Hi all

I’ve been at this 3 weeks and not posted yet though I have been reading the forums to keep me focused. I’m on my 6th fast day today and 6lbs down so far which is fab and I haven’t been finding it difficult until this week. Monday was a hard fast day and I nearly caved while getting my children their tea. It turns out I was coming down with a bad cold which hit Tuesday and I’m still battling with now. My kids have been sleeping badly (I was up 4 times in the night) so I’m run down and exhausted too. I really need to sleep but I have a 20 month old to entertain all day and then my 4 year old later too and my husband works till 11pm today so no chance of a rest.
Looking at advice on here the consensus seems to be to not fast with a cold; I am worried about dealing with my children when feeling so rough and weak but I’m worried I’ll let things slip if I break today’s fast. I will struggle to fast tomorrow if I’m not 100% as I’ll be at work and I’m a teacher with challenging classes tomorrow so I’ll need some energy. We also have a social weekend planned so fasting would be hard then. The thing is I get colds a lot (though I get over them fast)and I am sleep deprived a lot so its not like this is a one off, I don’t want to get in the way of weight loss as it has over the past 18 months. If I break the fast I am likely to hit less healthy foods in desperation for some energy!
Arghhh what should I do?