Recently I went on a 7-day fruit-only-diet. Only fruits and fruit juices. All varieties that I could find. No milk, tea, coffee, chocolate, no cooked food.
Since this was my first time I thought of making daily notes of how I felt, just for fun.
Day1:
I did not feel any craving for cooked food, but felt uneasy and bit irritated. Must be the psychological effect of knowing that for next 7 days I am going to have only fruits. Fruits are good. Ate good amount of them - bananas, mangos, pears, apples, cherries..
Day2:
Felt generally week, not very energetic. Its just the second day, body will get adjusted today (hopefully) and from tomorrow I will not feel much of a difference. No worries of looking for a good place to have food and no cooking pains at home. Life is good.
Day3:
Weekend started. Plenty of work at home - cleaning, washing, etc. Breakfast consisted of bananas, grapes, cherries and apple. Lovely. Still, by noon something doesn’t seem right in my stomach. Bought plenty of fruits for the weekend - several kgs of delicious fruits. Just looking at the quantity I lost a bit of appetite though.
Day4:
Walking past a wedding hall, the smell got me a craving for cooked food. First time in four days. Today I started preparing fruit bowl - pieces of fruits with a bit of honey and chat powder sprinkled over - seemed better in some sense than eating fruits straight away. Visually appealing too. I still have a general feeling of weakness - wonder if it is due to all the physical work I have been doing over the weekend.
Day5:
My body seems to be getting the message that it has to do with just fruits that it is getting. I still have some funny feeling in stomach, but its not feel of hunger. I have been consciously staying relaxed at work, to not cause any circumstances that may ruin my 7-day diet.
Day6:
Today I felt just fine - whether I ate something or not. Not sure if this is good or bad. Not much effect on body or mind, I guess - again, staying relaxed consciously.
Day7:
Today I discovered something interesting. As luck would have it, last night I missed buying fruits so skipped breakfast. At lunch time I found that the shop that served cut-fruits is closed, so had a couple of tender coconuts. Evening went crazy at work so didn’t have anything. Then fruit dinner at 8pm. So all in all, two tender coconuts and five hours of sleep in past 24 hours - but not for a moment did I feel hungry or weak! In fact, all through past seven days I never felt hungry.
Overall it has been an en'light'ening experience - the one where my mind got a wee bit more control over body.
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