The tendency towards “black magic”

[Patrick]

Fasting !  It's been a while since my last time.  On my third day I was sitting with a glass of water in front of my wife who was eating pizza.  

Of all the foods to tempt yourself with... even those of us with the purest diets might not be able to control ourselves following the brain explosions on day three of intentional starvation when in sight of a glorious pizza...

It's been years since I did a three day fast. I never felt I gained much from it, physically or psychologically. I find that a fast of 24-hours or less suits me well.

It was a 5 day water only fast.  I went alone in my car to pick up that pizza with fries for her.  Can you imagine the smell in the car while coming back, with the nose just able to smell so much more because of the fast.  I was in that Zen state of the third day and that did not bother me a bit.  I was just happy for her, I was just happy period! She thought I was crazy, which of course I am.

Yeah, remembering that gives me the taste to do that again soonish.