Starve unto Death

If you want to lose weight, there is no middle path. Buddha spoke of the middle path. But if you want to lose weight, you have to go to the extreme-starve unto death. Then you can fly when you run.
 
Saturday I was under a hundred and forty pounds. Then I ran in a two-mile race. During the race I felt that I had conquered the world, but after the race I felt tired and exhausted. Then relaxation started, and I gained four pounds.
 
-2 March 1982 
 
 
 
[Source: "Starve unto Death" in Sri Chinmoy,  Run and Become, Become and Run, Part 9, Agni Press/Aum Publications, Jamaica, New York, 1983.]