Anyone else fasting today???

[guekjian]

Hi All,
I am not the most religious person in the world, but I always fast on Good Friday. I allow myself only liquid as a total water only fast would have me passed out by noon I think. It is now 5PM and I swear I would eat my kitchen table if my teeth were strong enough...Is anyone else doing this today, and if so, how are you feeling right now!

[2big4mysize]

Re: Anyone else fasting today???

don't have good friday fasting in my practices but just wanted to ask how you are doing? are you pureeing your veggies berries fresh dairy and such to make to make liquids today?

[guekjian]

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You are good! No, I haven't. I have just had 2 protein shakes and water. I got the Jay Robb egg white protein shakes but I have to say I am starving.

[mizski]

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I go by the Catholic church's guidelines for Good Friday where fasting means eating only one full meatless (no animal flesh) meal. However, one may still eat a breakfast and even a lunch in addition to a full meal if the two additional small meals do not add up to a second full meal. Snacking is not allowed. Drinking coffee, tea, juices, etc, between meals is permitted on fast days.

I used to do the one meal only thing when I was younger; now it is not such a good thing for me to do. Today my meals were on the idea of tapas...little but nutritional (and Atkins friendly ).

It is interesting to read what others do. Thanks for sharing.

[LateNiteDiner]

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guekjian, I'm with you although, like mizski, I am also Catholic. While the Catholic Church allows for one small meal and two snacks that together don't equal a full meal (which I have no issues with considering my wife would faint dead away if she didn't eat something!), I prefer to stick to a liquid only fast as well.

Other than water and 1 diet coke, I have had nothing today. And like you, I'm starting to imagine that my kids look like walking pork chops and turkey legs! Of course, part of the reason I fast is so that I can offer up my suffering to God as a form of prayer, and to be honest, the true sufering doesn't get going until about this time of the day. I expect there to be lots of wailing and gnashing of teeth over the next several hours. Hopefully it all goes to the glory of God!

My hardest decision always comes around 10 PM or so when I try to decide if I'm going to stay up until midnight to appease the appetite, or go to bed hungry and offer up just a couple hours more...

[guekjian]

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One day of suffering when you think he died on the cross... Thinking of that keeps me going...

There is an avocado with my name on it on my kitchen counter... I am sure I'll be eating it at midnight otherwise I won't be able to sleep. Good luck on the liquid fast LateNiteDiner! We'll just appreciate the food that much more later!!!

[Peytonn]

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I applaud you for this... sadly I have no willpower.. so..... no.. I'm not fasting.. but since I have a 5k jog in the morning... trying to cut back today...