and…. i finished my fast after 26 hours (at 10 pm), see previous three blog posts, below for background (no food, no activity, just lots of water, three jiggers of wheatgrass spread over 26 hours, more water). it’s my mini-detox from all the holiday eating.
and feel light even after a full meal after the fast, produced my own impulsive cook show even if i’m no cook (i’m not, i don’t cook but have the audacity to produce my own original cook show, no recipes i just watch TV and subconsciously “imbibe” the motions but without the talkies), this pescoterian movie, an independent genre, impulsive, all-original video, happy watching! (click the video window above for the horror flick)
22nd hour and 43 minutes, of fast (lots of water, 2nd jigger of wheatgrass, no activity). it took a while to locate the pulse. couldn’t find it in the usual spot on the jawline. anyway. i found it. it’s 46 bpm (i should probably do this more scientifically with gadgets and video and third parties) on the first try, (the full 60 seconds), 47 bpm on the second try; and 48 bpm at ten seconds, that is, 8 beats per ten seconds, multiply it by 6 for sixty seconds, on the third and fourth tries. my feet are cold though, or maybe i’m just being melodramatic, it’s only my 22nd hour 43rd minute or it’s been 22 hours 43 minutes. xxx
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i googled it, the lowest recorded heart rate at rest is supposedly that of Lance Armstrong, 32-34 bpm; there’s another cyclist, Miguel Indurain resting heart rate 28 bpm, i’m no athlete far from it, and not athletic and i’ve quit running and ashtanga yoga a month and a half ago but seem to be more productive/ inventive, although i should probably run in the next few days i’m just fasting so let me just wait 2 minutes so i can record this at 23rd hour of fasting.
xxx and it’s 7pm (it’s no big deal, some people fast for days and days)
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i googled it some more, Miguel Indurain has the lowest recorded heart rate at 28 bpm and someone else not an athlete at 27 bpm. that is….not counting people who are in the hospital. xxx
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28 beats per minute — buhay ka pa ba nun?! (are you still alive at that?!) okey na yung 58 bpm (58 bpm is fine with me.) if that guy fasted it’ll probably be…5 bpm he’ll be a living spirit.xxx
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my feet are cold though (low temperature only), but my hands are warm so i’m probably fine. xxx
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i’m going to eat in half an hour or in an hour i swear to god bahala kayo sa buhay nyo i’m going to eat
still on health posting. i’m not a methodical vegetarian for lack of a better term, a methodical vegetarian is (by that i mean) someone who, when he/she goes to parties or reunions or any extended gathering or meeting or who when he/she sleeps in others houses, brings his/her own food (vegetarian) on top of the reglementary food or wine for the host so that if only food with meat is served, he/she has a back-up plan for nourishment. it’s like… going to war. you bring supplies. but when it comes to attending parties or social gatherings, i’m impulsive. i don’t treat it like… a war, you know. you go to gatherings to break bread with family and friends; oh, if only bread were served in these gatherings and reunions. So now. Fast, it’s the 19th hour, it’s only 3pm. don’t worry i’ve done this before. some people fast or detox on a mixture of maple syrup, lemon juice, and cayenne pepper. (that’s what Del did a couple of months ago. that’s what many celebrities do! or apple juices and other liquids. but since i eat cakes and creamy sweets the rest of the time, and i’m not a celebrity, i don’t put maple syrup and fruit juices anymore during the fast, just wheatgrass and lots of water). but no physical or mental activity (others can.) writing this is not “mental activity” — it’s just that i’m awake, i have to do sumthin, not too strenuous anyway, i’ve already done lots of “meditating” when you consider sleeping today as meditating, i’m being facetious you know that don’t you. i should have measured my heart rate but didn’t know i’m semi-documenting this this time — it’s too late because i just took wheatgrass, that raises my heart rate to above 58 bpm, i want to find out how low or how far down i can slow it down. i’m not trying to put myself in a coma…just fast and slowing down. xxx
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(i’m supposed to have stopped writing here. but added some more.) xxx
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(kulay dilaw na ba ako, translation, is my skin turning sallow. i’m being melodramatic. it’s only been 19 hours) (writing stream-of-consciousness and unstructured is a form of semi-documenting, right? at least, you know i can still…spell). ayt. xxx
and added some more. POSTSCRIPT: i think detox (detoxification) is supposed to be for more than 24 hours, it’s supposed to be for days, so i’m not really on detox. just fast and slowing down. MAYBE I SHOULD BE A METHODICAL VEGETARIAN. (by the way, i should put vegetarian in quotes, i still eat fish and sea food, so i’m not really vegan. Technically, i’m… pescoterian….i’m already getting hungry, i should stop writing and editing this…seafood marinara…seafood marinara. it’s tomato-based. with olive oils….it’s my 20th hour, it’s 4pm now.)
