How to fast?

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What does it mean to fast or more precisely how does one fast? I am almost embarrassed to ask but I am not sure how to do this? I wish to fast but does that mean I don’t eat for a certain time or cut back? If cut back how much? Do I skip meals? I guess to summarize I’m just looking for some basic help on how to fast?

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Well, when it comes to Lenten fast, the Church outlines it very well, and when it comes to fasting before Eucharist, you can only drink water and take medicine one hour prior to the Eucharist.

Other than that, though, how you fast is your decision. Each person fasts in a different way. Maybe you’ll give up a meal a day for one week each month. Maybe you will forego dessert for a year. Fasting is up to you. I’m sorry if that isn’t a good definitive answer, but I hope it helps!
 
How you fast is not your decision. It is done under the direction of a spiritual father or mother. Unguided fasting is vain fasting. It produces nothing.
 
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How you fast is not your decision. It is done under the direction of a spiritual father or mother. Unguided fasting is vain fasting. It produces nothing.
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I suppose that would be much better advice than I have given.
 
k5thbeatle said:
What does it mean to fast or more precisely how does one fast? I am almost embarrassed to ask but I am not sure how to do this? I wish to fast but does that mean I don’t eat for a certain time or cut back? If cut back how much? Do I skip meals? I guess to summarize I’m just looking for some basic help on how to fast?

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That all depends on your individual needs, but the important thing is to increase prayer while you’re decreasing your food intake. For three days I tried a 9-7fast. I ate a small breakfast before 9:00am, and then all food stopped (on weekends if I slept in and didn’t wake up before 9:00 then oh well) then I ate a meal at seven with nothing else after. I felt great spiritually but I think I might have bitten off more than I could chew, because I got sick trying it the forth night. I got a headache and felt dizzy so I ended up eating; maybe it was a test, if so I failed miserably. :rolleyes: I felt sick at 5:30, managed to withhold from food until 6:45 but I couldn’t wait. Yes I am that weak :S . You can also take off ‘snack weeks’ which is what I am trying to do now. No snacks between meals for a week, then eat as you normally do, and then so on. The idea isn’t just to stop eating though, it’s to replace food with spirituality. Good luck!
 
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