WEBVTT - Fasting: It’s Not Just For Lent 0:00:03.680 --> 0:00:08.039 Fasting. I see it as a sacrifice for your mind, body, 0:00:08.039 --> 0:00:14.840 and soul, and it's helped me spiritually, mentally, emotionally. I 0:00:14.920 --> 0:00:17.360 was in situations when I was giving up alcohol. Everyone 0:00:17.360 --> 0:00:19.920 else would drink and like, come on, just one nothing's 0:00:19.920 --> 0:00:22.400 gonna happen if you have one shot, and I'm like, no, 0:00:22.520 --> 0:00:25.160 that defeats the purpose. There are a lot of people like, 0:00:25.200 --> 0:00:26.920 oh my god, I could never. I could never give 0:00:27.000 --> 0:00:29.760 up coffee. No, you could. You're starting off wrong by 0:00:29.760 --> 0:00:32.080 telling yourself I could never. I'm not saying that it's 0:00:32.080 --> 0:00:34.159 going to be easy. No, there it's a freaking challenge, 0:00:34.240 --> 0:00:40.479 but that's what it's all about. Hello everyone, and welcome 0:00:40.520 --> 0:00:43.920 to this week's episode of your favorite podcast, Chicki's and Chill. 0:00:44.240 --> 0:00:47.240 I'm so excited to be recording another episode for you guys. 0:00:47.520 --> 0:00:49.880 We're going to be talking about something that has really 0:00:49.920 --> 0:00:54.520 transformed my life mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. So let's 0:00:54.560 --> 0:01:05.039 get into it. This is Chickies and Chill. Getting healthy 0:01:05.120 --> 0:01:07.880 and figuring out what works for you can be such 0:01:07.880 --> 0:01:10.280 a process. There's a lot of trial and error when 0:01:10.319 --> 0:01:15.319 it comes to health because we're also different. Everybody is different. Literally, 0:01:15.360 --> 0:01:18.360 everybody is different. Now, before we get into today's topic, 0:01:18.440 --> 0:01:20.240 I want to say I'm not a doctor, and this 0:01:20.280 --> 0:01:23.040 episode should not be taken as medical advice. This is 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:25.440 just something that has worked for me and something I'm 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:27.920 passionate about, so I wanted to share my experience with you. 0:01:28.400 --> 0:01:31.000 Now that that's out of the way, let's talk about fasting. 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:35.040 So what is fasting. Fasting is when I see it 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:39.479 as a sacrifice for your mind, body, and soul. The 0:01:39.520 --> 0:01:43.360 first time I ever heard about fasting was when I 0:01:43.400 --> 0:01:46.959 was like ten eleven years old. I was really into church. 0:01:47.440 --> 0:01:49.200 I've said this before. I was like a Bible thumper, 0:01:49.240 --> 0:01:52.200 you guys, Like, I was really really into church, and 0:01:52.240 --> 0:01:54.080 I would go to church with my grandma and they 0:01:54.080 --> 0:01:58.680 would always talk about Ela, you know, And that's when 0:01:58.720 --> 0:02:02.000 I first discovered And we would do it as a 0:02:02.040 --> 0:02:07.560 whole at church, and it was basically on a spiritual level. 0:02:07.720 --> 0:02:12.920 It's when you sacrifice your body from food for a 0:02:12.919 --> 0:02:16.079 certain amount of hours. So we would do from seven 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:20.520 to seven pm, so we would wake up and from 0:02:20.560 --> 0:02:23.000 seven in the morning to seven pm. We were not 0:02:23.120 --> 0:02:26.040 allowed or not allowed because it was your choice. It's 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:29.399 a choice that you make and it's for your relationship 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:34.760 with God. And it's basically not eating anything, not drinking 0:02:34.800 --> 0:02:37.040 anything other than water, so all you could do is 0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:39.560 just drink water, and it's supposed to bring you closer 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:41.480 to God, so it's opposed to so when you get 0:02:41.520 --> 0:02:43.919 hungry and you smell food and you're like okay, that's 0:02:43.919 --> 0:02:46.320 when you connect with God and you're like praying and 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:48.360 you're like, okay, God help me, I can do this 0:02:49.160 --> 0:02:52.480 and it helps strengthen your relationship with God. Is how 0:02:52.520 --> 0:02:55.560 I learned about fasting way back when, and I've been 0:02:55.600 --> 0:02:57.760 doing it since then. I would do it with the church, 0:02:57.880 --> 0:03:02.000 and my grandma was one that I would do it 0:03:02.040 --> 0:03:04.160 with her, so I was really really into church and 0:03:04.160 --> 0:03:05.960 that's when I first heard about it. And now there's 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:09.200 different types of fasting. There's intermitted fasting, what's intermitted fastening. 0:03:09.320 --> 0:03:11.760 I started doing that like two years ago, where it's 0:03:11.800 --> 0:03:15.400 basically the same thing, but you're doing it for weight loss. 0:03:15.639 --> 0:03:19.400 So I used to do twelve to eight PM that 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:24.840 I could eat, so I would fast for sixteen hours. 0:03:25.360 --> 0:03:28.120 I would start eating at twelve before then in the morning, 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:32.280 I could only have black coffee and it was with 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:35.680 no sugar, no creamer, nothing. It was straight black coffee 0:03:35.800 --> 0:03:39.720 or tea without anything as well, or water. That's all 0:03:39.760 --> 0:03:42.400 you could have when you're doing intermitt to fasting, and 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:44.960 that's more for weight loss because you will lose weight. 0:03:45.280 --> 0:03:49.120 You're depriving your body from eating, so you come from fasting, 0:03:49.120 --> 0:03:50.920 so you wake up and you're still fasting and you're 0:03:50.960 --> 0:03:53.839 burning fat and it helps a lot, it really does. 0:03:53.880 --> 0:03:57.160 But it also helps you mentally, Like I feel like 0:03:57.280 --> 0:03:59.040 when I was doing that, I had a lot more 0:03:59.120 --> 0:04:01.800 mental clarity, and that was more for weight loss. So 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:04.480 I would eat from twelve to eight. After eight I 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:08.960 was not allowed to eat anything, not even drink alcohol. Nothing. 0:04:09.000 --> 0:04:10.960 It was like you stop eating and all you could 0:04:10.960 --> 0:04:13.160 have after eight pm is just drinking water until the 0:04:13.320 --> 0:04:16.120 next day at twelve pm. So there are different types 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:18.080 of fasting and I've done it. I just finished doing 0:04:18.080 --> 0:04:22.080 a fasting. It was for about forty days, right before 0:04:22.320 --> 0:04:25.760 the American Grammy, you know, we were nominated, and it 0:04:25.839 --> 0:04:27.960 was my way of sacrificing my mind, body and soul 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:30.760 from things that I felt I was getting somewhat addicted 0:04:30.800 --> 0:04:33.560 to and it was a spiritual thing for me. It 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:40.080 was red meat, cheese, any type of dairy coffee, and marijuana. 0:04:40.360 --> 0:04:42.520 So I gave up those things because I felt like 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:46.359 I was doing too much of it. As you know, again, 0:04:46.400 --> 0:04:49.120 I'm not a doctor, you guys, but you know red 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:51.960 meat causing inflammation in the body, so does any type 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:55.240 of dairy. And coffee is just I just I wouldn't 0:04:55.320 --> 0:04:58.440 drink coffee like at all five years ago. I wasn't 0:04:58.440 --> 0:05:00.359 a coffee drinker. It just this is something that just 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:03.320 started happening the past few years, and I found myself 0:05:03.360 --> 0:05:07.000 getting a little addicted. And then marijuana, like I usually 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:10.120 do it to sleep, but then I just started doing 0:05:10.120 --> 0:05:11.800 it to like chill, and I was like, I didn't 0:05:11.800 --> 0:05:13.640 really like that. I'm very again, I try to be 0:05:13.720 --> 0:05:17.120 a very disciplined person. So anyways, I sacrifice these four 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:20.160 things for forty days and I was like, God, whatever's 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:22.680 going to happen. I'm leaving getting your hands. I just 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:24.520 want to feel good. I want to feel good. I 0:05:24.600 --> 0:05:26.479 want to feel calm. I don't want to be worried 0:05:26.480 --> 0:05:27.839 about am I going to win? Am I not going 0:05:27.880 --> 0:05:30.919 to win? You know, because already being nominated in a 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:34.560 category with artists that I absolutely admire and love is 0:05:34.600 --> 0:05:37.000 already for me. It's a it's a win and being 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:39.800 there on that carpet was amazing. So I did it 0:05:39.839 --> 0:05:42.039 and not necessarily thinking I was going to lose weight, 0:05:42.120 --> 0:05:45.760 but it did help. I did lose weight because sometimes, honestly, 0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:48.720 when I smoke, you guys, especially at night, like nothing 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:52.120 or anyone can stop me, I will eat everything. And 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:54.240 it was just getting out of hand. So I was like, no, 0:05:54.520 --> 0:05:56.160 but I did lose weight, So I didn't do it 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:58.600 for those purposes. I did it more of I want 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:02.599 to challenge myself, and that's how I see fasting, you guys. 0:06:02.760 --> 0:06:06.120 I see it as a form of sacrifice, and I 0:06:06.160 --> 0:06:08.920 feel like we live in an era that people don't 0:06:08.960 --> 0:06:12.480 want to be challenged. People want everything fast and they 0:06:12.520 --> 0:06:15.120 want it now, and even with weight loss, it's like 0:06:15.160 --> 0:06:17.280 I want it right now. I want the magic pill, 0:06:17.320 --> 0:06:19.920 I want the magic injection. And that's all good. I'm 0:06:19.960 --> 0:06:22.760 not saying not to do it. It's just everyone wants 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:26.960 everything so quickly, and I like to challenge myself. And 0:06:27.000 --> 0:06:29.080 I've done it with alcohol. I've done it where I'm like, 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:32.320 don't drink any alcohol for forty days. I think the 0:06:32.320 --> 0:06:35.839 most I've ever done was sixty absolutely no alcohol. And 0:06:36.040 --> 0:06:39.200 it was tough because I go to events and I 0:06:39.240 --> 0:06:42.320 go hang out with my friends and they're drinking, and 0:06:42.880 --> 0:06:44.719 it takes a lot to be sitting there and it's 0:06:44.760 --> 0:06:47.679 like no, and I love steak, So these last forty 0:06:47.720 --> 0:06:51.160 days we're tough. So anyways, I've been there at events 0:06:51.200 --> 0:06:52.960 where everyone's drinking and I'm like, oh my god, I'm 0:06:53.000 --> 0:06:56.120 really stressed out and I want to have an alcoholic 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:58.800 beverage and I'm like, no, I can do this. Like 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:02.279 having that willpower and knowing I got this shit helps 0:07:02.320 --> 0:07:04.760 me so much. It makes me horning. You guys like 0:07:04.839 --> 0:07:07.680 to know that I can fucking do it, that I 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:11.880 can challenge myself, that I'm not weak. So it's like 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:14.040 a game in a way that I play with myself, 0:07:14.120 --> 0:07:17.080 but also in a way sacrificing and showing God, look, 0:07:17.920 --> 0:07:20.200 which is something like is happening, Like even with like 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:22.600 La Guadintena. You know when you for ash Sunday and 0:07:22.600 --> 0:07:24.560 you have to give up something for forty days, like 0:07:24.600 --> 0:07:27.680 it's been happening for years. You guys are people that 0:07:27.800 --> 0:07:29.800 I was watching a documentary the other day. There are 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:35.440 people that won't eat or drink anything for days. That's intense, 0:07:35.720 --> 0:07:39.040 but it helps you so much. Like if we think 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:43.120 about how much time we invest in figuring out what 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:47.240 we're gonna eat, and sometimes we just eat because we're bored, 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:49.360 and sometimes all your body is asking for is water, 0:07:49.520 --> 0:07:52.200 just down some water, and it's kind of like, okay, well, 0:07:52.200 --> 0:07:53.560 I don't know, I'm just gonna put this in my mouth. 0:07:53.560 --> 0:07:56.640 I'm hungry. But like once you start realizing that, yes, 0:07:56.680 --> 0:08:01.040 our body obviously needs food to survive, but you don't 0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:03.800 need that much food to survive, which is why inner 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:07.239 minute fasting is great, but also for mental health, you guys, 0:08:07.320 --> 0:08:10.320 mental clarity, like not putting so much junk in our body. 0:08:11.360 --> 0:08:20.920 It helps with so many things. Going back to this 0:08:21.280 --> 0:08:24.040 last fast that I did, which was you know, the 0:08:24.120 --> 0:08:28.000 red meat, the coffee, the coffee. Oh my god, you guys, 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:31.000 I didn't realize I did have a headache. The first 0:08:31.000 --> 0:08:32.800 week was super hard. I was like, why do I 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:35.400 have a headache? And I'm not one to get too 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:38.200 many headaches. So then I realized, I'm like, oh my goodness, 0:08:38.520 --> 0:08:43.920 it's the coffee. So even now that I'm drinking more 0:08:43.960 --> 0:08:47.160 coffee or I'm drinking coffee again, I'm like challenging myself, 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:48.760 like I'm not saying no I'm not gonna drink coffee, 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:50.480 but it's like I'm trying not to have as much 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:52.680 of it or as much red meat, because I loved 0:08:53.000 --> 0:08:55.600 how I was feeling, you know, and I did feel, 0:08:56.080 --> 0:08:58.760 I want to say, just that headache. Everything else I 0:08:58.800 --> 0:09:00.920 was eating everything else. I was totally fine. And I 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:03.240 did miss cheese because I love cheese, like literally, I'm 0:09:03.280 --> 0:09:05.480 the type of girl that can grab a block of 0:09:05.559 --> 0:09:08.480 cheese from the refrigerator and cut it and just eat 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:11.160 it like by itself. I love cheese, you guys. Sometimes 0:09:11.200 --> 0:09:13.000 I'll even just put a little bit of tapatio on 0:09:13.040 --> 0:09:15.840 the cheese and mozzarella cheese and I'll just bite it 0:09:15.880 --> 0:09:18.640 like that's like a little snack of mine. But it's 0:09:18.679 --> 0:09:22.560 not necessarily the best thing I feel for our sinuses 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:25.000 as a singer. It also causes a lot of phlem 0:09:25.040 --> 0:09:27.440 a lot of flemma, So I try my best to 0:09:27.440 --> 0:09:30.560 stay away from cheese. But I love it, you guys, 0:09:30.559 --> 0:09:34.000 I freaking love it so And just you know, backtracking 0:09:34.000 --> 0:09:37.040 a little bit with fasting, especially when you're doing like 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:41.840 the no eating for X amount of hours like I 0:09:41.880 --> 0:09:44.200 did back in the days, and sometimes I still do it, 0:09:44.240 --> 0:09:46.960 you guys, where I'm like when I started fasting and 0:09:47.000 --> 0:09:49.559 I did it more for like church and stuff like Spiritually, 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:52.520 you do have to take it easy because you will 0:09:52.559 --> 0:09:55.160 get a little dizzy. It's best if you don't work out, 0:09:55.280 --> 0:09:56.760 or like if you are going to work out, it 0:09:56.880 --> 0:10:00.160 like if you just take it easy, nothing vigorous, just walking, 0:10:00.520 --> 0:10:05.120 because you will feel depleted. And I remember once seven 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:07.920 pm came around, I would freaking it was bad. I 0:10:07.960 --> 0:10:11.480 would eat too much. So it's also being mindful of like, Okay, 0:10:11.520 --> 0:10:15.439 I'm going to have a good portion, not be excessive, 0:10:15.520 --> 0:10:19.319 because anything in excess is not good for us. And 0:10:20.200 --> 0:10:22.120 whenever I feel like I'm getting addicted to anything is 0:10:22.160 --> 0:10:23.920 kind of where I'm like, wait, hold on, let me 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:27.000 backtrack a little bit, let me stop doing this as much, 0:10:27.880 --> 0:10:30.520 because I feel like that. That's when it becomes an 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:33.240 issue when you're doing anything at all in exis even 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:36.040 good stuff. I mean for a long time it was like, oh, 0:10:36.080 --> 0:10:38.560 I was on keto, I was eating healthy, but I 0:10:38.600 --> 0:10:40.680 was eating too much of it, you know. So that's 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:42.560 something to keep in mind. If you're going to do 0:10:42.640 --> 0:10:44.400 that type of fasting where you're not eating at all 0:10:44.440 --> 0:10:47.920 and you're just having water, I probably would not lift weights, 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:51.920 I wouldn't run. I would take it very easy as 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:54.120 far as like working out. And then once you're able 0:10:54.160 --> 0:10:56.800 to eat, don't eat too much because that's not good too. 0:10:56.800 --> 0:10:58.440 It's really bad for your tummy. So I'll make sure 0:10:58.440 --> 0:11:01.920 you eat slowly and you eat a good portion. And 0:11:02.000 --> 0:11:07.240 I won't say it's easy because I was in situations 0:11:07.240 --> 0:11:09.040 where I said, like when I was giving up alcohol, 0:11:09.080 --> 0:11:11.840 everyone else around me would drink and like, come on, 0:11:11.960 --> 0:11:14.280 just one nothing's gonna happen if you have one shot 0:11:14.760 --> 0:11:16.640 or you're not eating me, come on, like just a 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:19.560 little bit, just taste it. And I'm like, no, that 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:22.560 defeats the purpose. It's not about okay, just one or 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:25.760 a little bit. It's like, no, absolutely not having anything. 0:11:25.840 --> 0:11:27.760 Like if I told myself for forty days, I'm not 0:11:27.840 --> 0:11:30.319 having this, Like I'm not having it. You know, and 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:34.040 especially in our culture, you guys, as you know Latinos, 0:11:34.080 --> 0:11:35.720 it's kind of like you know, you go to your 0:11:35.720 --> 0:11:39.600 thea's house or your grandma's house or like that's the 0:11:39.640 --> 0:11:42.319 way they show their love to you is by giving 0:11:42.360 --> 0:11:44.960 you food to say, here, let me serve you. And 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:47.200 sometimes I'll feel a little bit offended and I've I've 0:11:47.240 --> 0:11:49.560 had that situation. I went to Mexico once with Amilia's 0:11:49.600 --> 0:11:52.560 family and I was fasting, and of course they made 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:55.480 like this whole breakfast and likualo and everything. I was like, 0:11:55.480 --> 0:11:57.120 I didn't know how to say it, but I was 0:11:57.160 --> 0:12:00.800 just like, hey, Nando, and they didn't really understand. They're like, 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:03.040 what my cat says, I'm not allowed to eat until 0:12:03.200 --> 0:12:05.560 I'm not allowing myself to eat, should I say until 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:08.080 a certain time? And They're like, okay. It was foreign 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:10.880 for them, but I was like, I have to respect 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:15.600 myself and the commitment that I made to myself, no 0:12:15.640 --> 0:12:18.480 matter who's around or what's going on, to do this 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:23.720 for myself. During the time that I was fasting this 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:27.600 last time before the Grammy, I was waking up towards 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:31.480 the end by myself four something in the morning before 0:12:31.559 --> 0:12:34.319 my alarm went off at five in the morning, Like 0:12:34.920 --> 0:12:36.679 I would just wake up de Lana and I'd be like, 0:12:36.760 --> 0:12:38.600 oh my gosh, I can't go back to sleep. And 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:40.640 my mom would always tell me, when you wake up 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:42.520 like that, it's because God wants to talk to you. 0:12:42.880 --> 0:12:44.280 So I always had that in back with the back 0:12:44.280 --> 0:12:45.439 of my mind, and sometimes I'm like, God, I just 0:12:45.480 --> 0:12:46.800 want to go to sleep. Please just let me sleep 0:12:47.040 --> 0:12:50.280 fifteen more minutes, literally fifteen more minutes, and I wouldn't 0:12:50.280 --> 0:12:53.440 be able to. And this happened on January twenty six 0:12:53.520 --> 0:12:56.959 and twenty seven, and it was something that I didn't 0:12:57.000 --> 0:13:01.760 even know that I needed to know, but it was like, 0:13:02.800 --> 0:13:04.240 you guys might think I'm crazy, but I was like 0:13:04.280 --> 0:13:06.840 God is speaking to me right now. Like it becomes 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:08.600 this crazy thing where it's like, no, I don't hear 0:13:08.640 --> 0:13:10.720 God's voice and he speaks to me directly. It's like 0:13:10.760 --> 0:13:13.840 it's something that I can't explain, something that I fell 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:16.360 in my heart, something that just gives me peace. And 0:13:16.400 --> 0:13:18.440 it's just like, oh my gosh, this is the answer. 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:22.640 And I feel that it is because my fascinate was 0:13:22.679 --> 0:13:24.319 coming to an end, and it was kind of like 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:26.880 it was just something that I needed to know and 0:13:26.920 --> 0:13:28.960 I can't necessarily tell you guys what it is, but 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:30.960 I have it in my notes. And I sat there 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:32.840 and I was just writing. My fingers were just going 0:13:32.880 --> 0:13:34.760 in my notes in my phone, and it was just 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:37.160 like talking like things that I want to do and plans, 0:13:37.200 --> 0:13:39.760 and I got so many different ideas and I don't know. 0:13:39.800 --> 0:13:41.800 I just had so much clarity about a lot of things, 0:13:42.240 --> 0:13:44.080 and one day maybe I'll read you guys those notes. 0:13:51.000 --> 0:13:54.040 I wanted to share this because I do it and 0:13:54.080 --> 0:14:00.480 it's helped me spiritually, mentally, emotionally, Like even knowing that 0:14:00.960 --> 0:14:03.120 I can do it, it makes me feel very proud. 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:06.240 It makes me feel very accomplished. And I try to 0:14:06.280 --> 0:14:09.640 do this at least at least four times a year 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:11.200 where I'm like, I'm going to give this up and 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:14.120 everyone around me already knows, like, oh, okay, I'm not 0:14:14.160 --> 0:14:16.240 eating me. Oh you're fasting. Yes, I'm fasting, or I'm 0:14:16.960 --> 0:14:19.240 I'm not drinking or whatever the case may be. Because 0:14:19.280 --> 0:14:21.040 I just like to do that, like I like to 0:14:21.120 --> 0:14:24.080 challenge myself, and I think it's a very important thing. 0:14:25.000 --> 0:14:28.120 And you feel so good after you do it, you know, 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:30.560 because it's good for your soul. Like I'm telling you, 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:34.560 it's changed my life doing this, and some people might 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:36.200 think it's sillier, like why are you doing it if 0:14:36.200 --> 0:14:40.080 it's it's unnecessary. I feel like sacrifice in so many ways, 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:45.080 sacrificing self to things that you love that you feel like. 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:46.600 There are a lot of people like, oh my god, 0:14:46.640 --> 0:14:48.680 I could never. I could never give up coffee. No, 0:14:48.800 --> 0:14:52.000 you could. You're starting off wrong by telling yourself I 0:14:52.040 --> 0:14:55.200 could never. You could if you challenge yourself, if you 0:14:55.280 --> 0:14:57.560 set your mind to it, and you show yourself, I 0:14:57.600 --> 0:15:00.160 can do this. I'm telling you. I'm not saying that 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:02.320 it's going to be easy. No. There, it's a freaking challenge. 0:15:02.400 --> 0:15:04.520 But that's what it's all about. It's saying, you know what, 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:06.440 for me, I do it more on a spiritual level. 0:15:06.480 --> 0:15:09.120 To be honest, you guys like I do it because 0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:11.200 I'm like God, I want to be more connected to you. 0:15:11.440 --> 0:15:13.600 I want to show you that I'm grateful for everything 0:15:13.640 --> 0:15:15.200 that you do in my life, that you've done in 0:15:15.240 --> 0:15:17.600 my life that you're going to do. So I'm going 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:22.080 to sacrifice myself, my body, what my flesh wants, to 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:25.240 have more of a spiritual connection with you. So when 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:27.720 I come across those moments when my friends are trying 0:15:27.720 --> 0:15:32.080 to freaking scarfa a shot, you know, down my throat, 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:33.800 I'm like, okay, God, please give me the willpower I 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:35.840 got this. Sometimes I would have to excuse myself and 0:15:35.880 --> 0:15:37.840 go to the restroom and be like, breathe a my God, 0:15:37.920 --> 0:15:39.720 help me, help me. I really want a steak, I 0:15:40.120 --> 0:15:42.240 really want a piece of steak, or I really want 0:15:42.280 --> 0:15:44.280 to have this shot, or I'm so stressed out, I 0:15:44.360 --> 0:15:46.920 just want to go to sleep so nicely, I want 0:15:46.920 --> 0:15:49.320 to smoke a little bit of marijuana, but I'm like no, 0:15:49.920 --> 0:15:51.960 and it just feels good. I don't know how to 0:15:52.000 --> 0:15:54.400 explain it. It's like it just feels good to be 0:15:54.480 --> 0:15:57.280 able to say no to something in order to say 0:15:57.400 --> 0:16:01.240 yes to yourself and for your future self. It's something 0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:03.800 that I absolutely love and believe in that I wanted 0:16:03.840 --> 0:16:06.680 to share, and I think you guys should try it. 0:16:06.680 --> 0:16:08.360 I mean, you don't have to start off like I 0:16:08.360 --> 0:16:10.920 didn't let go with four things at once, But it's 0:16:10.960 --> 0:16:15.160 about something that you truly love that you're like, damn, 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:19.640 you know. It could be anything with lent. A lot 0:16:19.680 --> 0:16:23.040 of my friends do it and they give up, Like 0:16:23.080 --> 0:16:24.360 I have a friend that's like, I'm not going to 0:16:24.400 --> 0:16:26.880 have any chocolate for forty days, or I'm giving up 0:16:26.880 --> 0:16:29.120 social media for forty days. Whatever it is that you 0:16:29.200 --> 0:16:32.200 feel is like a challenge for you that you feel like, oh, 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:34.760 I couldn't. I feel like that's what it's about it. 0:16:34.920 --> 0:16:37.200 They're even doing it at you, like at church, Catholic Church. 0:16:37.200 --> 0:16:38.760 You guys, I did it at Christian Church. I just 0:16:39.080 --> 0:16:40.520 you don't even have to go to church to do it. 0:16:40.560 --> 0:16:43.120 Like I'm just saying, try it. It could be anything. 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:46.000 It could even be sex, but I don't know if 0:16:46.040 --> 0:16:48.040 your partner would be too happy with that. But I mean, 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:51.000 maybe no penetration. Maybe it's just like oral sex. I 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:55.280 don't know, like just anything to be like I want 0:16:55.280 --> 0:16:57.760 to challenge myself. I like I said, you don't have 0:16:57.760 --> 0:16:59.000 to do it for the reasons that I do it. 0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:02.880 But the reasons I fast intermedi fasting was to lose weight. 0:17:02.920 --> 0:17:05.000 But the type of fact that I'm talking about right 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:08.800 now is definitely more for a connection and to feel 0:17:08.840 --> 0:17:11.680 more connected with the higher power, with the universe, with God, 0:17:12.080 --> 0:17:14.320 with whatever you want to call it. And I'm telling 0:17:14.320 --> 0:17:18.639 you it helps so much. I've been doing this for 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:21.480 years and I feel that it is a part of 0:17:22.320 --> 0:17:24.600 why I've been able to be so successful in what 0:17:24.640 --> 0:17:29.600 I'm doing is because I'm disciplined, and it's part of 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:33.560 showing discipline through sacrifice, and then that sacrifice turns into 0:17:34.040 --> 0:17:37.160 the world and the universe and God saying thank you, 0:17:37.359 --> 0:17:39.080 here is a blessing. It's kind of how I see 0:17:39.080 --> 0:17:41.159 it in a way, although we're not really supposed to 0:17:41.200 --> 0:17:42.760 do it for that reason of like I want to 0:17:42.800 --> 0:17:44.639 be blessed, I want more good things I want. No, 0:17:44.760 --> 0:17:47.000 it's more of like let me show you I'm grateful, 0:17:47.640 --> 0:17:49.720 and yeah, you could be praying for something in particular. 0:17:49.760 --> 0:17:51.320 I've done that where I'm like, God, I really need 0:17:51.359 --> 0:17:53.119 an answer, I really need you to speak to me. 0:17:53.359 --> 0:17:56.119 The whole point is it's good for you. I feel. 0:17:56.480 --> 0:17:59.159 My personal opinion, my humble opinion, is that fascining. It 0:17:59.200 --> 0:18:01.840 is great for you body and soul. So try it. 0:18:01.920 --> 0:18:04.480 If you guys didn't get enough information here on the 0:18:04.560 --> 0:18:07.360 Cheeks and Chill podcast, there are a lot of documentaries 0:18:07.359 --> 0:18:10.440 on fasting on Netflix. I've seen them on Amazon, I've 0:18:10.440 --> 0:18:12.879 seen them on YouTube. So if you want more information, 0:18:13.119 --> 0:18:16.919 there are also books on fasting. There are apps on 0:18:16.960 --> 0:18:18.600 fasting as well, if you want to learn how to 0:18:18.640 --> 0:18:20.960 do it. I mean there's spiritual ones. There's like some 0:18:21.320 --> 0:18:23.760 to lose weight for in a minute fasting. But inform 0:18:23.800 --> 0:18:26.639 yourself a little more. If you still don't feel like 0:18:26.880 --> 0:18:29.760 you've got enough information. I always say knowledge's powers, So 0:18:29.840 --> 0:18:32.720 make sure you guys, inform yourself so Anyways, that is 0:18:32.760 --> 0:18:35.440 my take. That's my bit on fasting and what it's 0:18:35.440 --> 0:18:37.000 done in my life and how much I love it. 0:18:37.440 --> 0:18:40.280 And I hope that it helped you guys, and hopefully 0:18:40.320 --> 0:18:43.760 it inspires you to try it again. It could be anything, 0:18:44.160 --> 0:18:46.720 something small. A lot of my friends have done social 0:18:46.720 --> 0:18:48.640 media and they feel so much better, They have less 0:18:48.640 --> 0:18:50.920 depression anxiety. I'm just saying. I'm not saying to let 0:18:50.920 --> 0:18:53.439 go of social media. I'm just saying giving you like examples. 0:18:53.880 --> 0:18:56.119 So AnyWho, thank you guys so much for listening to 0:18:56.119 --> 0:18:59.080 another episode of Cheeks and Chill. I am so grateful 0:18:59.320 --> 0:19:01.919 for your continued support. Like honestly, from the bottom of 0:19:01.920 --> 0:19:04.640 my heart, thank you. And speaking of support, let's jump 0:19:04.680 --> 0:19:07.840 into our motivational Monday quote, which is a form of 0:19:07.880 --> 0:19:15.960 mental and emotional support in my opinion. Okay, so I 0:19:16.000 --> 0:19:18.320 have two motivational quotes you guys. I just feel very 0:19:18.359 --> 0:19:20.639 inspired today. So the first one is fasting of the 0:19:20.680 --> 0:19:24.119 body is food for the soul. Now this is a 0:19:24.119 --> 0:19:28.120 little longer, but fasting big pharmas try to replicate what 0:19:28.160 --> 0:19:32.000 our bodies do naturally. But we're told to eat three 0:19:32.040 --> 0:19:34.800 times a day with snacks in between, giving our body 0:19:34.840 --> 0:19:37.920 no time to do so. When you fast, you're allowing 0:19:37.960 --> 0:19:40.760 your body to do its job and heal itself. It 0:19:40.840 --> 0:19:44.600 also puts your brain at peak performance. Here's another one. Okay, 0:19:44.640 --> 0:19:47.159 this is the last one. You guys, you are not hungry, 0:19:47.320 --> 0:19:50.360 you are bored. Drink some water and learn the difference. 0:19:51.000 --> 0:19:52.880 Well those are the quotes for the day. I'm sorry 0:19:52.880 --> 0:19:55.600