November 23, 2023 • 23 mins
Have you ever considered the life-changing potential of fasting? Join me on a journey where we delve into water fasting and its impressive ability to combat cancer. My recent two-day water fast, which ended just before Thanksgiving Eve, brought an unexpected sense of community within my school. It's a testament to how personal health choices can resonate and inspire those around us.
Curious about the details of fasting? Having experimented with juice fasts, I'm now taking on a four-day water fast. I'll share insights into my preparation, the reasons behind using bone broth and electrolyte-infused water, and why I'm planning a high-protein diet post-fast. Is it all worth it? I'll reveal the experiences of others who have seen positive outcomes from fasting and discuss my own progress after the fourth day.
This episode goes beyond weight loss; we're exploring the connection between dietary sugar, cancer growth, and how fasting can be a potent weapon against cancer cells. As a school leader, I believe in setting a healthy example for our community. Our well-being directly influences those around us, making it imperative to prioritize health not just for ourselves but also for our students and staff.
But how do we strike a balance in our hectic lives? That's a challenge I'm all too familiar with, as I juggle roles as a content creator, educator, and family man. Your support has been a cornerstone of my journey, and I'm eager to keep this dialogue going as I begin my fast this Saturday. Let's discover together how prioritizing health can transform not just our lives, but also the communities we lead. #FastingJourney #WaterFast #HealthyLiving #SchoolLeadership #HealthandWellness
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
So I did two days straight of water fasting, no
food.
The goal was actually four daysand I had to stop.
Let's talk about it.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
When they see me, they know that every day, when
I'm breathing, it's for us to gofarther.
Every time I speak, I want thetruth to come out.
Every time I speak, I want toshiver.
I don't want them to be like.
They know what I'm going to say, because it's polite.
They know what I'm going to sayand even if I get in trouble,
you know what I'm saying.
That ain't what we're supposedto do.
I'm not saying I'm going torule the world or I'm going to
(00:35):
change the world, but Iguarantee that I will spark the
brain that will change the world, and that's our job.
It's to spark somebody elsewatching us.
We might not be the ones, butlet's not be selfish.
And because we're not going tochange the world, let's not talk
about how we should change it.
I don't know how to change it,but I know.
If I keep talking about howdirty it is out here, somebody's
going to clean it up, and nowhe's been promoted.
(01:03):
His job is principle.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
What's going on, guys ?
This is Uche and Joku.
Happy Thanksgiving.
I hope that you all had anamazing day.
I had a good day.
I spent time with a family.
Unfortunately, what's?
Speaker 2 (01:22):
going on here with my screen.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Hold up, hold up, hold up, hold up.
You know this podcast, life isvery, very difficult.
Okay, here we go.
It's very difficult because Ihave multiple things happening
here and I'm like why does myscreen look like that?
But that's besides the point,because those of you who are
listening are probably thinkinglike, what is he talking about?
But those of you who arewatching you do understand.
So, yes, today was a good day.
(01:44):
I spent time with the kids.
My daughter was a little sickso we had to take her to the ER
and that kind of sucked, butshe's well and she will get
better.
Is that telling the year?
You know she's startedkindergarten, so she's exposed
to a lot of stuff, especiallybeing part of the pandemic
(02:06):
generation that spent a lot oftime away from others and other
children.
So I'm pretty sure those of youwho have kids within that three
to four, five, six, seven yearolds they're a little different.
You know they need to beexposed more, but we also have
to be very careful so that theimmune system is strong.
(02:28):
But, however, thanksgiving wasgood.
We're going to do an extensionto tomorrow so she can have the
full experience, her and herbrother.
But, yeah, hope yours was goodas well.
So my two day fast.
Let me tell you what happened,you, I.
The last post I did was at thebeginning of my second day,
(02:49):
which I made it through thesecond day, which was a good
thing.
However, the third day wasThanksgiving Eve, which I knew
was going to be a problem, notbecause of my personal
discipline, but it's because ofthe fact that we were having a
Thanksgiving feast at my schooland the purpose was first to
(03:14):
break bread and this was ourfirst annual potluck.
They have families brought food, kids were excited and I didn't
want to be that person saying Ican't eat, I can't eat, I can't
eat, and people ask mequestions.
And so I went ahead and brokemy fast that day and, strangely
(03:34):
enough, I didn't eat.
The uter thought I'd been likethrowing down.
I really didn't.
I had a little bit of mac andcheese and I was like stuffed
and I had a whole entire plateof food and I hate to be
wasteful that I barely touched,but the food was delicious.
I big shout out to my families,to the teachers, to the students
, everyone, because outside ofthe water, fast and all other
(03:57):
stuff which is a topic of thisconversation, of this podcast, I
still have to touch base onleadership and on school
community.
One of the things that I haveprobably done at every school
I've been at since day one ishave some kind of potluck, some
kind of gratitude feast, beforewe go and break for the
(04:21):
Thanksgiving weekend,recognizing that a lot of
students, a lot of families,don't really have enough.
They don't have a lot and don'thave enough, and being able to
create a space for thosechildren and even families.
You know, for the fees, weinvite parents to come through
as well and support and alsopartake.
(04:41):
So that's something that'salways stayed with me.
Growing up didn't always haveenough, always had what we
needed, but never quite enough,if you know that what I mean.
So you know, I'm very gratefulto my parents for what they were
able to do and getting to aplace that we are right now All
my siblings and the nieces andnephews, the grandchildren and
(05:03):
all that.
But you know, I know that a lotof my families have it worse.
So just being able to dosomething like that is a good
thing for them, for thecommunity, and I'll do it every
year that I'm out of school.
I don't think, no, I've no,I've only missed one year.
Wow, one year was the pandemic,the pandemic year.
(05:28):
We missed that year because ofwe weren't.
We were on site, you know, andit bothered me because I was
like man, I wonder what kids aredoing, what families are doing.
But it's one of those thingsthat I think it's very easy to
do, you know, you just put outthe call to action to families,
to teachers, to students, and wesay we just break and bread,
you know, bring whatever you can.
(05:49):
If all you can bring is onehoney bun, let's say, bring one
honey bun.
I always show our parents thatone of my favorite scriptures is
when Jesus was, you know,traveling through the villages.
If I see a gallery and peoplefollowing him, and he was, you
know, preaching and he hadthousands of people with him.
I think it was like 5,000 or 50, I don't say about 5,000.
(06:11):
I don't think it was 50,000,but I don't remember what the
number was.
But I know it was a gang ofpeople and they were all hungry
and his disciples were like man,all these people have been
walking with us for days andthey're hungry, what are we
going to do?
And I believe he asked how muchfood do we have and there was
like five pieces of fish or fiveloaves of bread or whatever it
(06:34):
was.
Whatever it was, it wasn't notto feed everyone, but he prayed
over it, he blessed it and saidpass the basket and people take
whatever they need.
And by the time that the fivefishers and the five loaves of
bread made it through thethousands of people, there were
(06:54):
so much food left, likeliterally baskets of bread,
baskets of fish and so much, soplenty, and it was.
That was what designated one ofhis miracles and I remember
that story as a child and Ithought it was amazing.
But then I had a preacher thatI heard once, a sermon that I
heard once, that blew my mind.
(07:16):
And again, not to say that thisis what really happened or
disproves the miracle, I don'tknow.
But I like the story betterthan the miracle because it
doesn't take away from themiracle, it makes the miracle
even more powerful because again, there was only five pieces of
fish and five loaves of bread,or whatever the number was.
(07:39):
It was presented as being whatthey had to feed the multitude
but as the basket went around,the preacher says what happened
was the fact that people sawthat Jesus and his disciples
were still willing to share thelittle that they had with
everyone, that people start totake out, start to take out
their stashes.
(07:59):
Because back then, you know Imean to follow this crowd you
weren't just moving blindly, youknew it was coming, the news
was coming, like this man andmost of the people were moving
and you weren't joining them,what would you do?
You know, you probably grabyour coat, put your shoes on,
grab some money.
You know, back then youprobably just you might grab a
loaf of bread with you, right,couple of pieces of fish and
(08:21):
throw it in your bag.
You know, back then, with driedfish, it was like dried fish,
right, and you would have thatjust in case, right, just make
sure you have, you have foryourself.
And if everybody did that, thatmeans everybody had food with
them.
But of course people are goingto act like they don't have,
because you know we're alwaystrying to keep for ourselves and
not share, and not always.
(08:42):
But you know, sometimes youlike man, there's a lot of
people here and I know I havefood, but I know I don't have no
food for everybody.
But if anybody had the samementality and all of a sudden,
now, this act of kindness, thisact of generosity, this act of
gratitude.
He blessed what they had andsaid pass it, Let people take
what they want.
I couldn't imagine the firstperson who said man, I felt so
(09:04):
bad for holding on to what Ihave.
Probably threw a probably threwhis loaf in there.
She probably threw her fish inthere grab what she needed.
And before you knew it, you hadbaskets, and baskets that were
smaller than enough for everyone, probably for days.
You know, and that's what Ipicture my potlucks that I have
(09:25):
of my schools to be like Peoplewho don't have much, but they
bring what little they do have,and it feeds the masses, it puts
smiles in the face of children,it warms your heart and at the
end there's so much left andI'll tell you this every year
there is so much food left,which is always crazy to me.
(09:46):
And it's so funny because onWednesday, when we were done,
there was so much food left thatwe would try to figure out what
to do with it, try to give itaway.
Fortunately, ourcommunity-based organization in
the building was having a dinnerthat evening, so we gave them
(10:07):
probably enough food to feedanother 20, 30, maybe 40 people.
That's how much extra food wehad.
So we fed out 200 children, fedour staff of about 30, and then
, including the custodians andanybody else who was in the
building, we fed people and thenwe had more left over.
(10:28):
And this is a poor community,this is a community that doesn't
have a lot, but it was enoughthat people pulled out of their
coats, their breads and theirpieces of fish through their
basket and we had our ownmiracle.
And every year we have amiracle the day before
Thanksgiving, making sure we putsmiles on the faces of our
children and we warm the heartsof those who are all connected
(10:49):
to the community.
Yeah, that was a long, long,long blabbing of my gums, but
yeah, so that's why I had tobreak the fast and I had all
intention for today to startover again.
But again, it's kind of a dumbintention because it's
(11:10):
Thanksgiving and the kids andtheir babies, so they don't
understand why daddy's noteating.
But then I didn't even get toeat because we didn't even get
to cook because of the fact thatmy daughter was sick and had to
go to the ER.
But tomorrow we're going to tryagain, again for the children,
(11:32):
right?
So my goal is definitely onSaturday yeah, saturday is to
start the fast again on Saturdayand push that fast all the way
through for four days, and thisis what I plan to do.
(11:54):
So the first two days is goingto be straight, just water, fast
, fast.
I am drinking coffee in themorning.
I know people say that'scheating, but for me it's a
necessity.
That's how I get up in themorning and that's how I get my
brain focused, and so I willhave my coffee in the morning,
just one large coffee.
(12:14):
Then the rest of the day isgoing to be just water and I
have electrolytes.
I think it's quite unlimitedthat I put a scoop in there.
And the great thing about thisparticular brand I just put any
kind of electrolytes and thegoal is for it to be zeroed out
no sugar, no sodium, just youknow.
(12:35):
I mean I think it has to havesodium for electrolytes, but
none of the bad stuff Put it inthere.
I find myself maybe because I'mnot eating the need to have the
oral satisfaction of havingsomething happen in your mouth,
whether you're chewing ordrinking that I find myself
(12:58):
drinking way more water,especially with electrolytes in
there.
So that's something that I sawin those two days that really
helped.
So I wasn't hungry but I wassipping the whole entire day.
I got two large canisters, twoand a half large canisters of
water, so I know I definitelygot my gallon in.
(13:22):
So that's for two days.
Then your third day you can havesomething water but bone broth.
So there's a very clean chickenbone broth that is very low
(13:45):
sodium and all that stuff, andin the morning I would literally
just pour the bone broth into abowl and warm it up in the soup
and do my water and thenprobably some time.
The reason I would do it in themorning because during the day
I don't have the capacity towait and warm stuff up and eat.
I just don't do that at work,so I just drink my water
throughout the day.
(14:06):
Then the evening when I gethome I'll do the same thing
another bowl of the bone broth,and I do that for two additional
days and that's the four dayfast.
And when I get to my fourth dayI'm going to then assess and
figure out what I want to donext.
I've been wanting to go on ahigh protein, very clean chicken
(14:28):
breast and then just broccoliand high and that's supposed to
have high micronutrients toreally push my body to burn in
all the necessary stuff andsomething like this I probably
do for like maybe two, three,maybe four days.
(14:50):
Then do another four day fast.
I go through a cycle.
But it's one thing I know rightnow is I know for a fact it is
doable, it is so doable.
Most people complain that atsome point you hit that wall,
like your third day, whereyou're, you're, you're and it's
only for a couple of hours whereyour body is like going through
, withdrawing all that stuff.
But I love people I've spokento who have done this are saying
(15:11):
like it's not that bad.
Some people say it's bad, butonce you get past that, you're
like clarity and things are,like, you know, quite amazing.
So again, I've done these fastbefore, not like this one.
I've done like juice fast.
I feel like juice with juicefast because of the vegetables
and the fruits and the sugar inthere.
It kind of keeps you going.
(15:31):
But in this case this is justwater and then, just like that,
let your light powder and waterand the bone broth on the last
two days and with the bone.
But they're going to do ittwice a day.
So that's the plan there, oneof the things, that there's a
lot of benefits, so many, somany benefits for doing this.
(15:52):
But the one thing that reallygot my attention I kept on
coming across this is that whenyou fast and you let your body
get to a point of where itstarts to, kind of like, create
its own energy, it has to burncells, it has to take matter
with its already within yourbody, fast things like that and
burn those things off for fueland you know, when it's burning
it off, it's killing and if thatthing is a living entity, it's
(16:16):
killing it off as well.
So, like cancer is one of thethings that I came across over
and over again, saying thatwater fast has the ability to
kill cancer cells up to 70% ofcancer cells and I thought that
was interesting.
Because I found this, becauseyou know this, one of the things
(16:39):
we know that's a constantthreat with all of us, and I did
a Google and says here slow incancer growth it's a fasting and
reduce glucose levels in theblood, making it harder for
cancer cells to grow.
Cancer cells feed on glucose,consuming it at a much higher
level than normal cells do,which is interesting because if
(17:00):
you have what is glucose, it issugar, a lot of our foods, not
just like sweet stuff.
Like I won't lie, I'll beputting my sugar, putting that
sugar in that coffee and, like Isaid, I will be doing coffee,
but there'll be no sugar inthere, it'll just be black
coffee, the sugar, thesweeteners, then only that
(17:21):
there's a lot of foods that weconsumed at highs sugars, you
know, in there, or thisCrunchdarch high fructose corn
starch syrup or whatever thething may be, but all of our
processed foods has sugar in itand if you look at it, if you
sometimes out tomatoes in thecan looking at sugar in there,
these are things that, like youknow, we're addicted sweets.
But my question is are weaddicted to sweets or is the,
(17:44):
the cancer in our bodies, thethe potential cancer?
That's what's pushing us toconsume some sugar.
And what is it that we, what isit that we're feeding in our
bodies?
That will eventually come backto bite us in the butt.
So to this, one of the reasonsthat I'm that I'm really Trying
to make this into a habit, alifestyle.
(18:07):
At 47 years old, with a threeand a half year old and a five
year old, I'm trying to be hereas long as I can and and it's
funny because if you know thesethings are Restless and
dangerous and this danger allaround us all the time, why
don't we do what we need to doto make sure that we minimize
(18:27):
the risk?
Yeah, I Guess I just got it.
One more thing if I leave fiveshut clothes, clothes out.
I saw a video with the amazinghonorable like just man, dig,
dig, dig Gregory.
(18:47):
It was a comedian, actor,writer, activist, I think, and
he talks about fasting.
He talks about how, when youtell people you're fasting,
people start going crazy and sayis that healthy?
You know, talk to your doctor.
You know, make sure you getyour doctors where we know all
these different things.
They miss a point that Ithought was hilarious.
He says, yeah, people tell youdo all that, but are they?
(19:10):
Are they?
Are they chicken with a doctorwhen they're drinking?
Are they checking with a doctorwhen you're smoking?
Are they?
Are they checking the doctorwhen you're having?
You know that what they know tobe that you know triple,
quadruple cheeseburger that theyknow is not healthy?
No, and nobody said check onthe doctor for those things.
But you say you're fasting.
All some people are.
(19:30):
Who goes here, we should see adoctor before you do that, which
is funny because, again, it'speace to the fact that we often
Hide behind medicine.
You know, when you were facedwith things that can actually
help us, that is outside of thejudicial thought process around
health.
So, um, yeah, so I won't trythis again.
(19:54):
I'm sure this and I'm sharingthis with all of you, especially
my school leader of my schoolleadership, friends out there
who listen to me, those of youwho are friends in real life and
those of you who are friendswhere we're friends and I eat
each other's heads.
We gotta be healthier.
You cannot run the school andyou cannot run a classroom.
You cannot, you know, makeimpact in the community if
you're not healthy, because, atthe end of the day, the goal is
(20:16):
to make sure that our community,our classrooms and our schools
are healthy.
You know whether it's, you knoworganizationally, you know
performance wise, or even youknow social, emotional and, of
course, physically, like all thechildren and their parents and
their teachers are physicallyhealthy, and but that can't be.
(20:40):
If the leader is not healthy,the leader is not exemplifying
good health.
Because I ended, because, atthe end of the day, guess what
your role model?
You know, so the best and mostsuccessful schools and school
communities.
I always speak to their their,their principles and their
system principles and theleadership, but it's a
leadership is not healthy.
And what are you really doingthis for?
(21:01):
Because, again, you can haveall great scores in the world,
in the world, but if thechildren who are mimicking, who
are following you, positioned tonot live very long because they
don't, they have not seenhealthy habits, that's a that's
a problem.
You know that's a big problem.
But all right, guys is, it isThursday night and I don't know
(21:23):
what time it is.
What time is it?
I was about 10, 30, so Iprobably should be getting
myself into the space of gettingsome good rest so I can have a
good day tomorrow and then startmy fasts on Saturday.
But again, I appreciate you all.
I appreciate all the likes andall the DMs and all the
(21:46):
questions.
I really do appreciate it andyou guys are Motivating me to
keep creating content.
I know I have spans or weekswhere I write.
That's nothing.
It's hard writing a school.
I'm telling you, even thoughthis is my third school, is this
junk?
This junk is hard and I put alot of my attention and energy
in that space and try, try tofind balance as well with my
family.
So Would that be inside?
(22:08):
Thank you so much.
I appreciate y'all and I'lltalk to you soon.
Be well.
So I did two days straight of water fasting, no
food.
The goal was actually four daysand I had to stop.
Let's talk about it.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
When they see me, they know that every day, when
I'm breathing, it's for us to gofarther.
Every time I speak, I want thetruth to come out.
Every time I speak, I want toshiver.
I don't want them to be like.
They know what I'm going to say, because it's polite.
They know what I'm going to sayand even if I get in trouble,
you know what I'm saying.
That ain't what we're supposedto do.
I'm not saying I'm going torule the world or I'm going to
(00:35):
change the world, but Iguarantee that I will spark the
brain that will change the world, and that's our job.
It's to spark somebody elsewatching us.
We might not be the ones, butlet's not be selfish.
And because we're not going tochange the world, let's not talk
about how we should change it.
I don't know how to change it,but I know.
If I keep talking about howdirty it is out here, somebody's
going to clean it up, and nowhe's been promoted.
(01:03):
His job is principle.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
What's going on, guys ?
This is Uche and Joku.
Happy Thanksgiving.
I hope that you all had anamazing day.
I had a good day.
I spent time with a family.
Unfortunately, what's?
Speaker 2 (01:22):
going on here with my screen.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Hold up, hold up, hold up, hold up.
You know this podcast, life isvery, very difficult.
Okay, here we go.
It's very difficult because Ihave multiple things happening
here and I'm like why does myscreen look like that?
But that's besides the point,because those of you who are
listening are probably thinkinglike, what is he talking about?
But those of you who arewatching you do understand.
So, yes, today was a good day.
(01:44):
I spent time with the kids.
My daughter was a little sickso we had to take her to the ER
and that kind of sucked, butshe's well and she will get
better.
Is that telling the year?
You know she's startedkindergarten, so she's exposed
to a lot of stuff, especiallybeing part of the pandemic
(02:06):
generation that spent a lot oftime away from others and other
children.
So I'm pretty sure those of youwho have kids within that three
to four, five, six, seven yearolds they're a little different.
You know they need to beexposed more, but we also have
to be very careful so that theimmune system is strong.
(02:28):
But, however, thanksgiving wasgood.
We're going to do an extensionto tomorrow so she can have the
full experience, her and herbrother.
But, yeah, hope yours was goodas well.
So my two day fast.
Let me tell you what happened,you, I.
The last post I did was at thebeginning of my second day,
(02:49):
which I made it through thesecond day, which was a good
thing.
However, the third day wasThanksgiving Eve, which I knew
was going to be a problem, notbecause of my personal
discipline, but it's because ofthe fact that we were having a
Thanksgiving feast at my schooland the purpose was first to
(03:14):
break bread and this was ourfirst annual potluck.
They have families brought food, kids were excited and I didn't
want to be that person saying Ican't eat, I can't eat, I can't
eat, and people ask mequestions.
And so I went ahead and brokemy fast that day and, strangely
(03:34):
enough, I didn't eat.
The uter thought I'd been likethrowing down.
I really didn't.
I had a little bit of mac andcheese and I was like stuffed
and I had a whole entire plateof food and I hate to be
wasteful that I barely touched,but the food was delicious.
I big shout out to my families,to the teachers, to the students
, everyone, because outside ofthe water, fast and all other
(03:57):
stuff which is a topic of thisconversation, of this podcast, I
still have to touch base onleadership and on school
community.
One of the things that I haveprobably done at every school
I've been at since day one ishave some kind of potluck, some
kind of gratitude feast, beforewe go and break for the
(04:21):
Thanksgiving weekend,recognizing that a lot of
students, a lot of families,don't really have enough.
They don't have a lot and don'thave enough, and being able to
create a space for thosechildren and even families.
You know, for the fees, weinvite parents to come through
as well and support and alsopartake.
(04:41):
So that's something that'salways stayed with me.
Growing up didn't always haveenough, always had what we
needed, but never quite enough,if you know that what I mean.
So you know, I'm very gratefulto my parents for what they were
able to do and getting to aplace that we are right now All
my siblings and the nieces andnephews, the grandchildren and
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all that.
But you know, I know that a lotof my families have it worse.
So just being able to dosomething like that is a good
thing for them, for thecommunity, and I'll do it every
year that I'm out of school.
I don't think, no, I've no,I've only missed one year.
Wow, one year was the pandemic,the pandemic year.
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We missed that year because ofwe weren't.
We were on site, you know, andit bothered me because I was
like man, I wonder what kids aredoing, what families are doing.
But it's one of those thingsthat I think it's very easy to
do, you know, you just put outthe call to action to families,
to teachers, to students, and wesay we just break and bread,
you know, bring whatever you can.
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If all you can bring is onehoney bun, let's say, bring one
honey bun.
I always show our parents thatone of my favorite scriptures is
when Jesus was, you know,traveling through the villages.
If I see a gallery and peoplefollowing him, and he was, you
know, preaching and he hadthousands of people with him.
I think it was like 5,000 or 50, I don't say about 5,000.
(06:11):
I don't think it was 50,000,but I don't remember what the
number was.
But I know it was a gang ofpeople and they were all hungry
and his disciples were like man,all these people have been
walking with us for days andthey're hungry, what are we
going to do?
And I believe he asked how muchfood do we have and there was
like five pieces of fish or fiveloaves of bread or whatever it
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was.
Whatever it was, it wasn't notto feed everyone, but he prayed
over it, he blessed it and saidpass the basket and people take
whatever they need.
And by the time that the fivefishers and the five loaves of
bread made it through thethousands of people, there were
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so much food left, likeliterally baskets of bread,
baskets of fish and so much, soplenty, and it was.
That was what designated one ofhis miracles and I remember
that story as a child and Ithought it was amazing.
But then I had a preacher thatI heard once, a sermon that I
heard once, that blew my mind.
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And again, not to say that thisis what really happened or
disproves the miracle, I don'tknow.
But I like the story betterthan the miracle because it
doesn't take away from themiracle, it makes the miracle
even more powerful because again, there was only five pieces of
fish and five loaves of bread,or whatever the number was.
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It was presented as being whatthey had to feed the multitude
but as the basket went around,the preacher says what happened
was the fact that people sawthat Jesus and his disciples
were still willing to share thelittle that they had with
everyone, that people start totake out, start to take out
their stashes.
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Because back then, you know Imean to follow this crowd you
weren't just moving blindly, youknew it was coming, the news
was coming, like this man andmost of the people were moving
and you weren't joining them,what would you do?
You know, you probably grabyour coat, put your shoes on,
grab some money.
You know, back then youprobably just you might grab a
loaf of bread with you, right,couple of pieces of fish and
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throw it in your bag.
You know, back then, with driedfish, it was like dried fish,
right, and you would have thatjust in case, right, just make
sure you have, you have foryourself.
And if everybody did that, thatmeans everybody had food with
them.
But of course people are goingto act like they don't have,
because you know we're alwaystrying to keep for ourselves and
not share, and not always.
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But you know, sometimes youlike man, there's a lot of
people here and I know I havefood, but I know I don't have no
food for everybody.
But if anybody had the samementality and all of a sudden,
now, this act of kindness, thisact of generosity, this act of
gratitude.
He blessed what they had andsaid pass it, Let people take
what they want.
I couldn't imagine the firstperson who said man, I felt so
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bad for holding on to what Ihave.
Probably threw a probably threwhis loaf in there.
She probably threw her fish inthere grab what she needed.
And before you knew it, you hadbaskets, and baskets that were
smaller than enough for everyone, probably for days.
You know, and that's what Ipicture my potlucks that I have
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of my schools to be like Peoplewho don't have much, but they
bring what little they do have,and it feeds the masses, it puts
smiles in the face of children,it warms your heart and at the
end there's so much left andI'll tell you this every year
there is so much food left,which is always crazy to me.
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And it's so funny because onWednesday, when we were done,
there was so much food left thatwe would try to figure out what
to do with it, try to give itaway.
Fortunately, ourcommunity-based organization in
the building was having a dinnerthat evening, so we gave them
(10:07):
probably enough food to feedanother 20, 30, maybe 40 people.
That's how much extra food wehad.
So we fed out 200 children, fedour staff of about 30, and then
, including the custodians andanybody else who was in the
building, we fed people and thenwe had more left over.
(10:28):
And this is a poor community,this is a community that doesn't
have a lot, but it was enoughthat people pulled out of their
coats, their breads and theirpieces of fish through their
basket and we had our ownmiracle.
And every year we have amiracle the day before
Thanksgiving, making sure we putsmiles on the faces of our
children and we warm the heartsof those who are all connected
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to the community.
Yeah, that was a long, long,long blabbing of my gums, but
yeah, so that's why I had tobreak the fast and I had all
intention for today to startover again.
But again, it's kind of a dumbintention because it's
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Thanksgiving and the kids andtheir babies, so they don't
understand why daddy's noteating.
But then I didn't even get toeat because we didn't even get
to cook because of the fact thatmy daughter was sick and had to
go to the ER.
But tomorrow we're going to tryagain, again for the children,
(11:32):
right?
So my goal is definitely onSaturday yeah, saturday is to
start the fast again on Saturdayand push that fast all the way
through for four days, and thisis what I plan to do.
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So the first two days is goingto be straight, just water, fast
, fast.
I am drinking coffee in themorning.
I know people say that'scheating, but for me it's a
necessity.
That's how I get up in themorning and that's how I get my
brain focused, and so I willhave my coffee in the morning,
just one large coffee.
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Then the rest of the day isgoing to be just water and I
have electrolytes.
I think it's quite unlimitedthat I put a scoop in there.
And the great thing about thisparticular brand I just put any
kind of electrolytes and thegoal is for it to be zeroed out
no sugar, no sodium, just youknow.
(12:35):
I mean I think it has to havesodium for electrolytes, but
none of the bad stuff Put it inthere.
I find myself maybe because I'mnot eating the need to have the
oral satisfaction of havingsomething happen in your mouth,
whether you're chewing ordrinking that I find myself
(12:58):
drinking way more water,especially with electrolytes in
there.
So that's something that I sawin those two days that really
helped.
So I wasn't hungry but I wassipping the whole entire day.
I got two large canisters, twoand a half large canisters of
water, so I know I definitelygot my gallon in.
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So that's for two days.
Then your third day you can havesomething water but bone broth.
So there's a very clean chickenbone broth that is very low
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sodium and all that stuff, andin the morning I would literally
just pour the bone broth into abowl and warm it up in the soup
and do my water and thenprobably some time.
The reason I would do it in themorning because during the day
I don't have the capacity towait and warm stuff up and eat.
I just don't do that at work,so I just drink my water
throughout the day.
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Then the evening when I gethome I'll do the same thing
another bowl of the bone broth,and I do that for two additional
days and that's the four dayfast.
And when I get to my fourth dayI'm going to then assess and
figure out what I want to donext.
I've been wanting to go on ahigh protein, very clean chicken
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breast and then just broccoliand high and that's supposed to
have high micronutrients toreally push my body to burn in
all the necessary stuff andsomething like this I probably
do for like maybe two, three,maybe four days.
(14:50):
Then do another four day fast.
I go through a cycle.
But it's one thing I know rightnow is I know for a fact it is
doable, it is so doable.
Most people complain that atsome point you hit that wall,
like your third day, whereyou're, you're, you're and it's
only for a couple of hours whereyour body is like going through
, withdrawing all that stuff.
But I love people I've spokento who have done this are saying
(15:11):
like it's not that bad.
Some people say it's bad, butonce you get past that, you're
like clarity and things are,like, you know, quite amazing.
So again, I've done these fastbefore, not like this one.
I've done like juice fast.
I feel like juice with juicefast because of the vegetables
and the fruits and the sugar inthere.
It kind of keeps you going.
(15:31):
But in this case this is justwater and then, just like that,
let your light powder and waterand the bone broth on the last
two days and with the bone.
But they're going to do ittwice a day.
So that's the plan there, oneof the things, that there's a
lot of benefits, so many, somany benefits for doing this.
(15:52):
But the one thing that reallygot my attention I kept on
coming across this is that whenyou fast and you let your body
get to a point of where itstarts to, kind of like, create
its own energy, it has to burncells, it has to take matter
with its already within yourbody, fast things like that and
burn those things off for fueland you know, when it's burning
it off, it's killing and if thatthing is a living entity, it's
(16:16):
killing it off as well.
So, like cancer is one of thethings that I came across over
and over again, saying thatwater fast has the ability to
kill cancer cells up to 70% ofcancer cells and I thought that
was interesting.
Because I found this, becauseyou know this, one of the things
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we know that's a constantthreat with all of us, and I did
a Google and says here slow incancer growth it's a fasting and
reduce glucose levels in theblood, making it harder for
cancer cells to grow.
Cancer cells feed on glucose,consuming it at a much higher
level than normal cells do,which is interesting because if
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you have what is glucose, it issugar, a lot of our foods, not
just like sweet stuff.
Like I won't lie, I'll beputting my sugar, putting that
sugar in that coffee and, like Isaid, I will be doing coffee,
but there'll be no sugar inthere, it'll just be black
coffee, the sugar, thesweeteners, then only that
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there's a lot of foods that weconsumed at highs sugars, you
know, in there, or thisCrunchdarch high fructose corn
starch syrup or whatever thething may be, but all of our
processed foods has sugar in itand if you look at it, if you
sometimes out tomatoes in thecan looking at sugar in there,
these are things that, like youknow, we're addicted sweets.
But my question is are weaddicted to sweets or is the,
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the cancer in our bodies, thethe potential cancer?
That's what's pushing us toconsume some sugar.
And what is it that we, what isit that we're feeding in our
bodies?
That will eventually come backto bite us in the butt.
So to this, one of the reasonsthat I'm that I'm really Trying
to make this into a habit, alifestyle.
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At 47 years old, with a threeand a half year old and a five
year old, I'm trying to be hereas long as I can and and it's
funny because if you know thesethings are Restless and
dangerous and this danger allaround us all the time, why
don't we do what we need to doto make sure that we minimize
(18:27):
the risk?
Yeah, I Guess I just got it.
One more thing if I leave fiveshut clothes, clothes out.
I saw a video with the amazinghonorable like just man, dig,
dig, dig Gregory.
(18:47):
It was a comedian, actor,writer, activist, I think, and
he talks about fasting.
He talks about how, when youtell people you're fasting,
people start going crazy and sayis that healthy?
You know, talk to your doctor.
You know, make sure you getyour doctors where we know all
these different things.
They miss a point that Ithought was hilarious.
He says, yeah, people tell youdo all that, but are they?
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Are they?
Are they chicken with a doctorwhen they're drinking?
Are they checking with a doctorwhen you're smoking?
Are they?
Are they checking the doctorwhen you're having?
You know that what they know tobe that you know triple,
quadruple cheeseburger that theyknow is not healthy?
No, and nobody said check onthe doctor for those things.
But you say you're fasting.
All some people are.
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Who goes here, we should see adoctor before you do that, which
is funny because, again, it'speace to the fact that we often
Hide behind medicine.
You know, when you were facedwith things that can actually
help us, that is outside of thejudicial thought process around
health.
So, um, yeah, so I won't trythis again.
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I'm sure this and I'm sharingthis with all of you, especially
my school leader of my schoolleadership, friends out there
who listen to me, those of youwho are friends in real life and
those of you who are friendswhere we're friends and I eat
each other's heads.
We gotta be healthier.
You cannot run the school andyou cannot run a classroom.
You cannot, you know, makeimpact in the community if
you're not healthy, because, atthe end of the day, the goal is
(20:16):
to make sure that our community,our classrooms and our schools
are healthy.
You know whether it's, you knoworganizationally, you know
performance wise, or even youknow social, emotional and, of
course, physically, like all thechildren and their parents and
their teachers are physicallyhealthy, and but that can't be.
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If the leader is not healthy,the leader is not exemplifying
good health.
Because I ended, because, atthe end of the day, guess what
your role model?
You know, so the best and mostsuccessful schools and school
communities.
I always speak to their their,their principles and their
system principles and theleadership, but it's a
leadership is not healthy.
And what are you really doingthis for?
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Because, again, you can haveall great scores in the world,
in the world, but if thechildren who are mimicking, who
are following you, positioned tonot live very long because they
don't, they have not seenhealthy habits, that's a that's
a problem.
You know that's a big problem.
But all right, guys is, it isThursday night and I don't know
(21:23):
what time it is.
What time is it?
I was about 10, 30, so Iprobably should be getting
myself into the space of gettingsome good rest so I can have a
good day tomorrow and then startmy fasts on Saturday.
But again, I appreciate you all.
I appreciate all the likes andall the DMs and all the
(21:46):
questions.
I really do appreciate it andyou guys are Motivating me to
keep creating content.
I know I have spans or weekswhere I write.
That's nothing.
It's hard writing a school.
I'm telling you, even thoughthis is my third school, is this
junk?
This junk is hard and I put alot of my attention and energy
in that space and try, try tofind balance as well with my
family.
So Would that be inside?
(22:08):
Thank you so much.
I appreciate y'all and I'lltalk to you soon.
Be well.
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