Please help! Water fast - day one. The problem with fasting and socialising.

by faster2011
(australia)

Today i started my fast. I opted to do a water fast, but allow myself tea. I decided fast because I think I have a food addiction, as I tend to binge on a regular basis, and I think about food a lot even when I am not hungry. I tend to eat when I am both bored and stressed.

Despite being aware of my problem, I find it hard to curb this tendency, and tend to get caught-up in the moment and forget myself - there is a strong contradiction within myself, between my thoughts, behaviour, and desires.

Last night I came across this website, and after reading about fasting, I decided to fast. I had come to a point in my life where I was "over" feeling depressed, about my eating habits and my weight, and I wanted to "do something immediately to change. This website inspired me! Unfortunately though I encountered problems on the first day!!!

I work in an accounting firm, and it was a busy day. By 4pm I was thinking about food a lot, even though I wasn't feeling all that "hungry" - food was on my mind. I ignored my thoughts and tried to keep busy. After work, my colleagues asked me to join them for a coffee.

At the cafe, I opted for tea. Unfortunately when the drinks came a plate of biscuits were placed by me, and one of the girls I worked with sent a wink my way. She had bought me biscuits, as a nice gesture. I felt so guilty and torn - I had done so well all day.

In the end I ended-up eating the biscuits. After that it all went downhill. After having the biscuits, I was suddenly really hungry. By the time I got home from work my resolve to continue fasting was all but broken and I ended-up binging on a whole bunch of food.

Even though I eat mostly healthy foods, like fruits, lean meat and veggies, I ate too much and ended-up feeling bloated, guilty and sick. I am now chewing Rennie tablets, for indigestion, and sipping green tea :( Today was a total disaster!

I haven't totally given up on the idea of fasting but I would love to hear some suggestions regarding awkward social situations. How can I explain what I am doing without seeming like a weirdo or rude???

I am now worried because I want to begin the process again but tomorrow my friends have planned a birthday dinner for me, and I am not sure what to do because I really don't want to have to eat!!! I've been aware of it for sometime now, and I don't want to have to explain what I am doing to everyone tomorrow night.

If anyone has any helpful tips to get around this situation and other similar ones, please help!!! :)

Cheers! :)