Fasting History- 19 Years Old

My trip to Spain was not my first attempt at fasting. When I was at UCLA and out for football, I found it difficult to gain weight. I couldn't get past 159 pounds. My mom found a Dr. Buchanon who claimed I couldn't gain weight because of obstructions in my body. As I was already convinced fasting held great promise, I went along with his regimen. For two days I took his laxatives and drank fruit juice and water alternatively every hour on the hour.

The third and fourth day I was allowed to only eat fruit. On the last day of the fast I weighed 149 pounds. I had lost 10 pounds in four days and eliminated some real poisons. That didn't sell me as much as a visit on the fourth day of the fast from my girlfriend. She came to a semi-pro baseball game in the South Bay in which I threw out all baserunners and got a hit every time I was up. But afterward, I took her home. I had to leave her there and preceded to kiss her goodbye at the door.

Probably not unusual for an experienced faster, I felt that when I was holding and kissing her that I went straight through her and the door behind her. It has never happened again but it put an exclamation point behind my trust that fasting had some real merit. Even though it was a modified fast, there had to be something there. I spiked up to 175 pounds, went out for varsity the year the Bruins won the NCAA Championship. Unfortunately I was not on the team. I had broken five transfer processes in my back in spring practice.

1. Fasted Blood Sugar 115
2. Weight 225
3. Waist 45 1/2
4. Calorie Intake (6/1/04) 0
5. Prescription Drugs 0
6. Vitamins 0
7. Exercise-class hours 1
8. Exercise-weights 0
9. Exercise-treadmill, bike .5

In later years I learned that fasters sometimes have what might be described as metaphysical capabilities. The yogis in India claim such superior power comes from the cleansing that only fasting can do. I am hoping to use this method to elevate to a higher plane. That feeling of going through my girl and through the door was definitely out of this world.