Around the beginning of the week my friend had a pretty good idea. She wanted to fast for some hours since she's never done it and wanted to challenge herself and asked me to join in! I said sure and we set it up for midnight, beginning Thursday and would end it at noon on Friday...36 hours of fasting...my last and only fast before that was 30 hours for a youth group thing. This...was a challenge.
All of Thursday I was fine, but I kept looking at the clock thinking that I had forgotten my meals! It was kind of sad to remind myself I couldn't eat...but my friend was the same way. She came over to my house for most of the day and my mom cooked her own dinner and we were fine! We didn't give in =D
It was really bad this morning... I woke up hungry and really, really weak. I had errands to run today but I honestly didn't feel strong enough to get behind the wheel of my car and drive around town. Waiting for three more hours and only drinking water just was NOT cutting it! I'd drink it and feel like throwing up! It was awful!
Finally though, 12:00 came and I was able to stuff myself! I was making some gluten-free mac and cheese, but the noodles weren't quite done..so I headed to the fridge for some strawberries and grabbed the package of gluten-free oreo cookies from my closet and went to town! Lemme tell you...after 36 hours of nothing to eat, those strawberries and oreo cookies were the best combination I had ever had in my life! Ten minutes later, the noddles were done and I quickly mixed everything together and polished that off as well!
That food gave me a HUGE energy boost! I hardly felt weak anymore and wanted to go running around. I had so much energy that it was awesome! So, I got in my car to run my errands and thought about that sudden energy boost...and it reminded me of Left 4 Dead 2. In that game, when your health is really low and if you have an adrenaline shot in handy, you can use it on yourself to give you a good, but short, burst of energy. Yep..that is what that food was to me after 36 hours..an adrenline shot. Not only because of the boost, but also because of the fall. Boy...my heart started hammering like crazy when I was on my way home and I started to get really tired. Thankfully, I made to my casa in time and passed out on the couch for about an hour and a half. I'm still kind of out of it (naps always have a weird affect on me. Sometimes I'll feel sick when I wake up or be very disoriented...and sometimes it's those two combined). So, I'm battling off the food fall and trying to stay awake so I can eat...more. Yeah...I'm still hungry and want something good, but I'm not sure what.
Anyways, that is my story of my 36 hour famine! or...fasting! To be honest, I didn't think I was going to make it...but me and Laura held strong! We'll try this again sometime in the future, but we decided we'll not only drink water but also juice. Water was seriously not cutting it.
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