30 Day Fast: Day Two, Part 1

I Just woke up, I feel ok at the moment. Throughout the night, even though it was my first night, I felt as if my chest was about to cave in, along with my stomach. Afew minor adjustments in how I was laying, and I was sleeping fine.

My biggest problem with this fast, is the fact that I will have to go to sleep at a earlier time. My normal sleeping pattern is from 12am to 7am, or 2am to 7am, both of which I am so use to, in fact If I only got 2 hours of sleep, I could go two days before needing to rest. With this fast, I am not only forcing myself to change my eating habits, but also to change the way I sleep.

I wake up with a tongue full of plaque, brush it off and my mouth still feels unclean. This overly surprises me as I suspected this would happen, but not so soon.

I've heard that people fasting for any given amounts of time gain heighten cognitive abilities, probably a evolutionary throw back that influences our survival instinct, to become more perceptive of the world around us. Since I'm not in a survival situation, I plan to use this gain to
broaden my intellect. A goal I've had for some time is to learn 10 languages(the basics), within 2 years, a goal most would think is to large, so with this gain I plan on working towards that.

One thing I find funny is my mental state during this early stage, how I look at everything. Walking threw the kitchen makes my imagination go to work, how a simple loaf of bread can cause my mind to taunt me, "Take only a slice it says." I now question my relationship with food
throughout my life, the addiction its had over me, now I understand how someone like me, with certain views about food could still end up my weight, and condition.

Another taunt my minds has passed by me is the benefits of weight lost leaving me nude, and having to buy a whole new wardrobe. A lack of attention my mind has. My wardrobe has dwindled down over the years with my expanding waist, all of my pants I either donated, or thrown away, my shirts I tend to have kept with the hope I would be able to fit them again.
I can only shop currently at 1 stores, as they're the only store that carries my size and the style of clothes I like. Even that store only has two racks of clothes, which are intended for both BIG and TALL people. Leaving me in the middle, and wearing clothes either too long, or too wide-I may be big, but not that big. Losing weight would benefit my wardrobe greatly, being able to shop on the smaller persons rack and being able to shop in other stores, maybe I can change my taunting desire for food, to one of clothing and looking good in them, without having to role up the bottom so they wouldn't drag on the floor.

Lastly, before I make my next post, I am enjoying drinking the tea, a benefit of drinking it compared to water is my body does not have to consume as much energy to warm it to my body temperature, I suppose I could just drink warm water, but I don't think I would be able to stomach it. With the excess energy and still being early into the fast, I think I might take up a simple exercise regime.