The Hunger game

I haven't read the 'hunger games' book yet, neither have I seen the movie. But the last week I did find out what hunger is, during my own game, called 'Lemonjuice detox..'
Because I have to admit I don't allways have the healthiest lifestyle I chose to detox my body and reset my whole system, by fasting for a period of ten days.
Don't worry I didn't just stop eating. According to the internet and book I read about the socalled 'lemon juice fast' I had to drink 2 Liters of Lemon-maplesyrup-cayenne-water a day and add mysterious green powder to my diet to keep my system going without any food.
Though it might sound unnatural and hard, it promised me many benefits:

1. Feeling Healthier and more energetic than ever
2. Looking more beautiful than ever (better skin, hair, losing fat etc.)
3. Resetting my body to a new healthy way of living.
4. Reaching a state of Zen, a natural high in which I would feel totally in balance with myself and the world

... Reality went a bit different.
The first couple of days (which should be the hardest) went fine, I wasn't even hungry and didn't get a headache like I expected. I was positive, fasting even saved me a lot of time and money. No need to worry about dinner!
At work I had a harder time. Working in a restaurant gave me a lot of temptation. Food is everywhere and I realised that I normally eat all day! a piece of bread, a cookie, a french frie etc... I resisted all!  And no glass of wine for me either, at the end of a long hard day of work.



The fourth day I started to feel a bit high, but it wasn't unpleasant. I did start to long for some food. I guess I'm just  too much of a foodlover to be a good mind-over-matter-faster..
Unlike Buhdda, who apparently had the mental strength to fast for months, while meditating and reaching spiritual enlightment.

When people around me started declaring me insane and commenting on my look (not superbeautiful and shiny, but rather skinny and 'matte') I wondered If this programm might not be very suitable for someone who has a fulltime job at a restaurant for 10 hours a day..








De combination of hunger and natural high started to slowly change my world into a world of food. Food was everywhere, and where it wasn't, I still saw delicious edible everything!
I reminded myself I was like mind-over-matter-Buddha, strong enough to resist earthly temptations. After all I did it al for a good cause, getting rid of all build-up toxins in my body and coming out better and healthier.
Unfortunately the fifth day, I ran out of energy and had to wisely decide to eat something, or otherwise I wouldn't be able to work. So I ate some soup! and it never tasted better!

So, though I try to keep my diet and lifestyle healthy from now on and lay low on the alcohol and snacks, I will NEVER voluntarily stop eating again.

And because I want you all to know how it feels to play the actual hunger game in a world of food, without actually having to starve, I refer you to photographer Carl Warners series of 'foodscapes.' :)
(No photoshop, actual landscapes made entirely out of food)