How to Come Off a Long Fast

If you fast for 7 days or more you need to be careful how you come off your fast. Paul Bragg has a 3-day program on how to come off a long fast that I have used. It gets your digestive system up and running again and most importantly gets your metabolism going.  You should stick with fresh foods for a couple weeks, adding in small amounts of meat, dairy and breads. You will find after a long fast your tastes will change and you will crave fresh food. Your body will not enjoy processed foods. It will actually not taste good. Your head will say… oh Big Macs are so good and you will take a bite and your mouth and body will say… not so good. Go with it; don’t push your body to crave things that are not good for it. Stick with mostly fresh foods as a lifestyle and use this momentum as opportunity to change your eating habits forever.

This is the 3-day program on how to break a long fast by Paul Bragg, taken from his book called The Miracle of Fasting

Day One
Around supper on the first day off your fast peel 4-5 medium sized tomatoes, cut them and boil them in a bit of water. (This was worse to me than not eating, I only ate what I could stomach. Stewed tomatoes  are not tasty to say the least.)

Day Two
In the morning have a salad of grated cabbage, grated carrots, and squeeze a half an orange over it.

After that you can have a bowl of steamed greens and more boiled tomatoes.

You can also have a piece of Melba toast

Supper
A salad of grated cabbage, grated carrots, chopped celery and squeeze half an orange over it.

2 cooked vegetables, one green and one carrots or squash

2 pieces of Melba if you want

Day Three
Breakfast
Bowl of fruit such as banana, pineapple, orange, grapefruit, or apples

Lunch
A salad of grated cabbage, grated carrots, chopped celery and squeeze half an orange over it.

1 cooked vegetables, one green and one carrots or squash

1 piece of Melba if you want

Supper
Salad of lettuce, watercress, parsley, tomatoes

2 cooked vegetables

Once you finish this three-day program make sure to take your time introducing new foods. You will be amazed how hard it is to stop fasting. The longer you go, the harder it is to stop. You will come to love how you feel while you are fasting and the thought of stopping will be challenging. Your taste buds and your body will enjoy the different healthy foods you feed them. You will appreciate the food you choose to eat. Your mind about food will probably change from eating for pleasure to eating for nourishment, you will no longer think how much can I eat and not gain weight and start to really listen to your body.

You may experience a challenging time following your fast. It’s important to keep reading your Bible often, continue your habit of praying regularly and guard your thoughts from the battle that will be going on for your break through.

When I came off my fast just last 2 weeks ago I wrestled with all consuming thoughts that were not from God. They over took my mind and thought life and although I tried and tried to overcome I finally had to ask Jason to pray and break those negative thoughts off my mind. It was very strong, but after I received prayer I believed it was gone and from that moment on chose not to let my mind wander there.

This week has been a battle of another kind. I feel as though God stirred me up so much during my fast that now I feel discontented. I feel frustrated and overwhelmed. I want to do so much and feel like there is never enough time. It is affecting me to the point of anxiety and I have struggled through several days this past week claiming God’s truth, yet feeling on the losing end of the battle much of the time.

I know it’s all a part of what God is doing in my life and He is flushing out of me my ways of doing things, my plans, my desires and bringing me to a place of surrender to all of those things. I know I need to take action in my life about what God is stirring and the opportunities He is bringing my way. It’s exciting but risky and I believe until I step out in faith I will feel this wrestling in my Spirit.