Religious fasting- how to manage exercise during?

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  • sofaking6
    sofaking6 Posts: 4,589 Member
    I truly hope that your focus is contemplative as you've told your rabbi, and that this isn't a sign of disordered 'eating'...something about it smells like you're seeking official approval to restrict excessively...but it's your path to walk and I wish you the best. Just do me a favor and contemplate that while you're at it, k? :)
  • becky10rp
    becky10rp Posts: 573 Member
    Sofaking - you 'hit the nail on the head'.

    A week of a liquid diet - prior to Yom Kippur - to make amends for whatever you've done in your life......................?

    I dunno - I had an eating disorder - and I used to 'punish' myself by doing stuff like this.

    Please OP - make sure you're doing this 'fast' for all of the 'right' reasons!
  • Mezzie1024
    Mezzie1024 Posts: 380 Member
    I would talk to your fitness instructor and see if you could either make up the class when you're not fasting or do less strenuous activities. I don't know what kind of exercise you're doing, but something like restorative yoga sounds a little more fast-friendly than, say, lifting weights.

    If you decide to exercise, remember you can stop if things simply don't feel right. Personally, I'd do no more than light stretching r a short, leisurely walk during a fast. Be careful.
  • davert123
    davert123 Posts: 1,568 Member
    Hi OP. I'm not sure I follow your fast - are you not eating anything at all for a week or are you going to eat sometime in the day but will eat at others. I'll offer advice on what I know but a lot depends on this question :-)
  • ItsMeBlue
    ItsMeBlue Posts: 25 Member
    Man the negativity when the young lady is trying to seek God...OP..more power to you! don't exert yourself physically, and remember..."jeremiah 29:13-You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."...I'll be praying for you OP, I believe HE will meet you where you are!
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    It really just depends on what you can tolerate. If you feel fine, go for it. If you feel weak/ extra tired/ lightheaded, you should dial down the intensity, or not exercise at all.
  • bc3278
    bc3278 Posts: 1 Member
    workout prior to sundown on Friday - workout after sunset Saturday - you won't miss a beat.
  • davert123
    davert123 Posts: 1,568 Member
    OP - if you want some advice please IM me, I'm not coming back to the thread but don't mind trying to help if you contact me.
    Good luck with your fast, hope it brings you closer.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,347 Member
    Can you speak to someone in authority re the school required fitness class and explain that due to your fasting for religious reasons, it would be in your best interests to skip that class? I'm fairly sure they can't penalise you for that, as it would be discriminatory. Maybe see if you can come to an accord where you do something with a lower energy level?
  • beachgirl172723
    beachgirl172723 Posts: 151 Member
    You might be doing something for a week to help with personal food relationship issues but that has nothing to do with the day of atonement fast during Yom Kippur. Don't confuse or mix the two concepts. They are entirely unrelated.
  • sarabearinaz
    sarabearinaz Posts: 7 Member
    If you are drinking juice, it isn't a fast. If you plan your juice correctly, it can be a full day of calories, vitamins, and minerals. You can even get a good amount of protein that way. The only thing you can't get in juice is fiber, unless you add metamucil (which would be gross)

    Any school or workplace that requires you to be there on a religious holiday is in violation of the law. They are required to excuse your absence. Schools can have you do alternate time, or require you to make it up some way, but they cannot do anything that would keep you from your religious holidays.

    I assume you are talking about a minor fast day since, on a major fast day you would not be able to go to the gym for other religious reasons.

    On a minor fast day, you can eat if you eat well before sunrise. Lots of people eat breakfast at 3 or 4 in the morning. That would give me enough energy to get through to about 2pm without any stress. It bothers some of my friends more, some less. The remaining 3 hours I distract myself with plans for my meal to break the fast. Sometimes it is sushi dreams, sometimes Baskin Robbins.... This is very effective while on a treadmill.
  • sarabearinaz
    sarabearinaz Posts: 7 Member
    Religious expectations before the Yom Kippur fast are that you will eat a large meal prior to sunset. This is not to make the fast easier, it actually makes the fast harder. It is supposed to keep you focussed on the fact that you are fasting for a reason. A pre yom kippur fast would not allow you to meet the religious expectation. Personally, by the time it is Yom Kippur, I'm still stuffed from all the Rosh Hashana dinners and lunches. I NEED a fast.
  • Add713
    Add713 Posts: 53 Member
    Why worry about exercise.........reflect on the reasons why you are fasting or why bother fasting at all?????
  • babybellyfat
    babybellyfat Posts: 1,102 Member
    When i fast for GREEK EASTER 40 days i try to do less workout so my body dont get ill... But I do long walks!!

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