nigh night

Thu, 29 Jan 2015 05:03:42 GMT

The 9 hour fast wasn't that bad. I started to get very hungry about half-way through, but had plenty of work to distract me. My stomach didn't even grumble during our staff meeting. After the health screening, I ate my "lunch". Soon after, I became VERY sleepy/tired. I could have curled up on the floor and fallen asleep right there. Instead, I wrapped up my work and went home. Now I've got a slight headache, but am about to go to bed.

I didn't get a good amount of sleep last night, so I can't entirely blame the sudden sleepiness on the fasting. But it was unusual for the sleepiness to hit me like a ton of bricks after eating, when I had been ok up until then. So maybe it was related to digesting a bunch of carbohydrates on an empty stomach.

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Wed, 28 Jan 2015 05:31:34 GMT

I have a health screening scheduled for late tomorrow afternoon, and I'm supposed to fast for at least 9 hours before. Previous health screenings I've done were all in the morning, where most of the fasting hours were overnight, and I could simply delay breakfast by a few hours. This time I'll eat an early breakfast and delay lunch by several hours.

Normally on work days, I eat breakfast between 8 and 9am, and am quite hungry by 2pm (often, I don't take my lunch break until then). Tomorrow, it will be an extra 4 hours of not eating. I'm dreading it but also looking forward to the challenge.

I'm impressed by Muslims who fast during the daylight hours of Ramadan for a whole month. (I don't agree with people being forced to do it, but for those who do it willingly or not, it seems quite a feat.) According to various sources, in most places Muslims fast for at least 12 hours each day. They don't even drink anything during that time! At least I can drink water tomorrow. Imagine being in a hot desert country in the summer, and not drinking anything all day.

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