Hi Kin
Thanks for your post.
My “fast” is more about saying no to myself when it comes to eating more than I need.
I have given up chocolate, sweets, cake, biscuits and desserts for Lent. These are a huge part of my diet.
The night time is the most difficult because I am a night eater.
I went on a trip on Friday-by bus and train and realised on the return journey that I hadn’t eaten for several hours. I had just got off a train and had a distance to walk to the connecting bus. I felt faint. I jumped on the fist bus in sight which added an hour to my trip but when I got of I went into Mc Donalds , ordered a veggie burger and tea. It was the most horrible food I ever tasted in my life so I just took a few bites to sustain me, barely made it to the next bus stop and boy was I glad to get back to my car and drive the half hour journey home.
Lesson learned
1. I eat too much
2. I am not able for long fasts without some sort of snack
3. Our Lord fasted for 40 days and nights in the wilderness FOR MY SINS.
I need to keep my motives for undertaking this Lenten penance in mind.
