I started a cleansing fast recently and I am restricting the time that I eat into an 8 hour duration and fasting 16 hours. The first day, I thought this is a piece of cake because I starting eating at 11 a.m. and could eat until 7 p.m. The following day, I did not get hungry until 10 a.m. and was very pleased that I could eat til 6 p.m.

This morning was entirely another story! I woke up absolutely STARVED at 5 a.m. and wondered how could I stop eating for the remainder of the day by 2 p.m. So, I held off until 8:30 a.m. and literally had to stop by 4:30 this afternoon.

I realized that if you allow your body 16 hours of fasting, your stomach actually shrinks in size. The meals that you consume are smaller. As you can see, I eat a large portion of veggies for at least one meal. This morning, I started with home made organic oatmeal with cinnamon and banana. As a snack, I treated myself to one celery stick with a TBSP. of peanut butter. I ordered a small side salad in the early afternoon when our family ate out.