I'm pretty sure that a fast just to loose weight is more than that...think about it...you're conquering your mind and body and this whole culture that tells you that you have to live, eat, and breathe a certain way.

(now) When I look at fasting, I visualize it as a whole. I realize for me that a true fast is only a fast if it is done 100% perfectly. Can you build 75% of an airplane and still call it a plane? I don't think so.

I realized the main reason why I was failing before. I didn't intend to go through with the fast. If you intend to go through with something, you usually do it. Compare going to a store to buy a new dress with sitting down to do your work. When you go to the store, almost nothing can stop you. When you do your homework, almost anything can be a distraction. I believe in the back of your mind, since you actually don't want to do your homework in the first place will let you fall easily into distraction.

Lastly, know that the hardest things to do are the things that you think up yourself. Think about that sentence carefully. It is much easier to do the things that you think others EXPECT you to do. We were taught to follow, to listen to "authorities", whoever that may be in your life.

Fasting is like freeing yourself from yourself, everyone, and this world