Speaker 1: Fasting. I see it as a sacrifice for your mind, body,
Speaker 1: and soul, and it's helped me spiritually, mentally, emotionally. I
Speaker 1: was in situations when I was giving up alcohol. Everyone
Speaker 1: else would drink and like, come on, just one nothing's
Speaker 1: gonna happen if you have one shot, and I'm like, no,
Speaker 1: that defeats the purpose. There are a lot of people like,
Speaker 1: oh my god, I could never. I could never give
Speaker 1: up coffee. No, you could. You're starting off wrong by
Speaker 1: telling yourself I could never. I'm not saying that it's
Speaker 1: going to be easy. No, there it's a freaking challenge,
Speaker 1: but that's what it's all about. Hello everyone, and welcome
Speaker 1: to this week's episode of your favorite podcast, Chicki's and Chill.
Speaker 1: I'm so excited to be recording another episode for you guys.
Speaker 1: We're going to be talking about something that has really
Speaker 1: transformed my life mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. So let's
Speaker 1: get into it. This is Chickies and Chill. Getting healthy
Speaker 1: and figuring out what works for you can be such
Speaker 1: a process. There's a lot of trial and error when
Speaker 1: it comes to health because we're also different. Everybody is different. Literally,
Speaker 1: everybody is different. Now, before we get into today's topic,
Speaker 1: I want to say I'm not a doctor, and this
Speaker 1: episode should not be taken as medical advice. This is
Speaker 1: just something that has worked for me and something I'm
Speaker 1: passionate about, so I wanted to share my experience with you.
Speaker 1: Now that that's out of the way, let's talk about fasting.
Speaker 1: So what is fasting. Fasting is when I see it
Speaker 1: as a sacrifice for your mind, body, and soul. The
Speaker 1: first time I ever heard about fasting was when I
Speaker 1: was like ten eleven years old. I was really into church.
Speaker 1: I've said this before. I was like a Bible thumper,
Speaker 1: you guys, Like, I was really really into church, and
Speaker 1: I would go to church with my grandma and they
Speaker 1: would always talk about Ela, you know, And that's when
Speaker 1: I first discovered And we would do it as a
Speaker 1: whole at church, and it was basically on a spiritual level.
Speaker 1: It's when you sacrifice your body from food for a
Speaker 1: certain amount of hours. So we would do from seven
Speaker 1: to seven pm, so we would wake up and from
Speaker 1: seven in the morning to seven pm. We were not
Speaker 1: allowed or not allowed because it was your choice. It's
Speaker 1: a choice that you make and it's for your relationship
Speaker 1: with God. And it's basically not eating anything, not drinking
Speaker 1: anything other than water, so all you could do is
Speaker 1: just drink water, and it's supposed to bring you closer
Speaker 1: to God, so it's opposed to so when you get
Speaker 1: hungry and you smell food and you're like okay, that's
Speaker 1: when you connect with God and you're like praying and
Speaker 1: you're like, okay, God help me, I can do this
Speaker 1: and it helps strengthen your relationship with God. Is how
Speaker 1: I learned about fasting way back when, and I've been
Speaker 1: doing it since then. I would do it with the church,
Speaker 1: and my grandma was one that I would do it
Speaker 1: with her, so I was really really into church and
Speaker 1: that's when I first heard about it. And now there's
Speaker 1: different types of fasting. There's intermitted fasting, what's intermitted fastening.
Speaker 1: I started doing that like two years ago, where it's
Speaker 1: basically the same thing, but you're doing it for weight loss.
Speaker 1: So I used to do twelve to eight PM that
Speaker 1: I could eat, so I would fast for sixteen hours.
Speaker 1: I would start eating at twelve before then in the morning,
Speaker 1: I could only have black coffee and it was with
Speaker 1: no sugar, no creamer, nothing. It was straight black coffee
Speaker 1: or tea without anything as well, or water. That's all
Speaker 1: you could have when you're doing intermitt to fasting, and
Speaker 1: that's more for weight loss because you will lose weight.
Speaker 1: You're depriving your body from eating, so you come from fasting,
Speaker 1: so you wake up and you're still fasting and you're
Speaker 1: burning fat and it helps a lot, it really does.
Speaker 1: But it also helps you mentally, Like I feel like
Speaker 1: when I was doing that, I had a lot more
Speaker 1: mental clarity, and that was more for weight loss. So
Speaker 1: I would eat from twelve to eight. After eight I
Speaker 1: was not allowed to eat anything, not even drink alcohol. Nothing.
Speaker 1: It was like you stop eating and all you could
Speaker 1: have after eight pm is just drinking water until the
Speaker 1: next day at twelve pm. So there are different types
Speaker 1: of fasting and I've done it. I just finished doing
Speaker 1: a fasting. It was for about forty days, right before
Speaker 1: the American Grammy, you know, we were nominated, and it
Speaker 1: was my way of sacrificing my mind, body and soul
Speaker 1: from things that I felt I was getting somewhat addicted
Speaker 1: to and it was a spiritual thing for me. It
Speaker 1: was red meat, cheese, any type of dairy coffee, and marijuana.
Speaker 1: So I gave up those things because I felt like
Speaker 1: I was doing too much of it. As you know, again,
Speaker 1: I'm not a doctor, you guys, but you know red
Speaker 1: meat causing inflammation in the body, so does any type
Speaker 1: of dairy. And coffee is just I just I wouldn't
Speaker 1: drink coffee like at all five years ago. I wasn't
Speaker 1: a coffee drinker. It just this is something that just
Speaker 1: started happening the past few years, and I found myself
Speaker 1: getting a little addicted. And then marijuana, like I usually
Speaker 1: do it to sleep, but then I just started doing
Speaker 1: it to like chill, and I was like, I didn't
Speaker 1: really like that. I'm very again, I try to be
Speaker 1: a very disciplined person. So anyways, I sacrifice these four
Speaker 1: things for forty days and I was like, God, whatever's
Speaker 1: going to happen. I'm leaving getting your hands. I just
Speaker 1: want to feel good. I want to feel good. I
Speaker 1: want to feel calm. I don't want to be worried
Speaker 1: about am I going to win? Am I not going
Speaker 1: to win? You know, because already being nominated in a
Speaker 1: category with artists that I absolutely admire and love is
Speaker 1: already for me. It's a it's a win and being
Speaker 1: there on that carpet was amazing. So I did it
Speaker 1: and not necessarily thinking I was going to lose weight,
Speaker 1: but it did help. I did lose weight because sometimes, honestly,
Speaker 1: when I smoke, you guys, especially at night, like nothing
Speaker 1: or anyone can stop me, I will eat everything. And
Speaker 1: it was just getting out of hand. So I was like, no,
Speaker 1: but I did lose weight, So I didn't do it
Speaker 1: for those purposes. I did it more of I want
Speaker 1: to challenge myself, and that's how I see fasting, you guys.
Speaker 1: I see it as a form of sacrifice, and I
Speaker 1: feel like we live in an era that people don't
Speaker 1: want to be challenged. People want everything fast and they
Speaker 1: want it now, and even with weight loss, it's like
Speaker 1: I want it right now. I want the magic pill,
Speaker 1: I want the magic injection. And that's all good. I'm
Speaker 1: not saying not to do it. It's just everyone wants
Speaker 1: everything so quickly, and I like to challenge myself. And
Speaker 1: I've done it with alcohol. I've done it where I'm like,
Speaker 1: don't drink any alcohol for forty days. I think the
Speaker 1: most I've ever done was sixty absolutely no alcohol. And
Speaker 1: it was tough because I go to events and I
Speaker 1: go hang out with my friends and they're drinking, and
Speaker 1: it takes a lot to be sitting there and it's
Speaker 1: like no, and I love steak, So these last forty
Speaker 1: days we're tough. So anyways, I've been there at events
Speaker 1: where everyone's drinking and I'm like, oh my god, I'm
Speaker 1: really stressed out and I want to have an alcoholic
Speaker 1: beverage and I'm like, no, I can do this. Like
Speaker 1: having that willpower and knowing I got this shit helps
Speaker 1: me so much. It makes me horning. You guys like
Speaker 1: to know that I can fucking do it, that I
Speaker 1: can challenge myself, that I'm not weak. So it's like
Speaker 1: a game in a way that I play with myself,
Speaker 1: but also in a way sacrificing and showing God, look,
Speaker 1: which is something like is happening, Like even with like
Speaker 1: La Guadintena. You know when you for ash Sunday and
Speaker 1: you have to give up something for forty days, like
Speaker 1: it's been happening for years. You guys are people that
Speaker 1: I was watching a documentary the other day. There are
Speaker 1: people that won't eat or drink anything for days. That's intense,
Speaker 1: but it helps you so much. Like if we think
Speaker 1: about how much time we invest in figuring out what
Speaker 1: we're gonna eat, and sometimes we just eat because we're bored,
Speaker 1: and sometimes all your body is asking for is water,
Speaker 1: just down some water, and it's kind of like, okay, well,
Speaker 1: I don't know, I'm just gonna put this in my mouth.
Speaker 1: I'm hungry. But like once you start realizing that, yes,
Speaker 1: our body obviously needs food to survive, but you don't
Speaker 1: need that much food to survive, which is why inner
Speaker 1: minute fasting is great, but also for mental health, you guys,
Speaker 1: mental clarity, like not putting so much junk in our body.
Speaker 1: It helps with so many things. Going back to this
Speaker 1: last fast that I did, which was you know, the
Speaker 1: red meat, the coffee, the coffee. Oh my god, you guys,
Speaker 1: I didn't realize I did have a headache. The first
Speaker 1: week was super hard. I was like, why do I
Speaker 1: have a headache? And I'm not one to get too
Speaker 1: many headaches. So then I realized, I'm like, oh my goodness,
Speaker 1: it's the coffee. So even now that I'm drinking more
Speaker 1: coffee or I'm drinking coffee again, I'm like challenging myself,
Speaker 1: like I'm not saying no I'm not gonna drink coffee,
Speaker 1: but it's like I'm trying not to have as much
Speaker 1: of it or as much red meat, because I loved
Speaker 1: how I was feeling, you know, and I did feel,
Speaker 1: I want to say, just that headache. Everything else I
Speaker 1: was eating everything else. I was totally fine. And I
Speaker 1: did miss cheese because I love cheese, like literally, I'm
Speaker 1: the type of girl that can grab a block of
Speaker 1: cheese from the refrigerator and cut it and just eat
Speaker 1: it like by itself. I love cheese, you guys. Sometimes
Speaker 1: I'll even just put a little bit of tapatio on
Speaker 1: the cheese and mozzarella cheese and I'll just bite it
Speaker 1: like that's like a little snack of mine. But it's
Speaker 1: not necessarily the best thing I feel for our sinuses
Speaker 1: as a singer. It also causes a lot of phlem
Speaker 1: a lot of flemma, So I try my best to
Speaker 1: stay away from cheese. But I love it, you guys,
Speaker 1: I freaking love it so And just you know, backtracking
Speaker 1: a little bit with fasting, especially when you're doing like
Speaker 1: the no eating for X amount of hours like I
Speaker 1: did back in the days, and sometimes I still do it,
Speaker 1: you guys, where I'm like when I started fasting and
Speaker 1: I did it more for like church and stuff like Spiritually,
Speaker 1: you do have to take it easy because you will
Speaker 1: get a little dizzy. It's best if you don't work out,
Speaker 1: or like if you are going to work out, it
Speaker 1: like if you just take it easy, nothing vigorous, just walking,
Speaker 1: because you will feel depleted. And I remember once seven
Speaker 1: pm came around, I would freaking it was bad. I
Speaker 1: would eat too much. So it's also being mindful of like, Okay,
Speaker 1: I'm going to have a good portion, not be excessive,
Speaker 1: because anything in excess is not good for us. And
Speaker 1: whenever I feel like I'm getting addicted to anything is
Speaker 1: kind of where I'm like, wait, hold on, let me
Speaker 1: backtrack a little bit, let me stop doing this as much,
Speaker 1: because I feel like that. That's when it becomes an
Speaker 1: issue when you're doing anything at all in exis even
Speaker 1: good stuff. I mean for a long time it was like, oh,
Speaker 1: I was on keto, I was eating healthy, but I
Speaker 1: was eating too much of it, you know. So that's
Speaker 1: something to keep in mind. If you're going to do
Speaker 1: that type of fasting where you're not eating at all
Speaker 1: and you're just having water, I probably would not lift weights,
Speaker 1: I wouldn't run. I would take it very easy as
Speaker 1: far as like working out. And then once you're able
Speaker 1: to eat, don't eat too much because that's not good too.
Speaker 1: It's really bad for your tummy. So I'll make sure
Speaker 1: you eat slowly and you eat a good portion. And
Speaker 1: I won't say it's easy because I was in situations
Speaker 1: where I said, like when I was giving up alcohol,
Speaker 1: everyone else around me would drink and like, come on,
Speaker 1: just one nothing's gonna happen if you have one shot
Speaker 1: or you're not eating me, come on, like just a
Speaker 1: little bit, just taste it. And I'm like, no, that
Speaker 1: defeats the purpose. It's not about okay, just one or
Speaker 1: a little bit. It's like, no, absolutely not having anything.
Speaker 1: Like if I told myself for forty days, I'm not
Speaker 1: having this, Like I'm not having it. You know, and
Speaker 1: especially in our culture, you guys, as you know Latinos,
Speaker 1: it's kind of like you know, you go to your
Speaker 1: thea's house or your grandma's house or like that's the
Speaker 1: way they show their love to you is by giving
Speaker 1: you food to say, here, let me serve you. And
Speaker 1: sometimes I'll feel a little bit offended and I've I've
Speaker 1: had that situation. I went to Mexico once with Amilia's
Speaker 1: family and I was fasting, and of course they made
Speaker 1: like this whole breakfast and likualo and everything. I was like,
Speaker 1: I didn't know how to say it, but I was
Speaker 1: just like, hey, Nando, and they didn't really understand. They're like,
Speaker 1: what my cat says, I'm not allowed to eat until
Speaker 1: I'm not allowing myself to eat, should I say until
Speaker 1: a certain time? And They're like, okay. It was foreign
Speaker 1: for them, but I was like, I have to respect
Speaker 1: myself and the commitment that I made to myself, no
Speaker 1: matter who's around or what's going on, to do this
Speaker 1: for myself. During the time that I was fasting this
Speaker 1: last time before the Grammy, I was waking up towards
Speaker 1: the end by myself four something in the morning before
Speaker 1: my alarm went off at five in the morning, Like
Speaker 1: I would just wake up de Lana and I'd be like,
Speaker 1: oh my gosh, I can't go back to sleep. And
Speaker 1: my mom would always tell me, when you wake up
Speaker 1: like that, it's because God wants to talk to you.
Speaker 1: So I always had that in back with the back
Speaker 1: of my mind, and sometimes I'm like, God, I just
Speaker 1: want to go to sleep. Please just let me sleep
Speaker 1: fifteen more minutes, literally fifteen more minutes, and I wouldn't
Speaker 1: be able to. And this happened on January twenty six
Speaker 1: and twenty seven, and it was something that I didn't
Speaker 1: even know that I needed to know, but it was like,
Speaker 1: you guys might think I'm crazy, but I was like
Speaker 1: God is speaking to me right now. Like it becomes
Speaker 1: this crazy thing where it's like, no, I don't hear
Speaker 1: God's voice and he speaks to me directly. It's like
Speaker 1: it's something that I can't explain, something that I fell
Speaker 1: in my heart, something that just gives me peace. And
Speaker 1: it's just like, oh my gosh, this is the answer.
Speaker 1: And I feel that it is because my fascinate was
Speaker 1: coming to an end, and it was kind of like
Speaker 1: it was just something that I needed to know and
Speaker 1: I can't necessarily tell you guys what it is, but
Speaker 1: I have it in my notes. And I sat there
Speaker 1: and I was just writing. My fingers were just going
Speaker 1: in my notes in my phone, and it was just
Speaker 1: like talking like things that I want to do and plans,
Speaker 1: and I got so many different ideas and I don't know.
Speaker 1: I just had so much clarity about a lot of things,
Speaker 1: and one day maybe I'll read you guys those notes.
Speaker 1: I wanted to share this because I do it and
Speaker 1: it's helped me spiritually, mentally, emotionally, Like even knowing that
Speaker 1: I can do it, it makes me feel very proud.
Speaker 1: It makes me feel very accomplished. And I try to
Speaker 1: do this at least at least four times a year
Speaker 1: where I'm like, I'm going to give this up and
Speaker 1: everyone around me already knows, like, oh, okay, I'm not
Speaker 1: eating me. Oh you're fasting. Yes, I'm fasting, or I'm
Speaker 1: I'm not drinking or whatever the case may be. Because
Speaker 1: I just like to do that, like I like to
Speaker 1: challenge myself, and I think it's a very important thing.
Speaker 1: And you feel so good after you do it, you know,
Speaker 1: because it's good for your soul. Like I'm telling you,
Speaker 1: it's changed my life doing this, and some people might
Speaker 1: think it's sillier, like why are you doing it if
Speaker 1: it's it's unnecessary. I feel like sacrifice in so many ways,
Speaker 1: sacrificing self to things that you love that you feel like.
Speaker 1: There are a lot of people like, oh my god,
Speaker 1: I could never. I could never give up coffee. No,
Speaker 1: you could. You're starting off wrong by telling yourself I
Speaker 1: could never. You could if you challenge yourself, if you
Speaker 1: set your mind to it, and you show yourself, I
Speaker 1: can do this. I'm telling you. I'm not saying that
Speaker 1: it's going to be easy. No. There, it's a freaking challenge.
Speaker 1: But that's what it's all about. It's saying, you know what,
Speaker 1: for me, I do it more on a spiritual level.
Speaker 1: To be honest, you guys like I do it because
Speaker 1: I'm like God, I want to be more connected to you.
Speaker 1: I want to show you that I'm grateful for everything
Speaker 1: that you do in my life, that you've done in
Speaker 1: my life that you're going to do. So I'm going
Speaker 1: to sacrifice myself, my body, what my flesh wants, to
Speaker 1: have more of a spiritual connection with you. So when
Speaker 1: I come across those moments when my friends are trying
Speaker 1: to freaking scarfa a shot, you know, down my throat,
Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, God, please give me the willpower I
Speaker 1: got this. Sometimes I would have to excuse myself and
Speaker 1: go to the restroom and be like, breathe a my God,
Speaker 1: help me, help me. I really want a steak, I
Speaker 1: really want a piece of steak, or I really want
Speaker 1: to have this shot, or I'm so stressed out, I
Speaker 1: just want to go to sleep so nicely, I want
Speaker 1: to smoke a little bit of marijuana, but I'm like no,
Speaker 1: and it just feels good. I don't know how to
Speaker 1: explain it. It's like it just feels good to be
Speaker 1: able to say no to something in order to say
Speaker 1: yes to yourself and for your future self. It's something
Speaker 1: that I absolutely love and believe in that I wanted
Speaker 1: to share, and I think you guys should try it.
Speaker 1: I mean, you don't have to start off like I
Speaker 1: didn't let go with four things at once, But it's
Speaker 1: about something that you truly love that you're like, damn,
Speaker 1: you know. It could be anything with lent. A lot
Speaker 1: of my friends do it and they give up, Like
Speaker 1: I have a friend that's like, I'm not going to
Speaker 1: have any chocolate for forty days, or I'm giving up
Speaker 1: social media for forty days. Whatever it is that you
Speaker 1: feel is like a challenge for you that you feel like, oh,
Speaker 1: I couldn't. I feel like that's what it's about it.
Speaker 1: They're even doing it at you, like at church, Catholic Church.
Speaker 1: You guys, I did it at Christian Church. I just
Speaker 1: you don't even have to go to church to do it.
Speaker 1: Like I'm just saying, try it. It could be anything.
Speaker 1: It could even be sex, but I don't know if
Speaker 1: your partner would be too happy with that. But I mean,
Speaker 1: maybe no penetration. Maybe it's just like oral sex. I
Speaker 1: don't know, like just anything to be like I want
Speaker 1: to challenge myself. I like I said, you don't have
Speaker 1: to do it for the reasons that I do it.
Speaker 1: But the reasons I fast intermedi fasting was to lose weight.
Speaker 1: But the type of fact that I'm talking about right
Speaker 1: now is definitely more for a connection and to feel
Speaker 1: more connected with the higher power, with the universe, with God,
Speaker 1: with whatever you want to call it. And I'm telling
Speaker 1: you it helps so much. I've been doing this for
Speaker 1: years and I feel that it is a part of
Speaker 1: why I've been able to be so successful in what
Speaker 1: I'm doing is because I'm disciplined, and it's part of
Speaker 1: showing discipline through sacrifice, and then that sacrifice turns into
Speaker 1: the world and the universe and God saying thank you,
Speaker 1: here is a blessing. It's kind of how I see
Speaker 1: it in a way, although we're not really supposed to
Speaker 1: do it for that reason of like I want to
Speaker 1: be blessed, I want more good things I want. No,
Speaker 1: it's more of like let me show you I'm grateful,
Speaker 1: and yeah, you could be praying for something in particular.
Speaker 1: I've done that where I'm like, God, I really need
Speaker 1: an answer, I really need you to speak to me.
Speaker 1: The whole point is it's good for you. I feel.
Speaker 1: My personal opinion, my humble opinion, is that fascining. It
Speaker 1: is great for you body and soul. So try it.
Speaker 1: If you guys didn't get enough information here on the
Speaker 1: Cheeks and Chill podcast, there are a lot of documentaries
Speaker 1: on fasting on Netflix. I've seen them on Amazon, I've
Speaker 1: seen them on YouTube. So if you want more information,
Speaker 1: there are also books on fasting. There are apps on
Speaker 1: fasting as well, if you want to learn how to
Speaker 1: do it. I mean there's spiritual ones. There's like some
Speaker 1: to lose weight for in a minute fasting. But inform
Speaker 1: yourself a little more. If you still don't feel like
Speaker 1: you've got enough information. I always say knowledge's powers, So
Speaker 1: make sure you guys, inform yourself so Anyways, that is
Speaker 1: my take. That's my bit on fasting and what it's
Speaker 1: done in my life and how much I love it.
Speaker 1: And I hope that it helped you guys, and hopefully
Speaker 1: it inspires you to try it again. It could be anything,
Speaker 1: something small. A lot of my friends have done social
Speaker 1: media and they feel so much better, They have less
Speaker 1: depression anxiety. I'm just saying. I'm not saying to let
Speaker 1: go of social media. I'm just saying giving you like examples.
Speaker 1: So AnyWho, thank you guys so much for listening to
Speaker 1: another episode of Cheeks and Chill. I am so grateful
Speaker 1: for your continued support. Like honestly, from the bottom of
Speaker 1: my heart, thank you. And speaking of support, let's jump
Speaker 1: into our motivational Monday quote, which is a form of
Speaker 1: mental and emotional support in my opinion. Okay, so I
Speaker 1: have two motivational quotes you guys. I just feel very
Speaker 1: inspired today. So the first one is fasting of the
Speaker 1: body is food for the soul. Now this is a
Speaker 1: little longer, but fasting big pharmas try to replicate what
Speaker 1: our bodies do naturally. But we're told to eat three
Speaker 1: times a day with snacks in between, giving our body
Speaker 1: no time to do so. When you fast, you're allowing
Speaker 1: your body to do its job and heal itself. It
Speaker 1: also puts your brain at peak performance. Here's another one. Okay,
Speaker 1: this is the last one. You guys, you are not hungry,
Speaker 1: you are bored. Drink some water and learn the difference.
Speaker 1: Well those are the quotes for the day. I'm sorry
Speaker 1: there were three, but thank you guys so much. Elskiro
Speaker 1: mucho and I hope you enjoyed this episode of Chickies
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