Surviving Winter in the Middle Ages

I fast consistently from 6pm until 12 the next day, mostly for health reasons. I found it difficult to begin with, not only suffering through being hungry in the morning (I LOVE my breakfasts! Lol) but also getting enough healthy calories in during my eating window from lunch to 6pm.

I've done longer fasts out of curiosity a few times and while it was only 24 hours it could still be tough. People seem to think that your body gets used to being hungry and that you don't notice it anymore. That hasn't been true for me. I'm not AS hungry, but I still get pretty hangry around 10-1030 every morning. But I'm pretty confident that if I were going 24 hours plus without any intake I'd be ok. Probably even up to 2-3 days before I'd start to really suffer from reduced energy. I'd like to try a longer fast but most health professionals I've researched have recommended that you only do it if you're not going to be expending a lot of energy and not driving for the time. Might give it a crack when the kids are on holidays and I'm on leave next to give it a go.

Hunger is definitely mental in the early part of it though. And the screws get even tighter when you're hungry and you don't know where your next meal is coming from.