So according to the plan Mary and I came up with, we should be on liquids only by this point. I don't know if it's because we haven't been motivated enough, or not communicating/encouraging each other as much as we should be, or some other reason, but I'm not on liquids, and I don't think she is either.
I have tried to eat only fruit for the past few days, and have succeeded only in eating nothing but fruit until dinner, then having a small dinner. But this isn't exactly a failure, I think. I's good to eat more fruit, and definitely good to eat fruit for two meals out of three. I have also been drinking coffee drinks (espresso/milk drinks actually, not black coffee), which was one of the things we were to avoid consuming according to this plan. I had a beer one day also, but that's still way better than my habit before this whole fasting thing started.
I think it's safe to say that by this point, the word "fast" can not be used to describe what I'm doing. Instead, I have recalculated my eating habits, and somewhat reset my metabolism. I feel like I don't need as much food as I was eating before, and that I would like to be eating higher-quality food than before. I have also been drinking a lot more water than I ever did previously, and these are all things to be proud of, in my book. And with the "fruit only until dinner" plan, I have started dropping about a half a pound a day, which is good also.
This isn't to say that I will not fast again, because I still want to do that in the very near future. But school starts next week, and I think I'd like to settle into my new routine before I attempt another proper fast. I'm just enjoying the feeling of eating lighter and more healthy foods, and having kicked some bad habits.
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