YES, Annamarie, that sounds as if it should work. Do eat protein: lean meat or fish or eggs. Protein helps you stay full longer, plus it prevents muscle loss.
There are lots of meals that we eat on Fast Days that can be served to non-Fasters, but in larger quantities and will more side dishes.
EX: Roast chicken breast [3 oz] for you with a side of green beans [3 oz]. For the children, legs and thighs of chicken, boiled potatoes, green beans.
EX: Felafel 1 batch = 648 cal 25.4 g fat 21 g fiber 32.5 g protein 72 g carbs 214 mg Ca
each patty= 30 cal 1.2 g fat 0.8 g fiber 1.6 g protein 4 g carbs 8.5 mg Calcium GF PB From the good old Moosewood Cookbook by Molly Katzen, these are easy to prepare and set you up for several servings of future meals.
2 cups canned chick peas I like Goya brand [if you use dried chickpeas, you will get a grainer product. Factor in the time to reconstitute and cook them] 1.5 cloves garlic, crushed [add as much as you enjoy!] ¼ cup celery, minced ¼ c. scallions, sliced 1 egg 1.5 tsp tahini ½ t. cumin ½ t. tumeric ¼ t. cayenne ¼ t. black pepper 1.5 t. salt
Combine in food processer until ingredients form a uniform paste. Scoop into a bowl and chill 1 hour. Form into balls on a silicone mat or parchment paper on a cookie sheet. I used a 1 and 1/2 Tbsp scoop and then flattened the patties. TIP: You don’t have to bake them now. You could freeze the patties on a cookie sheet, then put them frozen into bags to cook later. Bake at 400 degrees for 10-15 minutes. The patties should be heated through and have an outside ‘crust’ which is firm to the touch. In most recipes, you will cook them further. At this point you want them to be firm enough to store well. There will be about 25 of them. Use now or cool and freeze for later use.
You could eat 3 of the patties with a salad while the children have them in pita pockets with some salad.

Good luck. keep us posted.

@annamariav as a person that has checked my blood glucose many times while fasting, I don’t think you’ll really experience low blood sugar until your liver runs out of glycogen. That takes anywhere from 20 to 24 hours of fasting for most people. At that point you might experience a temporary drop in blood sugar. I typically see around a 10% drop that lasts a little over an hour. I used to feel a little light headed but that doesn’t happen anymore.

I don’t think low blood sugar provokes anger. How sugar addiction is a different thing and that could make you short tempered. As a person that has greatly reduced refined sugar in my diet, I firmly believe sugar addiction is a real thing. So if that is what you might in fact be biting people’s heads off. I know those feelings though were really related to low blood sugar, at least for myself.

These days fasting isn’t that hard for me. However my first full day fasts weren’t easy for me. If you have to give up there isn’t any shame if you don’t let it stop you. As a person that has fasted well over 200 days at this point (counting by hours) you can be sure I have had to give up on a fast before or even skip a fast at times. Things happen. For a while I would sometimes start feeling bad and a bowl of miso soup would pick me up for only about 35 calories. That hasn’t happened now for months.

I used to do things like allow myself diet cola on fast days. Basically comfort things. However I haven’t done that for months. Giving up on it because natural and easy at some point. So if you need to do things to help yourself fast, there really isn’t any shame in it. Fasting is a stress on your body, but the benefits can be amazing.

Good luck!

PS. I’m about 25 hours into a fast right now. I’ll end it around 36 or 37 hours and enjoy doing so!

Don’t over-think this, Annamaria. You might find that it goes more smoothly than you think it will.

AMV,

Just do it. There are hundreds on this forum that are doing it. Takes a bit of will power to start with as your liver will be VERY lazy to start with. After a couple of months it will be real easy. Just did my fast day yesterday. Did some housework, mowed the lawns and went for a bike ride, all while doing my 36 hour fast (water only). Don’t try this until you’ve been doing it for a while though. Ive been at this for over 3 years now.

Try having the pork and salad without the rice. You may find it is a lot easier without the refined carbs in the rice.

Good luck.

Hurrah for completing your first Fast Day.
Keep on keeping on!