24hr Fast Complete !! Time To Eat!

Upon the completion of my 24hr fast, my roommates were generous enough to come together and pay my way into the breakfast buffet at Golden Corral. This is all I've been talking about for the last 6 hours.  I had a long night and was only able to get maybe 3 hours of sleep between 10:00 pm and 1:00 am. I had to devise new methods of distracting myself towards the last 4-6 hours of the fast and that proved to be my biggest challenge outside of the mental aspect of not being able to eat. I proved to myself that I could endure the physical ailments that came along with hunger but as I continually reiterate, the mental aspect was a complete eye opener. The realization of how challenging mentally this hunger challenge would be, came about early in my fast. About 4 hours in, I started my work shift at Subway, surrounded by and working closely with food. I believe that this was the start to a challenging 20 more hours to come. As I've tried to express, I demise Subway and dealing with it 5 days of the 7 day week. I NEVER consider eating anything but the cookies from there. When I arrived at work, my sense of smell and taste seemed to increase to almost super human level. I could smell each individual vegetable like I never have before and along with the increased scents came imaginative taste. I could literally taste everything I was smelling. After a 6 hour shift I was exasperated by Subway. I felt like all the fight I had left was minimal. Once I removed myself from being face to face with food, then the mental aspect become less strenuous and the physical aspect became a factor. By the end of the fast, I had a minor headache and felt a little weak. Throughout, I and stomach growls here and there and a glimpse of hunger pains. These were things I expected to happen and felt that I was adequately prepared. Overall, this was a great experience and I'm glad I participated. I've been reminded to be thankful of having proper nutrition on a daily basis and to count my blessings. There's no way I could perform adequately on a daily basis without the presence of proper nutrition. It really is true that you don't know what you have until its gone.