Dear Klara,
thank you for your fast reply. I'm just going to continue the #7 regimen for today and tomorrow, to complete the ten days... It's something I feel I need to do. I don't see any other way to break away from my horrible eating habits... I want to make a physical and also psychological statement for my own body that things are going to change. And it's not like I have serious trouble that would justify stopping right now.
Cause basically I'm feeling good, sometimes great, sometimes not so good when I drink too little... it's not easy to keep the balance with the liquid intake it seems, I just don't want to drink too much cause I know that'll make me want to eat more.
My problem is just my passivity when I'm at home. I expect feeling a bit cold, because after all I'm eating about 700kcal per day. But I think the computer habit makes it a lot worse. Ohsawa writes in the sanpaku book that during the #7 rice fast one should be active, because otherwise the new yang energies will work against one self. I think that's what I'm experiencing right now...
I thought it would be easier to break the habit during the fast, but it doesn't seem like it right now
So I'm wondering if there are people on here who have successfully tackled this problem, after all wasting your day in front of the PC isn't all that macrobiotic......
All the best
-Hans
P.S.: The breathing exercises I do are Pranayama and some from a system called Mazdaznan. I read about them and just tried them, and they seem to work really well in giving you energy and waking you up when you feel sleepy, relieve headache etc.
They are really easy, in case you'd like to try:
1. Say the Lord's Prayer (or something of similar length) in one breath, so you're breathing out and saying it without stopping all the way through. Then breathe in and on the next exhale say it again. Repeat at least three times altogether.
2. Exhale fully, pull stomach in and up (so you can touch under your ribcage), hold breath for 15sec. or longer if you can, inhale, the same again on the next exhalation, repeat at least three times trying to hold breath longer. Increase over time.
3. Inhale deeply, hold your breath for at least 20sec., exhale, inhale, hold breath again for a little longer. At least 3 reps, increase time of holding breath.
P. S.: I'm not feeling cold all the time, just after sitting in front of the computer for a long time, that's why think the cold isn't a general problem, but the habit is.