Not sure if this is a weird place to post, but hope I can get some honest advice.
I will be going to a retreat (Buddhist) where we are not supposed to eat anything after Noon. Now, I've never done that in my whole entire life and I'm freaking out. The rest of the experience is something I am looking forward to and desperately need in my life, but I am scared. I just picture passing out or getting so horribly sick.
They do give exception for medical reasons, but I don't have an official medical reason ... I just get evil cranky, dizzy and shaky when I don't eat every few (at least 4-5) hours, which I thought is how everyone feels (no?).
Obviously, I'll get check with my own doctor to get go-ahead on this, but as a general question .... can most people handle that kind of, sort of "fast" for 10 days (or longer)?
Which would be better ... if I "pigged out" and consumed all my calories (around 1200-1300 since I won't be doing much physical activity, just meditation all day) in the morning or just eat normal (which would mean only getting like 500 calories a day)?
I should point out that this retreat is not about weight or weight loss or anything like that, it's just how things go at a buddhist monastery ... no eating after 12 noon, and this would be my first time going to something this "extreme".