Someone saw the new crescent moon somewhere in the Muslim world tonight, and so another Ramadan has come to an end. <\/p>\n
I finally figured out how to do it right from a food perspective. It’s very important to eat the right kind of meals. At Iftar I’ve tried to eat foods that are easy to digest. Nothing processed. Barely ate out at restaurants where there would be lots of sauce, and high sodium in the food. <\/p>\n
I then had a stated goal of drinking 8 cups of water in that tiny bit of time between sunset and sunrise. The hours to eat are really starting to reduce. The days when I did this, the next day was easy. On the days that I didn’t…<\/p>\n
For sahoor, I was a hipster to the end. Yogurt every day. Fruit everyday. Bran cereal of some sort. Turkey and cheese sandwich. It was super filling, but still super light.<\/p>\n
Making sure that you do the food right is a huge element of how you experience the month. It’s not supposed to be painful, but contemplative. At least I’ve always said so. And this month was a good one for me. <\/p>\n
But that will be good for another post<\/p>\n
Someone saw the new crescent moon somewhere in the Muslim world tonight, and so another Ramadan has come to an end. I finally figured out how to do it right from a food perspective. It’s very important to eat the right kind of meals. At Iftar I’ve tried to eat foods that are easy to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[60,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQyAq-7J","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1233,"url":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2014\/07\/18\/a-new-tradition\/","url_meta":{"origin":479,"position":0},"title":"A new tradition","date":"July 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The Friday evening pizza date. 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