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2025-05-06 15:36:05

How much I fast, how much fasting is "recommended"?
Now I'm thinking I should have better notes, in some cute notepad to show you - in aesthetic way - my fasting calendar, but instead you've got handwritten notes from my phone 😆
Anyway that's October 24': lots of 24h, lots above that.
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November 24':
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December was similar. Broke my record 4 days.
January this year - 5 days.
Feb. March. - a lot too but I've chilled down a bit.
And April:
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No matter how I always track it.
My goal is to simplify this and just eat once a day, 24h fast everyday, that it.
Although for many it's a lot, there are Russian healers (why are they always from Russia?😅) who recommends you more than that.
For example Mr. Michail Tombak.
He's saying for optimal health include fasting to your calendar as follow:
- once a week: 36 hours (for example: no food for Sunday till Monday morning)
- once a month: 48h to 72h (pick one weekend and add Saturday and fast the whole weekend)
- once a year: 3 to 7 days (extend it even more, be crazy, see how far you can go, be better than anyone you know etc.etc.:)))
I'd say this: we can always stretch and
do 4 days in each half of the year.
Or 5 days in first half of the day.
And 7 in the second half of the year...
Or as you wish :)
(Disclaimer: this is not medical advice! 5 to 7 days fasting must include preparations and previous experience, be cautious and gentle with your body).
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2025-05-06 15:00:51

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This article is showing that fasting is indeed changing gut microbiome- for better one. I'm not surprised.
The thing is to cultivate good microbiome, while eating also by drinking Kefir for example. Avoiding bread etc....

2025-04-23 20:37:54

How to avoid hedonistic sirens when eating?
That can be controversial if you've never practice it (or maybe rather weird) but there's one trick you can try to apply.
Or maybe its your everyday practice and you won't be surprised:)
It can apply to trying to leave sugar, that next dessert or just got control.
I found it first time when I was a waitress
(I was waitress few times) in a really nice place. Cool and nice - it wasn't very posh place, but the food was better than in most places, honestly, good place.
What I noticed is that people left some piece of food untouched.
They haven't eaten sometimes half of the plate.
Weird for you or something so obvious that you're wondering why am I writing about it?
(Curious your opinion on that - comment if you'd find few minutes).
2 things here:
- most of my life I had no clue I was under "sirens" spells. Just few years I'd say I'm learning and I see the difference. After some point it gets disgusting, ego is blowing.
- this kind of eating can help us with information overload. There's really many depression and anxiety and people are wondering why. Everyone is in their phone instead of looking real connection.
Eating slowly, stopping at right time, leaving some food on the plate allows us to let go, be in control, slow down, appreciate food more and be more independent (detach).
Probably your focus will increase despite the diet you are on - vegetarian, keto, paleo...
And as always try yourself...
Let me know how things are going
and see you later.

2025-04-23 18:34:21

Do you want to be a great leader? Fast
Hey you,
Quick notes, few thoughts on the matter:
Why fast can help be a great leader?
1.
You can control your reality.
I've heard something great that stays with me (it hits me and stays, usually most even the smartest words evaporated...) this words are:
"You want to control your reality but can you control yourself?"
(I'll share links where it comes from. It comes from humbly looking, very interesting person).
So it stayed with me.
Control reality... what about controling your environment, task you want to do, people you work with you want to lead to accomplishing that task.
You can control your body- its first step.
You can observe yourself.
Probably during second day of fasting you'll become more sensitive, maybe some triggers go out...
Many tests can appear and again - you can (or you dont have to, of course, its just an option) to observe yourself.
2.
You can lead yourself to real wealth by resisting power hungry instincts.
That's the quite new thing for me - how to let go.
There's time (especially in the environment that used to triggered me a lot, where I'm around my dad who is addicted from alkohol for example) that I eat because I want to calm myself (most people got it) but sometimes I eat with the spirit of anger and revenge ("it's your fault, you triggered me, I broke my fasting even if I promised myself X amount of fasting...all of this...)
So sometimes what happened is... I'm seeing I CAN let go... It's sad, but I'm not right here about the things... its just emotion... I'm keeping that food, bar of chocolate or whatever and I'm like - ok, I'm not really hungry.
I don't need it.
I really don't need that spike of dopamine that comes from eating.
Now I understand how it's true that sugar may be more addictive than some drugs.
Its not easy to let them go.
It's not easy to let go the FEEL and NEED to be right and the moment.
Control over yourself- yes
Power that fuels your ego- no.
3.
Become resistant to hedonistic devilish sirens.
Again, it can be eating to feel better, to feel, for one second, some pleasure or relief.
Resist it, don't be so cheap :))
Here's a disclaimer: I got really good days where I know I get this skills right and I got these days where fridge is mine you know :)
It's a process.
The point here is just to share my last thoughts and some experiences because its a journey and I'm on my journey too.
I hope it can inspire only one person.
Then I'd be happy and I win my day :))
Cheers!

2025-04-21 10:39:34

Czy Dante Alighieri wspierałby post zdrowotny?
Czytam "Boską Komedię" pierwszy raz w życiu (na polonistyce były fragmenty do przeczytania, ale nigdy nie czytałam całej).
Jestem na "Czyśccu"
(if you know what I mean:))
i Dante razem z Wergiliuszem napotykają drzewo z jednym jabłkiem. Jest krąg szósty i mamy do czynienia z grzechem łakomstwa i chciwości. Nikt nie może tego jabłka mieć, za karę wisi tam na tym drzewie i kusi pokutujących.
Widzimy postaci historyczne, poetów włoskich a nawet biblijną Ewę, Dante opisuje krąg w jak zwykle barwny sposób.
Mnie zaciekawiło co innego. Temat postów jest mi dość bliski, jeden fragment wydał mi się bardziej interesujący. Dante pisze o tym, co dzieje się, gdy człowiek zrezygnuje z "ziemskiego" pokarmu:
"Dusza (...) z cielesnej wyrywa się celi.
Władze zmysłowe osłabną w tej porze, za to pamięci, rozumu i woli
Moc wówczas w niej się powiększy i wzmoże. (...)
Gdy ją ogarnie wiew krainy świeżej,
Moc promienieje twórcza z jej istoty"
Czyściec, Pieśń 25.
I cały fragment jest bardzo ciekawy, bardzo polecam (załączam zdjęcie).
A przykuło to moją uwagę, z tego względu, że to jest odbicie tego co ja doświadczam w trakcie postów.
Jest to mianowicie wzmożenie "rozumu i woli".
I znowu, ja lekarzem nie jestem,
może można to nazwać przypływem adrenaliny lub inną reakcją chemiczną... w każdym razie w trakcie postów moja produktywność wzrasta wielokrotnie.
Mało tego - jestem bardziej decyzyjna.
Jednak sedno tkwi chyba w tym, że po prostu wszystko idzie lepiej, życie się nie rozlatuje przeciwnie - można coś zbudować i to się trzyma.
Często miałam, jak wielu ludzi zresztą, tak, że niełatwo było, żeby ukończyć daną rzecz (bo zacząć to łatwo, ale żeby skończyć...inna bajka...)
i dopiero posty otworzyły mi oczy, w trakcie postów zobaczyłam w czym rzecz.
Ile razy magia chwili skończyła się w oka mgnieniu, lub zwyczajnie o skończeniu czegoś mogłam pomarzyć, bo skusiłam się na jakieś tam deserki, kroasąty i tym podobne.
Skuszenie się to jest dobre słowo: ukryty syreni śpiew, który nas wybija z utartej drogi.
W jaki sposób posty otworzyły mi oczy?
Jeśli chcemy się wygrzebać z jakiejś sytuacji, pomóc innym, to musimy działać.
Działać, tak żeby to miało ręcę i nogi, żeby był efekt i to trwały- doprowadzać rzeczy do końca. W ten sposób można zaczac budować.
Posty w tym pomagają. Mogą pomóc też Wam.
Kończąc rzeczy ludzie zauważą, że jesteście solidna firma, że można na Was polegać i warto przebywać w waszym towarzystwie, przede wszystkim zdobędziecie więcej szacunku. Prawdziwego, nie wymuszonego strachem czy pozycją.
A ku mojemu zdziwieniu Dante Alighieri idealnie oddaje sens całego procesu.
Ok, lecę czytać dalej, pa.