So it's no eating for 18 hours eh?

[Dirzzit]

I did two weeks once. 18 hours isn't really that hard, especially if you keep yourself occupied.

Really? I havent eaten in three decades and I feel fine.

 

[DanielBrown]

Not so bad. I once didn't eat anything for 11 days just as an experiment.
In the end I didn't feel so well though.

No offense, but that seems really fucking stupid.

Perhaps, but at least now I can relate when I see people that are starving!

Not necessarily. You fasted voluntarily. At any point you could have waltzed down to the nearest subway and ordered a bread sammich with everything in it. If someone is starving they probably don't have that option.

What do you do in the case of say.... diabetics? Or other medical problems? (Water in particular seems like it'd be a major issue.)

So just because of that our physical pain would be much different? Even the mental pain is slightly comparable. Real starvers have a constant goal of finding food. I had to work pretty damn hard not to go raid the fridge. I know it's still very different, but I know now how it would have felt more than "Omg, he's so skinny!".
Try waltzing anywhere when you haven't eaten for a while, btw. ._o

Don't really understand what you want to have said with the second part though.

 

[Beryl77]

It's a bit hard the first few days, I mostly sleep or game and the end I get a slight headache and don't feel so well. Yesterday when I could eat again in the evening I ate a bit to fast and to much at once, so I didn't feel afterwards to good either but it was better today. You get used to it after a while and luckily it's right when I have holidays.

 

[DesiPrinceX09]

I love how this thread turned into a bragging contest about who can go without food the longest.

On the topic of Ramadan, how does one go about the spiritual side of the period? Is getting in tune with one's spirituality a more passive thing? Like saying you fast for Ramadan, thus you are more in touch with your spirituality? Or does it take a more active role, like going to ceremonies or prayer sessions?

I knew a bragging contest would ensue, quite funny actually.

First of all, the not eating/drinking barely scratches the surface about what Ramadan is all about. This a month that is suppose to get us away from our routine lives and have us do something different, and preferably be more spiritual even if it's just for the month. It's also a reminder of the starving people around the world with a focus on appreciating everything we have. We refrain from eating to learn patience, spirituality (starve the physical being, feed the spirit), and basically increase our discipline. Also this is the month where the Holy Qur'an was revealed to Prophet Muhammad. That's some of the explanation. Yeah, the getting in tune with one's spirituality is a passive thing, on a personal level; the prayers and such are a small part of it.

 

[ChocoFace]

This kind of nonsense is why all religions should burn in hell.

Seriously... this kind of stuff is bad for your health, impacts on your work (how many people are going to be operating at peak efficiency on disturbed sleep while sitting there starving) and, when the multiculturalist retards start screaming that nobody else around can eat because it "might offend" those who are fasting, it's time to pack this rubbish back into the stone age where it belongs.

Personally, you wouldn't catch me dead doing it (and not just because I view religion as a tool of oppression), but because I've had two kidney-stones in the past. I go through in excess of 4 litres of water a day. Not drinking (and therefore not cleaning out the kidneys) would be guaranteed to give me another one.

Find me one (non-religious) health professional that will confirm that starving yourself 18 hours a day for a month is good for your health, and I'll take it back. Until then... I'll stick to my opinion of religion.

Riiiiiight, because any and all belief in a higher power must be stupid, right?

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Pay no attention to him, he said he will continue eating even when dead. Make of that what you will.

OT: i have no experiences with fasting, but i have no real problems with it. Can be good to clean the organism sometimes i guess.

 

[spartan231490]

For those of you who don't know, Ramadan has started! (since 1st August). This is the fasting season for Muslims, where you don't eat anything from dawn till sunset (which in summer, is 18 hours long) unless you're health will be majorly affected (like for those who have diabetes etc).
I'd say I'm doing pretty well, but at the last couple of hours it gets quite annoying.

So I was just wondering, how would you find not eating anything for 18 hours, (you basically eat all you want until around 3:40, time increases 1-2 minutes everyday, then you can't eat OR DRINK anything till around 9:00, where the time is decreasing here by 1-2 minutes everyday).

1st: the length of time is dependent on latitude, so it won't always be 18 hours. It sure as fuck isn't 18 hours where I live, it's prolly closer to 14 or 15 right now.
2nd: Even with that, I couldn't make it. If i attempted it, I would kill people. I get cramps and hunger pains and irritability if I don't eat after like 5 hours, so not eating all day would be very bad for me.

 

[Alphakirby]

I have a solution...SLEEP THROUGH RAMADAN!!!
I mean,I already sleep through the day anyway.

 

[Ris]

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Seriously... this kind of stuff is bad for your health, impacts on your work (how many people are going to be operating at peak efficiency on disturbed sleep while sitting there starving)

I've always found this to be an interesting point. How do the muslims in the thread stand on their ability in the workplace during fasting? For example, I really would not want someone who was fatigued and hungry operating heavy machinery or driving a car. I come from quite a multicultural area and I've heard people complaining about Muslims at their workplace "dropping the ball" a lot during Ramadan because they can't concentrate.

I'm just wondering if it's something that you feel like you have to warn co-workers about, or take extra precautions against?

 

[Numachuka]

Not so bad. I once didn't eat anything for 11 days just as an experiment.
In the end I didn't feel so well though.

No offense, but that seems really fucking stupid.

Perhaps, but at least now I can relate when I see people that are starving!

If you say "Oh I can relate I once starved myself" people aren't going to think "oh how thoughtful he was trying to relate to people" they will think "What a fucking idiot".

 

[Gaiseric]

I remember back in high school a buddy of mine was doing this and then we had to run the mile. On a hot+humid day and he wasn't in good shape. I respect his choice and commitment. The only time I've done something similar is when I've had blood tests done and had to fast for 24 hours(didn't much care for it).

 

[AngryMongoose]

What do you do in the case of say.... diabetics? Or other medical problems? (Water in particular seems like it'd be a major issue.)

Don't really understand what you want to have said with the second part though.

Oh, wasn't addressing you with that.

 

[DarkRyter]

Do you all hit the buffets right after?

 

[Nenad]

When my parents don't make me eat I get a little hungry at about 16h or so. So I would just have to not eat another 5 hours... piece a cake.

 

[nukethetuna]

Honestly, while I do have a personal dislike for such seemingly arbitrary restrictions imposed by some faiths, I still can't help but respect the length that people go through to appropriately practice their religion.

Point being, I sure as hell wouldn't want to not eat for 18 hours every day. More power to ya. Try not to imagine anything TOO delicious at the start.

 

[Atheist.]

I have to think at the very least you would take quite a drop in efficiency to work in those conditions. Discipline or not, if you're working as hard as I did when I worked construction, and in those conditions, you would sweat out all of your water. It would be possible if you paced yourself, but good luck finding a foreman these days that would let that slide. Discipline isn't going to stop you from collapsing due to heat exhaustion and dehydration. That would be a liability for the employer more than anything.

The men I spoke of in Saudi probably could not tell you how they do it, nor could I. For eons we have been called crazy and astounded people with our fasting and what we can do despite not eating or drinking; but that doesn't stop us from practicing our faith which includes this month of fasting. Many of us compromise and either only fast on certain days, drink only liquids, or don't fast at all but those who compromise are fooling themselves. You have never done it and I doubt you ever will so I don't expect you to understand and that's fine. No Muslim i have ever known (that practices fasting properly and with full devotion) has ever complained about drop in efficiency, lacking energy, or anything else; it just depends on how determined and devoted you are. This is probably all crazy talk to you so I'll end with that.

Don't really feel like arguing, so I'll just point out that I fast once every week. Usually on a Sunday or a Monday to help remove toxins from the body. So don't go about saying I've never done something before. Just because my fasting isn't religious in nature, doesn't make it any different for me.

 

[Dango]

I went a couple days without food after having my appendix removed, it wasn't actually all that bad.

 

[Zhadramekel]

Not eating isn't really such a big anomaly to me. I occasionally go about 40 hours having eaten (and sometimes) drunk nothing at all

 

[Vonnis]

At one point I ate literally nothing for five days straight, only drank some water, and I'm not even religious. Man up.

 

[BlessedPaper]

I can't go 3 hours without food, i also drink about 4litres a day, and that is at school so not sure if i could survive on that =\. (other than sleep)