Day 4: Starvation Ration

So, Day 3 sucked. Did you hear the giant sucking noise? That was Day
3, in case you were wondering.

I broke down and had a cup of miso soup last night. I can’t tell you
how exciting that was. I was hungry and grumbly, and the lemonade
and herbal teas just weren’t cutting it. The miso actually did the
trick–I think my body wanted some sodium. I felt warm and full for
the rest of the evening. So, I am pretty proud of myself for surviving
Day 3, for the most part.

I’m wondering how bad it would be if I had miso soup each evening?
Would it completely defeat the whole purpose of the fast? I’m sure the
esteemed proponents of the lemonade fast would be completely
scandalized. Maybe I should find another fast.

For breakfast today, I drank OJ–I just couldn’t face the lemonade. At
lunchtime, I finally brewed up a new batch of the vile stuff. When I
got in to work today, my boss had offered to spring for a going-away lunch this
Friday. So, now I’m debating how much longer to keep
this up. I could break the fast Wednesday night, which means by Friday
I could eat almost-normal food again.

The euphoria set in this morning, though, which was actually kind of
cool…unless it’s my body digesting my brain in its search for
nutrients. I hope that’s not it. I was sitting in a meeting, feeling
kind of high and super alert. Of course, it was a boring meeting, so
maybe I just fell asleep and dreamed I was euphoric. I am definitely
feeling a little spacy, too, which I don’t really like. It seems like
it’s hard to think straight. Now that I finally have achieved the true Santa Cruz attitude, it’s almost a shame that I’m leaving.

I do think I will break the fast tomorrow night, which means I have to
cook up this veggie soup thingy. I’m allowed to drink the broth at
night, and then I can eat the vegetables the next day. Yeesh.

Click here to read Day 3. Click here to read Day 5.