Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached. --Simone Weil
Happy Day 25 everyone!!!!!
How did your day go talking to someone who inspires you? I loved this day!! I got the pleasure of hanging out with an inspiring group of men that I work with, and then was able to spend the rest of the night with three people who have provided so much inspiration in my life. Thank you Traci, Heather, and Sandy!!!! I hadn’t planned this visit in conjunction with the activity – but it sure worked out!
Also, back in Florida during the holidays – I took a few minutes to sit down and interview a friend of mine who has also been an inspiration. I recorded our chat – and I have attached it to this e-mail. So Evan – thanks again for sharing your inspiration with everyone!
What about you – who did you talk to???
Day 25: The Fast Lane
This will be a fun activity! Stretch yourself today to skip at least one of your normal meals. Can you skip two meals? What if you didn’t eat the whole day? The opportunity here is to spend time noticing the thoughts and power we give to food. So, what thoughts and feeling show up in your experience when you break your normal eating routine? That is your challenge for today.
Please take some time at the end of the day to journal and capture your insights. And of course – share them with the community!!!
YES and: I have begun to hear from some of you interested in continuing in the YES and group once we have completed 30 days. Again, if you are interested – send me your e-mail!
COMING SOON: What would it look like if you AND your partner lived YES together? So, starting sometime in February – we will be offering 30 Days of YES: For Couples!!!! Hollister and I will be co-facilitating this group – and will be going through the experience as well. So, if you and your partner are interested in that – please let me know!!!
Have a wonderful YES day everyone!
Travis Thomas
Laughing YES
travislthomas@mac.com
"I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes."
--e. e. cummings
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I skipped breakfast this morning. I've been religious about eating breakfast for the past few years now, so it wasn't that easy. My current thoughts - I'm starving and trying not to get too cranky! :)
Over all, I've noticed when I'm engaged in good conversation during lunch or dinner, I'm not that focused on what I'm eating. I eat slower and not as much. That right there proves to me that it is possible to give the food we're eating less power.
Always enjoyed b'fast but have been skipping some this week, so I skipped both brekkie and lunch. While journaling, I discovered I am more in tune with real feelings rather than what my "bored voice" was telling me. My stomach actually feels full and I am keeping myself busy so I wouldn't feel bored. I feel satisfied, lighter, in control (instead of my stomach being in control) and a few surprising feelings: enthusiastic, inspired, empowered, alert and YOUNGER! Where did that come from? Because I was taking good care of myself, I found myself feeling loved.
The fast ends this evening, though, because it's BURGER TOP night in the scramble room!
Really looking forward to doing this again.
The fast lane ~ love the title and the task, although this has easily been the most unexpectedly challenging for me. The day of conscious eating was a good warm up for this challenge. At first I didn't want to skip a meal because it fell on a day that I swim. Usually at the end of my morning swim I am already constructing breakfast in my mind not to mention craving it. So I was pleasantly surprised to focus on the end of the workout today. On my drive home, I thought I would faint with hunger and yet, with some prayer (and mental fasting and water) got that under control. Once home, I distracted myself with activity (laundry, dishes, organizing) and then headed to the office where I walked right up to a box of cookies and just about devoured it. Stopping myself, I noticed it was really funny to have these crazy impulses to eat. I know that I am not what I eat, but it was interesting to note just how much of my day is consumed (and I did pick that word on purpose) with thoughts of the next meal. I know that I have been cranky when hungry and sometimes down-right mean so what I most appreciated about this exercise was the realization that food can't make my mood or my day. It's just food and if I am going to give food all the power it might as well be a drug. I am not going to say that it wasn't work to make an appropriate sized lunch and I did eat it at 11:30 am but all in all I would like to try this again in the near future. I completely loved the thoughts that came from this activity of fasting.
Thanks again for the process of these 30 days. They have been amazing. So looking forward to the last 5 and beyond.
SB
p.s. Going through these exercises has inspired me to sign up for my first US Masters swim meet this weekend. I am giddy with excitement to race for the fun of it (for the first time in my life)! Just thought you'd appreciate knowing a "side-effect" of living YES!
Hello all!
I decided to take my "fast" day today, and have now officially not eaten in 24 hours. My goal is to not eat until tomorrow at lunch (16 hours from now).
I have actually been fine today except for now being on a street with numerous restaurants - and lots of savory smells.
So far so good. I have noticed how the routine of eating gives me an activity to look forward to. I need to be constantly active - even if my activity is non-active - I look forward to what's next...and there is always another meal (activity) a few hours away.
This has been an interesting observation.
I definitely have not experienced any fatigue though - and I even did a little workout this morning.
LY
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