Water fasting: The first few days

So this is where the journey begins. I'm doing a 30 day water fast.

This means
- no food
- no juice
- no nothin'! (well, there will still be water, but you get my point)
For 30 days.

Now, why would someone do this to themselves? I've got a couple of reasons. For one:
While fasting the body heals. I know this might sound strange but look it up. While fasting many people will have aches from old injuries, and then find the injuries to be healed. I have had this happen to me during previous fasts.
For another, I've gotten fat over the last few years and need to unaddict myself from some very unhealthy eating habits. At the start of the fast I weighed in at 97.5 kilograms.
Then there's the spiritual aspect. I need to do battle with my own weakness. It's got to do with self esteem and a belief in my ability to follow through.

I'm at day two of the fast and right now I'm lying in my bed, unable to sleep. I went to be around midnight, then woke up at 2:30 in the morning and haven't been able to sleep since. While this is a little annoying and completely out of character for me (I usually require a good 9 hours) it makes me happy. This is a sign that my body is responding to the fast.

My longest fast to date was ten days and the same thing happened then: After the first two days I only needed a few hours of sleep per night. From the research I've done it looks like the body just uses an insane amount of energy to digest food. When this is not done anymore you just... don't need that much sleep.

How do I feel?
The first day was fine. I wanted to eat, but there were no close calls. I made up my mind and in my experience that's the only thing that can carry you through: You have to decide that this is what you're doing and that nothing will come in your way. As soon as you allow that belief to shake, even just an inch, you're hours away from giving up.
Day two, well, since it hasn't really started I don't have much to report, other than I didn't sleep so I had time to make this blog, and that's nice.

Happy fasting!