Routine
On Wednesday we will be going to Colima for a few days, traveling by bus. This will be our first major break in routine since starting the fast. I must admit, we live a very routine life, and have the luxury of doing the same things at the same times (because we want to, not because we must). I work on-line, so in fact we can be very flexible with our schedule, but we prefer to follow a predictable, enjoyable routine — broken only occasionally by circumstances. Once during the first month of our fasting regime, and once this month, we went to parties, which required minor adjustments. Two other times we went on car trips to nearby places, which meant I had to skip my wine (both were breakfast days), but no other difference, since we took food with us to eat. So this is the first major change of routine, and I’m interested to see how we will deal with it.
The trip begins while we are in the end stages of a fasting period, so we are not supposed to eat anything until between 2:00 and 3:00 pm — when we will be on a bus somewhere between Guadalajara and the city of Colima. I’ve suggested Isabel carry some sweet snacks in her purse, since she sometimes feels dizzy or weak if she exerts herself too much toward the end of the fast. Myself, I’m content to wait until whenever we get into Colima to eat, since the last time we were there I had a very tasty sandwich in the bus station, and so can look forward to another of the same. Our destination is another hour beyond the city, but still in the state of Colima, near the coast.
Obviously, my next post will be after we return on May 4th, and I’ll let you know how we fared. I can appreciate the fact that for many people, such trips and other schedule-changing circumstances are almost constant events (I lived like that when I was younger) — so it may be easier for me to recommend means of dealing with such a lifestyle while maintaining a fasting regime after we go through this experience. I’m looking forward to it.
A note about weight, as someone asked (off-line). We only weigh ourselves about once per week — any more often is too subject to fluctuations to have much meaning. We only report our weight on this blog once per month. Our last weigh-in shows we continue to lose weight, though we each have had one week (and different weeks for each) when our weight went up instead of down. Unless that sea-food from the coast creeps up on us, we expect to report lower weights for this month than last, though perhaps not as low as they are now … before the trip.
