The day 5 fast was for a 24 hour period staring Jan 6 at 8:00 pm and ending Jan 7 at 8 pm. I had a really light dinner on the evening of to try and keep the fast light. I did well through the day having two cups of green tea and lemon water. It was a busy day at work but I did not feel under-powered or distracted by the fasting. There was still the craving for food at the usual meal times, but it was more psychological than a real need for nutrition.
To distract myself at noon, I went to the gym and did the treadmill for 40 minutes. I was done at 3:00 pm and did not want to have to muscle through the dinner cravings so decided to take my daughter shopping instead. This was another great distraction helping me avoid the habitual behaviour that occur at 6:00 pm. I did however decide to break the fast at the 24 hour mark as I know that sleep would be challenging based on how I was starting to feel and I did not want to struggle through Friday. I ate vegetable soup. Overall it was a productive fast day that did not feel difficult at all. My weight was down 1 lbs to 190.6.
Fasting Day #5
