Revisiting the broth fast --or-- Here we go again

Revisiting the broth fast --or-- Here we go again

I was happy to have lost almost 27 pounds in 29 days but, and as expected, I gained 5 pounds back for a net loss of 22 pounds.  Dr. Saunders had told me that this would happen and said that it is normal to gain back about 5 pounds while maintaining a healthy diet. The key was "healthy" for me.   I can have pretty much anything.  That's how I choose to look at it.  I just can't have carbs and sugars, which I have to cut out anyway as I am nearly diabetic.  But pretty much everything else is ok, or ok within reason.  No soda at all, be really that is just being smart.  Soda is really bad for you, look it up if you want. Limited cheese, and stay away from milk.  The milk part is easy, but I really like cheese.  But it's fine, because I can have "enough" for me.  Of course if I just started eating like I did before, I would quite likely return to the same size and condition.   

But then....for one meal, every two weeks, I can eat whatever I want.  Anything is OK.  Carbs, sugar, whatever I want for one meal.  Even though I can "go crazy" But as it says in 1 Corinthians 10-23 "Everything is permissible but not everything is beneficial".  How's that?  Got a little Bible in there, perhaps out of context.

I used to weigh 145, back at my healthiest.  I think that a the correct size for me would be between 145 and 150.  To do that, I need to lose about 15-20 pounds, knowing that I'm going to gain 5 pounds after I finish the broth fast.  Consequently, I need to fast for about 15 to 22 days.  I know that I can do it, it's just it would have been easier to have continued past day 29, when I ended.  I remember thinking, and probably writing, that I felt that I could easily go 40 days.  I know that I could have.  I found that I should have stayed on the fast longer.  

I've lost a net 22 pounds and I'm still too heavy. So, because I didn't hit my weight goal I need to do this again.  And before someone thinks, "what if he takes this too far?"  I have a specific goal and I also do not want to get too thin.  I wouldn't look good or be healthy if that happened. 

Oh well, this will be interesting to compare this time to last time.  Will it be easier the second time through because I now know what to expect?  Or will it be easier because I just cleansed myself for a month, only a few weeks ago, and have since been eating healthfully? Or will this be more difficult because it get's harder when there is less fat to lose?  I keep you posted.

So, the adventure begins again.