The Effects of the First 24 Hours of Fasting
| Posted by admin | Nutrition Tags: eating healthy, effects of fasting, fasting, first 24 hours fasting, water fastOk so it is not exactly the 24 hour mark yet. But I am feeling the effects of the first 24 hours of fasting already. I am coming up on the 15 hour mark. You know….it probably isn’t a good idea to keep track of the hours. Oh well.
As you know I started a water fast 1/1/10 at 12:01,the turn of the new year. This morning when I got up it was a bit weird not having coffee only for the simple fact that I love coffee. This is probably going to be one of the hardest things to give up during the fast. It’s funny I was just talking with a friend and I told him I couldn’t figure out why I was so tired…..duh, no coffee.
Another thing I am going to miss is chocolate. I don’t know if it is chocolate per se or the sugar. I do my best to eat 
healthy but I think I still have a bit of a sugar addiction.
So the effects so far are:
- tiredness (lack of caffeine)
- lightheaded feeling
- coldness
- food cravings
All in all the effects of the first day of fasting aren’t too bad. I am a bit worried about the second day though. During my fasting research I noticed that most people had the hardest time during the second or third day.
I can’t wait till I’m not craving bad food…I’ve read that it usually takes a couple of days till I won’t feel hungry. I kind of feel like a cartoon character you know when they show for instance Homer Simpson and he envisions food when he is looking at something else. Like when he sees a baby and thinks it is a ham, or a cheeseburger, or a candy bar or a chocolate Easter bunny…….oh no I had better stop now……mmmm chocolate.
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