am having some sort of food crisis and I need time to think about what my body wants! I can’t simply look at recommendations on what is good for the body and what is not. I feel like I am a personal expert of food, I have been fasting, dieting so many times in my life that I know whats good for me and what is not, from a general healthy point of view. Now I need to figure out what is it that my body wants???

I have been getting the card “cleanse and detoxify” from Doreen Virtues Daily guidance from your angels cards and I have been wondering what that is all about. But now I realized this is it! This is exactly what it means! So I am listening to the guidance from my angels and I will do a 5-day juice fasting.  In the past I used to fast all the time, every year. Usually I fasted five to seven days but once I did 14 days and that was the best experience. Each time I received wonderful insight on what my body wants. Its really a very spiritual experience for me and a “mind of matter” experience that leads to freedom. In this case freedom from consuming food. Taking a break from eating and listening to what the silence in my body will tell me. I look forward to it, although it has been 5 years since my last fasting so I am slightly nervous about the success of this project. However, I will be fasting for as many days as needed whether it be 1 or 7. I acutally wanted to do a full week, seven days, but the angel cards insisted five days is enough at this time.  And I listen..

I will be writing this blog, while fasting, sharing my thoughts and experiences as well as giving information on exactly what I am drinking in case you get inspired to do the same! I am not a nutritionist or a doctor and you should consult a medical professional before fasting if you have any doubts about your health. I am simply sharing my own personal story here through the blog!

My FASTING is scheduled to start Monday 19th, 2012. Im having a busy weekend coming up so we’ll see if that will be the final starting day but next week is where my intention is at this time!! I will also keep a videoblog that Ill share with you here as well. Any thoughts or experiences you have to share here with me will be wonderful and Id love to hear from you!!

Angel Blessings,

Anu Shi Asta