Today is Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. This a great time of year to practice mindfulness, self-reflection, gratitude, prayer, self-discipline, and of course, fasting.
I will be posting updates on my own fasting progress for posterity.
Kicking off ‘26 with my first fast (day 5). Feeling great. No hunger or other issues. Heart rate is just above normal, after slight elevation on days 2 & 3.
Consistently, my energy picks up as a fast moves beyond days 2 or 3.
I’ve also found that I sleep less.
To your health!
"Success isn't linear" by Yoann Bourgeois
Success is not a straight line upwards, it's a journey with many falls, and the strength to get up, no matter how hard the fall.
📹Mathieu Stern.
@Riley_Gaines_ Riley - FYI some idiot hacked your account and posted something dumb.
And, here’s some great tips from Chef Gruel on the fluffiest mashed potatoes!
Happy Thanksgiving! ;-)
@MAGAScotty Good post. You have it backwards and inside out.
Personal forgiveness is to free YOU; their apology is to help free THEM.
They are truly independent of each other.
“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.”
- Lewis B. Smedes
@AlexHormozi Sincere condolences on the passing of your mother. She sounds like an amazing mom and an impressive and wonderful human being. May she rest in peace after being welcomed into God’s kingdom. And may your memories of her always be a blessing to you and yours!
This may explain the 'medicalization' of everything - weight, longevity, cholesterol, diabetes type 2, fatty liver - always more and more drugs, as opposed to say, fasting, which is free. It's big business.
@SenFettermanPA They also lose ALL credibility when they deny what we all see, and claim things are peaceful or “over exuberant”.
Thanks to you for sincerely trying to call ‘balls and strikes’. If everyone in DC did that - we’d be in much better shape as a country!
@elonmusk Thank you. Take a little time to regroup, refocus, & then get back to it.
You got the ball rolling w/ DOGE - it will pay off. As long as there are people, there will be people looking to spend or steal OPM.
(If only government had even a modicum of efficiency.)
Best wishes!
I am into Day 4 of another fast.
Once again I experienced some mild elevation in resting heart rate for the first two days. It’s largely returned to my baseline.
In addition to my HR, I’m also monitoring HRV and EKG. This go around I’m also measuring my blood ketones.
@elonmusk Congress must pass a law imposing penalties for federal judges who fail to recuse themselves despite actual or blatantly apparent conflicts of interest.
Until there are consequences, these activists judge will continue to abuse their positions.
It’s that simple
@Jim_Jordan@JudiciaryGOP
While you're working on judicial reform, please consider reforming requirements for disqualification under 28 USC 144 & 455.
Failure to recuse when required should have stiff consequences. Presently - are there any?
#judicialreforms
@TuckerCarlson Condolences to you and your family on the passing of your father, Tucker. Sounds like a fascinating guy, and an amazing father. A life well-lived. It's never easy to lose a beloved parent. May your memories of him always be a blessing.
@RepSylviaGarcia Yes -turn back the clock to when America’s children could read, write, & do math at level, instead of wasting billions per year for a failed experiment of the administrative state. All of the great civil rights leaders were able to- despite growing up before DOE was created.