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  • Day 40 – The Elusive Dream of Sleep

    Day 40 – The Elusive Dream of Sleep

    May 14, 2010 / 100 Days of Starvation, Feed Your Head

    207.6 lbs As I’ve mentioned a few times in these daily updates, starving isn’t condusive to a good night’s sleep. At first hunger pains kept me up, then I settled into this weird stay-up-for-two-days-then-crash-for-10-to-14-hours cycle. I’m finally on a somewhat stable system of sleeping every night. And at night, too. Which is good, because not getting enough sleep – or even getting too much – can really make life difficult in the long run. And by difficult I mean shorter. [...]

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  • Day 14 – Much Ado About Mischa

    Day 14 – Much Ado About Mischa

    April 18, 2010 / 100 Days of Starvation, Rants

    “In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.” ~ Winston Churchill 220.1 lbs I’ve officially completed 2 weeks of this phase of the project. As long as I don’t remind myself there’s another 86 days to go, it’s all good… Oops. Today’s twitterstream was all abuzz with stories of “Mischa Barton is getting fat!” Some people (okay, the media – but [...]

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  • Day 13 – One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

    Day 13 – One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

    April 17, 2010 / 100 Days of Starvation, Rants

    “I’d think that anyone who truly wanted to end world hunger would donate his or her body to culinary science.” ~ Kevin Wickart 223.1 lbs I had the usual 100 calorie meal shortly after waking. In less than two weeks this has become the new normal. For the first few days this would make me feel like I’d had a small snack and my body was goading me into having something more; now I slowly eat that small cup of [...]

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