I concur with Daimian. This fast is an exercise in the 'c' word: commitment. Can I be content with one of something -- food, person, job, lifestyle -- when the universe produces so many different enticing versions?

So far so good. I'm rocking the lemonade, loving it, and staying faithful. This is a promise I will not break.

But as Jimmy Carter confessed, I have sinned in my heart. My dreams are of a slice of really good, dense, healthy, whole grain bread, toasted, with a little real butter on top. Other times it's peanuts and raisins and brazil nuts -- yes, brazil nuts. Or cooked kale with sauteed onions. And tam kha soup, spicy and coconut-milky. Oh, and grapefruit juice! And, OK, sauteed almonds & red peppers on brown rice.

And so I see the power of commitment.

Generally I've just felt great these past two days. Hunger now crops up only in the evenings. And I'm noticing changes in my skin and hair and appearance. My skin is softer and smoother. And skin imperfections -- I've occasionally over the years had athlete's foot or other little fungal things -- are totally utterly gone.

I like what Burroughs says about skin imperfections:

Lumps and growths are formed all over the body as storage spots for unusable and accumulated waste products, especially in the lymphatic glands. These accumulations depress and deteriorate in varied degrees, causing degeneration and decay. The liver, spleen, colon, stomach, heart, and our other organs, glands, and cells come in for their share of accumulations, thus impairing their natural action.

These growths and lumps appear to us as forms of fungi. Their spread and growth is dependent on the unusable waste material throughout the body. As the deterioration continues, our growths increase in size to take care of the situation. Fungi absorb the poisons and try to take the inferior material from the organs. This is a part of Nature's plan to rid the body of our diseases. When we stop feeding this fungi and cleanse our system, we stop their development and spread; then they dissolve or break up and pass from the body. They will not feed on healthy tissue. There is a simple set of laws which explains this action. Nature never produces anything it does not need and it never keeps anything it does not use. All unused material or waste is broken down by the probiotic action into a form that can be used over again or eliminated from the body. All weak and deficient cells, caused from improper nutrition will also be broken down and eliminated from the body.

We spend a good portion of our lives accumulating these diseases, and we spend the rest of our lives attempting to get rid of them -- or die in the effort!

It's amazing to realize how busy my digestive system normally is. During waking hours of normal life, my body is constantly dealing with food -- either cooking, eating, digesting, or generating hunger for the next meal. And now, like a factory that normally runs 24/7 taking a week off, my internal body is at rest.

I've lost about five pounds. As Burroughs says, "For those worried about losing weight [on this diet], remember, the only things you can possibly lose are mucus, waste, and disease. Healthy tissue will not be eliminated."

--tony

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