Thursday, 5 September 2013

It Gets Easier

I have to admit, there was a corner of my mind that had been preoccupied with concern over fasting on a school day.  How would it affect my mood? How would this affect the pupils I teach?

It turns out that I had absolutely nothing to worry about.  Bar a minor headache first thing in the morning (which was probably related to the cold I have since developed and not fasting) and a twinge of hunger around 11:30am, I had an easy day.  Keeping busy seems to be the key to not noticing you are hungry.

My Day 2 Fast Menu was:


Breakfast: half a tin of mandarins and three desert spoons of yogurt - 194 cal*.
Drinks: water, caffeinated tea with skimmed goat's milk, herbal teas.
Dinner: 1 poached egg, half tin of Heinz baked beans, 1 slice of linseed bread - 345 cal*
After dinner: 2 Werther Originals Sugar Free Sweets - 18 cal*
Total: 557 cal.*
*calorie information found on My Fitness App for iPhone.

I am looking forward to taking my measurements next week to see if these two fast days have started to make a difference.

At the moment, the only minor concern I have to note is that my 'regularity' in terms of waste disposal has been disrupted, which has made me feel quite bloated over the past two days.  I am in hope that this will settle down eventually, as my body recognises the rhythm I am imposing on it.

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