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Breaking a Fast without Losing your Breakfast

January 16, 2010

Ironically our word “breakfast” means “the conclusion of fasting since the previous day’s last meal.” However, not eating from the previous day’s dinner and not eating any food for say, 10 days takes on a little different meaning. I was in my 20s the very first time I did a week-long “water only fast.” When I ended that fast, I gorged myself on the largest chicken fried steak dinner I could find. Needless to say, I spent many hours in the bathroom and was sick for days thereafter. I don’t recommend this method, so let’s talk about better ways of transitioning out of a fast.

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