So the fruit and vegetable detox has actually turned into a 3 – 12 hour fast each day.

Fast you say?

See, the fruit and vegetable detox was never about losing weight. Digestive issues run in my family, severe constipation, bloating, abdominal pain, severe gas and I’ve had a number of relatives suffer from colon cancer (one uncle had it twice) and as I get older the more these issues affect me.

So I started the detox and it worked…some…but I still wasn’t “going” regularly and 5 Milk of Magnesia pills later and no reults my mother suggested I fast. So the next day I fasted for about 12 hours then ate and – voila – things started working again. Since then I fast anywhere between 3 and 12 hours a day, on average between 5 and 7 hurs and for the most part thing are back to normal.

I feel good, which is what this was all about to begin with.

What I have learned however is that my body wil not process large amounts of food. I can eat very small servings throughout the day or a couple of larger meals during the day, but that’s it. And when I say small, I mean small and larger to me now would probably equate to  normal serving size.

Now, the unintened side effects is that I’ve lost 7 pounds…4 of which I lost in one week. The interesting part, however is that if I was eating more then I’d probably be losing more weight, but like I said it wasn’t about the weight loss to begin with.