Well today was the first day of my fast for Darfur. It started off with the typical rush around the house to get ready for work. Since I live with three females this means that there is a ton of hair to be done, shoes to be decided on, and of course breakfasts to be made. I just powered through and filled my super sized massive water jug as I got ready for the day.
Of course as the day continued things got harder. I found myself feeling sluggish and a lingering headache set in. Those that have done this before say that this is pretty common as your body detoxes. By lunchtime I was focusing on staying busy so that I did not think about the hunger.
I made it through the rest of the work day by staying busy and much like when I quit smoking, I realized it has a lot to do with mind over matter. Still this is far more difficult then I expected.
During the course of my day a few people, including my wife, expressed some concern over my plan to fast for 13 days. She has fasted twice before and she expressed some concern because my work is fairly physical so I burn a lot of calories every day. That coupled with the fact that my wife is having major ACL surgery on Thursday has lead me to rethink the 13 day goal. I don't think that she wants to have a grumpy, hungry husband taking care of her after her surgery and I don't blame her.
It is looking more like a 3 day fast but we will see.
Regardless, I am glad I am doing this. To put myself through this, to test my limits a little, and to make a personal statement as to how important and how desperate this situation in Darfur has gotten.
To think that millions of refugees from Darfur deal with hunger like this on a daily basis is shocking. No one should live like this.
As the headache seems to be growing I am going to call it a night with day 1 complete.
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