The Fast - Day 3
Complete and discustingly wonderful failure. We caved. We quit.
Apparently two days of food temptation is all that I can handle. I came home from work yesterday feeling rather exhausted, grumpy, and with a headache that was demanding some serious attention. I was whole heartedly ready to make the best of the situation, thinking of all kinds of interesting ways to make onions, cucumber, grean beans, corn, and other greenery into a marvelous, barely edible feast.
Then Mollie came over. “If you want to quit, I’m totally done with this fast.” She opened the door to the temptation, and that temptation was in the form of sugary pancakes, waffles, and all things breakfast goodness. The Original Pancake House was just too much to resist.
We were starving, and had all kinds of dreams of apple pancakes and hashbrowns and bacon and eggs and waffles and syrup and…well…you get the idea.
In some sick twist of fate, we drove for 30 minutes to the OPH. Closed…NOOOO! So we drove to another one, 25 minuted down the road. “This one can’t be closed, its like the ORIGINAL pancake house.” Closed….NOOOO! Our hearts sunk. The only other OPH that we knew of was in the Green Valley Ranch casino, another 30 minutes of driving. We flirted with other meal options. IHOP, Blue Berry Hill Family Restaurant, Chili’s…none of them had the required decadence of the OPH, so we had to continue on.
We stumbled into the casino at 7pm, after driving in vain for over an hour. Casino’s never close, neither should restaurants in casinos. EXCEPT FOR THE ORIGINAL PANCAKE HOUSE WHICH CLOSES FOR CLEANING OR SOMETHING RIDICULOUS AT 7PM ON TUESDAY NIGHTS.
My dream of apple pancakes was completely distroyed. We had to eat something. The next best option was the Grande Cafe’, which actually has reasonably good food. We struggled through a sea of slot machines, plopped into a booth in the Cafe’, and proceeded to consume everything edible that was presented to us.
I had chicken nachos. Mollie had a pecan waffle. We both had Cokes. I’m so ashamed. But oh me oh my it was good. I think eating ruffage for 2 days may be worth the satisfaction that I gained from that normally ordinary meal. So much for fasting!
What did I gain from my fast…we made it for two days, eating only fruits and vegetables. I do feel like my digestive system is ‘lighter’ somehow, and I’m sure I lost a pound or two over the last 48 hours. Today I feel positively normal, rather energized from my nachos and cheese/yogurt/fruit/coffee breakfast this morning. I do think I would do it again.
Maybe next time I’ll shoot for 3 days!
Jayna on 06 Dec 2006 at 11:29 am #
Congratulations. I am surprised you made it this long. Not that I doubted you… oh wait, I did.
I would have died by 11am on day 1. And if, by some stroke of luck I survived past that, I guarantee eminent death by day 4 (banana and milk day, both of which I am unable to eat).
When I researched possible alternatives to bananas and milk, the only things I could think of were all-bran and oyster shells. Yummy.
Mollie on 06 Dec 2006 at 12:50 pm #
My personal statement about quitting
As I promised Marshall, I am taking full credit 100% for quitting the fast. I have to be honest, I used a little peer pressure, a little, bullying, and a little of my girlfriend power, and with all forces combined–I CONVINCED HIM TO QUIT!! We both fell off the wagon, but it was glorious fall, with the exception of the Original Pancake House being closed, for which I will very likely never fully forgive them. Though as Marshall said the Grand Cafe was good, not quite the OPH, but still very good. It was truly wonderful eating real food again! I am glad we tried the fast but am even more glad that it’s over! Alright that’s my personal statement and now I am going to eat a real lunch!
cara on 06 Dec 2006 at 6:33 pm #
I’m impressed. My roomies and I tried that water/lemon/cayenne pepper/maple syrup fast which you’re supposed to live off of for TWO WEEKS, and quit on day two. We all felt sick. Are fasts supposed to make you feel sick? How is that healthy? I believe in moderation…not that that means that I practice it…;)
matt on 07 Dec 2006 at 12:34 pm #
how were your poops after you ate at the pancake house???? runny?
Marshall on 07 Dec 2006 at 4:11 pm #
Not runny at all. I had a full purge on the first night at 2am, and since then they’ve been totally normal. I had my usual 10:30am deposit today, and nothing was amiss.