Lovely Saturday

My Saturday began as usual with my morning coffee, but this time there was a little bowl with prunes. The prunes are helpful in getting your metabolism and intestinal work going after the fast. Then I went to breakfast for the first time here, I felt so full after it that I even skipped out on breathing aerobics. I did participate in the other morning sports activities though.  At lunch time it was time for lunch, I mean real lunch not just broth. As a starter I had this really tasty carrot salad followed by a portion of mashed potatoes. That was amazing. In the afternoon I went to a nearby city called Hamelin ( the tale "the pied piper of Hamelin" stems from there). In the evening I ate a light dinner of vegetables with cottage cheese dip.

Here are my impressions in pictures

Morning coffee and prunes

Breakfast: ryebread crackers with cottage cheese and jam

Lunch: carrot salad

Hamelin

Spotted the first rat right by the train station

Interesting architecture of Hamelin buildings  

Throughout the whole city you can find these little rats

Dinner vegetables with dip and a kiwi for desert

Yours truly

V. 

Breaking the fast

Today was as regular a day as any other day here except that I got reintroduced to solid food after the 10 days of fasting that I did. As usual the day started with a weigh-in, was followed by morning coffee and the variousorning excercises that I do. At ten instead of the cleansing ritual I got a plate with two apples and a note that congratulates me on finishing my fast. One apple had to be eaten in the morning and the other in the afternoon. 

Then followed the regular sports regimen. In the afternoon I had my last fasting broth for lunch, before I went to the city to buy some souvenirs. Thereafter I went on a hike with friends I made here. In the evening I went to the proper dining room and instead of juice I received a real meal of potato kohlrabi soup. When arriving at my place there was a little personalized diploma of completion of a fast of 11 days on my plate. I must say that I really liked the presentation of the food. Here are my impressions of the day in pictures

The two apples I had to eat during the day

Graduation of broth lunch. Last one was a tomato broth with Italian herbs

Flowers in town

On the hike: yellow fields through the forest

The first meal tasted so amazing after the fast and the cute presentation made it even better

Evening walk to town

Yours truly

V.

The last of the fast (day 10)

Yippy, I have done it! I have been fasting for 10 full days! To some this may seem like not a big deal but to me it's a celebration! Beside the usual morning program that I do (breathing aerobics, group arobics, water aerobics) I added Callanetics to the program. In the afternoon I attended another cooking class that is supposed to teach you recipes you can so at home to stay on track with the healthy life. A thing I started doing in the evenings is interval walking on the treadmill, so that's another thing I did today.

Here are my impressions of the day in pictures

Herbs and greens that one should incorporate in ones meals 

The dietologist chef explaining how to use what and why

One of the recipes I learned today: yellow bellpepper and rhubarb soup with sunflower seeds

The last dinner juice that I am getting here, because the fasting is over and I will be getting food for dinners in the next two days

Yours truly

V.