Fasting forward
I took a 24-hour fast recently, limiting myself to water (and chewing gum). Since I’d already been counting calories as part of getting back on track after picking up about 10 pounds over the holidays, I can see that I ate probably a bit more in the meals before and after the fast (I fasted from 1 p.m. until 1 p.m.). What I didn’t expect to happen was the kind of hunger that kept after me for the next couple of days, when I found myself feeling almost compelled to eat more than I would normally eat. A kind of after effect of fasting, I guess. I wonder if that would happen every time I fasted, or if my body would adapt.