Only three hours until the week long fast begins.

Scot and I just got done putting away a couple plates of serious Chinese at the 8 China Buffet. Did we eat too much? Absolutely. But, we’re stocking up, so to speak, so I think it was a good investment. Of course, no overdone meal from a Chinese buffet is complete without a Starbucks white mocha put on top, so that’ll polish me off.

Kinda funny… the fork I used at the buffet was the last one I’ll hold for a week.

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The wif and I went shopping today in preparation for my fast next week. I’m doing all juice and water, so I’m looking for some less acidic stuff for “breakfast”, then can move on to more normal juices for later in the day.

We hit up the organic section at Kroger tonight, and let me tell you; blended Carrot and Orange juice just wasn’t gonna cut it for me. I grabbed a couple of the less offensive blends (see inset image for one of them); the other is apples and tomatoes and some other nonsense.

Scot‘s whining already because he doesn’t know if he can “choke down that veggie crap.” All I got to say is; man up Longyear. You can do it.

What are you fasting from next week?

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No, not ‘too fast’. To fast. As in… well, to fast. To go without.

As part of leadership of eXchange, there’s a felt need that we fast for a week in preparation for our upcoming Commitment Sunday (go to this page and listen to the 11/05 teaching). I’ve never fasted for more than a day (and it wasn’t a complete fast from food; I did have a little fruit in the middle of the day) but as we approach November 12th (the day we start the fast), I’m feeling more and more led to do a water and juice fast, abstaining from all food for a week.

I’m scared and excited at the same time. I don’t really fear any ill effects from not eating, but it’s amazing just how dependant we’ve taught ourselves to be on food. The removal of solid sustenance, and the hunger pains, are going to be a test of my faith. Just as it makes me apprehensive, I welcome it. I’m also not too opposed to the supposed detoxification process that occurs naturally from fasting. Lord knows I’m full of… well, that’s for another time.

It’s time to see what I’m made of. Hopefully, I’ll be made of a little less as of the 19th. I plan on using my blog as a sort of ‘fasting journal’ to talk about the feelings and whatnot that’s going on during my seven days without food. I’ve done some research on water and juice fasts, and I feel like I’ve got a decent handle on things.

Of course, I’ll throw in the towel if some unexpected side effects occur that are even remotely threatening to my health, but I’m confident I’ll make it. I’m a stout lad, and would be happy to engage in a friendly bout of fisticuffs with any who may come.

Have you had any experience with fasting? If so, how did it go? Got any tips?

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Some awesome video for you on this Friday morning. This guy’s a hoot, and I’ll be honest; the tune’s pretty catchy.

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Nothing says class quite like a huge, empty McDonalds sack in the back window of your beat-up, rusted-out, mid-80′s sedan. So big, that you can’t see out of your rear view mirror.

I couldn’t help but laugh to myself, because just days earlier, a friend and colleague, Scot, talked about seeing someone (at the time he said ‘someone’, but it was one of our friends, in actuality) with their mail (unopened, mind you) on the dashboard of their vehicle. Of course, we approached this friend, and made it perfectly clear that she was taking a dangerous step if she began to open her mail in her car, and leave that opened mail on her dash. If this occurred, she was only days away from having furniture in her yard, her SUV jacked up on cinder blocks, and a flower bed surrounded by a tractor tire.

Back to the McDonalds-sack-sedan. Just when I thought it couldn’t get any worse, they hit their brakes, turn on their turn signal, and turn in to…

You guessed it.

McDonalds.

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