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Man drinking from a cup during fasting next to family sharing a meal with chicken and salad

My Fast Story

The first 10 hours.

I ate as much as I can. I drank as much as I can. I was thinking, I do not want to feel hungry or at least I could take it and be hungry for a short period of time leading to the 32nd hour. Clock strikes at 3pm. Here we go.

So I prepared for this. I have to drink at most 300ml of water or drink black coffee (no sugar, no cream) on every 3 hours. Per my research, if I feel dizzy or lightheaded, I just have to add a pinch of salt to the water. If I still feel hungry, I will have to just drink black coffee. So be it.

6pm came, I didn’t feel dizzy or hungry but I still drank water. Just pure 300ml of water. Went through with my life. Do chores. Do what can be done at home.

At 7pm, dinner is served. But I only accompany the family at the dinner table and watching them eat. Just watch them eat. Talked about our Visita Iglesia and the happenings and what we saw at those churches.

By 9pm, dinner is done an hour earlier. I felt somewhat hungry and felt a little, just minor, dizziness. Put a pinch of salt at my water. Preparing to go to sleep. I think its better to go to sleep and wake up late so that I cannot feel the starvation. Well, that was the plan. I ended up sleeping at around 1am as I still played Silent Hill f on PS5. While my son is watching, although he comes and goes because the game is scary. I felt hungry by the time I slept.

About

Not so long ago, before there were “keyboard warriors”, there were “armchair wanderers”. I have been blessed to be one of those people who traveled around the world with just a book and an armchair, inside the classroom, at home or anywhere else. It was before computers were mainstream. And the world wide web has not reached our humble town in Iligan City. Born and raised in this southern part of the Philippine archipelago where Christians, Muslims and Lumads lived harmoniously.

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