Psssst, Mormons out there; got any tips/tricks for making it through Fast Sunday?

jordipie55

I know my stomach starts digesting me from the inside out around the time sacrament meeting is ending, so I was wondering if anyone has any tips to help make it to dinner time without going insane, or gnawing off my own arm or something. A lot of the people I know don't have any problems what so ever about missing meals, but I can't be the only one who has such a hard time with it.

FedGirlUSA

Yes...sleep! Haha

dave4d

FedGirlUSA wrote: »

Yes...sleep! Haha

That's what I always did. I even slept through the meetings. Now I'm inactive, so I don't do Fast Sunday, anymore.

moto450

jordipie55 wrote: »

I know my stomach starts digesting me from the inside out around the time sacrament meeting is ending, so I was wondering if anyone has any tips to help make it to dinner time without going insane, or gnawing off my own arm or something. A lot of the people I know don't have any problems what so ever about missing meals, but I can't be the only one who has such a hard time with it.

I don't know of any big tricks, but find something to take your mind off of it. Studying, etc. It has worked for me anyway.

NurseWizzle

Ketogenic diet helps me be able to skip meals with near ease

softblondechick

Water. Ice cold water, alternate with herb tea. Don't exercise that morning. And eat a bowl of casein protein pudding Saturday night before bed.

cheyenne_liddi

I'm not a mormon but I chew lots of gum, drink lots of water and make sure to keep busy and distracted all day when I fast. It gets easy after awhile.

karen_fitzgibbon

I fast twice a week, I'm not a Mormon though so I apologise if this offends you.
Here's what I do.
When I'm hungry, I'll drink water
I wear a rubber band around my wrist and every time I start fantasising about glorious food is snap the band in the inside of my wrist
Drink more water
Keep yourself occupied and distracted.
Drink water

I hope that helps

FIT_Goat

karen_fitzgibbon wrote: »

I wear a rubber band around my wrist and every time I start fantasising about glorious food is snap the band in the inside of my wrist

This seems slightly disordered, at best.

dave4d

cheyenne_liddi wrote: »

I'm not a mormon but I chew lots of gum, drink lots of water and make sure to keep busy and distracted all day when I fast. It gets easy after awhile.

When Mormons fast, they are supposed to go 24 hours without food and water. (Except for the small piece of bread and small cup of water they get with the Sacrament.)

I've rarely been able to do the full 24 hours. As a child, we would usually start fasting around 6 Pm on Saturday and go until church got out on Sunday. (Usually around noon, but it would be sometimes as late as 3 Pm.)

I usually tried to sleep through as much of that 24 hour period that I could, but the idea was to get as close to God as possible and try to spend the majority of your time in prayer and study of the scriptures.

AgentOrangeJuice

karen_fitzgibbon

FIT_Goat wrote: »

karen_fitzgibbon wrote: »

I wear a rubber band around my wrist and every time I start fantasising about glorious food is snap the band in the inside of my wrist

This seems slightly disordered, at best.

Maybe a little bit. But I was just offering what helps with me, to each their own

fevrale

karen_fitzgibbon wrote: »

FIT_Goat wrote: »

karen_fitzgibbon wrote: »

I wear a rubber band around my wrist and every time I start fantasising about glorious food is snap the band in the inside of my wrist

This seems slightly disordered, at best.

Maybe a little bit. But I was just offering what helps with me, to each their own

This is a trick for quitting smoking too.

moto450

karen_fitzgibbon wrote: »

I fast twice a week, I'm not a Mormon though so I apologise if this offends you.
Here's what I do.
When I'm hungry, I'll drink water
I wear a rubber band around my wrist and every time I start fantasising about glorious food is snap the band in the inside of my wrist
Drink more water
Keep yourself occupied and distracted.
Drink water

I hope that helps

That's a pretty sweet idea actually. I think I would flip it so many times my wrist would start to puff up though.

aeking22

The biggest "trick" I've found for making it through fast Sunday is not giving into the temptation to eat a huge dinner Saturday night. It seems like a good idea at the time, but never really is. Plus, I have 1:30-4:30 church so I've got to do whatever I can!

foursirius

Drink water? Is it only a day? If so, just power through it but make sure to take in fluids.

DeserveVictory

Try to get as much protein and fibre in you last meal before the fast as possible. They take longer to digest and will help keep away the hunger pangs longer.

FunkenWagnel

I think your body is telling you it doesn't want to fast. I personally would listen to it over any religion.