Int. fast goal setting

[AdamCrafter]

Steve posted the following in his blog on May 9th:

I’ll hit my initial I.F. goal this week: 175, the weight I told my doctor I’d get down to. My family has some hypoglycemia and tendency to diabetes, and I want to be careful. Curiously, this morning Tananarive encouraged me to see just how low I could get, as if there is some value in being skinny for its own sake. Hmmm. For me, there is definitely a point I’m not interested in going below, for aesthetics sake if nothing else. I like the way my body looks with a certain amount of heft. T, on the other hand, used to be attracted to skinny guys, and I was the exception. I wonder what program is running in her head?

On the other hand, maybe it’s just idle curiosity. Or part of the social programming women get hit with that says “skinny skinny skinny.” That programming is there, all right, and people without a sense of self can get sucked into it big time. Just like people who start working 50, 60, 70 hours a week chasing some illusive sense of security or accomplishment: without a governor, you are trying to satisfy external standards that can never be satisfied, and end up hurting yourself.

After int.fasting rebuilds my bodies ability to Just-keep-trucking, and I get to a higher level of comfort with the body-effects of int.fasting
By then I should be more independent of fed-state then I have ever been in my life.
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I will then decide if I want to see "how low my body wants to go", I'm thinking at that point I do not want to set a weight/mass goal, but should be focusing in on sanity, health, and functionality.
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mmm, functionality!
George Hébert motto'd: "Etre fort pour être utile" - "To be strong, to be useful."
See more of Hébert: www.urbanfreeflow.com/the_core_level/pages/archives/methode_naturelle.htm
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I can see I'll have to do meditation all the way from here to there, as a safety catch on my ego, id, and brain.

I wonder what my body really wants to be.
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[Steven Barnes]

What does my body really want to be. What an interesting question. My version of that would be: "what is the best, healthiest, most powerful and attractive version of my body?" I know that my body isn't me, but it's hard to separate the physical manifestations from the essential spirit. My body, for the short time that I have it, (or even for the short time that I operate under the illusion that there is an "I" at all!) is still a fascinating playground, and my intention is to absolutley max it out. How far will I get? And what aesthetic should I adhere to? Jeeze...I suppose "form follows function," and then choose a function that will create real change.