Reducing hunger pangs while fasting

Keeping a lid on those frequent hunger bangs you get during a day of fasting can put a damper on the whole essence of fasting, and instead, directing the focus to your stomach. Here’s how you can reduce the hunger pangs while fasting. Try not to think about food: The occasional thoughts of food are […]

Keeping a lid on those frequent hunger bangs you get during a day of fasting can put a damper on the whole essence of fasting, and instead, directing the focus to your stomach. Here’s how you can reduce the hunger pangs while fasting.

Try not to think about food: The occasional thoughts of food are bound to float to the front of your mind. But remember that you can satisfy you cravings as soon as you break your fast. Thinking about food will obviously make you hungry, so simply try not to think about food at all.

Don’t count down: Constantly looking at the clock and counting down the hours of minutes before the maghrib call to prayer won’t be doing you a favour in the slightest. Instead, consider all the time you spend fasting as devotion to your Lord, and you sins being reduced for each minute you spend fasting.

Distract yourself: Do whatever it is you can to distract yourself from the hunger and your cravings. Prayers, supplications, reading the Qur’an, or busying yourself in you day-to-day activities are all good options.

Control your eating in the evening: Don’t go overboard with your iftar, dinner or suhoor. Train your body to be satisfied with an averagely sized meal.

Limit your visits to the kitchen: Ideally, if there’s anything you can prepare in the evening after you are well fed and watered to avoid spending excessively long periods in a kitchen filled with tantalizing aromas, then do so. You’ll find you’ll no longer be a victim of those hunger pangs while cooking.