I'm worried about a few things, but my concerns must be nothing in comparison to what Lee and Ling were feeling the day of their sentencing. For example, should I have a major last pigout for a day or two before the 17th, or should I be getting myself used to small portions? I'm inclined to do a juice fast for at least two days before the hunger strike begins. Seems like it would be too much of a shock to go from overeating to undereating divided only by one night of nervous poor sleeping. Of course, Lee and Ling didn't get the luxury of deciding how they would prepare to starve.
As coincidence would have it, I have to go in for a routine bunch of blood tests that my doctor ordered for my annual physical. It would be interesting to get her to order the same panel thirty days later.
As this thing unfolds, I will be recording my weight to see how much I lose. I'm guessing that my metabolism will drop from the limited caloric intake and that I won't lose as much as Lee and Ling will, whose systems will be pumping from all the hard physical labor. I'll be whining about feeling weak and dizzy, but I'll try to remember that I don't have it half bad.
Funny how I'm stressing about having to live for a few weeks on a diet equivalent to what people all over the world face every day of their lives. I'm acting like it's deprivation. My stomach hurts already just thinking about it.
Maybe this was a dumb idea! Will my getting a stomach ache and a messed-up metabolism help Lee and Ling? Probably not...but at least I will learn a few things about the real world, meaning the world beyond American excesses. I know that even some Americans eat the way Lee and Ling do, but I live in a ghetto and my neighbors all seemed to find a few bucks for fireworks last week. I don't think many of them subsist on a small bowl of food a day. They eat Burger King.
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