Stay hungry, stay safe

[fasting-fashion]

Adults only, please. Really, no minors.

This is not a weight loss blog and I don't fast as a dieting technique. I have no interest in numbers or weight goals or even calorie counting.

I fast for religious reasons. I submit my appetites to the control of my Lord. He allows me to fast for purification.

I do enjoy the actual experience of fasting. I enjoy the sensations in my body and the clarifying effect on my mind.

I appreciate how much more I enjoy meals when I do eat. I am grateful for the reminder of what a blessing it is to have nourishment.

He has decided what I eat each day, and when I am allowed to fast. I entrust myself to him. He keeps me safe.

On Sunday, dinner will include meat, without restriction on type.

On Monday and Tuesday, I fast I drink water, juice, broth, gelatin. Mostly clear liquids. Calories don't matter, but no solid food.

Wednesday, the fast is to be broken by enjoying a sweet treat, made according to His instructions. Also, I am privileged to serve and to cook in my Lord's home on this day. In His presence!

On Friday, dinner will include meat, without restriction on type.

On Saturday, dinner will include meat (beef, pork, lamb,) not fish or fowl.

My regimen may change. It isn't up to me. Sir will decide if it needs to be amended. I've given my Lord all authority over what and when I eat or don't, and that has given me such a deep and joyful peace.

[katieron]

[deepseasmetro]

the masses only care about the girls starving themselves when its not something they can ignore anymore; ariana grande used to be "just naturally petite" - only now once they can see her skeleton does anyone feel the need to express their concern. and, of course, the fattest of us will starve ourselves constantly, months at a time, for years of our lives, and the only thing we ever get out of it is a congratulations. starvation is ugly, but thinness is chic - i mean, ariana grande wasn't even actually fat before! her mind is sick so she just thinks she's fat. she's starving herself wrongly. thin people are not supposed to starve. only fat people!

[deepseasmetro]

our suffering is simply our rightful punishment for the crime of being fat

[mihai-florescu]

Languages tend to peak at their word for butterfly. Never seen 2 that are the same, either. Papillon. Mariposa. Borboleta. Fluture. Vlinder. Schmetterling. Pillangó. Babochka. Farfalla. Sommerfugl. Perhonen. Farasha. Titali. Chōchō. Nabi. Húdié. Buom buom. Great job guys, i really mean it.

[fasting-fashion]

I broke my fast as directed. I did not want to.

The empty lightheaded euphoria that sets in on the second day is replaced with solidity again, yes that quickly, after just one plate of mostly carbs.

Left to myself, I would have gone for 3, 4, maybe 5 days this time. Supplementing with juice and tea and broth and other beverages, of course. It isn't about calories or weight, not really. It is the emptiness, the purity, the pleasure of it that can exceed the pleasure of eating.

But there would be no joy in it if it were not in accord with His will. His command is what moves me. His pleasure is my purpose, not pleasing myself.

I did not argue. I did not ask for more. Only, Yes Sir. Thank You.

If I eat or don't, it is up to Him.

If I breathe or not, His call.

I belong to my Lord and I am filled with His Light.

Nothing else matters.

[kittykittykitty333]

[masterpandyiv]

These should be the only two words to come out of your mouth

[fischhirnn]

I love being useful to you. When you treat me like a thing, I feel loved.

[victusinveritas]

There's worse to come, folks. Strap in and stay strapped.

[just7frogsinapeoplesuit]

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[maitre-mamomi-deactivated202311]

Smell it. That's the smell of your inferiority. Lick it. That's the taste of slavery. You should be ashamed of yourself. No pride, no self respect. But you're so wet instead. You are truly disgusting.

[jinxproof]

'City of Broken Dolls' | © Romain Slocombe

[innerchildabortionclinic]

anorexia as class signaling in the US needs a dissertation atp because that's genuinely why celebrities are like that. it's not just being thin but underweight to the point where if you didn't have proper resources, you would be unable to function in daily life. that's where class comes into play. it's a way of saying you can afford to live on the edge. I fully believe this

[fasting-fashion]

Fasting is obedience.

Obedience is pleasure.

Every time I resist the impulse to get a snack, I am remaining obedient.

This hunger is pleasure.

[thememedaddy]

[metalheadfromslovakia]

[fasting-fashion]

Fasting, for me, is not really about weight loss. I probably make up the Lost calories on other days. My weight has stayed very steady over the past few months after an initial gradual drop during the first month when I was fasting. That is strange, because if anything I have become more strict with the practice since it has become more of a religious matter than purely one of health and hygiene.

It is not that I don't take in any calories on the days that I fast. I do take liquids, tending toward clear, but I do not avoid putting some cream in my coffee and fruit and vegetable juices are nice ways to hide electrolytes so that I don't have to taste them in plain water. Sometimes I will have sugary drinks, especially if I am not feeling great and want to be sure that my sugar isn't low.

I probably take in 3 or 400 calories even on fasting days. I could actually have much more and still be within boundaries. There's nothing to say that I could not use MCT oil or other healthy liquid fats to boost my calories more. If I needed the nutrition, or if my weight were to drop more quickly or further than desired, that would be an option. It would not be difficult to reach 2,000 calories in a day with mostly clear liquids. Especially if sugar is involved. A lot of people who are trying to lose weight find that eliminating sugary beverages makes a substantial difference without changing much else about their diet. When you consider that many soft drinks have 10-15 calories per ounce and that there are people who drink them as if they are water... Just eliminating sugar sweetened beverages yield of one to two pounds per week weight loss without making other changes assuming that other dietary habits are maintained. That is a big assumption, because bodies do like to hold on to wait and appetites may increase in other ways to make up for sudden caloric deficit.

That's why I think my weight has stabilized for the most part. I'm almost certainly eating more days when I do eat. I really don't care to track calories for weight too closely though. That way lies disordered thinking for me. I'm allowed to fast my two days a week, but not to let it turn into three or four or seven as had sometimes happened in the past. And my body weight is allowed to be whatever it needs to be so long as I have energy and ease of movement.

I only like to stop occasionally and give thought to these things to sort of check in with myself and to make information available to my Lord, case He wishes to make any amendments. My body does not belong to me. Well, to be more accurate, I do not belong to myself. He rules everything about me, and if there is anything about my behavior that He wants to change, then He well tell me.

This is the life I wanted. It is everything I asked for and better than I had dared to hope. I make myself empty so I can be filled with Him. His light, His warmth, His blessings, His will. My fasts prove to me that I need nothing else, but Him. And that my need for Him is absolute.

Thank You, Lord, for sustaining me.

[fasting-fashion]

I get hunger and arousal confused.

It is the second day of this week's fast and I am so turned on.

It is a crazy feeling. A kind of synesthesia. My stomach growls, and my hips twitch.

[fasting-fashion]

I am empty today because He allows it.

My body is not for me to fill with anything that I might wish.

I do need to drink some water. Maybe some juice or tea. But I have been enjoying the emptiness. Yesterday and the day before was so much pressure to eat more than felt good. It is always upsetting, triggering even, to be at that house. It wasn't as bad this time, because He was with me. I knew that I was safe in His hand.

Today is so much better.

Fasting and prayer. As it should be.