The 24 hour fast

Post 1: I have chosen to complete the 24 hour fast. While I am not sure how the experience will benefit me, I hope to gain insight, and challenges on the individuals that go hungry on a daily basis. My diet will be restricted to water, and the luxury of coffee in the anticipated event I need help staying awake for class and daily studying. The coffee has been previously purchased and will not exceed a cost of more than $0.60 for the day, about 3 cups.

Post 2: I'm well into the next day. Going to sleep last night proved difficult with my stomach growling. My stomach almost seemed to be eating itself. Concentration has been limited and the headaches come and go progressively getting worse. I cannot wait for this thing to end. Water only temporarily suppresses the gnawing growls of my stomach. I am feeling lethargic and want to find something that requires little effort. Only a few more hours. I cannot wait to eat. 

Just made the mistake of going to the store to plan for my post-fast meal. The worst place I could have gone while starving. 

Post 3: Finally I am finished! Currently cooking dinner. There is no way I could go from my normal diet to one of no or little food. It has proven to be a much more difficult task than I had originally anticipated. Perhaps the most difficult part was knowing I could eat at any point. I have food easily accessible. I could not imagine not being able to eat anything. I have a greater appreciation of what I have and feel I have gained insight on what others in the world are going through on a daily basis. But on top on their situation clean water is rarely an option. I am grateful for the experience but will be okay if I do not have to intentionally go hungry again. Food had become such a daily routine and convenience. I now see it more as a privilege. I have always been grateful of food, so I thought, but now I understand what it is like to go hungry and wake up in the middle of the night with hunger pains. Food is something I will not take for granted. The worst part of the experience was the lightheadedness and lack of concentration. I will enjoy dinner tonight and perhaps some vino to celebrate.